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The tenth race of the ongoing Nextel Cup Series is set to take place on the 5th May this year at the Richmond International Speedway. This years race will be called the Crown Royal Presents the Jim Stewart 400 after the winner of the essay writing contest sponsored by the Crown Royal.

As drivers, engineers and racing personalities gear up for the race, Johnny Benson is also taking preparation in his sixth start this year. Recently, the veteran driver talked about his relationship with present employer Wyler Racing.

Johnny Benson was recently named by the team to drive the no. 46 Toyota Camry at the next race of the season. Benson looked back on how he got the job. The Wyler's and (Crew Chief) Tony Furr asked me to do some testing for them at the end of last year and we thought that test went pretty well, says Benson. As this year got underway, they were talking about doing some more testing and called to see if I would do it. I said, "Yeah, I'd be glad." I thought it would be pretty cool to help them test and just to help them out. I like doing that type of stuff, he continued. After testing, the team apparently liked his performance which led to him being named as the teams starter. We went to Richmond earlier this month and the test went very well. I was hoping that if they ever went racing I'd get an opportunity to drive. I told them that they didn't have any obligation for me to drive it, but that I would love to have the chance. This past week they called and said that we were going to race at Richmond and that I could drive, so I was pretty excited about it. It's a pretty cool deal, enthused Benson.