Johnny Benson - Mark Martin 2002 Rockingham Pop Secret 400

The final 9 laps at Rockingham Speedway. JB holds off Mark Martin to earn his first and only Cup Series win. Post-race is sourced from the SPEED channel with interviews with Johnny, Mark Martin, and Kurt Busch. This was great for Johnny Benson fans like me. An under-rated driver with three Series Championships - 1993 ASA National Tour - 1995 Busch Series - 2008 Craftsman Truck Series. Grand Rapids natives and Berlin raceway are very familiar with his success.

[@pens87668]

The Thunder Challenge for this in NASCAR Thunder 2004 was truly hard to beat

[@debbiebeam3194]

Johnny Bensen Classy Guy remember this day like it was yesterday 😊

[@Suburban-United]

This was one pf my favorite wins. I loved Johnny, and watching his win live in '02 was incredible.

[@TwoAcresandaMule]

I didnt miss a lap back then.

[@xavierjuno4572]

Ya it's kinda sad this would be his only win in the cup series though, imagine if he joined a team like Joe Gibbs or Hendrick

[@snakysnail42]

Mark martin drove that viagra car real hard 😏

[@JTReed45]

Those Pontiac Grand Prixs were cool race cars. Love when the underdog wins. Hope Johnny B can win in SRX.

[@ernies7174]

Johnny was the greatest driver to have never won. I love Allen Bestwick calling races. Beats the crap out of Mike Joy.

[@KenFresno73]

I agree man. The TNT Booth was the best.

[@chrisvandermolen4646]

1 for Grand Rapids!

[@briantaylor9285]

Johnny needed this one.

[@RubyNekomata]

Modern NASCAR would be like Mark Martin wrecks Johnny coming into turn 1, 5 restarts with half of the field not making it past the back stretch every time only for Tony Stewart to win by getting a lucky good restart

[@austinsteed1581]

These cars, man. They raced so damn good. Too much grip these days and lack of tire fall off

[@Ultimate23Dragon]

That generation's 2 Gentleman Racers battling for the win. Definitely was one of the most popular races & race finishes of 2002. 😊

[@ThatTallTexan420]

Wish they still race here honestly

[@tiddybopper]

"I didnt have enough racecar to beat him, but he didnt know that" hahahaha thats why mark martin is my 2nd favorite driver, right behind jbj