NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Johnny Benson will be with a new organization in 2009 when the veteran moves to the Red Horse Racing Team to defend his series title.
Benson will pilot the team's No. 1 Toyota and team with David Starr for the 2009 season.
“It’s fantastic,” said team co-owner Tom DeLoach. “I’m looking forward to it. I think Johnny and David will work together really well and I expect good things out of both of them. We have one team and we’ve got two drivers. … Johnny is such a fantastic guy to work with – very analytical, very thoughtful.
“I’m just looking forward to working with him. It will be sweet for Red Horse. I’ve wanted to run two trucks for a couple of years and couldn’t get pieces put together and finally got it done.”
Benson's crew chief Tripp Bruce will follow him to Red Horse.
After winning his first truck series title for Bill Davis Racing, Benson and team owner Davis parted ways in what turned out to be tense fashion.
There was some speculation as to whether Benson would return to the truck series in a full-time capacity or put together a limited schedule of truck and other series races.
But in the end the decision to come back for another full-time season and join Red Horse and try to win back-to-back titles won out.
“Johnny will be especially strong, and we’d like to do what no one has ever done before,” DeLoach said. “Johnny would see it as a tremendous accomplishment to repeat with different owners. That would be quite a statement.”
