Johnny Benson accident

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http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/ottawa_county/Fiery_wreck_at_Berlin_Benson_serious

Fiery wreck at Berlin,
Benson serious
NASCAR racer injured at Berlin
Raceway
Updated: Sunday, 14 Jun 2009, 8:40 AM EDT
Published : Sunday, 14 Jun 2009, 1:08 AM EDT

MARNE, Mich. (WOOD) - NASCAR driver and Grand Rapids native Johnny Benson is in serious condition at Spectrum Hospital after crashing his ISMA supermodified car at Berlin Raceway Saturday night.

Spectrum Hospital tells 24 Hour News 8 that Benson is in serious at the hospital but "is expected to be fine".

Berlin Raceway officials say that #21 Johnny Benson and other racers were just coming around to take their second lap when Benson got into a wreck in turns 3 & 4 with #92 Larry Lehnert. This resulted in a crash, causing Benson's car to catch on fire.

Benson was extracted from the vehicle and the fire was quickly extinguished. Racing was delayed about an hour as crews cleaned up the track. Larry Lehnert was not hurt in the crash
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Sunday morning update: JB is resting in the hospital and told his sister Barb that she looks worse than he does. I will take that to mean he is going to be fine. One broken rib on the injury report right now, more info when available. (Get some sleep Barb!)
The Dalyplanet
 
Speed51.com said:
Johnny Benson is Doing Better After Berlin Supermod Wreck
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[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]NASCAR Truck Series champion Johnny Benson, Jr. is doing better on Sunday morning after a hard wreck in Saturday night's ISMA Supermodified race at Berlin Raceway (MI). Benson hit the wall hard and his car, which he owns himself, caught on fire. He reportedly suffered from a concussion and injured his ribs in the wreck and was taken to an area hospital. ISMA officials told Speed51.com on Sunday morning that Benson called them and said that he is breathing more comfortably now while resting in the hospital on the morning after the wreck.
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[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Benson's sister Barb has posted updates to his fan club website, which you can visit by [/FONT][FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]clicking here.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Video of the wreck can be found at the WOODTV.com News 8 website [/FONT][FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]by clicking here.[/FONT]
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It's too bad he lost his truck ride, that probably wouldn't have happened if he was racing at MIS saturday. Although the truck race was early so he still could've raced at Berlin anyway.
 
toledo47 said:
It's too bad he lost his truck ride, that probably wouldn't have happened if he was racing at MIS saturday. Although the truck race was early so he still could've raced at Berlin anyway.
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He lost his Truck ride prior to that. I thought there was a thread in here about it.
 
I heard he was going to to be at Berlin before he lost the truck ride
 
http://www.mlive.com/autoracing/index.ssf/2009/06/johnny_benson_released_from_ho.html

by Steve Kaminski | The Grand Rapids Press
Tuesday June 16, 2009, 4:00 PM



Johnny Benson Jr. was released from Spectrum Butterworth Hospital on Tuesday, and among the first things he did was return to his dad's race shop in Grand Rapids to check out his damaged and burned Supermodified.

"I may leave the engine up here and take the car back home with me," said Benson, who resides in the Charlotte, N.C. area, in an attempt to size up how he is going to repair his open-wheel car.

Benson was seriously injured in an International Supermodified Association race Saturday night at Berlin Raceway in Marne.

Benson said he suffered three broken ribs, a broken right wrist and left-side scapula. He also broke his collarbone where it connects his sternum. He suffered minor burns.

He added that he only remembers parts of the accident, and he praised Berlin's safety crew for its quick work."I remember hitting the wall, and I got knocked silly," Benson said. "The next thing I remember was that the flames were flaring up around me, but by then, I already had people there working on it.

"They did what they did to get me out safely. I have been around races that should have been more professional than what we have at our local track. (Berlin's crew) is as good as any place where we have been."

Benson, the defending NASCAR Camping World Trucks champion and a 1981 Forest Hills Northern graduate, laughed when asked if he is going to race again before the year is out.

"I would be racing in two weeks if I had a ride," said Benson, who lost his ride last week when his Red Horse Racing team closed shop due to lack of sponsorship. "They are racing in Milwaukee this weekend, and that might have been too soon.

"This is part of racing. Wrecks are going to happen. But I won't be out too long. I have to go to Charlotte and see my regular doctor and do my normal checkup thing, and do what it needs to be done."
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Great news! I heard on TV and was happy he was able to be released so soon. Thanks for the article.
 
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