Fantasy NASCAR Racing

In 2009 Benson left Davis to go drive for Tom DeLoach of Red Horse Racing; and he took Bruce with him.  Benson ran the opening eight races of the season; and that was all.  He then ended up leading the efforts of Steven Wallace the rest of 2009 in the Xfinity Series.  2010 saw Bruce in both the Xfinity and Truck Series.  He led Jason Leffler for five races and posted three finishes in the top seven.  In the Truck series he worked with owner Doug Stringer who field a truck with various drivers. Brad Sweet drove the most races (8) and posted the best finish (eighth).  2011 saw him split his time between truck owners Stacy Compton and Eddie Sharp.  His drivers made 17 starts and only had one Top 10.  In 2012, he worked for owner Mike Hillman for six races and did not head a team in 2013 at all.  Bruce was back as a crew chief in 2014; but he worked for three different owners and various drivers.  Only Matt Tifft was able to post a lone Top 10.  2015 and 2016 saw the same before 2017 rolled around and he was hired by Chris Larson to head up the full time efforts for Stewart Friesen.  Stewart is a dirt track ace and finished second on the dirt at Eldora.  In 2018, Friesen posted nine Top 5 finishes, with three runner-up results. 2019 saw Friesen break through and get his first win at Eldora and added another win at Phoenix.  He finished fourth in points.  In 2020 Bruce and Friesen decided to change the make of truck they were racing from Chevy to Toyota.  The whole season was a disaster.  He best finish was fourth on two occasions and only had three Top 5's.  He hardly ever run in the lead pack; and many races struggled to stay on the lead lap.  Friesen ended up 15 in season points.  After changing truck makes in 2020, the teams results the first part of the season didn’t show any improvement.  The duo only posted two Top 10’s the first nine races.  Bruce lasted only nine races before owner Chris Larson decided that since changing makes of vehicles didn’t work; it was time to make a change at crew chief.  Jon Leonard was brought in to call the shots the rest of the year.  Leonard was an engineer for the team and previously a crew chief for Todd Gilliland.  The new pairing posted two Top 5’s in the first three races.  Bruce is also the team's competition director and moved to that role full-time after Leonard's promotion to crew chief.  Bruce worked part time as a crew chief in 2022.  Chris Larsen, who owns Stewart Frieson's race truck had began fielding a truck part time in 2021.  First, he supplied the #62 Toyota, for Stewart's wife Jessica, who raced in the dirt race at Knoxville.  In 2022, the owner Camping World camping supplies stores; had decided to field a truck for Todd Bodine so he could run six races and reach 800 career starts.  Bruce was tabbed to call the shots for those six races; along with leading Jessica Friesen one race, and Layne Riggs on three occasions.  Bodine would finish tenth at Darlington, and 13th at Texas. Jessica started 19th at Knoxville; but had brake failure and had to retire finishing 34th. In his three starts with Riggs, they had a worst finish of 19th and a best of seventh.  It is not known if Larsen will turn the #62 truck into a full time ride yet for 2023, or what Bruce's role will be.