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In this Nov. 27, 2011 file photo Cincinnati Bengals running back
Cedric Benson runs for a touchdown in the first half of an NFL
football game against the Cleveland Browns in Cincinnati.
Associated Press
Cedric Benson

Continued from Page 18 player for us,” Bengals Pres-
Will Power drives through Turn 1 during an IndyCar Series auto race at Pocono Raceway, Sunday, ident Mike Brown said. “He
Aug. 18, 2019, in Long Pond, Pa. “But what I’ll remember played a principal role for
Associated Press most is what a special, spe- several years here, includ-
Power wins shortened Pocono cial person he was. We al- ing a couple of playoff runs.

race marred by wreck, weather ways enjoyed talking with “ Benson ran for a career-
him because he was such high 1,251 yards while lead-
a bright and unique guy. ing a playoff push in 2009,
By DAN GELSTON — move to trigger a wreck sporadically in IndyCar, There will never be another the first of three straight
AP Sports Writer that sent Rosenqvist to the agreed it was time for the one like him, and he will be 1,000-yard seasons. He also
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — hospital. series to move on from Po- dearly missed by so many. led the Bengals to the play-
Will Power won the short- Sato tried to shoot a gap cono. Karam spun into the It’s just heartbreaking, but offs in 2011, when Andy
ened race Sunday at Po- on the first lap, cut off wall in the 2015 Pocono we feel very fortunate to Dalton and A.J. Green ar-
cono Raceway, the 13th Rossi and connected with race and debris from his have had him in our lives.” rived as rookies.
straight season he’s won Hunter-Reay in crash that car struck Wilson. Benson was one of the top “Once he bought into our
an IndyCar race. The race left cars and debris strewn “I think the answer is clear high school recruits out system, he was like a flow-
was called with 72 laps left across the track. Sato’s car that we should not be of the West Texas town er. He just blossomed,” for-
because of lightning and landed upside down on here. In my opinion that of Midland. According to mer Bengals running backs
severe weather in the area. Hunter-Reay’s Honda. question was answered Texas Football magazine, coach Jim Anderson said.
Lightning strikes at Pocono “I can’t even begin to un- awhile ago,” Karam wrote. he is eighth on the career “He gave us an element
after a rain-shortened NAS- derstand how after last “I think it’s a great track it’s rushing list for Texas high we didn’t have. We had
CAR race killed one fan in year Takuma thinks that’s just not meant for indycars. schools. He led Midland complementary guys, but
2012. acceptable,” Rossi said. We need to be smart and Lee to three straight state Cedric gave us a missing
Power was in the right posi- “It’s disgraceful.” move on and go to tracks championships, the only element. He was a good
tion to a win a race marred Rosenqvist hit the fence that fit these cars. I love three in school history, from man. He was one of my
by yet another horrific nose first and his car oval racing and want it in 1998-2000. guys and it hurts. Life is too
wreck that collected five slammed back on the Indycar I just simply don’t Benson played at Texas short.” Benson played one
drivers on the first lap and track. Rosenqvist did not love Indycar at pocono.” from 2001-2004 and his season with Green Bay,
sent Chip Ganassi Racing suffer life-threatening inju- Rossi, who won Pocono 5,540 yards ranks second where he started the first
driver Felix Rosenqvist to ries and was cleared. last year, saw his IndyCar at the university and ninth five games in 2012 before
the hospital. Wickens, who remains reso- championship hopes take in NCAA history. He scored suffering a season-end-
IndyCar at Pocono has lute in his mission to race a serious blow. He entered 64 career touchdowns with ing Lisfranc fracture in In-
turned into perhaps the again, said on Twitter that just 16 points behind leader the Longhorns and won the dianapolis on Oct. 17. He
scariest race day in motor IndyCar should no longer Josef Newgarden and fells Doak Walker award, given rushed for 248 yards and a
sports, 500 miles of danger race at the track. IndyCar to 35 points back. to the nation’s top running touchdown on 71 carries,
for drivers on the 2 1/2-mile and Pocono do not have a Power raced to his 36th back, in 2004. and caught 14 passes for
track and white knuckles deal for a 2020 race. career victory. The Team He was the only player in 97 yards in five games with
and clasped hands for any- “It’s just a toxic relation- Penske driver won the 2014 school history to rush for the Packers before the foot
one watching the event. ship and maybe it’s time series championship. at least 1,000 yards in four injury. Benson finished his
Justin Wilson died in 2015 to consider a divorce,” he Black clouds formed over seasons and was inducted NFL career with 6,017 yards
from a head injury after be- wrote. “I’m very relieved the track just past the half- into the university’s Hall of and 46 touchdowns.
ing struck by debris from an- (to my knowledge) that way point and the race Honor in 2014. “He was from Texas, and
other car. Robert Wickens everyone is okay from that was shortly red flagged be- Benson was drafted No. he showed his Texas tough-
was paralyzed in an early- scary crash.” cause of lightning. Not long 4 overall by the Bears in ness in leading us to a divi-
lap accident last year. His Hinchcliffe and Rossi also after Power had his win, it 2005 and helped Chicago sion championship in just
car shot into a fence, leav- had their runs cut short and started pouring at the track reach the playoffs the fol- his second season with us,”
ing the promising IndyCar served 10-lap penalties be- and he was ushered to the lowing season. He had his Bengals owner Mike Brown
driver paralyzed from the cause of car repairs under media center for a make- finest years with Cincinnati said. “His three consecu-
waist down. the red flag. The race was shift podium celebration. from 2008-11, taking over tive 1,000-yard seasons
The green flag had barely stopped for 45 minutes and Scott Dixon was second as the featured back on a displayed the talent he
been dropped when 2017 two minor mesh patches and Simon Pagenaud was team that made the play- possessed. Our organiza-
Indianapolis 500 winner were needed to repair the third. Newgarden, the 2017 offs twice but lost in the first tion is deeply saddened
Takuma Sato used an ag- fence. series champion, finished round each time. by his sudden and tragic
gressive — arguably foolish Sage Karam, who races fifth.q “Cedric was a fine football passing.”q