Robby Benton
Robby Benton | |||||||
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Nationality | ![]() | ||||||
Born | Robert A. Benton Jr. (1979-06-28) June 28, 1979 (age 45) Harrisburg, North Carolina | ||||||
Related to | Danielle Trotta (wife) | ||||||
ARCA Re/Max Series career | |||||||
Debut season | 2000 | ||||||
Former teams | RAB Racing, Gerhart Racing | ||||||
Starts | 11 | ||||||
Wins | 0 | ||||||
Poles | 0 | ||||||
Best finish | 34th in 2002 | ||||||
Finished last season | 80th (2003) | ||||||
Previous series | |||||||
2005 | NASCAR Busch North Series | ||||||
NASCAR driver | |||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
4 races run over 3 years | |||||||
2004 position | N/A | ||||||
Best finish | 93rd (2003) | ||||||
First race | 2002 Stacker 2/GNC Live Well 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 2003 Sam's Town 300 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
3 races run over 2 years | |||||||
2003 position | 84th | ||||||
Best finish | 84th (2003) | ||||||
First race | 2003 New Hampshire 200 (New Hampshire) | ||||||
Last race | 2003 Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
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Last updated on: July 7, 2020. |
Robert A. Benton Jr. (born June 28, 1979) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who competed in the NASCAR Busch, Truck and East Series as well as the ARCA Re/Max Series. He currently works as the team manager for Team Penske's NASCAR teams. Before starting in that position in January 2018, he was the owner of NASCAR team RAB Racing and Change Racing, a team in the IMSA sports car series.[1]
Racing career
Team owner career
Benton's first dip into team ownership came in the early part of his career, when he fielded cars for himself when he competed in a No. 82 Ford in the ARCA Re/Max Series in 2000.
Benton then partnered with owner-driver Brack Maggard's ARCA team in 2007 to form RAB Racing with Brack Maggard. Benton became the majority owner, and the name change to RAB stood for Benton's initials. The team continued to field Maggard's No. 65 Dodge with Justin Marks, who joined the team late in 2006, continuing as the driver.
RAB Racing would begin in NASCAR in 2008, fielding a Nationwide (now Xfinity) Series team with John Wes Townley driving the No. 09 Ford with Zaxby's sponsorship, which Townley brought to the team. They would leave after 2009, with the team starting the 2010 season without a sponsor. Scott Riggs was supposed to drive the car full-time, but was quickly replaced by any driver who brought sponsorship in order to keep the team afloat. The team was likely to shut down at some point that year or at the end of the year, but the team pulled off an upset win in the Montreal race with road course ringer Boris Said in an exciting photo finish with Max Papis, which saved the team from closing.[2]
They later switched to Toyota for the rest of his owner career.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Busch Series
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | NBSC | Pts | Ref |
2002 | John Josey | 86 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | TAL | CAL | RCH | NHA | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY 40 | CHI | GTY | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | ATL | CAR | PHO | HOM | 120th | 43 | [3] |
2003 | KAR Racing | 70 | Chevy | DAY 37 | CAR 37 | LVS 26 | DAR | BRI | 93rd | 189 | [4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lackey Motorsports | 85 | Chevy | TEX DNQ | TAL | NSH | CAL | RCH | GTY | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | ATL | PHO | CAR | HOM | |||||||||
2004 | Jay Robinson Racing | 39 | Ford | DAY DNQ | CAR | LVS | DAR | BRI | TEX | NSH | N/A | 0 | [5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RAB Racing | 03 | Ford | TAL DNQ | CAL | GTY | RCH | NZH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | IRP | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT DNQ | MEM | ATL | PHO | DAR | HOM |
Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
2002 | Johnny Myers | 36 | Chevy | DAY | DAR | MAR | GTY | PPR | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | NHA | MCH | IRP | NSH | RCH | TEX | SBO | LVS | CAL | PHO | HOM DNQ | N/A | 0 | [6] | |||
2003 | Fasscore Motorsports | 15 | Ford | DAY | DAR | MMR | MAR | CLT | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | GTW | MCH | IRP | NSH | BRI | RCH | NHA 25 | LVS 22 | SBO | TEX | MAR | PHO | HOM | 84th | 185 | [7] | |
Dodge | CAL 25 |
Busch North Series
NASCAR Busch North Series results | |||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NBNSC | Pts | Ref |
2005 | Info not available | 65 | Ford | STA | HOL | ERI | NHA | WFD | ADI | STA | DUB | OXF | NHA 34 | DOV | LRP | TMP | 64th | 61 | [8] |
ARCA Re/Max Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Re/Max Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | ARMC | Pts | Ref |
2000 | RAB Racing | 82 | Ford | DAY | SLM | AND | CLT | KIL | FRS | MCH | POC | TOL | KEN | BLN | POC DNQ | WIN | ISF | KEN | DSF | SLM | CLT 40 | TAL | ATL | 144th | 30 | [9] | |||||
2001 | DAY 15 | NSH | WIN | SLM | GTY | KEN | TAL 6 | ATL | 53rd | 665 | [10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gerhart Racing | 7 | Ford | CLT 16 | KAN | MCH | POC | MEM | GLN | KEN | MCH | POC | NSH | ISF | CHI | DSF | SLM | TOL | BLN | CLT 14 | ||||||||||||
2002 | RAB Racing | 82 | Ford | DAY 34 | ATL | NSH | SLM | KEN | CLT 4 | KAN | POC | MCH | TOL | SBO | KEN | BLN | POC | NSH | ISF | WIN | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL 9 | CLT 17 | 34th | 850 | [11] | |||
2003 | DAY 19 | ATL | NSH | SLM | TOL | KEN | CLT DNQ | SBO | 80th | 330 | [12] | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | CLT 12 | BLN | KAN | MCH | LER | POC | POC | NSH | ISF | WIN | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL |
References
- ^ Weaver, Matt (January 8, 2018). "Team Penske hires former NASCAR, IMSA team owner to front office". Autoweek. Hearst Digital Media. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ Gluck, Jeff (August 30, 2010). "Aftermath, Montreal: The Story Of How Little RAB Racing Beat The Big Boys". SBNation. Vox Media. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Robby Benton – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Robby Benton – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Robby Benton – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Robby Benton – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Robby Benton – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Robby Benton – 2005 NASCAR Busch East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Robby Benton – 2000 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Robby Benton – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Robby Benton – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Robby Benton – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
External links
- Robby Benton driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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