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Robby Benton

{{short description|American racing driver}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Robby Benton

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Robert A. Benton Jr.

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|6|28}}

| birth_place = Harrisburg, North Carolina, U.S.

| related to = Danielle Trotta (wife)

| current series = ARCA Re/Max Series

| first year = 2000

| current team =

| car number =

| engine =

| crew chief =

| spotter =

| former teams = RAB Racing, Gerhart Racing

| starts = 11

| championships =

| wins = 0

| poles = 0

| best finish = 34th

| year = 2002

| last finish = 80th (2003)

| prev series = NASCAR Busch North Series

| prev series years = 2005

| awards =

| award years =

| updated = July 7, 2020

| module =

{{Infobox NASCAR driver|embed=yes

| Total_Busch_Races = 4

| Years_In_Busch = 3

| Busch_Car_Team =

| Prev_Busch_Pos = N/A

| Prev_Busch_Year = 2004

| Best_Busch_Pos = 93rd (2003)

| First_Busch_Race = 2002 Stacker 2/GNC Live Well 250 (Daytona)

| Last_Busch_Race = 2003 Sam's Town 300 (Las Vegas)

| First_Busch_Win =

| Last_Busch_Win =

| Busch_Wins = 0

| Busch_Top_Tens = 0

| Busch_Poles = 0

| Total_Truck_Races = 3

| Years_In_Truck = 2

| Truck_Car_Team =

| Prev_Truck_Pos = 84th

| Prev_Truck_Year = 2003

| Best_Truck_Pos = 84th (2003)

| First_Truck_Race = 2003 New Hampshire 200 (New Hampshire)

| Last_Truck_Race = 2003 Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas)

| First_Truck_Win =

| Last_Truck_Win =

| Truck_Wins = 0

| Truck_Top_Tens = 0

| Truck_Poles = 0

}}

}}

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.{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Weaver |url=https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nascar/a1688501/team-penske-hires-former-nascar-imsa-team-owner-front-office/ |title=Team Penske hires former NASCAR, IMSA team owner to front office |website=Autoweek |publisher=Hearst Digital Media |date=January 8, 2018 |access-date=July 6, 2020}}

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.{{cite web |first=Jeff |last=Gluck |url=https://www.sbnation.com/2010/8/30/1658614/nascar-montreal-boris-said-rab-racing-robby-benton-nationwide-series-2010 |title=Aftermath, Montreal: The Story Of How Little RAB Racing Beat The Big Boys |website=SBNation |publisher=Vox Media |date=August 30, 2010 |access-date=July 6, 2020}}

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==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan=41| NASCAR Busch Series results

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

! {{Tooltip|NBSC|NASCAR Busch Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2002

! John Josey

! 86

! Chevy

| DAY

| CAR

| LVS

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| NSH

| TAL

| CAL

| RCH

| NHA

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| NSH

| KEN

| MLW

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|40}}

| CHI

| GTY

| PPR

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| DAR

| RCH

| DOV

| KAN

| CLT

| MEM

| ATL

| CAR

| PHO

| HOM

! 120th

! 43

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bentoro01/2002/B|title=Robby Benton – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=July 6, 2020}}

rowspan=2| 2003

! KAR Racing

! 70

! Chevy

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|37}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
{{small|37}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LVS
{{small|26}}

| DAR

| BRI

| colspan=29|

! rowspan=2| 93rd

! rowspan=2| 189

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bentoro01/2003/B|title=Robby Benton – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=July 6, 2020}}

Lackey Motorsports

! 85

! Chevy

| colspan=5|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TEX
{{small|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

rowspan=2| 2004

! Jay Robinson Racing

! 39

! Ford

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DAY
{{small|DNQ}}

| CAR

| LVS

| DAR

| BRI

| TEX

| NSH

| colspan=27|

! rowspan=2| N/A

! rowspan=2| 0

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bentoro01/2004/B|title=Robby Benton – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=July 6, 2020}}

RAB Racing

! 03

! Ford

| colspan=7|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TAL
{{small|DNQ}}

| CAL

| GTY

| RCH

| NZH

| CLT

| DOV

| NSH

| KEN

| MLW

| DAY

| CHI

| NHA

| PPR

| IRP

| MCH

| BRI

| CAL

| RCH

| DOV

| KAN

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT
{{small|DNQ}}

| MEM

| ATL

| PHO

| DAR

| HOM

==Craftsman Truck Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=32| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
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

! {{Tooltip|NCWTC|NASCAR Camping World Truck classification}}

! 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

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| HOM
{{small|DNQ}}

| colspan=3|

! N/A

! 0

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bentoro01/2002/C|title=Robby Benton – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=July 6, 2020}}

rowspan=2| 2003

! rowspan=2| Fasscore Motorsports

! rowspan=2| 15

! Ford

| DAY

| DAR

| MMR

| MAR

| CLT

| DOV

| TEX

| MEM

| MLW

| KAN

| KEN

| GTW

| MCH

| IRP

| NSH

| BRI

| RCH

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NHA
{{small|25}}

|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LVS
{{small|22}}

| SBO

| TEX

| MAR

| PHO

| HOM

! rowspan=2| 84th

! rowspan=2| 185

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bentoro01/2003/C|title=Robby Benton – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=July 6, 2020}}

Dodge

| colspan=18|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAL
{{small|25}}

| colspan=6|

==Busch North Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=20| NASCAR Busch North Series results
Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! {{Tooltip|NBNSC|NASCAR Busch North Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2005

! Info not available

! 65

! Ford

| STA

| HOL

| ERI

| NHA

| WFD

| ADI

| STA

| DUB

| OXF

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NHA
{{small|34}}

| DOV

| LRP

| TMP

! 64th

! 61

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bentoro01/2005/E|title=Robby Benton – 2005 NASCAR Busch East Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=July 6, 2020}}

=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.)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=32| ARCA Re/Max Series results
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

! {{Tooltip|ARMC|ARCA Re/Max Series classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

2000

! rowspan=2| RAB Racing

! rowspan=2| 82

! rowspan=2| Ford

| DAY

| SLM

| AND

| CLT

| KIL

| FRS

| MCH

| POC

| TOL

| KEN

| BLN

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| POC
{{small|DNQ}}

| WIN

| ISF

| KEN

| DSF

| SLM

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
{{small|40}}

| TAL

| ATL

| colspan=5|

! 144th

! 30

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bentoro01/2000/A|title=Robby Benton – 2000 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=July 6, 2020}}

rowspan=2| 2001

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
{{small|15}}

| NSH

| WIN

| SLM

| GTY

| KEN

| colspan=17|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TAL
{{small|6}}

| ATL

! rowspan=2| 53rd

! rowspan=2| 665

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bentoro01/2001/A|title=Robby Benton – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=July 6, 2020}}

Gerhart Racing

! 7

! Ford

| colspan=6|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
{{small|16}}

| KAN

| MCH

| POC

| MEM

| GLN

| KEN

| MCH

| POC

| NSH

| ISF

| CHI

| DSF

| SLM

| TOL

| BLN

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
{{small|14}}

| colspan=2|

2002

! rowspan=3| RAB Racing

! rowspan=2| 82

! rowspan=3| Ford

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|34}}

| ATL

| NSH

| SLM

| KEN

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
{{small|4}}

| KAN

| POC

| MCH

| TOL

| SBO

| KEN

| BLN

| POC

| NSH

| ISF

| WIN

| DSF

| CHI

| SLM

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TAL
{{small|9}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
{{small|17}}

| colspan=3|

! 34th

! 850

! {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bentoro01/2002/A|title=Robby Benton – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=July 6, 2020}}

rowspan=2| 2003

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
{{small|19}}

| ATL

| NSH

| SLM

| TOL

| KEN

| colspan=14|

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| CLT
{{small|DNQ}}

| SBO

| colspan=3|

! rowspan=2| 80th

! rowspan=2| 330

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bentoro01/2003/A|title=Robby Benton – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=July 6, 2020}}

8

| colspan=6|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
{{small|12}}

| BLN

| KAN

| MCH

| LER

| POC

| POC

| NSH

| ISF

| WIN

| DSF

| CHI

| SLM

| TAL

| colspan=5|

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{Racing-Reference driver|Robby_Benton}}

{{Rick Ware Racing}}

{{RAB Racing}}

{{Billy Ballew Motorsports}}

{{Team Penske}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Benton, Robby}}

Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Harrisburg, North Carolina

Category:Racing drivers from Charlotte, North Carolina

Category:NASCAR drivers

Category:ARCA Menards Series drivers