Robby Benton
NationalityUnited States American
BornRobert A. Benton Jr.
(1979-06-28) June 28, 1979
Harrisburg, North Carolina
Related toDanielle Trotta (wife)
ARCA Re/Max Series career
Debut season2000
Former teamsRAB Racing, Gerhart Racing
Starts11
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish34th in 2002
Finished last season80th (2003)
Previous series
2005NASCAR Busch North Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
4 races run over 3 years
2004 positionN/A
Best finish93rd (2003)
First race2002 Stacker 2/GNC Live Well 250 (Daytona)
Last race2003 Sam's Town 300 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
3 races run over 2 years
2003 position84th
Best finish84th (2003)
First race2003 New Hampshire 200 (New Hampshire)
Last race2003 Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
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]

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

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 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
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
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
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

  1. ↑ Weaver, Matt (January 8, 2018). "Team Penske hires former NASCAR, IMSA team owner to front office". Autoweek. Hearst Digital Media. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Robby Benton – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Robby Benton – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Robby Benton – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Robby Benton – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Robby Benton – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Robby Benton – 2005 NASCAR Busch East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Robby Benton – 2000 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Robby Benton – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Robby Benton – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Robby Benton – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
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