| Team Name: | Ricky Benton Racing |
| Owner Names: | Ricky Benton |
| Base: | Cerro Gordo, North Carolina |
| Numbers: | 22, 92 |
| Drivers: | Cup Series: 92. David Gilliland, Timothy Peters Gander Outdoors Truck Series: 92. Austin Theriault |
| Sponsors: | Blacks Tire & Auto Service, Advance Auto Parts |
| Manufacturer: | Ford |
| Opened: | 2009 |
| Closed: | 2019 |
| Debut: | Cup Series: 2018 Daytona 500 (Daytona) Camping World Truck Series: 2010 Nashville 200 (Nashville) ARCA Racing Series: 2009 Carolina 200 (Rockingham) |
| Final: | Cup Series: 2018 GEICO 500 (Talladega) Camping World Truck Series: 2019 TruNorth Global 250 (Martinsville) ARCA Racing Series: 2010 American 200 presented by Black's Tire and Auto Service (Rockingham) |
| Races: | Total: 86 Cup Series: 2 Camping World Truck Series: 81 ARCA Racing Series: 3 |
| Drivers Champ: | Total: 0 Cup Series: 0 Camping World Truck Series: 0 ARCA Racing Series: 0 |
| Wins: | Total: 0 Cup Series: 0 Camping World Truck Series: 0 ARCA Racing Series: 0 |
| Poles: | Total: 0 Cup Series: 0 Camping World Truck Series: 0 ARCA Racing Series: 0 |
Ricky Benton Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series. The team was owned by Ricky Benton and last fielded the No. 92 Ford Fusion part-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series for David Gilliland and Timothy Peters in 2018 and the No. 92 Ford F-150 part-time in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series for Austin Theriault in 2019.
The team later essentially merged into the Truck Series operation of Front Row Motorsports in 2020 with their No. 38 Ford F-150 driven full-time by Todd Gilliland and starting in 2022, driven full-time by Zane Smith with Gilliland's move to the NASCAR Cup Series in 2022.
On January 17, 2018, RBR Enterprises announced that they would be fielding the No. 92 Carquest Auto Parts / BTS Ford Fusion in the 2018 Daytona 500 with David Gilliland.
At Talladega in April, Timothy Peters, who had recently driven for RBR in the Truck Series, made his Cup Series debut. Peters drove the Advance Auto Parts / BB&T Ford Fusion.[1] [2] Peters returned in the 92 at Daytona for the Coke Zero Sugar 400, however he failed to qualify.
| Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Driver | 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 | 35 | 36 | Pts | ||||
| 2018 | David Gilliland | 92 | Ford | DAY 14 | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | MAR | TEX | BRI | RCH | 42nd | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Timothy Peters | TAL 23 | DOV | KAN | CLT | POC | MCH | SON | CHI | DAY DNQ | KEN | NHA | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | IND | LVS | RCH | ROV | DOV | TAL | KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||
Beginning in 2010, the team began fielding the No. 92 Chevy Silverado for Dennis Setzer. The team's first race at Nashville yielded a 26th-place finish. Setzer would drive the truck in 9 races, with a best finish of 12th at Indianapolis Raceway Park and Bristol Motor Speedway. For the 2011 season, the team hired Clay Rogers as the driver. Rogers and RBR would finish 3rd in their debut together, and under NASCAR's new points system beginning that season, Rogers would be the points leader. The team then decide to expand their schedule from what they had previously planned. They would make it through the first 11 races of the season, before scaling back to a partial schedule. 2012 would prove to be a slow season as David Reutimann would miss the opening race at Daytona. After 3 races, Reutimann was replaced by Chad McCumbee, who would also be released after 3 starts. Scott Riggs was then hired to drive the 92 at the second Martinsville race, where he finished an impressive 5th. Riggs would return in 2013, along with Matt McCall and Clay Rogers. Riggs would get a 9th at Martinsville. For 2014, a rotation of drivers would run the truck, including Ross Chastain, Riggs, Corey Lajoie and Austin Hill, as well as a switch from Chevy to Ford. Corey Lajoie would collect the team's only top 10 of 2014. David Gilliland would take the truck over in 2015, where he would collect two top 10's. In 2016, Parker Kligerman would move to the truck. At Daytona, Kligerman and team finished 3rd, tying the team's best result. He would have 3 consecutive top 10's in the first 3 races. Once again, it looked as if the team would have a chance at attempting the full schedule. However, after the first 8 races, the team would once again be reduced to a partial schedule. Later in the season, Cole Whitt and Grant Enfinger would drive with the team. Whitt would score a 12th, while Enfinger would score a 23rd. In 2017, the team fielded the No. 92 truck part time for Regan Smith. Smith collected 2 top 10's. The team returned part-time again in 2018 with Timothy Peters for 3 races. At the first Martinsville race, they finished 7th, but would fail to qualify for Charlotte and Bristol. In 2019, they hired Austin Theriault for 8 races. They failed to qualify for Daytona by mere milliseconds, but made the field at the first Martinsville race, finishing 22nd. They attempted the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte, but failed to qualify. They also attempted Bristol with Peters but didn't qualify.
Benton did not field a truck in 2020 as he instead partnered with Front Row Motorsports, which included bringing RBR sponsor Black's Tire to FRM's No. 38 driven by Todd Gilliland.[3] [4]
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| Year | Driver | 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 | Owners | Pts | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Dennis Setzer | 92 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR DNQ | NSH 26 | KAN | DOV | CLT 30 | TEX | MCH | IOW | GTY | IRP 12 | POC | NSH | DAR 16 | BRI 12 | CHI | KEN 15 | NHA 18 | LVS | MAR 29 | TAL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 37th | 797 | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Clay Rogers | DAY 3 | PHO 16 | DAR 11 | MAR 16 | NSH 31 | DOV 20 | CLT 17 | KAN 28 | TEX 25 | KEN 17 | IOW 17 | NSH | IRP 15 | POC | MCH | BRI 14 | ATL | CHI | NHA | KEN 16 | LVS | TAL | MAR 24 | TEX | HOM | 25th | 391 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | David Reutimann | DAY DNQ | MAR 20 | CAR 19 | KAN | CLT 18 | DOV | TEX | KEN Wth | IOW | 35th | 178 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chad McCumbee | CHI 20 | POC | MCH | BRI 23 | ATL 25 | IOW | KEN | LVS | TAL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scott Riggs | MAR 5 | TEX | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | DAY 36 | MAR 35 | CLT 11 | DOV | TEX | KEN 23 | IOW | ELD | POC | MCH | CHI 29 | LVS | TAL | MAR 9 | TEX 22 | PHO | HOM | 34th | 184 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clay Rogers | CAR 25 | KAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Matt McCall | BRI 22 | MSP | IOW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Ross Chastain | Ford | DAY 30 | MAR 14 | KAN | 31st | 199 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scott Riggs | CLT 24 | DOV 13 | TEX | GTW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corey LaJoie | KEN 17 | IOW | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI 10 | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Hill | MAR 26 | TEX | PHO | HOM 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | David Gilliland | DAY 6 | ATL | MAR 30 | KAN | CLT 27 | DOV | TEX | GTW | IOW | KEN 7 | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI 13 | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR 23 | TEX | PHO | HOM 16 | 31st | 187 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Parker Kligerman | DAY 3 | ATL 8 | MAR 8 | KAN 31 | DOV 27 | CLT 18 | TEX 20 | IOW 31 | GTW | KEN 19 | ELD | POC | BRI 20 | MCH | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS 14 | TAL | 28th | 181 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cole Whitt | MAR 12 | TEX | PHO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grant Enfinger | HOM 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Regan Smith | DAY 6 | ATL 12 | MAR 12 | KAN 12 | CLT 29 | DOV 7 | TEX | GTW | IOW | KEN 14 | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI 14 | MSP | CHI 12 | NHA | LVS | TAL 27 | MAR 14 | TEX 13 | PHO | HOM 11 | 26th | 300 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Timothy Peters | DAY | ATL | LVS | MAR 7 | DOV | KAN | CLT DNQ | TEX | IOW | GTW | CHI | KEN | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI DNQ | MSP | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 50th | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Austin Theriault | DAY DNQ | ATL | LVS | MAR 22 | TEX | DOV | KAN | 55th | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Timothy Peters | CLT DNQ | TEX | IOW | GTW | CHI | KEN | POC | ELD | MCH | BRI DNQ | MSP | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In 2009, the team fielded this team for only one race with Drew Herring behind the wheel, finishing 16th at Rockingham.
This team ran just two times, one with Drew Herring, and one with Brandon McReynolds.