Robby Benton Explained

Robby Benton
Nationality: American
Birth Name:Robert A. Benton Jr.
Birth Date:28 June 1979
Birth Place:Harrisburg, North Carolina
Related To:Danielle Trotta (wife)
Current Series:ARCA Re/Max Series
First Year:2000
Former Teams:RAB Racing, Gerhart Racing
Starts:11
Wins:0
Poles:0
Best Finish:34th
Year:2002
Last Finish:80th (2003)
Prev Series:NASCAR Busch North Series
Prev Series Years:2005
Updated:July 7, 2020
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Total Busch Races:4
Years In Busch:3
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)
Busch Wins:0
Busch Top Tens:0
Busch Poles:0
Total Truck Races:3
Years In Truck:2
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)
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.[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

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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
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334PtsRef
2002John Josey86ChevyDAYCARLVSDARBRITEXNSHTALCALRCHNHANZHCLTDOVNSHKENMLWDAY
CHIGTYPPRIRPMCHBRIDARRCHDOVKANCLTMEMATLCARPHOHOM120th43[3]
2003KAR Racing70ChevyDAY
CAR
LVS
DARBRI93rd189[4]
Lackey Motorsports85ChevyTEX
TALNSHCALRCHGTYNZHCLTDOVNSHKENMLWDAYCHINHAPPRIRPMCHBRIDARRCHDOVKANCLTMEMATLPHOCARHOM
2004Jay Robinson Racing39FordDAY
CARLVSDARBRITEXNSHN/A0[5]
RAB Racing03FordTAL
CALGTYRCHNZHCLTDOVNSHKENMLWDAYCHINHAPPRIRPMCHBRICALRCHDOVKANCLT
MEMATLPHODARHOM

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425PtsRef
2002Johnny Myers36ChevyDAYDARMARGTYPPRDOVTEXMEMMLWKANKENNHAMCHIRPNSHRCHTEXSBOLVSCALPHOHOM
N/A0[6]
2003Fasscore Motorsports15FordDAYDARMMRMARCLTDOVTEXMEMMLWKANKENGTWMCHIRPNSHBRIRCHNHA
LVS
SBOTEXMARPHOHOM84th185[7]
DodgeCAL

Busch North Series

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
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425PtsRef
2000RAB Racing82FordDAYSLMANDCLTKILFRSMCHPOCTOLKENBLNPOC
WINISFKENDSFSLMCLT
TALATL144th30[9]
2001DAY
NSHWINSLMGTYKENTAL
ATL53rd665[10]
Gerhart Racing7FordCLT
KANMCHPOCMEMGLNKENMCHPOCNSHISFCHIDSFSLMTOLBLNCLT
2002RAB Racing82FordDAY
ATLNSHSLMKENCLT
KANPOCMCHTOLSBOKENBLNPOCNSHISFWINDSFCHISLMTAL
CLT
34th850[11]
2003DAY
ATLNSHSLMTOLKENCLT
SBO80th330[12]
8CLT
BLNKANMCHLERPOCPOCNSHISFWINDSFCHISLMTAL

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Matt . Weaver . Team Penske hires former NASCAR, IMSA team owner to front office . . Hearst Digital Media . January 8, 2018 . July 6, 2020.
  2. Web site: Jeff . Gluck . Aftermath, Montreal: The Story Of How Little RAB Racing Beat The Big Boys . . . August 30, 2010 . July 6, 2020.
  3. Web site: Robby Benton – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. July 6, 2020.
  4. Web site: Robby Benton – 2003 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. July 6, 2020.
  5. Web site: Robby Benton – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. July 6, 2020.
  6. Web site: Robby Benton – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. July 6, 2020.
  7. Web site: Robby Benton – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. July 6, 2020.
  8. Web site: Robby Benton – 2005 NASCAR Busch East Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. July 6, 2020.
  9. Web site: Robby Benton – 2000 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. July 6, 2020.
  10. Web site: Robby Benton – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. July 6, 2020.
  11. Web site: Robby Benton – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. July 6, 2020.
  12. Web site: Robby Benton – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. July 6, 2020.

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