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Ricky Benton Racing
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Owner(s)
BaseCerro Gordo, North Carolina
Race driversCup Series:
92. David Gilliland, Timothy Peters
Gander Outdoors Truck Series:
92. Austin Theriault
SponsorsBlacks Tire & Auto Service, Advance Auto Parts
ManufacturerFord
Opened2009
Closed2019
Career
DebutCup Series:
2018 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Camping World Truck Series:
2010 Nashville 200 (Nashville)
ARCA Racing Series:
2009 Carolina 200 (Rockingham)
Latest raceCup 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 competedTotal: 86
Cup Series: 2
Camping World Truck Series: 81
ARCA Racing Series: 3
Drivers' ChampionshipsTotal: 0
Cup Series: 0
Camping World Truck Series: 0
ARCA Racing Series: 0
Race victoriesTotal: 0
Cup Series: 0
Camping World Truck Series: 0
ARCA Racing Series: 0
Pole positionsTotal: 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 and last fielded the No. 92 Ford Fusion[disambiguation needed] 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.

Monster Energy Cup Series[]

Car No. 92 history[]

On January 17, 2018, RBR Enterprises announced that they would be fielding the No. 92 Carquest Auto Parts / 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.

Camping World Truck Series[]

Truck No. 92 history[]

Parker Kligerman in the No. 92 at Martinsville Speedway in 2016

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. Riggs would return in 2013. 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. David Gilliland would take the truck over in 2015. In 2016, Parker Kligerman would move to the truck. At Daytona, Kligerman and team finished 3rd, tying the team's best result. 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. In 2017 the team fielded the No. 92 truck part time for Regan Smith. 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.

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]

ARCA Racing Series[]

Car No. 22 history[]

In 2009, the team fielded this team for only one race with Drew Herring behind the wheel, finishing 16th at Rockingham.

Car No. 92 history[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ricky Benton Racing to attempt Daytona 500 with David Gilliland". 17 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Ricky Benton Racing To Make MENCS Debut At Daytona - Racing - Modern Tire Dealer". www.moderntiredealer.com.
  3. ^ "Front Row Motorsports Welcomes Black's Tire to Gilliland's No. 38 F-150". Front Row Motorsports (Press release). February 5, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  4. ^ Beard, Brock (February 13, 2020). "PREVIEW: Reviewing a multitude of changes in the XFINITY and Truck Series entry lists". LASTCAR. Blogger. Retrieved November 14, 2020.

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