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.

Ricky Benton Racing
Owner(s)Ricky Benton
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

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

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Car No. 92 history

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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.

Car No. 92 results

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results
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 Owners 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

Camping World Truck Series

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Truck No. 92 history

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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, 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]

Truck No. 92 results

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NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series results
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

ARCA Racing Series

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Car No. 22 history

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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

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This team ran just two times, one with Drew Herring, and one with Brandon McReynolds.

References

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  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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