RAB Racing

Owner(s)	Robert A. Benton Sr. Robert A. Benton Jr. Brack Maggard
Base	Concord, North Carolina
Series	NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity Series Craftsman Truck Series ARCA Menards Series
Race drivers	NASCAR Cup Series: 29.Justin Marks,Reed Sorenson Xfinity Series: 29.Justin Marks,Kenny Wallace
Manufacturer	Toyota
Opened	2005
Closed	2015
Career
Latest race	Xfinity Series: 20153M 250 (Iowa) Craftsman Truck Series: 2012Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead) ARCA Menards Series: 2010American 200 Presented by Black's Tire & Auto Service (Rockingham)
Drivers' Championships	Total: 0 Xfinity Series: 0 Craftsman Truck Series: 0 ARCA Menards Series: 0
Race victories	1 (Xfinity Series)
Pole positions	4

RAB Racing with Brack Maggard was an American professionalstock car racing team that attempted races in theNASCAR Cup Series,Xfinity Series,Craftsman Truck Series and theARCA Menards Series. The team was co-owned by Robert A. Benton Sr. and his sonRobert Benton Jr. along with Georgia businessmanBrack Maggard and ran from 2005 through 2015. The team won one race in the Xfinity Series, but never qualified for a Cup Series race in eight attempts.

Kenny Wallace drove the most Xfinity races for the team with 57 starts, whileBoris Said scored the team's only Xfinity win in 2010.

The team shut its doors in 2015.

RAB Racing entered the No. 09 Cup car forKenny Wallace in the2012 Daytona 500 with sponsorship fromAmerican Ethanol. The team suffered ECU problems in the Duels and failed to qualify.^[1] RAB Racing next fielded a Cup car at the2014 Coke Zero 400.Joe Nemechek attempted qualify the No. 29, but did not qualify. Later in the summer,Matt Crafton attempted to make both his and RAB's first Cup race in the No. 29 at Indianapolis for theBrickyard 400, but posted the slowest time and failed to qualify. In theGEICO 500, RAB made their third attempt of the season with the No. 29, once again using Nemechek. Despite initially running 24th after making it to round two but declining to run in the round, they failed to qualify again after the car failed post-qualifying inspection.

Justin Marks attempted to qualify the No. 29 for the2015 Daytona 500, bringingAmerican Born Moonshine on board as part of a package deal across all three national series at Daytona. RAB also announced its plans to attempt the full Cup Series schedule.^[1] However, Marks failed to qualify.Reed Sorenson joined the team for theFolds of Honor QuikTrip 500,^[2] but failed to qualify after the No. 29 was one of thirteen cars that was unable to clear pre-qualifying inspection in time to make a run. Sorenson then missed the next race atLas Vegas. RAB withdrew fromPhoenix but announced they would return atAuto Club, where Sorenson once again failed to qualify.

RAB has never qualified after 8 Cup attempts during the team's existence.

The second RAB car made its debut at theSTP 300 atChicago in 2012 as the second iteration of the No. 09.Kenny Wallace, who gave up his seat in the team's full-time 99 car due to lack of sponsorship, finished 4th in the race. In 2013, Wallace returned to drive a limited schedule of races in the renumbered 29 car.Alex Bowman, the full-time driver of the main No. 99 car, was set to drive one of two RAB cars at the season finale at Homestead, but his sponsor pulled out and the team released him.

In 2014,Scott Lagasse Jr. drove at both Daytona races with"Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow" as the sponsor. Kenny Wallace ran a single race atIowa Speedway withU.S. Cellular as his sponsor, starting and finishing 19th.Kelly Admiraal ran three races with a best finish of 22nd twice. In August,Milka Duno signed with the team to run select events,^[3] only qualifying for two races out of five attempts (Duno ran the season-finale at Homestead using the owners points ofNEMCO Motorsports andRick Ware Racing's 87 team).^[4]Joe Gibbs Racing driverDaniel Suárez ran the 29 with sponsorArris Group atChicagoland Speedway in September,^[5] scoring a season's-best 15th-place finish.

In 2015,Justin Marks ran the season-opening race atDaytona with sponsor American Born Moonshine,^[1] qualifying on the outside pole, but finishing 34th after a crash.Kenny Wallace returned with the team at Iowa Speedway with the sponsorshipU.S. Cellular, finishing 23rd. This would be the team's final race as they later shut down their operations for the rest of the season.

RAB moved up from theARCA Racing Series to theNASCARNationwide Series for 2008, hiringJohn Wes Townley to drive seven races (in addition to the full ARCA schedule). Townley brought his family'sZaxby's sponsorship on board, and team changed manufacturers to Ford. Townley's new number would be 09. The team qualified for only three of their 7 scheduled races, with a best finish of 27th in Charlotte.

In 2009, RAB moved up to the Nationwide Series full-time, running with Townley for Rookie of the Year honors. Townley had a decent year, finishing 23rd in points but amassing no top-15 finishes.^[6] Also in 2009, RAB hiredBoris Said to run at Watkins Glen and Montreal with a best finish of 11th at The Glen.Travis Kvapil ran at Richmond and finished 20th.

Townley left RAB at the end of 2009 forRichard Childress Racing, and the team announced it would run as much of the 2010 season as possible withScott Riggs. However, the team only ran the first five races of the year before replacing Riggs with many other drivers includingJason Bowles,Chad McCumbee,Patrick Sheltra,Hermie Sadler,Sean Caisse,Robb Brent,Ken Schrader,Kevin Hamlin, andLandon Cassill. "Road Course Ringer"Boris Said drove for RAB at Watkins Glen and Montreal. In Montreal atCircuit Gilles Villeneuve, Said held off another road course ace,Max Papis, in a photo finish to give RAB its first win in any division.^[6] Townley returned to the team for a few races, but left before Richmond. The team then hired formerBraun Racing driverBrian Scott to drive the No. 09 car at Kansas. Scott drove the rest of the season and finished runner-up toRicky Stenhouse Jr. for ROTY. Scott left for Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of the season.

For 2011, the team hired veteranKenny Wallace fromJay Robinson Racing, with Wallace driving without salary in exchange for being in good equipment. Wallace brought sponsorship from Family Farmers/American Ethanol,University of Northwestern Ohio, and Federated Auto Parts.^[7][8] Wallace and RAB would take home 11 top-10s and finish 7th in points.^[6] For 2012, Wallace returned to the team for the first few races with sponsorship fromAmerican Ethanol/Family Farmers. After campaigning for weeks, he was forced to run a part-time schedule due to sponsorship issues. Meanwhile, the 09 was renumbered 99 in a deal withMichael Waltrip Racing to allowTravis Pastrana to run his seven scheduled Nationwide races.^[9][10] The rest of the year was split among Wallace, Townley,Ryan Truex (former driver of the 99 with MWR),Alex Bowman,Victor Gonzalez Jr.,Patrick Carpentier andBrett Moffitt (also MWR drivers).^[6][11][12] Wallace would grab the team's best finish of 4th at Chicagoland.

In January 2013, it was announced thatAlex Bowman would be running the full 2013 Nationwide Series season for RAB Racing, competing forRookie of the Year honors.^[6][13] In April, he would win his first career Nationwide pole at theO'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas.^[14] He would sweep the poles at Texas^[6] but would be released prior to the season finale at Homestead-Miami due to lack of sponsorship.Blake Koch would drive the 99 at Homestead to a 13th-place finish.

For 2014, formerCamping World Truck Series championJames Buescher leftTurner Scott Motorsports to run the full season in the No. 99 car, bringing sponsorRheem.^[15][16] After theDrive to Stop Diabetes 300 at Bristol, the 99 was penalized for violating two sections of the NASCAR rulebook: 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing) and 20A-2.3A (added car weight; improperly attached weight; loss of weight during the event); crew chief Chris Rice and car chief John Guerra were placed on probation until December 31, the former also being fined $10,000.^[17] Buescher struggled throughout the season, posting only two top 10s and finishing 10th in points.^[18] The team was forced to shut down after Rheem left forRichard Childress Racing.^[18]

For 2012, RAB formed aCraftsman Truck Series team with longtime driverJohn Wes Townley, using the number 09.^[6] However, Townley was cited with a DUI beforeSpeedweeks, resulting in his suspension by RAB. Townley was replaced byTravis Kvapil for Daytona. Townley returned the next race, atMartinsville. After competing forRookie of the Year honors in 2012 and collecting his best series finish of eighth atPocono Raceway,^[6] Townley left the team and joinedRed Horse Racing for 2013.

After leaving the drivers seat and having an eight-year stint as a crew member forRobert Yates Racing, Robert Benton decided to start his own race team in 2005 in theARCA RE/Max Series.^[6] The team first hired young Georgia nativeWalt Brannen to drive their No. 65 for a few races with little success. Brannen was released as RAB stepped up to a full-time schedule withJustin Marks^[1] andDamon Lusk splitting the No. 65Construct Corps/Crocs Dodge.^[19] The duo would earn a pole, two top fives and nine top tens. Marks ran the full 2007 season with RAB and ended the season fifth in points with a pole, four top fives, and ten top tens. Marks would move toGermain Racing in theCraftsman Truck Series for 2008.^[1]

For 2008,John Wes Townley ran the renumbered 09 car with sponsorZaxby's,^[19] scoring 8 top tens and ending the season 7th in points. Townley ran the two restrictor plate races in 2009, with a best finish of 4th at Daytona.Grant Enfinger and Tom Hessert III also ran races in the car.

• Tyler Allen – RAB Racing engineer

• Official website
• Robby Benton owner statistics at Racing-Reference

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