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| Owner | Ricky Benton |
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| Base | Cerro Gordo, North Carolina |
| Race drivers | Cup Series: 92.David Gilliland,Timothy Peters Gander Outdoors Truck Series: 92.Austin Theriault |
| Manufacturer | Ford |
| Opened | 2009 |
| Closed | 2019 |
| Career | |
| Debut | Cup Series: 2018Daytona 500 (Daytona) Camping World Truck Series: 2010Nashville 200 (Nashville) ARCA Racing Series: 2009Carolina 200 (Rockingham) |
| Latest race | Cup Series: 2018GEICO 500 (Talladega) Camping World Truck Series: 2019TruNorth Global 250 (Martinsville) ARCA Racing Series: 2010American 200 presented by Black's Tire and Auto Service (Rockingham) |
| Races competed | Total: 86 Cup Series: 2 Camping World Truck Series: 81 ARCA Racing Series: 3 |
| Drivers' Championships | Total: 0 Cup Series: 0 Camping World Truck Series: 0 ARCA Racing Series: 0 |
| Race victories | Total: 0 Cup Series: 0 Camping World Truck Series: 0 ARCA Racing Series: 0 |
| Pole positions | Total: 0 Cup Series: 0 Camping World Truck Series: 0 ARCA Racing Series: 0 |
Ricky Benton Racing was an American professionalstock car racing team that competed in theMonster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and theNASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series. The team was owned byRicky Benton and last fielded the No. 92Ford Fusion part-time in theMonster Energy NASCAR Cup Series forDavid Gilliland andTimothy Peters in2018 and the No. 92Ford F-150 part-time in theNASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series forAustin Theriault in2019.
The team later essentially merged into theTruck Series operation ofFront Row Motorsports in2020 with their No. 38Ford F-150 driven full-time byTodd Gilliland and starting in 2022, driven full-time byZane Smith with Gilliland's move to theNASCAR Cup Series in2022.
On January 17, 2018, RBR Enterprises announced that they would be fielding the No. 92Carquest Auto Parts /BTSFord Fusion in the2018 Daytona 500 withDavid Gilliland.
At Talladega in April,Timothy Peters, who had recently driven for RBR in the Truck Series, made hisCup Series debut. Peters drove theAdvance Auto Parts /BB&T Ford Fusion.[1][2] Peters returned in the 92 at Daytona for theCoke 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 | 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 | |||||||||||||||||
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Beginning in 2010, the team began fielding the No. 92Chevy Silverado forDennis 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 hiredClay 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 asDavid Reutimann would miss the opening race at Daytona. After 3 races, Reutimann was replaced byChad 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, includingRoss Chastain, Riggs,Corey Lajoie andAustin 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 forRegan Smith. Smith collected 2 top 10's. The team returned part-time again in 2018 withTimothy Peters for 3 races. At the first Martinsville race, they finished 7th, but would fail to qualify for Charlotte and Bristol. In 2019, they hiredAustin 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 theNorth 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 withFront Row Motorsports, which included bringing RBR sponsor Black's Tire to FRM's No. 38 driven byTodd Gilliland.[3][4]
In 2009, the team fielded this team for only one race withDrew Herring behind the wheel, finishing 16th at Rockingham.
This team ran just two times, one with Drew Herring, and one withBrandon McReynolds.