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RAB Racing
Owner(s)Robert A. Benton Sr.
Robert A. Benton Jr.
Brack Maggard
Base Concord, North Carolina
Series Sprint Cup Series
Xfinity Series
Camping World Truck Series
ARCA Racing Series
Race driversSprint Cup Series:
29. Justin Marks, Reed Sorenson
Xfinity Series:
29. Justin Marks, Kenny Wallace
SponsorsSprint Cup Series:
29. American Born Moonshine
Xfinity Series:
29. American Born Moonshine (Marks)
U.S. Cellular (Wallace)
Manufacturer Toyota
Opened2005
Closed2015
Career
Latest raceXfinity Series:
2015 3M 250 ( Iowa)
Camping World Truck Series:
2012 Ford EcoBoost 200 ( Homestead)
ARCA Racing Series:
2010 American 200 Presented by Black's Tire & Auto Service ( Rockingham)
Drivers' ChampionshipsTotal: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
Camping World Truck Series: 0
ARCA Racing Series: 0
Race victories1 (Xfinity Series)
Pole positions4

RAB Racing with Brack Maggard was an American professional stock car racing team that attempted NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series, Camping World Truck Series and the ARCA Racing Series. The team was co-owned by Robert A. Benton Sr. and his son Robert Benton Jr. along with Georgia businessman Brack 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, while Boris Said scored the team's only Xfinity win in 2010.

Sprint Cup Series

Car No. 29 history

RAB Racing entered the No. 09 Cup car for Kenny Wallace in the 2012 Daytona 500 with sponsorship from American Ethanol. The team suffered ECU problems in the Duels and failed to qualify. [1] RAB Racing next fielded a Cup car at the 2014 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 the Brickyard 400, but posted the slowest time and failed to qualify. In the GEICO 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 the 2015 Daytona 500, bringing American 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 the Folds 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 at Las Vegas. RAB withdrew from Phoenix but announced they would return at Auto Club, where Sorenson once again failed to qualify.

RAB has never qualified after 8 Cup attempts.

Car No. 29 results

NASCAR Sprint 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
2012 Kenny Wallace 09 Toyota DAY
DNQ 		PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV TAL CLT KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 60th 0
2014 Joe Nemechek 29 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX DAR RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY
DNQ 		NHA TAL
DNQ 		MAR TEX PHO HOM 52nd 0
Matt Crafton IND
DNQ 		POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT
2015 Justin Marks DAY
DNQ 		50th 0
Reed Sorenson ATL
DNQ 		LVS
DNQ 		PHO
Wth 		CAL
DNQ 		MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM

Xfinity Series

Car No. 29 history

The second RAB car made its debut at the STP 300 at Chicago 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 at Iowa Speedway with U.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 of NEMCO Motorsports and Rick Ware Racing's 87 team). [4] Joe Gibbs Racing driver Daniel Suárez ran the 29 with sponsor Arris Group at Chicagoland Speedway in September, [5] scoring a season's-best 15th-place finish.

In 2015, Justin Marks ran the season-opening race at Daytona 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 sponsorship U.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.

Car No. 29 results

NASCAR Xfinity 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 Owners Pts
2012 Kenny Wallace 09 Toyota DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI
4 		IND IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 69th -6
2013 29 DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH
36 		TAL DAR CLT
29 		DOV IOW
13 		MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW
22 		GLN MOH BRI
19 		ATL RCH
17 		CHI
17 		KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 42nd 155
2014 Scott Lagasse Jr. DAY
26 		PHO LVS DAY
31 		NHA CHI IND 42nd 142
Kelly Admiraal BRI
35 		CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN RCH
22 		PHO
22 		HOM
Kenny Wallace IOW
19 		GLN MOH
Milka Duno BRI
DNQ 		ATL DOV
DNQ 		KAN CLT
Wth 		TEX
Daniel Suárez CHI
15 		KEN
2015 Justin Marks DAY
34 		ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL 49th 31
Kenny Wallace IOW
23 		CLT DOV MCH CHI DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM

Car No. 99 History

John Wes Townley's Zaxby's Ford in 2009.
Kenny Wallace in 2011.

RAB moved up from the ARCA Racing Series to the NASCAR Nationwide Series for 2008, hiring John Wes Townley to drive seven races (in addition to the full ARCA schedule). Townley brought his family's Zaxby'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 hired Boris 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 for Richard Childress Racing, and the team announced it would run as much of the 2010 season as possible with Scott Riggs. However, the team only ran the first five races of the year before replacing Riggs with many other drivers including Jason Bowles, Chad McCumbee, Patrick Sheltra, Hermie Sadler, Sean Caisse, Robb Brent, Ken Schrader, Kevin Hamlin, and Landon Cassill. "Road Course Ringer" Boris Said drove for RAB at Watkins Glen and Montreal. In Montreal at Circuit 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 former Braun Racing driver Brian Scott to drive the No. 09 car at Kansas. Scott drove the rest of the season and finished runner-up to Ricky Stenhouse Jr. for ROTY. Scott left for Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of the season.

For 2011, the team hired veteran Kenny Wallace from Jay 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 from American 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 with Michael Waltrip Racing to allow Travis 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 and Brett Moffitt (also MWR drivers). [6] [11] [12] Wallace would grab the team's best finish of 4th at Chicagoland.

Alex Bowman driving the No. 99 at Road America in 2013
James Buescher racing the No. 99 in 2014

In January 2013, it was announced that Alex Bowman would be running the full 2013 Nationwide Series season for RAB Racing, competing for Rookie of the Year honors. [6] [13] In April, he would win his first career Nationwide pole at the O'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, former Camping World Truck Series champion James Buescher left Turner Scott Motorsports to run the full season in the No. 99 car, bringing sponsor Rheem. [15] [16] After the Drive 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 for Richard Childress Racing. [18]

Car No. 99 results

NASCAR Xfinity 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 Owners Pts
2008 John Wes Townley 09 Ford DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI
DNQ 		CAL RCH DOV
30 		KAN CLT
27 		MEM
DNQ 		TEX
DNQ 		PHO
38 		HOM
DNQ 		N/A 204
2009 DAY
21 		CAL
22 		LVS
38 		BRI
16 		TEX
36 		NSH
18 		PHO
36 		TAL
18 		RCH
DNQ 		DAR
34 		CLT
DNQ 		DOV
38 		NSH
42 		KEN
32 		MLW
DNQ 		NHA
28 		DAY
36 		CHI
21 		GTY
21 		IRP
DNQ 		IOW
29 		MCH
DNQ 		BRI
33 		ATL
DNQ 		DOV
18 		KAN
31 		CAL
17 		CLT
28 		MEM
40 		TEX
18 		PHO
23 		HOM
24 		N/A N/A
Boris Said GLN
11 		CGV
25
Travis Kvapil RCH
20
2010 Scott Riggs DAY
15 		CAL
16 		LVS
14 		BRI
DNQ 		NSH
19 		N/A N/A
Jason Bowles PHO
25
Chad McCumbee TEX
31 		DAR
28 		DOV
32 		CLT
27
Patrick Sheltra TAL
18
Hermie Sadler RCH
32
Sean Caisse NSH
18 		KEN
27 		NHA
21
Robb Brent ROA
30
Ken Schrader DAY
25
Landon Cassill CHI
33 		GTY
31 		RCH
28
Kevin Hamlin IRP
27
John Wes Townley IOW
24 		MCH
17 		BRI
27 		ATL
22
Boris Said GLN
22 		CGV
1
Kelly Bires DOV
21
Brian Scott KAN
21 		CAL
15 		CLT
28 		GTY
14
Toyota TEX
32 		PHO
11 		HOM
18
2011 Kenny Wallace DAY
28 		PHO
10 		LVS
10 		BRI
17 		CAL
15 		TEX
20 		TAL
25 		NSH
12 		RCH
13 		DAR
11 		DOV
7 		IOW
6 		CLT
20 		CHI
7 		MCH
20 		ROA
28 		DAY
7 		KEN
6 		NHA
6 		NSH
10 		IRP
12 		IOW
7 		GLN
32 		CGV
16 		BRI
36 		ATL
19 		RCH
5 		CHI
17 		DOV
16 		KAN
19 		CLT
16 		TEX
13 		PHO
17 		HOM
33 		14th 963
2012 DAY
30 		PHO
36 		LVS
11 		BRI
33 		CAL
7 		18th 768
99 TAL
9 		MCH
34 		KEN
11 		CHI
20 		KAN
18 		TEX
15 		HOM
15
Ryan Truex 09 TEX
32
99 RCH
14 		DOV
16
Travis Pastrana RCH
22 		DAR
17 		IOW
26 		CLT
24 		NHA
31 		CHI
17 		IND
13 		ATL
26
John Wes Townley DOV
20 		DAY
25 		BRI
23 		CLT
32
Victor Gonzalez Jr. ROA
17 		GLN
16
Brett Moffitt IOW
9
Patrick Carpentier CGV
29
Alex Bowman KEN
25 		PHO
15
2013 DAY
3 		PHO
31 		LVS
8 		BRI
14 		CAL
12 		TEX
14 		RCH
27 		TAL
13 		DAR
17 		CLT
20 		DOV
17 		IOW
22 		MCH
14 		ROA
24 		KEN
10 		DAY
20 		NHA
10 		CHI
31 		IND
15 		IOW
7 		GLN
13 		MOH
11 		BRI
33 		ATL
34 		RCH
15 		CHI
11 		KEN
5 		DOV
18 		KAN
11 		CLT
18 		TEX
18 		PHO
11 		16th 917
Blake Koch HOM
11
2014 James Buescher DAY
16 		PHO
12 		LVS
18 		BRI
13 		CAL
16 		TEX
13 		DAR
25 		RCH
10 		TAL
29 		IOW
19 		CLT
11 		DOV
15 		MCH
15 		ROA
17 		KEN
14 		DAY
14 		NHA
22 		CHI
23 		IND
21 		IOW
26 		GLN
11 		MOH
25 		BRI
9 		ATL
19 		RCH
19 		CHI
18 		KEN
14 		DOV
15 		KAN
21 		CLT
31 		TEX
24 		PHO
14 		HOM
18 		15th 868

Camping World Truck Series

John Wes Townley at Rockingham Speedway in 2012

For 2012, RAB formed a Camping World Truck Series team with longtime driver John Wes Townley, using the number 09. [6] However, Townley was cited with a DUI before Speedweeks, resulting in his suspension by RAB. Townley was replaced by Travis Kvapil for Daytona. Townley returned the next race, at Martinsville. After competing for Rookie of the Year honors in 2012 and collecting his best series finish of eighth at Pocono Raceway, [6] Townley left the team and joined Red Horse Racing for 2013.

ARCA Re/Max Series

After leaving the drivers seat and having an eight-year stint as a crew member for Robert Yates Racing, Robert Benton decided to start his own race team in 2005 in the ARCA RE/Max Series. [6] The team first hired young Georgia native Walt 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 with Justin Marks [1] and Damon Lusk splitting the No. 65 Construct 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 to Germain Racing in the Craftsman Truck Series for 2008. [1]

For 2008, John Wes Townley ran the renumbered 09 car with sponsor Zaxby'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.

See also

References

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