Norm Benning Racing

Norm Benning Racing

Owner(s)	Norm Benning
Base	Level Green, Pennsylvania
Series	NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Race drivers	6. Norm Benning (part-time)
Sponsors	6. Circle B Diecast
Manufacturer	Chevrolet
Opened	1993
Career
Debut	2008 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Latest race	2023 Weather Guard Truck Race on Dirt
Races competed	Total NASCAR Starts: 264 Xfinity Series: 3 Camping World Truck Series: 262 Arca Menards Series: 387
Race victories	0
Pole positions	0

Norm Benning Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team is owned by Norm Benning, who drives the No. 6 Chevrolet Silverado.

History

Norm Benning Racing opened in 1993, DNQ'ing all attempts by team owner Norm Benning in Cup competition. Benning began fielding the No. 8 and 84 car in the ARCA Racing Series in 1995 for himself and other drivers. Benning ran the team in four Nationwide races from 2003–2004. The team's most successful series has been the Truck Series, after successfully making 7 of the 8 races they attempted in 2008. The team ran the full Truck season making 24 of the 25 races and finishing 21st in points. Benning once again attempted the Daytona 500 in 2010 but failed to qualify. The team attempted to race the 2010 Truck season full-time in the No. 57 and had a good degree of success, gaining locked-in for a few races in owner points. For 2011 the team struggled to make some races early in the year. Later on, the team began fielding a second truck, the No. 75 starting at Iowa. In 2012, the team again had problems with qualifying for some events but finished 21st in points. In 2013, Benning made all but one race, and gained national notoriety after his battle during the Last Chance Qualifier for the inaugural Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway, barely finishing in the final transfer position over Clay Greenfield. Benning finished 20th in points. 2014 saw the team make all 22 races.

Sponsorship and number

The team has had little success in finding sponsorship. They mainly function on week-by-week deals with several different companies. However, there is currently an ongoing fundraiser that is attempting to help the Facebook page NASCAR Memes sponsor Benning's No. 6 for the 2014 Talladega race.

In the past few years, Benning has raced the No. 57 in all races he enters under the Norm Benning Racing banner. Starting in the second half of 2014, Norm Benning Racing will field the No. 6 instead of 57. The former 75 is now running as the 57 with multiple drivers.

Car/truck history

ARCA

Norm Benning Racing began fielding the No. 8 and No. 84 in the ARCA Racing Series in 1995. Team Owner Norm Benning was the primary driver, with other drivers filling out the other seat.

NASCAR

Benning began fielding his equipment in NASCAR in the late 1980s, finding very little success because of lacking sponsorship and mediocre equipment. Benning attempted just about every Daytona 500 from 1994 to most recently in 2011 and was not successful in qualifying, whether it was due to mechanical failures, not transferring in through the duels, or being forced to withdraw from the race because his car did not meet minimum speed.

No. 6 History

The No. 6 truck at Martinsville Speedway in 2017

Since 2008, Norm Benning Racing has fielded a truck. Beginning in 2009, Norm has run the full schedule despite having poor performing equipment and little to no funding. Beginning in 2011, Norm began fielding a second truck on a part-time basis to help fund the 57. In the 2013 Mudsummer Classic, Norm Benning and his team gained media attention when he beat Clay Greenfield to qualify in the 30th position. Midway through 2014, Norm changed his iconic 57 to the number 6 on his truck. The 2015 season began on a high note as Benning finished 14th at Daytona. However, the remainder of the season would prove to be very difficult. Lack of sponsorship would force Benning to do several start and parks. Towards the end of the season, the 6 began missing races as the poor finishes left the team ranking lower in points, plus the fields being cut from 36 to 32 trucks. 2016 would be a disastrous season, as the team failed to make any of the first 8 races. Midway through the season, Benning struck a deal with MB Motorsports to run the 63. Benning would run 7 races in the 63 and 1 race in the. 6, while missing 12, and not entering 1. Once again, 2017 began on a low note. After missing the first 3 races of the season, Benning was able to make the 4th race of the season at Kansas. Benning would also strike a deal with GMS Racing, purchasing the owner points from the 24 team, locking him into all the remaining races. In 2018, Benning would again return and was running in the top 10 at Daytona, but a fuel pump issue resulted in a 14th place finish. Benning's next highlight would come at Eldora, where he would have a strong run in his heat race. In the closing laps of the main event, Benning would be involved in an accident that saw the driver's side door ripped off the car. Benning missed the season opener at Daytona for the sixth time in 2019. However, he managed to finish 17th at Texas Motor Speedway and got another top 20 at Talladega Superspeedway. In 2020, Benning missed the first three races he attempted. For the first time since 2008, he didn’t finish in the top 20 a single time, with his best finish being a 22nd at Talladega Superspeedway. Benning elected to run full-time in 2021. He did not qualify at Daytona for the third straight year in a row. During the Spring Kansas weekend, the team's truck used for pulling the hauler was stolen from the hotel parking lot where they were staying. Benning attempted just 4 races in 2022 but they did not qualify for any of them.

Truck No. 6 results

NASCAR Camping World 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
2008	Norm Benning	57	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH 34	BRI DNQ	GTY	NHA 33	LVS 30	TAL	MAR	ATL 31	TEX 28	PHO 34	HOM 35	N/A	N/A
2009				DAY DNQ	CAL 28	ATL 30	MAR 25	KAN 31	CLT 24	DOV 30	TEX 33	MCH 17	MLW 24	MEM 21	KEN 18	IRP 23	NSH 22	BRI 29	CHI 24	IOW 27	GTY 26	NHA 23	LVS 24	MAR 25	TAL 18	TEX 29	PHO 25	HOM 29	N/A	2097
2010				DAY 25	ATL 25	MAR 23	NSH 31	KAN 24	DOV 23	CLT 24	TEX 17	MCH 28	IOW 22	GTY 25	IRP 22	POC 28	NSH 22	DAR 18	BRI 25	CHI 24	KEN 31	NHA 26	LVS 30	MAR 24	TAL 30	TEX 26	PHO 24	HOM 32	N/A	2188
2011				DAY 36	PHO 27	DAR 26	MAR 27	NSH DNQ	DOV 26	CLT DNQ	KAN 33	TEX 35	KEN 31	IOW 26	NSH 25	IRP 31	POC 24	MCH 20	BRI DNQ	ATL DNQ	CHI 27	NHA 25	KEN 21	LVS 15	TAL DNQ	MAR 29	TEX DNQ	HOM 29	N/A	323
2012				DAY DNQ	MAR DNQ	CAR 30	KAN 28	CLT DNQ	DOV 25	TEX 22	KEN DNQ	IOW 24	CHI 25	POC 20	MCH 23	BRI 27	ATL DNQ	IOW 25	KEN 15	LVS 18	TAL 15	MAR 31	TEX 26	PHO 19	HOM 29				N/A	346
2013				DAY 17	MAR 33	CAR 33	KAN 26	CLT DNQ	DOV 29	TEX 23	KEN 25	IOW 30	ELD 26	POC 28	MCH 22	BRI 33	MSP 20	IOW 28	CHI 32	LVS 26	TAL 12	MAR 29	TEX 30	PHO 24	HOM 28				N/A	370
2014				DAY 20	MAR 28	KAN 18	CLT 17	DOV 28	TEX 22	GTW 22	KEN 26	IOW 26																	N/A	432
		6											ELD 27	POC 20	MCH 22	BRI 25	MSP 22	CHI 27	NHA 27	LVS 24	TAL 20	MAR 25	TEX 28	PHO 28	HOM 34
2015				DAY 14	ATL 31	MAR 28	KAN 24	CLT 32	DOV 26	TEX 25	GTW 26	IOW 25	KEN 31	ELD 19	POC 22	MCH 27	BRI 24	MSP 21	CHI 22	NHA DNQ	LVS 26	TAL 21	MAR DNQ	TEX 27	PHO DNQ	HOM DNQ			N/A	365
2016				DAY DNQ	ATL DNQ	MAR DNQ	KAN DNQ	DOV DNQ	CLT	TEX DNQ	IOW	GTW		ELD DNQ					CHI 31	NHA									N/A	51
		63											KEN 28		POC 23	BRI	MCH 27	MSP 20			LVS 26	TAL	MAR	TEX 32	PHO 26	HOM DNQ
2017		6		DAY DNQ	ATL DNQ	MAR DNQ	KAN 24	CLT 26	DOV 26	TEX 17	GTW 22	IOW 22	KEN 32	ELD 13	POC 21	MCH 20	BRI 31	MSP 18	CHI 23	NHA 19	LVS 19	TAL 31	MAR 27	TEX 23	PHO 22	HOM 25			20th	370
2018				DAY 14	ATL 29	LVS 26	MAR 31	DOV 27	KAN 23	CLT 31	TEX 21	IOW 20	GTW 24	CHI 31	KEN 25	ELD 32	POC 25	MCH 21	BRI DNQ	MSP 20	LVS DNQ	TAL DNQ	MAR DNQ	TEX	PHO	HOM			27th	193
2019				DAY DNQ	ATL 29	LVS 28	MAR DNQ	TEX DNQ	DOV 32	KAN 21	CLT	TEX 17	IOW 24	GTW 25	CHI 29	KEN DNQ	POC 22	ELD 22	MCH 32	BRI	MSP 24	LVS	TAL 18	MAR 24	PHO	HOM			29th	171
2020				DAY DNQ	LVS	CLT DNQ	ATL DNQ	HOM 34	POC 30	KEN 40	TEX 34	KAN 36	KAN 25	MCH 31	DAY 27	DOV 35	GTW 29	DAR 32	RCH 30	BRI 34	LVS	TAL 22	KAN 31	TEX 26	MAR 26	PHO			39th	128
2021				DAY DNQ	DAY 32	LVS 33	ATL 40	BRI 37	RCH 32	KAN 39	DAR 37	COA	CLT	TEX 30	NSH	POC 32	KNX 19	GLN 37	GTW Wth	DAR 35	BRI DNQ	LVS	TAL 17	MAR DNQ	PHO DNQ				42nd	71
2022				DAY	LVS	ATL	COA	MAR	BRI DNQ	DAR	KAN	TEX	CLT	GTW	SON	KNX DNQ	NSH	MOH	POC	IRP	RCH	KAN	BRI	TAL	HOM	PHO			-*	-*

No. 57 History

The No. 57 truck at Rockingham Speedway in 2013

The 57 team debuted as the number 75, which NBR shared with Henderson Motorsports in 2011. The first race run by the team was with Mike Harmon behind the wheel. Harmon started and finished 33rd, parking the car after 6 laps. The truck ran sporadically throughout the season, driven by Johnny Borneman III, J. J. Yeley, Bobby Santos III, and James Hylton made his truck series debut at the age of 76 at Pocono. The team only ran twice in 2012, 4 times in 2013, and 6 times in 2014, although the team only ran one race as the 75. The team ran one race with the number 71, as the Henderson team had the 75 entered. After Benning switched to the 6, the 75 became the 57. The 57 made its lone appearance at Gateway in 2015, parking after one lap with Joey Gattina. Steve Fox withdrew at Pocono. After not running in 2016, the 57 returned exactly two years after its previous race at Gateway in 2017 with Tommy Regan driving. BJ McLeod and J. J. Yeley ran the 57 before Mike Senica became the primary driver. Senica announced that he was to drive the 57 fielded by Benning with several different companies sponsoring the truck, however, Benning and Senica couldn't reach an agreement because Benning only wanted Senica to start and park the 57. The 57 then showed up at Martinsville with Jeff Zillweger behind the wheel. The 57 would withdraw after not showing enough speed to have a good chance of qualifying.

Truck No. 57 results

NASCAR Camping World 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
2011	Greg Seevers	75	Chevy	DAY	PHO	DAR	MAR	NSH	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	KEN	IOW 32															N/A	N/A
	Mike Harmon														NSH 33	IRP
	James Hylton																POC 30
	J. J. Yeley																	MCH 31	BRI	ATL	CHI
	Bobby Santos III																					NHA 34	KEN
	Johnny Borneman III																							LVS 34	TAL	MAR	TEX	HOM
2012	Adam Edwards			DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	CHI	POC 33															N/A	N/A
	Josh Wise														MCH 34	BRI	ATL	IOW	KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM
2013	Clay Greenfield			DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN 29	IOW	ELD	POC															N/A	N/A
	Todd Peck														MCH 31	BRI	MSP	IOW	CHI	LVS	TAL	MAR
	Morgan Shepherd																						TEX 34	PHO	HOM
2014	Adam Edwards			DAY	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW 29																			N/A	N/A
		71									KEN 30	IOW	ELD	POC
		57													MCH 28	BRI	MSP	CHI 30					TEX 29	PHO	HOM
	Ted Minor																		NHA 30	LVS	TAL	MAR
2015	Joey Gattina			DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW 32	IOW	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM			NA	0
2017	Tommy Regan	57	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW 29			ELD DNQ															39th	86
	J. J. Yeley											IOW 32
	B. J. McLeod												KEN 31
	Mike Senica														POC 30	MCH 27	BRI DNQ	MSP 30	CHI 32	NHA 28	LVS 27	TAL	MAR DNQ	TEX 30	PHO 32	HOM 30
2018	Jeff Zillweger			DAY	ATL	LVS	MAR Wth	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	CHI	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM			N/A	0

External links

• Official website
• Norm Benning Racing owner statistics at Racing-Reference