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Matt DiBenedetto
DiBenedetto at Richmond Raceway in 2019
BornMatthew Guido DiBenedetto
(1991-07-27) July 27, 1991 (age 33)
Grass Valley, California
Awards2007 UARA-Stars Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
212 races run over 6 years
Car no., teamNo. 21 (Wood Brothers Racing)
2020 position13th
Best finish13th (2020)
First race2015 CampingWorld.com 500 (Phoenix)
Last race2024 Straight Talk Wireless 400 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 22 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
69 races run over 6 years
2019 position100th
Best finish21st (2014)
First race2009 Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 (Memphis)
Last race2019 CTECH Manufacturing 180 (Road America)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
Statistics current as of November 8, 2020.

Matthew Guido DiBenedetto (born July 27, 1991)[1] is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 21 Ford Mustang for Wood Brothers Racing.

Racing career

Early career

DiBenedetto first showed an interest in auto racing after receiving his little league trophy around age 8. His father, Tony, who raced an Opel Manta in SCCA and IMSA in the late 1970s and early 1980s, noticed he preferred watching automobile racing on television over baseball.[2] DiBenedetto's father knew that another player on his son's little league team was competing in mini kart racing so he bought him a used kart which a young DiBenedetto drove to his first victory. He later moved up to the UARA-Stars series, racing late models.[3] In 2007, DiBenedetto's family sold all their equipment due to financial stress, from then on starting in 2008 Dibenedetto drove for Fat Head Racing Driver Development Program in the UARA-Stars as a teammate to Darrell Wallace, Jr., Brennan Poole, and FHR team owner Jamie Yelton. There, he caught the attention of Joe Gibbs Racing, and later ran in the NASCAR Camping World East Series for them.[4]

Xfinity Series

Joe Gibbs Racing: 2009–2010, 2019

2010 Nationwide car at Road America

DiBenedetto made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut in 2009 at the Memphis Motorsports Park and drove the No. 20 Pizza Ranch-sponsored Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. DiBenedetto raced part-time in the No. 20 car in 2010.

His first race of 2010 came at Nashville Speedway. DiBenedetto had a solid car and ran well all night. Eventually scoring a 10th-place finish. His next race came at Road America. While running 11th he had an axle problem due to running over the curbs too hard, and that led to him falling many laps down. DiBenedetto ran six races for Joe Gibbs in 2010, with two top ten finishes.

Nine years after his last start in the series with JGR, he returned to the team in August 2019 for the Road America race.[5] He led the most laps and was in second position, when he spun off the track on the final lap at the final corner of the race.

Multiple teams: 2012–2016

After being forced out of K&N Pro Series East team X Team Racing due to lack of sponsorship, DiBenedetto then joined The Motorsports Group midway through 2012 and ran as a start and park driver for seven races finishing 79th in points.

In 2013, DiBenedetto joined Vision Racing to drive the No. 37 car part-time in the Nationwide Series[6] and also started and parked the few races he was in. Dibenedetto later looked back at the start-and-park time as valuable for the seat time it gave him, which paid off later in his career.[7]

During the 2014 season's Subway Firecracker 250 at Daytona, DiBenedetto replaced Jeffrey Earnhardt in the No. 4 JD Motorsports Chevy during the first caution due to Earnhardt suffering a fractured collarbone in a motorcycle accident during the week.[8] For the second race he joined the Motorsports Group, where he start-and-parked the No. 46 Chevrolet for 12 races and raced the rest with the No. 40. He scored two top-15 place finishes at Road America and Mid-Ohio. DiBenedetto finished a career high 21st in points.

In 2016, he made his return in the Xfinity Series driving the No. 10 Camry for TriStar Motorsports at Fontana, where he started 33rd and finished 40th after starting and parking. At the Fall Texas race he crashed into the outside wall in turn 4 ending in a concussion and not racing in the Cup race the following day.

Cup Series

BK Racing: 2015–2016

DiBenedetto at the 2015 Irwin Tools Night Race

DiBenedetto moved up to the Sprint Cup Series in 2015. He was originally intended to drive the No. 83 Dustless Blasting and No. 93 Toyotas for BK Racing on a part-time basis; he split the No. 83 during the year with Camping World Truck Series driver Johnny Sauter. After Sauter drove the No. 83 in the Daytona 500, DiBenedetto failed to qualify in his first two attempts at Atlanta and Las Vegas before finally qualifying for his Sprint Cup debut at Phoenix. When Sauter eventually decided not to race at any other Cup race after the Daytona 500, DiBenedetto took over the No. 83 full-time and declared for ROTY contention.

DiBenedetto's No. 83 at Martinsville Speedway in 2016

At Martinsville Speedway during a practice session, DiBenedetto was involved in an incident with three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart. The incident occurred when DiBenedetto tried to merge on the track behind Carl Edwards and the gap closed ahead of him. With Stewart fast approaching down the backstretch, DiBenedetto moved up the track in turn three to let Stewart pass. "When I got to (turn) three I didn't want to hold him up, so I just pulled up high and let him go by," DiBenedetto told Foxsports.com. "I got completely out of his way, but that wasn't enough. He tried to wreck me a few times, brake-checking me and flipping me off around the whole track." After the incident, DiBenedetto called Stewart "an arrogant prick".[9]

DiBenedetto returned full-time with BK Racing in 2016, though he ran the No. 93 for the Daytona 500 since Michael Waltrip was in the No. 83 for the race.[10] At Daytona, DiBenedetto crashed with Chris Buescher on lap 92 in what Buescher called the "hardest hit of his career", though the two were not injured.[11] In the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, DiBenedetto finished sixth, a career-best at the time,[2] his first career top ten and the first for BK Racing since Travis Kvapil's eighth-place finish at the 2012 Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.[12] He returned to the No. 93 for the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond while Dylan Lupton drove the No. 83,[13] while also driving the No. 93 at Talladega's Hellmann's 500[14] as Jeffrey Earnhardt was in the No. 83.[15] DiBenedetto missed the AAA Texas 500 after suffering a concussion during the previous day's Xfinity Series race[16] and was replaced by Earnhardt.[17] He was cleared to return at the following race in Phoenix.[18] For the season-ending Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead, he drove the No. 49 to promote the video game NASCAR Heat Evolution's price change to $49.99.[19]

On December 8, 2016, DiBenedetto announced he had parted ways with BK Racing.[20] Two days later he announced that he would drive a single-car effort for Go Fas Racing in 2017.[21] Go Fas is one of the charter teams and as a result, DiBenedetto would make every race in the No. 32 Go Fas Racing Ford Fusion.

Go Fas Racing: 2017–2018

DiBenedetto in the No. 32 at the 2017 Toyota/Save Mart 350

In the 2017 Daytona 500, his first for Go Fas, DiBenedetto finished 9th for his second career top 10. Statistically, DiBenedetto has been Go Fas Racing's best driver since co-owner Frank Stoddard founding the team in 2011, with him picking up several top twenty and top thirty finishes. DiBenedetto had a great race in the 2017 Food City 500 when he picked up a top twenty finish, his best finish since Daytona. At the Monster Energy Open leading up to the All-Star Race, DiBenedetto drove a Reddit-sponsored car; he learned of the site when driver Josh Wise was voted into the 2014 All-Star Race by the community, who nearly voted DiBenedetto into the 2016 race.[22] The community then repeated their near-feat by having another close call in the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race. After the campaign, DiBenedetto remained an active member of the community, interacting with its users in the NASCAR subreddit on a regular basis.

At the 2017 Brickyard 400, DiBenedetto qualified near the back of the field. Despite this, he managed to avoid the late-race melee to pick up another top ten finish for the No. 32, finishing 8th. Soon after the race, DiBenedetto, crew chief Gene Nead, and Go Fas extended their contract to the 2018 season, allowing DiBenedetto to remain in the No. 32 for 2018.[23] However, Nead left for personal reasons in late February.[24]

Before the spring ISM race, DiBenedetto reached out on Twitter that his team has no sponsors for that race and needed a last-minute sponsor. Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick and Darrell Waltrip began to donate money to fund a sponsor, and the team later received Zynga Poker sponsorship.[25] Go Fas eventually launched #TeamBurrito, a program that allows fans to encourage businesses to sponsor the No. 32 car in exchange for various rewards.[26] Later that season, in July, at Daytona, DiBenedetto drove the No. 32 Zynga Poker Ford Fusion to another top ten finish, this time 7th, for the team's best finish.

On September 7, 2018, DiBenedetto announced that he will not be returning to Go Fas Racing in 2019. On October 10, it was announced that DiBenedetto signed a two-year contract with Leavine Family Racing to drive the No. 95 Toyota Camry starting in 2019.[27] The deal, which was a one-year contract with a possible extension, came after LFR failed to extend Kasey Kahne and after a deal with Daniel Hemric fell through to drive the No. 95 car.[4]

Leavine Family Racing: 2019

DiBenedetto's No. 95 car during the 2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race

In his first race with Leavine Family Racing, DiBenedetto nearly pulled off the victory at the 2019 Daytona 500. DiBenedetto took the lead mid-way in the race and led a race-high 49 laps before being collected in the Big One with less than 15 laps to go.[28]

For Sonoma Raceway's Toyota/Save Mart 350, DiBenedetto drove a Darrell Waltrip tribute scheme resembling his 1974 car; the race was Waltrip's final as a commentator for Fox NASCAR before his retirement.[29] In the race, DiBenedetto pitted off sequence, completing his stops before the two stages and again with 25 laps remaining to score a fourth-place finish.[30]

On August 15, 2019, DiBenedetto announced via Twitter that Leavine Family Racing had informed him that he would be dropped from the team following the 2019 season.[31] At the time of the announcement, DiBenedetto stood 23rd in the standings. Two days after the announcement, DiBenedetto led 93 laps at the Bristol Night Race, but damage after contact with Ryan Newman would cause him to lose the position to Denny Hamlin with 11 laps to go. DiBenedetto would go on to earn a career-best second-place finish.[32]

Wood Brothers Racing: 2020–2021

DiBenedetto's No. 21 car at Dover International Speedway in 2020

On September 10, 2019, Wood Brothers Racing signed DiBenedetto to drive for the No. 21 Ford full-time for the 2020 season, following Paul Menard's announcement that he will retire from full-time racing after the 2019 season.[33][34] DiBenedetto started the season with a 19th place finish at the 2020 Daytona 500, but he rebounded a week later to tie a career-best second place finish at Las Vegas.[35]

In the later weeks of the regular season, DiBenedetto battled with seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and William Byron for the final spots in the playoffs. DiBenedetto would ultimately qualify for his first playoffs when he finished 12th in the regular season finale at Daytona and edged out Johnson for the 16th and last seed by six points.[36] He was eliminated following the third race of the opening round at Bristol.[37] DiBenedetto tied his career-best finish of second the following week later at Las Vegas for the third time in his career and second time in a row at the track; this time to Kurt Busch. DiBenedetto ended his first season with the Wood Brothers 13th in the final standings with a career-high 11 top tens.

DiBenedetto returned to WBR in 2021, though it was his final year with the team as Austin Cindric of WBR ally Team Penske was set to take over the No. 21 the following year.[38]

Personal life

DiBenedetto was born in Nevada City, California but raised in Grass Valley, California to parents Sandy and Tony DiBenedetto. He has three siblings, Austin, Katie, Kelley. Austin is a member of the United States Air Force.

In 2015, DiBenedetto married his childhood friend Taylor Carswell. They currently reside in Hickory, North Carolina. They own a dog named Brian.

In 2018, he made a cameo in the television series Lethal Weapon (S2, E13) as a character named Carl Edwards, which DiBenedetto noted was coincidental and not a nod to the driver of the same name.[39]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results
Year Team 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 NCSC Pts Ref
2015 BK Racing 83 Toyota DAY ATL
DNQ 		LVS
DNQ 		PHO
35 		CAL
42 		MAR
31 		TEX
34 		BRI
21 		RCH
37 		TAL
18 		KAN
25 		CLT
34 		DOV
32 		POC
32 		MCH
39 		SON
29 		DAY
26 		KEN
42 		NHA
35 		IND
32 		POC
29 		GLN
26 		MCH
30 		BRI
33 		DAR
25 		RCH
36 		CHI
39 		NHA
30 		DOV
34 		CLT
29 		KAN
30 		TAL
40 		MAR
30 		TEX
35 		PHO
28 		HOM
37 		35th 399 [40]
2016 93 DAY
40 		RCH
37 		TAL
27 		MAR
32 		35th 386 [41]
83 ATL
29 		LVS
31 		PHO
20 		CAL
27 		MAR
29 		TEX
34 		BRI
6 		RCH
30 		TAL
36 		KAN
30 		DOV
40 		CLT
32 		POC
40 		MCH
34 		SON
31 		DAY
33 		KEN
38 		NHA
31 		IND
40 		POC
28 		GLN
34 		BRI
17 		MCH
32 		DAR
26 		CHI
30 		NHA
28 		DOV
27 		CLT
25 		KAN
24 		TEX
INQ† 		PHO
25
49 HOM
27
2017 Go Fas Racing 32 Ford DAY
9 		ATL
28 		LVS
26 		PHO
29 		CAL
29 		MAR
35 		TEX
31 		BRI
19 		RCH
28 		TAL
18 		KAN
32 		CLT
37 		DOV
29 		POC
32 		MCH
28 		SON
23 		DAY
13 		KEN
25 		NHA
30 		IND
8 		POC
37 		GLN
28 		MCH
26 		BRI
26 		DAR
27 		RCH
31 		CHI
31 		NHA
31 		DOV
31 		CLT
23 		TAL
31 		KAN
22 		MAR
39 		TEX
25 		PHO
27 		HOM
30 		32nd 363 [42]
2018 DAY
27 		ATL
31 		LVS
22 		PHO
25 		CAL
31 		MAR
32 		TEX
16 		BRI
21 		RCH
16 		TAL
19 		DOV
29 		KAN
22 		CLT
37 		POC
37 		MCH
36 		SON
17 		CHI
29 		DAY
7 		KEN
37 		NHA
28 		POC
27 		GLN
33 		MCH
24 		BRI
22 		DAR
38 		IND
36 		LVS
24 		RCH
34 		CLT
13 		DOV
27 		TAL
30 		KAN
23 		MAR
36 		TEX
38 		PHO
21 		HOM
26 		29th 368 [43]
2019 Leavine Family Racing 95 Toyota DAY
28* 		ATL
26 		LVS
21 		PHO
28 		CAL
18 		MAR
20 		TEX
26 		BRI
12 		RCH
24 		TAL
31 		DOV
20 		KAN
36 		CLT
39 		POC
17 		MCH
21 		SON
4 		CHI
27 		DAY
8 		KEN
16 		NHA
5 		POC
17 		GLN
6 		MCH
20 		BRI
2* 		DAR
8 		IND
18 		LVS
21 		RCH
14 		CLT
11 		DOV
7 		TAL
30 		KAN
15 		MAR
16 		TEX
14 		PHO
13 		HOM
20 		22nd 699 [44]
2020 Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford DAY
19 		LVS
2 		CAL
13 		PHO
13 		DAR
14 		DAR
9 		CLT
17 		CLT
15 		BRI
31 		ATL
25 		MAR
7 		HOM
14 		TAL
26 		POC
13 		POC
6 		IND
19 		KEN
3 		TEX
17 		KAN
36 		NHA
6 		MCH
15 		MCH
7 		DAY
15 		DOV
20 		DOV
17 		DAY
12 		DAR
21 		RCH
17 		BRI
19 		LVS
2 		TAL
21 		CLT
22 		KAN
12 		TEX
8 		MAR
10 		PHO
8 		13th 2249 [45]
2021 DAY
 DAY HOM LVS PHO ATL BRI MAR RCH TAL KAN DAR DOV COA CLT SON NSH POC POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IND MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT TEX KAN MAR PHO
† – Replaced by Jeffrey Earnhardt
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2016 BK Racing Toyota 20 40
2017 Go Fas Racing Ford 25 9
2018 36 27
2019 Leavine Family Racing Toyota 9 28*
2020 Wood Brothers Racing Ford 16 19
2021

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team 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 NXSC Pts Ref
2009 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM
14 		TEX PHO HOM 124th 121 [46]
2010 DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH
10 		KEN ROA
29 		NHA DAY CHI GTY
29 		IRP
31 		IOW
9 		GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY
24 		TEX PHO HOM 64th 585 [47]
2012 The Motorsports Group 46 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV
42 		GLN
41 		79th 21 [48]
47 MCH
41 		ROA
41 		KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW
41 		CGV
40 		BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN
41 		DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM
2013 Vision Racing 37 Dodge DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT
DNQ 		DOV
39 		IOW MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI
39 		IND
DNQ 		IOW GLN MOH BRI
37 		ATL
33 		RCH
37 		CHI 67th 31 [49]
The Motorsports Group 46 Chevy KEN
36 		DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM
2014 Vision Racing 37 Dodge DAY
DNQ 		21st 369 [50]
The Motorsports Group 46 Chevy PHO
38 		LVS
38 		BRI
39 		CAL
37 		TEX
39 		DAR
38 		RCH
37 		TAL
39 		DOV
39 		MCH
DNQ 		KEN
40 		DAY
DNQ 		NHA
40 		IND
39
40 IOW
25 		CLT ROA
11 		CHI
34 		IOW
30 		GLN
32 		MOH
13 		BRI
19 		ATL
26 		RCH
26 		CHI
27 		KEN
26 		DOV
30 		KAN
16 		CLT
36 		TEX
31 		PHO
24 		HOM
38
JD Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY
RL† 		NHA
RL†
2016 TriStar Motorsports 10 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL
40 		BRI
40 		RCH TAL DOV
38 		CLT
40 		POC
40 		MCH
40 		IOW DAY KEN
40 		NHA
40 		IND
38 		IOW GLN MOH BRI
40 		ROA DAR
40 		RCH
40 		CHI
40 		KEN DOV
40 		CLT
DNQ 		PHO
40 		HOM
40 		107th 01 [51]
MBM Motorsports 13 Toyota TEX
32
TriStar Motorsports 14 Toyota KAN
11 		TEX
36
2019 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA
27* 		DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 100th 01 [52]
† – Relieved Jeffrey Earnhardt

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2009 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota GRE
10 		TRI
1* 		IOW SBO GLN
5 		NHA
1* 		TMP
3 		ADI LRP
16 		NHA DOV
11 		14th 1099 [53]
2011 X Team Racing 15 Toyota GRE
5 		SBO
2 		RCH
10 		IOW
13 		BGS
1** 		GRE
2 		LGY
4 		NHA
27 		COL
4 		GRE
10 		NHA
4 		DOV
22 		4th 1741 [54]
2012 Hattori Racing Enterprises 01 Toyota BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS GRE LGY CNB COL IOW
20 		NHA DOV GRE CAR 72nd 24 [55]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ARSC Pts Ref
2011 Dave McClure 14 Toyota DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM
6 		KAN TOL
12 		62nd 370 [56]

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