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Kyle Benjamin
Born (1997-11-03) November 3, 1997 (age 27)
Easley, South Carolina
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
4 races run over 1 year
Car no., teamNo. 20/18 (Joe Gibbs Racing)
First race2017 ToyotaCare 250 (Richmond)
Last race2017 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 1
Statistics current as of July 29, 2017.

Kyle Benjamin (born November 3, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 18 and 20 Toyota Camrys for Joe Gibbs Racing. He is a member of the 2015 NASCAR Next class and has formerly competed in the K&N Pro Series East with Ranier Racing with MDM, and is the youngest winner ever in the ARCA Racing Series.[1]

Racing career

Early years

Starting to race competitively when he was six years old, Benjamin became the youngest winner of the Bandolero nationals, winning the event when he was ten years old.[2] Three years later, he moved into late model racing, in both the Pro and Stock divisions. At the age of fifteen, Benjamin captured the World Series of Asphalt title at New Smyrna Speedway, and won at various other notable tracks around the country such as Winchester Speedway and Lucas Oil Raceway.[3]

ARCA Racing Series

Running a partial schedule for Venturini Motorsports in 2013, Benjamin won the pole at Toledo Speedway to become the series youngest pole winner and won in only his sixth start at Madison International Speedway to become the series' youngest winner at the time.[4] He won two starts later as well.[5] Running a limited schedule for Roulo Brothers Racing in 2014, Benjamin switched to his own team in mid-2014 due to underwhelming performance.[6] After reuniting with Venturini for a race in 2015,[7] Benjamin ran a limited schedule in 2016 as part of his affiliation with Ranier Racing with MDM.[8]

K&N Pro Series East

Running a race for Ken Schrader Racing in 2013,[9] then three for his own team in 2014,[10] Benjamin caught his break in 2015, winning his first race (at Bristol Motor Speedway),[11] being named to the NASCAR Next class,[12] and finishing ninth in points.[13] Signing on with Ranier Racing with MDM before the 2016 season, Benjamin won five poles, three races and finished runner-up to Justin Haley by only twenty-two points.[14]

Xfinity Series

On April 5, 2017, it was announced that Benjamin would run five races for Joe Gibbs Racing in the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series: three in the No. 18 (2 at Iowa Speedway and Kentucky Speedway) and two in the No. 20 (his debut at Richmond International Raceway and a race at Pocono Raceway).[15] He won his first pole at Pocono. At Iowa, Benjamin led five laps, but lost out to JGR teammate Ryan Preece and finished second.[16]

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.)

Xfinity Series

K&N Pro Series East

K&N Pro Series West

ARCA Racing Series

References

  1. ^ "Driver Kyle Benjamin Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  2. ^ "Kyle Benjamin to drive four XFINITY races for Joe Gibbs". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  3. ^ "Joe Gibbs Racing Announces Kyle Benjamin Will Drive Four NASCAR XFINITY Series Races in 2017 - NASCAR XFINITY Series News - MRN.com". www.mrn.com. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  4. ^ "ARCA's youngest winner Kyle Benjamin back to defend Madison title; debuting own ARCA team". ARCA Racing. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  5. ^ "Driver Kyle Benjamin 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  6. ^ "Driver Kyle Benjamin 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  7. ^ "Driver Kyle Benjamin 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  8. ^ "Driver Kyle Benjamin 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  9. ^ "Driver Kyle Benjamin 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  10. ^ "Driver Kyle Benjamin 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  11. ^ "NASCAR brings Kyle Benjamin back to Mobile International Speedway". AL.com. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  12. ^ "Recent news on Kyle Benjamin - Ranier Racing with MDM-40-KNE - Rotoworld.com". www.rotoworld.com. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  13. ^ "Driver Kyle Benjamin 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  14. ^ "Driver Kyle Benjamin 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  15. ^ "JGR taps Benjamin, 19, for four-race XFINITY slate". Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  16. ^ Gray, Rob (July 29, 2017). "Ryan Preece scores career first NASCAR Xfinity win at Iowa". Autoweek. Retrieved July 29, 2017. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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