Norm Benning

Norm Benning Jr. (born January 16, 1952) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently drives the No. 6 and No. 63 Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for his own team. He also works as a driver analyst for TheRacingExperts.com. Benning has often been referred to as Stormin' Norman after his 2013 performance, as well as his improvement over the last two Truck seasons. He previously competed in the NASCAR Busch Series and Winston Cup Series.

Early career

Born in Level Green, Pennsylvania,^[1] Benning began by racing as a 15-year-old at Heidelberg Raceway even though he was supposed to be at least 18 years old.^[2] He also has raced in dirt late models and asphalt modifieds.

ARCA

Benning has finished in the top 10 in ARCA points seven times, with a highest of 5th in 2001. In 276 starts, Benning has five top 5 and 32 top 10 finishes. His best effort was a 3rd-place finish at the Springfield dirt mile in 2004.

NASCAR

Benning at Rockingham in 2012

Benning has attempted numerous NASCAR races in the top 3 divisions during his career. Benning made his NASCAR debut in 1989, driving in three races in the Cup Series for the No. 99 car owned by Jerry O'Neil. After starting 35th, Benning would finish 30th in his debut at Dover. He would then match that finish at Pocono and 31st in his return to Dover.

Benning made his last Cup points race start for O'Neil in 1993, starting last (39th) at Darlington and finishing 39th after one lap of competition. After that, Benning attempted to make the Daytona 500 for seven consecutive years, but either failed to qualify or was denied entry due to his car being slow in practice. He attempted many Cup races through 2001 in his own No. 84 84 Lumber Chevy, as well a couple of entries of the No. 79 T.R.I.X. Racing car. Benning attempted a total of 33 Cup races, but DNQ'd 29 times.

Benning's next NASCAR start came in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2002. Driving for Troxell Motorsports, Benning qualified the No. 93 Chevy into the field at Nashville Superspeedway in 18th position. A vibration dropped the team out of the event and Benning finished 32nd. In 2009 Benning was back in the Truck Series attempting a full season. He only missed one race and that was Daytona. At Michigan, Benning finished 17th his best finish of the year for the Camping World Truck Series. His final position in points was 21st.

Benning attempted the NASCAR Busch Series for the next two years. Benning was able to compete in 3 of the 6 races attempted. In his debut, Benning started the 2003 Nazareth race in 42nd and finished in 40th. He was later able to improve during the season with a career-best 36th place at NHIS. Driving once again at Nazareth, Benning started 42nd before brake failure forced him out of the race, finishing 38th. He fielded a car for Dion Ciccarelli at Nazareth in 2004, who finished 29th.

During the 2008 Truck Series season, Benning competed in 7 of the 8 races attempted driving his own No. 57 Chevrolet. In 2009, Benning competed full-time in the Truck Series for his own team (his first attempt at a full NASCAR season). He qualified for 24 of 25 races and finished 21st in overall points. His best finish came at Michigan when he finished 17th with Germane Red sponsorship.

In 2013, Benning held onto fifth place after a hard fought battle with Clay Greenfield in the "Last Chance" qualifying race at Eldora Speedway to earn the final transfer spot into the inaugural Mudsummer Classic.^[3] His truck sustained a fair amount of damage, but he was able to make repairs with the help of members of larger teams. He would go on to finish 26th, four laps down.^[4] Benning's performance in the last chance race was popular with fans; afterwards he placed the Eldora truck for sale on eBay.^[5] Later that season, Benning obtained his career-best Truck Series finish of 12th at Talladega Superspeedway.^[6] During the 2014 season, Benning changed from his iconic 57 to the number 6, with the 57 being the part-time second entry. Late in the season, Benning gained backing on behalf of Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett. In 2015, Benning finished 14th in the opening race at Daytona and was 10th in points. Benning scored his best career start of 13th during the 2015 Mudsummer Classic, and finished 19th after rebounding from a late race spin. The end of the 2015 season was a struggle, as Benning missed 4 races late in the season. 2016 started with a DNQ at Daytona, followed by another DNQ at Atlanta. This is the worst start for Benning since 2012. Benning has DNQ'd 6 times in 2016, in addition to withdrawing from the Charlotte race. Benning missed the race in Texas by .016 seconds after getting knocked out by Austin Hill. After missing all the races in 2016, Benning partnered with MB Motorsports at Kentucky, where he was able to make the race, starting 30th and finishing 28th. Benning later partnered with MB at Pocono, and plans to do so for several remaining races. 2016 was a struggle for Benning and his team, as he only managed to qualify for 8 races, while DNQ'ing 8 races, and withdrawing from 5.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint 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	NSCC	Pts
1989	O'Neil Racing	99	Chevy	DAY	CAR	ATL	RCH	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV 30	SON	POC 30	MCH	DAY	POC DNQ	TAL DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV 31	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	PHO	ATL DNQ								53rd	216
1990	Hylton Motorsports	48	Chevy	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR DNQ	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL								NA	-
1991	O'Neil Racing	63	Chevy	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC DNQ	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL								NA	-
1993	O'Neil Racing	63	Olds	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR 39	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH				CLT DNQ	CAR DNQ	PHO	ATL DNQ							87th	46
1993	Norm Benning Racing	84	Olds																								DOV DNQ	MAR	NWS											87th	46
1994			Olds	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR DNQ	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV DNQ	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH				CLT DNQ									NA	-
1994			Ford																									DOV DNQ	MAR	NWS		CAR DNQ	PHO	ATL						NA	-
1995			Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR DNQ	PHO	ATL						NA	-
1996	T.R.I.X. Racing	79	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR DNQ	PHO	ATL						NA	-
1997	Norm Benning Racing	84	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	SON	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	CAL	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	ATL					NA	-
1998	T.R.I.X. Racing	79	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	CLT	DOV	RCH	MCH	POC	SON	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	NHA	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	DAY	PHO	CAR	ATL				NA	-
1999	T.R.I.X. Racing	79	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM	ATL			NA	-
2000	Norm Benning Racing	84	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	HOM DNQ	ATL DNQ			NA	-
2001				DAY DNQ	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MAR	TAL	PHO	CAR	HOM	ATL	NHA	NA	-
2002				DAY DNQ	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM	NA	-
2009	Norm Benning Racing	57	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	84th	0
2010	Norm Benning Racing	57	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	85th	0

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start
1997	Norm Benning Racing	Chevrolet	DNQ
1998	T.R.I.X. Racing	Chevrolet	DNQ
1999	T.R.I.X. Racing	Chevrolet	DNQ
2000	Norm Benning Racing	Chevrolet	DNQ
2001			DNQ
2002			DNQ
2009	Norm Benning Racing	Chevrolet	DNQ
2010	Norm Benning Racing	Chevrolet	DNQ

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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	NBSC	Pts
2002	Norm Benning Racing	8	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM DNQ	NA	-
2003		84		DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	NSH DNQ	CAL	RCH	GTY									NHA 36	PPR	IRP DNQ	MCH												121st	98
		8													NZH 40	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI					BRI DNQ	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO
		81																																		CAR DNQ	HOM
2004		84		DAY DNQ	CAR	LVS	DAR DNQ	BRI	TEX	NSH DNQ	TAL	CAL	GTY	RCH																								141st	49
2004		81													NZH 38	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	DAR DNQ	HOM	141st	49

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck 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	NCWTC	Pts
2002	Troxell Racing	93	Chevy	DAY	DAR	MAR	GTY	PPR	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	NHA	MCH	IRP	NSH 32	RCH	TEX	SBO	LVS	CAL	PHO	HOM				98th	67
2006	Lafferty Motorsports	89	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAL	ATL	MAR	GTY	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	NA	-
2008	Norm Benning Racing	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			ATL 31	TEX 28	PHO 34	HOM 35	46th	469
2008	SS-Green Light Racing	0	Chevy																				TAL 32	MAR					46th	469
2009	Norm Benning Racing	57	Chevy	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	21st	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	18th	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	22nd	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				21st	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				20th	370
2014				DAY 20	MAR 28	KAN 18	CLT 17	DOV 28	TEX 22	GTW 22	KEN 26	IOW 26																	17th	432
2014		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				17th	432
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			20th	365
2016				DAY DNQ	ATL DNQ	MAR DNQ	KAN DNQ	DOV DNQ	CLT	TEX DNQ	IOW	GTW		ELD DNQ					CHI 31	NHA									37th	51
2016		63											KEN 28		POC 23	BRI	MCH 27	MSP 20			LVS 26	TAL	MAR	TEX 32	PHO 26	HOM DNQ			37th	51

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max 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	ARSC	Pts
1989	O'Neil Racing	99	Chevy	DAY	ATL	KIL	TAL	FRS	POC	KIL	HAG	POC	TAL DNQ	DEL	FRS	ISF	TOL	DSF	SLM	ATL									NA	-
1995	Norm Benning Racing	84	Chevy	DAY	ATL	TAL	FIF	KIL	FRS	MCH	I80	OWO	FRS	POC	POC	KIL	FRS	SBS	LVL	ISF	DSF	WIN	SLM	ATL 24					104th
1996				DAY DNQ	ATL 34	SLM	TAL	FIF	LVL	CLT 15	CLT 19	KIL	FRS	POC 8	MCH 20	FRS	TOL	POC 8	MCH 18	IND	SBS	ISF	DSF	KIL	SLM 29	WIN 25	CLT 38	ATL 28	18th
1997				DAY DNQ	ATL 24	SLM 31	CLT 35	CLT 22	POC 26	MCH 36	SBS 21	TOL 21	KIL 19	FRS 22	MIN 13	POC 33	MCH 22	DSF 19	GTW 24	SLM 19		CLT 19	TAL 15	ISF 34	ATL 36				8th	3385
1997		64																			WIN 18								8th	3385
1998		84		DAY 29	ATL 12	SLM 14	CLT 29	MEM 8	MCH 39	POC 32	SBS 15	TOL 19	PPR 24	POC 36	KIL 20	FRS 16	ISF 7	ATL 21	DSF 12	SLM 16	TEX 13	WIN 14	CLT 38	TAL 23	ATL 32				8th	4035
1999				DAY 30	ATL 15	SLM 23	AND 12	CLT 27	MCH 22	POC 18	TOL 23	SBS 17	BLN 19	POC 15	KIL 15	FRS 16	FLM 16	ISF 6	WIN 11	DSF 10	SLM 28	CLT 26	TAL 23	ATL 20					10th	4135
2000				DAY 23	SLM 6	AND 8	CLT 25	KIL 8	FRS 17	MCH 15	POC 20	TOL 19	KEN 14	BLN 25	POC 11	WIN 22	ISF 10	KEN 15	DSF 7	SLM 23	CLT 24	TAL 9	ATL 32						9th	3950
2001				DAY 30	NSH 21	WIN 14	SLM 17	GTY 18		CLT 14	KAN 12	MCH 22	POC 23	MEM 11		KEN 11	MCH 20	POC 18	NSH 10	ISF 26	CHI 15	DSF 30	SLM 14	TOL 9	BLN 13	CLT 16	TAL 31	ATL 19	5th	4750
		4							KEN 26
		64													GLN 15
2002		84		DAY 33	ATL 25	NSH 18	SLM 10	KEN 14	CLT 22	KAN 14	POC 14	MCH 23	TOL 12	SBO 20	KEN 22	BLN 19	POC 30	NSH 20	ISF 6	WIN 9	DSF 21	CHI 16	SLM 21	TAL 21	CLT 26				10th	4230
2003				DAY 21	ATL 40	NSH 22	SLM 8	TOL 26	KEN 27	CLT 26	BLN 21	KAN 31	MCH 24	LER 16	POC 31	POC 40	NSH 25	ISF 5	WIN 14	DSF 4	CHI 21	SLM 8	TAL 18	CLT 28	SBO 8				13th	4015
2004				DAY 31	NSH 31	SLM 18	KEN 24	TOL 8	CLT 33	KAN 17	POC 17	MCH 21	SBO 4	BLN 11	KEN 28	GTW 14	POC 16	LER 11	NSH 22	ISF 3		DSF 7	CHI 19	SLM 4	TAL 25				10th	4445
2004		7																			TOL 9								10th	4445
2005		84		DAY 10	NSH 19	SLM 19	KEN 33	TOL 13	LAN 22	MIL 35	POC 13	MCH 23	KAN 19	KEN 30	BLN 18	POC 24	GTW 28	LER 25	NSH 31	MCH 22	ISF 13	TOL 19	DSF 23	CHI 19	SLM 20	TAL 20			11th	4050
2006				DAY 21	NSH 30	SLM 15	WIN 14	KEN 26	TOL 23	POC 35	MCH 30	KAN 17	KEN 19	BLN 20	POC 29	GTW 19	NSH 17	MCH 25	ISF 7	MIL 22	TOL 17	DSF 14	CHI 19	SLM 14	TAL 27	IOW 19			11th	4150
2007				DAY 24	USA 23	NSH 29	SLM 15	KAN 29	WIN 13	KEN 25	TOL 13	IOW 23	POC 22	MCH 26	BLN 18	KEN 30	POC 19	NSH 22	ISF 17	MIL 14	GTW 23	DSF 34	CHI 18	SLM 20	TAL 40	TOL 23			12th	3940
2008				DAY 31	SLM 10	IOW 21	KAN 26	CAR 26	KEN 24	TOL 22	POC 17	MCH 39	CAY 13	KEN 24	BLN 21	POC 31	NSH 23	ISF 27	DSF 20	CHI 25	SLM	NJE 33	TAL 18	TOL 17					19th	3260
2009				DAY 10	SLM 14	CAR 32	TAL	KEN	TOL	POC	MCH	MFD												CAR 35					37th	770
2009		8											IOW 35	KEN	BLN	POC	ISF	CHI	TOL	DSF	NJE	SLM	KAN						37th	770

References

↑ Norm Benning Career Stats
↑ Racing against time
↑ Pockrass, Bob (2013-07-25). "Norm Benning flips the bird, thrills Tony Stewart, fans at Eldora". Sporting News. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
↑ "2013 Inaugural Mudsummer Classic". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
↑ Remillard, Jason (August 8, 2013). "NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Norm Benning puts his truck from Eldora dirt race on EBay". The Republican. Springfield, MA. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
↑ http://espn.go.com/racing/raceresults/_/series/camping/raceId/201310190429

External links

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

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