1. Norm Benning competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No 6 Chevrolet Silverado for his own team, Norm Benning Racing.
53 Facts About Norm Benning
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Norm Benning has competed in the series since 2002, primarily driving for his team, Norm Benning Racing.
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Norm Benning previously competed in the NASCAR Busch Series and Winston Cup Series.
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Norm Benning has raced in dirt late models and asphalt modifieds.
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Norm Benning has finished in the top 10 in ARCA points seven times, with a highest of 5th in 2001.
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In 276 starts, Norm Benning has five top 5 and 32 top 10 finishes.
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Norm Benning's best effort was a 3rd-place finish at the Springfield dirt mile in 2004.
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Norm Benning has attempted numerous NASCAR races in the top 3 divisions during his career.
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Norm 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.
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Norm Benning made his last Cup points race start for O'Neil in 1993, starting last at Darlington and finishing 39th after one lap of competition.
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Norm Benning attempted a total of 33 Cup races, but DNQ'd 29 times.
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In 2009 Norm Benning was back in the Truck Series attempting a full season.
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Norm Benning only missed one race and that was Daytona.
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At Michigan, Norm Benning finished 17th his best finish of the year for the Camping World Truck Series.
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Norm Benning attempted the NASCAR Busch Series for the next two years.
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Norm Benning was able to compete in 3 of the 6 races attempted.
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Norm Benning was later able to improve during the season with a career-best 36th place at NHIS.
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Norm Benning fielded a car for Dion Ciccarelli at Nazareth in 2004, and he finished 29th.
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In 2009, Norm Benning competed full-time in the Truck Series for his team.
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In 2013, Norm 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.
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Norm Benning's truck sustained a fair amount of damage, but he was able to make repairs with the help of members of larger teams.
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Norm Benning would go on to finish 26th, four laps down.
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Later that season, Norm Benning obtained his career-best Truck Series finish of 12th at Talladega Superspeedway.
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Late in the season, Norm Benning gained backing on behalf of Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett.
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In 2015, Norm Benning finished 14th in the opening race at Daytona and was 10th in points.
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Norm Benning scored his best career start of 13th during the 2015 Mudsummer Classic and finished 19th after rebounding from a late-race spin.
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The end of the 2015 season was a struggle, as Norm Benning missed four races late in the season.
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Norm Benning failed to qualify for six races in 2016; in addition to withdrawing from the Charlotte race.
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Norm Benning would make the 4th race of the season in Kansas after only 32 trucks showed up for the 32-truck field.
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In 2018, Norm Benning made every race until the regular-season finale at Bristol.
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Norm Benning finished under power in 28th at Las Vegas and then would miss Martinsville and Texas.
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Norm Benning would skip Charlotte due to a large entry list.
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Norm Benning chose not to make the trip to Las Vegas and had no clear plans for the season.
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However, Norm Benning found himself excluded from the races at Charlotte and Atlanta when 47 trucks entered each time.
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Norm Benning made all other attempted races skipping the other Las Vegas race and the finale at Phoenix Raceway.
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Norm Benning posted a best finish of 22nd at Talladega Superspeedway, and a points finish of 36th.
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Norm Benning would announce plans to attempt the full 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule.
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Norm Benning would take advantage of Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis' offer of $15,000 to any team that ran in Las Vegas and Atlanta with Camping World and Overton's paint schemes.
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At Gateway, Norm Benning was notified by officials that his truck's nose was no longer legal, forcing him to withdraw.
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Norm Benning would show at the second Darlington race with a new nose.
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However, problems before qualifying plagued the 6 team, and Norm Benning turned the slowest lap, resulting in a DNQ.
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Norm Benning did say he and his team would be back in 2022.
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Norm Benning would fall short in his heat race, leaving him as one of the two DNQs.
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Norm Benning would make one last attempt at Richmond, again falling short of qualifying.
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Norm Benning, continuing 2023 on a part-time basis, would skip several races before entering the Tyson 250 at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
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TV coverage provided by Fox Sports showed as the all-volunteer crew of Norm Benning Racing immediately set to work to repair the truck in time for qualifying the following morning.
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The truck was repaired in time for Saturday morning technical inspection and Norm Benning was able to make a lap in qualifying, but fell short of making the field for his second DNQ of 2023.
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Norm Benning ran in the lead pack for the entire first stage and the beginning of the second stage, until he was spun on pit road and consequently lapped.
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Later in the year, Norm Benning entered the Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 200 at Martinsville, the penultimate race of the season.
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Norm Benning did not make a lap in practice, and qualified 34th.
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Norm Benning would go on to fall out after 17 laps of competition because of a brake failure.
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In 2025, Norm Benning announced plans for a part-time schedule that included Daytona, both Martinsville races, and Talladega.
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Norm Benning finished 16th, and became the oldest driver to finish on the lead lap at 73.