Ben Rhodes (racing driver)

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Ben Rhodes
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Rhodes at Martinsville Speedway in 2024
BornBenjamin J. Rhodes
(1997-02-21) February 21, 1997 (age 27)
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Achievements 2021, 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion
2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2021 position63rd
Best finish63rd (2021)
First race 2021 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
10 races run over 1 year
2015 position28th
Best finish28th (2015)
First race 2015 3M 250 (Iowa)
Last race 2015 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
WinsTop tens Poles
020
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
210 races run over 10 years
Truck no., teamNo. 99 (ThorSport Racing)
2024 position9th
Best finish1st (2021, 2023)
First race 2014 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
First win 2017 Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas)
Last win 2023 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte)
WinsTop tens Poles
71125
ARCA Menards Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish61st (2014)
First race 2014 Herr's Live Life With Flavor 200 (Madison)
Last race 2014 ZLOOP 150 (Kentucky)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
ARCA Menards Series East career
23 races run over 2 years
Best finish1st (2014)
First race 2013 DRIVE4COPD 125 (Bristol)
Last race 2014 Drive Sober 150 (Dover)
First win 2014 Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 (Greenville-Pickens)
Last win 2014 Visit Hampton VA 175 (Langley)
WinsTop tens Poles
5186
Statistics current as of November 8, 2024.

Benjamin J. Rhodes [1] (born February 21, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 99 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Racing. He is the 2021 and 2023 Truck Series champion. [2] Before moving up to the Truck Series, Rhodes competed full-time in what is now the ARCA Menards Series East, where he drove for Turner Scott Motorsports and won the 2014 series championship. He also has previously competed part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and what is now the ARCA Menards Series.

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Racing career

Early years

Rhodes began his career in 2004 when he was seven years old, starting in kart racing, winning several champion titles before moving to Bandoleros in 2008, and Legends cars in 2010, then moving up to late model stock cars beginning in 2011. [3] [4]

After earning several wins, in 2012 he signed with then-Sprint Cup Series driver Marcos Ambrose to begin racing Late Model cars in the UARA-STARS Series under the Marcos Ambrose Motorsports banner. [5] [6] After the 2012 season, Rhodes signed a deal with Turner Scott Motorsports to begin racing part-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in 2013. [7] Rhodes scored five top five finishes in seven starts. [5] In June of that year, Rhodes was named to the NASCAR Next roster, composed of up-and-coming drivers expected to become the next group of stars in NASCAR competition. [8]

K&N Pro Series East

Rhodes would move full-time in the K&N East Series for 2014, with former driver Mark McFarland as his crew chief. [5] In mid-March 2014, it was announced Rhodes would make his Camping World Truck Series debut at Martinsville in the Kroger 250 for TSM, and drive in three additional Truck series races that season. [9] He earned three top tens, including an 8th-place finish in his debut, in four Truck Series races. [4] Rhodes would also make his ARCA Racing Series debut at his home track Kentucky Speedway, starting fifth but finishing 27th after a crash. [5] Rhodes would claim TSM's second consecutive K&N Pro Series East Championship through five wins, 11 top-five finishes, and six poles. Rhodes would also tie a series record set by Ricky Craven in 1991 by winning four consecutive races (Iowa, Bowman Gray, Five Flags, Langley Speedway) between May and June. [5]

Rhodes turning left in Turn 6 after winning his first pole position at Road America in 2015 88 Ben Rhodes locked up 2015 Road America.jpg
Rhodes turning left in Turn 6 after winning his first pole position at Road America in 2015

Xfinity Series

In December 2014, it was announced that Rhodes would move up to NASCAR's second-tier national series the Xfinity Series (formerly Busch and Nationwide) with JR Motorsports for 10 races in the 2015 season, sharing the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro with Sprint Cup Series drivers Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, and Kasey Kahne. Rhodes made his debut with the team at Iowa Speedway on May 16, finishing seventh. [10] [4] [11] Rhodes had the fastest time in the first practice at Road America in August 2015 and he was awarded the pole position after qualifying rained out. On October 20, Rhodes announced that he had left JRM, intending to run a full-time Xfinity schedule in 2016. [12]

Craftsman Truck Series

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Rhodes racing at Darlington Raceway in 2021

On December 15, 2015, Rhodes joined ThorSport Racing to run full-time in the Truck Series in 2016, driving the No. 41 Toyota Tundra. [13] Rhodes started the season with a 7th-place finish at Daytona. Rhodes and Johnny Sauter were in contention for the win at Kansas but both crashed on the final lap, allowing William Byron to secure the first win of his career. [14] Rhodes missed the inaugural Truck Series Chase and finished 14th in series points. [15]

Rhodes returned to ThorSport for the 2017 season with new crew chief Eddie Troconis and renumbered No. 27 Tundra. [16] Rhodes came close to victory at Kansas when, after passing Kyle Busch late in the race, his engine expired with 10 laps to go. On September 15, Rhodes secured a spot in the 2017 Truck Series playoffs. [17] On September 30, Rhodes held off eventual champion Christopher Bell to win his first Truck race at the Las Vegas 350. [18]

For 2018, Rhodes returned to the No. 41 truck, now a Ford F-Series, with Troconis returning as crew chief. After being plagued by engine troubles throughout the year, he won his second career race at Kentucky Speedway after dominating the race and holding off a hard-charging Stewart Friesen. [19] He finished the season eighth in points. [20]

A repeat win in 2019 with ThorSport was not to be, however, as the lapped truck of Brennan Poole made contact with Rhodes in the late stages of the race, causing tire problems and relegating Rhodes to a 19th-place finish. Rhodes, irate with Poole after the race, twice tried to physically confront Poole before being pulled away. Rhodes later said he was mad at Poole because he believed the lapped truck cost him a shot at a win and a berth in the NASCAR playoffs. [21] Later in the regular season at Eldora Speedway, Tyler Dippel forced Rhodes into the wall in the late stages of the race, again knocking Rhodes from a top-ten finish, and then rammed his truck into Rhodes on the cooldown lap. On pit road after the race, Rhodes tried to drag Dippel from his truck before calling him a dirty driver. Dippel, in return, directed an expletive-laced tirade at Rhodes and called it "cool" that Rhodes would miss the playoffs, which Rhodes indeed did. [22]

Rhodes returned to ThorSport in 2020. He had a tumultuous race at the SpeedyCash.com 400 in October, when contact from Rhodes caused Todd Gilliland, Christian Eckes, and Josh Bilicki to retire from the race in three separate incidents. Rhodes blamed Eckes for driving him into the wall in retaliation against him, and blamed Chandler Smith for the wreck with Bilicki; Rhodes later exchanged words and had a shoving match with Eckes after the race. [23]

The 2021 season began with Rhodes winning the first race at Daytona International Speedway after passing leader Cory Roper as they approached the finish. [24] Rhodes followed his Daytona oval win with a victory at the Daytona Road Course the next week in the BrakeBest Brake Pads 159, scoring back to back victories for the first time in his career. Rhodes won his first Truck Series championship on November 5 by finishing third in the race. [2] Overall, Rhodes had 2 wins, 8 top-five finishes, 16 top ten finishes, 19 lead lap finishes, an average finish of 9.3, and no DNFs. [25]

In 2022, Rhodes finished second at Daytona. He DNF'd at 31st place at Las Vegas but made up for the loss with three consecutive top-five finishes before winning at the Bristol dirt race. [26] Rhodes finished second at Phoenix and second in the standings. [27]

Rhodes started the 2023 season with an 11th-place finish at Daytona. He scored his first win of the season at Charlotte. [28] Rhodes finished second at Homestead to make the Championship 4, and would go on to win the title. [29] He finished fifth at Phoenix; as the highest-finishing Championship 4 driver in the race, he clinched his second Truck Series championship. [30]

Cup Series

Rhodes' No. 77 car at Sonoma Raceway in 2021 Ben Rhodes 77 Sonoma 2021.jpg
Rhodes' No. 77 car at Sonoma Raceway in 2021

On May 31, 2021, it was revealed through the release of the entry list for the Cup Series race at Sonoma that Rhodes would make his debut in the series in the No. 77 for Spire Motorsports. The usual driver of that car, Justin Haley, a full-time Xfinity Series driver, was at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the race in that series that weekend. Rhodes was available due to the Truck Series having an off weekend that weekend. Rhodes started 31st and finished 30th.

Other racing

In March 2019, Rhodes participated in the Michelin Pilot Challenge sports car race at Sebring International Raceway, driving a Ford for Multimatic Motorsports alongside ThorSport Racing teammates Matt Crafton, Grant Enfinger, and Myatt Snider. [31]

Personal life

Rhodes is the son of Lori and Joe Rhodes. His father is the president of a Kentucky-based mechanical service contractor, Alpha Energy Solutions, which has sponsored Ben's racing efforts. [32]

Rhodes graduated from Holy Cross High School in Louisville, Kentucky in 2015, finishing with a 3.98 GPA despite missing classes due to his racing career. He missed the school's graduation ceremony on May 15 because he was in Iowa to prepare for his Xfinity Series debut the next day; the school's president traveled to the race to present Rhodes with his diploma during driver introductions. [10]

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.)

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536NCSCPtsRef
2021 Spire Motorsports 77 Chevy DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL BRD MAR RCH TAL KAN DAR DOV COA CLT SON
30		 NSH POC POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 63rd01 [33]
2022 Kaulig Racing 16 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR BRD TAL DOV DAR KAN CLT GTW
QL†		 SON NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IRC MCH RCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO N/A– [34]
† – Qualified for A. J. Allmendinger

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NXSCPtsRef
2015 JR Motorsports 88 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL IOW
7		 CLT DOV MCH CHI
21		 DAY KEN NHA
12		 IND IOW
30		 GLN
35		 MOH
10		 BRI ROA
32		 DAR RCH CHI KEN
30		 DOV
13		 CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM
20		28th230 [35]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NCTCPtsRef
2014 Turner Scott Motorsports 32 Chevy DAY MAR
7		 KAN CLT DOV
22		 TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI
9		 MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO
5		 HOM 35th132 [36]
2016 ThorSport Racing 41 Toyota DAY
7		 ATL
6		 MAR
16		 KAN
18		 DOV
28		 CLT
17		 TEX
11		 IOW
4		 GTW
2		 KEN
13		 ELD
23		 POC
11		 BRI
30		 MCH
6		 MSP
30		 CHI
25		 NHA
15		 LVS
12		 TAL
24		 MAR
19		 TEX
15		 PHO
14		 HOM
20		14th387 [15]
2017 27 DAY
12		 ATL
4		 MAR
20		 KAN
23		 CLT
8		 DOV
4*		 TEX
5		 GTW
8		 IOW
14		 KEN
27		 ELD
30		 POC
2		 MCH
11		 BRI
5		 MSP
10		 CHI
6		 NHA
7		 LVS
1		 TAL
23		 MAR
9		 TEX
18		 PHO
20		 HOM
19		5th2263 [37]
2018 41 Ford DAY
4		 ATL
4		 LVS
7		 MAR
12*		 DOV
8		 KAN
18		 CLT
5		 TEX
16		 IOW
17		 GTW
19		 CHI
2		 KEN
1		 ELD
29		 POC
11		 MCH
6		 BRI
7		 MSP
14		 LVS
4		 TAL
16		 MAR
4		 TEX
2		 PHO
12		 HOM
10		8th2254 [20]
2019 99 DAY
14		 ATL
5		 LVS
25		 MAR
2		 TEX
10		 DOV
6		 KAN
2		 CLT
4		 TEX
21		 IOW
2		 GTW
8		 CHI
32		 KEN
19		 POC
9		 ELD
14		 MCH
23		 BRI
8		 MSP
3		 LVS
8		 TAL
12		 MAR
16		 PHO
4*		 HOM
12		9th773 [38]
2020 DAY
25		 LVS
5		 CLT
10		 ATL
9		 HOM
18		 POC
5		 KEN
2		 TEX
9		 KAN
7		 KAN
5		 MCH
11		 DRC
14		 DOV
5		 GTW
11		 DAR
1		 RCH
3*		 BRI
13		 LVS
23		 TAL
4		 KAN
20		 TEX
20		 MAR
2		 PHO
7		7th2240 [39]
2021 Toyota DAY
1		 DRC
1		 LVS
10		 ATL
16		 BRD
2		 RCH
7		 KAN
10		 DAR
2		 COA
10		 CLT
3		 TEX
26		 NSH
7		 POC
17		 KNX
7		 GLN
15		 GTW
3		 DAR
34		 BRI
9		 LVS
2		 TAL
13		 MAR
7		 PHO
3		1st4034 [40]
2022 DAY
2		 LVS
31		 ATL
2		 COA
4		 MAR
5		 BRD
1*		 DAR
25		 KAN
10		 TEX
27		 CLT
10		 GTW
8*		 SON
18		 KNX
10		 NSH
12		 MOH
23		 POC
19		 IRP
2		 RCH
18		 KAN
13		 BRI
18		 TAL
2		 HOM
6		 PHO
2		2nd4035 [41]
2023 Ford DAY
11		 LVS
3		 ATL
5		 COA
10		 TEX
10		 BRD
19		 MAR
6		 KAN
16		 DAR
18		 NWS
33		 CLT
1		 GTW
7		 NSH
9		 MOH
5		 POC
9		 RCH
12		 IRP
16		 MLW
16		 KAN
25		 BRI
7		 TAL
2		 HOM
2		 PHO
5		1st4032 [42]
2024 DAY
30		 ATL
28		 LVS
13		 BRI
16		 COA
7		 MAR
14		 TEX
24		 KAN
16		 DAR
3		 NWS
22		 CLT
5		 GTW
7		 NSH
7		 POC
18		 IRP
21		 RCH
7		 MLW
9		 BRI
27		 KAN
22		 TAL
35		 HOM
12		 MAR
2		 PHO
9		9th2150 [43]

* 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
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920ARSCPtsRef
2014 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD
11		 DSF SLM 61st275 [44]
Turner Scott Motorsports 41 Chevy KEN
27		 KAN

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516NKNPSECPtsRef
2013 Turner Scott Motorsports 41 Chevy BRI
9		 GRE FIF RCH
35		 BGS IOW
3		 LGY COL IOW
8		 VIR GRE
6		 NHA
4		 DOV
26		 RAL 19th217 [45]
2014 NSM
4		 DAY
15		 BRI
3*		 GRE
1*		 RCH
2		 IOW
1*		 BGS
1*		 FIF
1		 LGY
1*		 NHA
22		 COL
3		 IOW
7		 GLN
3		 VIR
10		 GRE
4		 DOV
15		1st640 [46]

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