Tim Bender

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Tim Bender

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==Stock car racing==
==Stock car racing==
Bender raced selected events on the [[ARCA Menards Series East|Busch North Series]] tour between 1988 and 1991 with one top-ten finish.{{cite web|title=Career statistics|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Tim_Bender|website=Racing Reference|access-date=August 9, 2014}} He raced in selected [[NASCAR Sportsman Division (1989–1995)|NASCAR Sportsman Division]] events from 1990 until 1996. He began racing full-time for the newly retired [[Robbie Reiser]] in 1997.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=19970213&id=66QaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zS4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5350,7895470|title=NASCAR doesn't pass up shot at parity|last=Kallmann|first=Dave|date=February 13, 1997|work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|page=4C|access-date=2014-08-12|location=Milwaukee, WI}} Bender won his only career NASCAR pole position of {{convert|179.835|mph|km/h|sp=us}} at the [[NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway|Stihl Outdoor Power Tools 300]] ([[Atlanta Motor Speedway]]). He suffered a career-ending neck injury in qualifying for the season's ninth race at [[Bristol Motor Speedway]].{{cite journal |author=Staff writer; no by-line. |title=Tim Bender Interview, Part II |url=http://www.snowgoer.com/snowmobile-news/tim-bender-interview-part-ii/1214/ |publisher=SnowGoer magazine |date=December 14, 2011 |access-date=August 9, 2014}}{{cite news |last1=Ott |first1=Larry |title=Poor finishes, bad luck conspired against Bender |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/poor-finishes-bad-luck-conspired-against-bender/article_bcd3f405-fbe1-5a3f-8467-9082efc492c3.html |access-date=16 December 2025 |work=Buffalo News |date=May 15, 1997}} Reiser selected [[Matt Kenseth]] to replace Bender,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=19970428&id=46caAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CS8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6295,7846443|title=Kenseth to stay with Reiser team|last=Kallmann|first=Dave|date=April 28, 1997|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|page=8C|access-date=2014-08-12|location=Milwaukee, WI}} and the team would go on to finish second in the following season's Busch Series championship.
Bender raced selected events on the [[ARCA Menards Series East|Busch North Series]] tour between 1988 and 1991 with one top-ten finish.{{cite web|title=Career statistics|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Tim_Bender|website=Racing Reference|access-date=August 9, 2014}} He raced in selected [[NASCAR Sportsman Division (1989–1995)|NASCAR Sportsman Division]] events from 1990 until 1996. He began racing full-time for the newly retired [[Robbie Reiser]] in 1997.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=19970213&id=66QaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zS4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5350,7895470|title=NASCAR doesn't pass up shot at parity|last=Kallmann|first=Dave|date=February 13, 1997|work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|page=4C|access-date=2014-08-12|location=Milwaukee, WI}} Bender won his only career NASCAR pole position of {{convert|179.835|mph|km/h|sp=us}} at the [[NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway|Stihl Outdoor Power Tools 300]] ([[Atlanta Motor Speedway]]). He suffered a career-ending neck injury in qualifying for the season's ninth race at [[Bristol Motor Speedway]].{{cite journal |author=Staff writer; no by-line. |title=Tim Bender Interview, Part II |url=http://www.snowgoer.com/snowmobile-news/tim-bender-interview-part-ii/1214/ |publisher=SnowGoer magazine |date=December 14, 2011 |access-date=August 9, 2014}}{{cite news |last1=Ott |first1=Larry |title=Poor finishes, bad luck conspired against Bender |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/poor-finishes-bad-luck-conspired-against-bender/article_bcd3f405-fbe1-5a3f-8467-9082efc492c3.html |access-date=16 December 2025 |work=Buffalo News |date=May 15, 1997}} Reiser selected [[Matt Kenseth]] to replace Bender,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1683&dat=19970428&id=46caAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CS8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6295,7846443|title=Kenseth to stay with Reiser team|last=Kallmann|first=Dave|date=April 28, 1997|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|page=8C|access-date=2014-08-12|location=Milwaukee, WI}} and the team would go on to finish second in the following season's Busch Series championship.

Combined his love for snowmobile and stockcar racing to develop the 3/4 scale Cup Lites Racecar and Series


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