[1] In the following years, Bennett raced at Shawano, and in De Pere and Seymour, Wisconsin at dirt tracks.

In 1981, he tried his hand at asphalt racing and raced at Shawano and Slinger Speedway, after winning a track championship at Shawano that year and one more year of double duty in 1982, Bennett decided to back down his schedule.

[1] He continued to race at local tracks through the end of the 1900s, eventually transitioning to the half-mile paved oval at Wisconsin International Raceway.

His son Braison now runs at WIR[2] and other regional touring series as part of the 2017 Kulwicki Driver Development Program.

[6] Bennett's father Bobby was a local late model driver who also served in the United States Army.