Jose Mourinho's men have given Barca little margin for error having now won 18 of the last 19 games since they drew 0-0 at Santander at the end of September.
On Saturday, they weren't so forgiving towards Racing as they stayed on track for their first league title since 2008.
"It was not a brilliant performance but we won without too much effort and it was a good result," said Mourinho.
A Cristiano Ronaldo header hit the post as Real came out all guns blazing and after six minutes they were a goal up with Kaka crossing for Ronaldo to head in from less than a yard out for his 28th league strike of the season.
Real were given a further boost by the harsh dismissal of Domingo Cisma after 38 minutes when he was adjudged to have handled the ball.
On the stroke of half-time Benzema doubled the lead when he clipped the ball in from an acute angle and after the break Real remained firmly in control.
Xabi Alonso had a shot from the edge of the area which went narrowly past the post before substitute Angel Di Maria, returning from injury, hit a shot into the back of the net although goalkeeper Antonio Rodriguez perhaps should have done better.
Benzema completed the rout with a deflected strike a minute from the end.
| 1 |  | Real Madrid | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 79 | 21 | 58 | 61 |  |
| 2 | | Barcelona | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 63 | 16 | 47 | 48 |   |
| 3 | | Valencia | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 40 | |
| 4 |  | Espanyol | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 27 | -1 | 33 | |
| 5 |  | Levante | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 32 | |
| 6 | | Atletico Madrid | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 31 | |
| 7 | | Malaga | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 32 | -4 | 31 | |
| 8 | | Osasuna | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 37 | -11 | 31 | |
| 9 | | Athletic Bilbao | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 30 | |
| 10 | | Sevilla | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 26 | -2 | 29 | |
| 11 | | Rayo Vallecano | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 32 | -5 | 28 | |
| 12 | | Getafe | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 30 | -7 | 28 | |
| 13 | | Real Sociedad | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 30 | -5 | 27 | |
| 14 | | Real Betis | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 31 | -6 | 26 | |
| 15 | | Villarreal | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 30 | -7 | 26 | |
| 16 | | Real Mallorca | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 28 | -9 | 25 | |
| 17 | | Granada | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 31 | -14 | 25 | |
| 18 | | Racing Santander | 23 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 30 | -12 | 23 | |
| 19 | | Sporting Gijon | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 43 | -23 | 19 | |
| 20 | | Real Zaragoza | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 38 | -20 | 15 | |
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