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Team Menard

IndyCar Series team

Field	Value
name	Team Menard
owner	John Menard Jr.
series	NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
CART PPG IndyCar World Series
Indy Racing League
wins	10
drivers_champ	2 (1996-1997, 1999 IRL)
manufacturer	Ford
base	Indianapolis, Indiana
opened	1999 (NASCAR)
1980 (CART)
closed	2001 (NASCAR)
2004 (IRL)

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series CART PPG IndyCar World Series Indy Racing League 1980 (CART) 2004 (IRL)

Team Menard was an auto racing team that competed in the Indianapolis 500, CART, Indy Racing League, NASCAR Cup Series, and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The team was owned by Menards founder, John Menard Jr. Founded in 1980 to compete in CART, from 1991 to 1996 they modified their own Buick V6 engines for racing. This combination won pole for the 500 with Scott Brayton in 1995 and 1996; Tony Stewart used this combination for the first part of his 1996-1997 IRL Championship. With more stringent regulations, the team continued to shine winning the 1999 championship with Greg Ray. However, with the influx of former CART teams to the IRL in the early 2000s, Team Menard struggled to compete for wins and the team merged in 2004 with Panther Racing, although their car continued to carry Menard's colors and be driven first by Mark Taylor, who was then replaced by Townsend Bell. In 2005, Menard's was an associate sponsor for another team and the former Menard No. 2 car driven by Tomáš Enge carried no identification to its Menard lineage. For 2006, the No. 2 car was dropped by Panther and all vestiges of the once dominant Team Menard lineage disappeared until the spring of 2008 when Menards became a primary sponsor on the No. 20 Vision Racing Dallara driven by Ed Carpenter in the IndyCar Series.

The Team Menard name has also been used to refer to their sponsoring of various drivers throughout motorsports, including Paul Menard, Ryan Blaney, Austin Cindric, Brandon Jones and Matt Crafton in NASCAR, Simon Pagenaud in IndyCar and Frank Kimmel in ARCA, while TeamMenard.com was a portal to information on these drivers and their sponsor. However, Team Menard is not the name of any of their race teams and none of those cars are owned by John Menard. The URL currently redirects to the Menards home page.

Menard also had a NASCAR team running the No. 13 car. Robby Gordon ran 17 races in 2000, with P.J. Jones running an additional race.

Drivers

CART (1980-1995)

USA Herm Johnson (1980–1986)
GBR Jim Crawford (1990)
USA Gary Bettenhausen (1990–1993)
USA Kevin Cogan (1991)
USA Tom Sneva (1991–1992)
USA Al Unser (1992)
BRA Nelson Piquet (1993)
USA Eddie Cheever (1993, 1994)
AUS Geoff Brabham (1993–1994)
USA Scott Brayton (1994–1995)
USA Buddy Lazier (1995)
NED Arie Luyendyk (1995)

IRL/IndyCar Series (1996-2003)

USA Scott Brayton (1996)
USA Eddie Cheever (1996)
USA Danny Ongais (1996)
USA Mark Dismore (1996–1997, 2002)
USA Tony Stewart (1996–1998)
USA Robbie Buhl (1997–1998)
USA Robby Gordon (1999–2000, 2002)
USA Greg Ray (1999–2001)
USA Jaques Lazier (2001–2003)
BRA Raul Boesel (2002)
BRA Vítor Meira (2002–2003)
USA P. J. Jones (2002)
USA Richie Hearn (2003)

NASCAR Cup Series

USA Robby Gordon (2000)
USA P.J. Jones (2000)

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (2000-2001)

USA Bryan Reffner (2000-2001)
USA David Starr (2001)

Complete racing results

PPG CART Indycar World Series results

(key)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
ONT	INDY	MIL	POC	MDO	MCH	WGL	MIL	ONT	MCH	MXC	PHX
Lightning Mk 1/77	Offy Drake L4t		USA Herm Johnson	28	14	DNQ	17	11				11	13	13	14	8
PHX	MIL	ATL	MCH	RIV	MIL	MCH	WGL	MXC	PHX
Lightning Mk 1/77	Chevrolet V8		USA Herm Johnson	28		22	22	17	33	7	13
Eagle 81									9	8	9
PHX	ATL	MIL	CLE	MCH	MIL	POC	RIV	ROA	MCH	PHX
Eagle 81	Chevrolet V8		USA Herm Johnson	28	19	6	23	13	34	16		22	17
ATL	INDY	MIL	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	RIV	MDO	MCH	CPL	LAG	PHX
Eagle 81	Chevrolet V8		USA Herm Johnson	27						DNQ
LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	PHX	LAG	CPL
March 84C	Cosworth DFX V8t		USA Herm Johnson	28			8	18
LBH	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	LAG	PHX	MIA
March 85C	Cosworth DFX V8t		USA Herm Johnson	8		DNQ
PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	TOR	MCH	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	ROA	LAG	PHX	MIA
March 86C	Cosworth DFX V8t		USA Herm Johnson	28			DNQ
Ireland Derek Daly			DNQ
PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	POC	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG
Lola T89/00	Cosworth DFX V8t		USA Johnny Rutherford	98			DNQ
PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG
Lola T89/00	Buick 3300 V6t		UK Jim Crawford	15			15
51	19
USA Gary Bettenhausen			31
USA Steve Barclay			DNQ
SFR	LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG
Lola T91/00	Buick 3300 V6t		USA Gary Bettenhausen	51				22
USA Kevin Cogan	9				29
Lola T89/00	USA Tom Sneva	59				DNQ
SFR	PHX	LBH	INDY	DET	POR	MIL	NHA	TOR	MCH	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG
Lola T92/00	Buick 3300 V6t		USA Al Unser	27				3
Brazil Nelson Piquet				DNQ
USA Gary Bettenhausen	51				17
Lola T91/00	USA Tom Sneva	59				31
USA Rocky Moran				DNQ
SFR	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	NHA	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LAG
Lola T93/00	Menard V6t		Australia Geoff Brabham	27				26
USA Gary Bettenhausen	51				17
Brazil Nelson Piquet (R)	77				32
Lola T92/00	Buick 3300 V6t	USA Eddie Cheever	59				16
SFR	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MCH	MDO	NHA	VAN	ROA	NAZ	LAG
Lola T93/00	Menard V6t		USA Eddie Cheever	27				8
USA Scott Brayton	59				20
Australia Geoff Brabham				DNQ
MIA	SFR	PHX	LBH	NAZ	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	ROA	TOR	CLE	MCH	MDO	NHA	VAN	LAG
Lola T95/00	Menard V6t		Netherlands Arie Luyendyk	40						7
USA Scott Brayton	60						17
USA Buddy Lazier	80						27

IRL IndyCar Series results

(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
WDW	PHX	INDY
Lola T95/00	Menard V6t
USA Scott Brayton	2	15	18	DNS
USA Eddie Cheever	3	10	Wth	11
USA Tony Stewart	20	2	11	24
	USA Mark Dismore	30			19
USA Danny Ongais	32			7
NHA	LSV	WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	PPIR	CLT	NHA	LSV
Lola T95/00	Menard V6t		USA Mark Dismore	3	20	17
USA Tony Stewart	2	12*	21
G-Force GF01	Oldsmobile Aurora V8			10*	2*	5*	5*	1*	7*	14	11
USA Robbie Buhl	3				18	8	16			1	3
WDW	PHX	INDY	TXS	NHA	DOV	CLT	PPIR	ATL	TXS	LSV
Dallara IR8	Oldsmobile Aurora V8		USA Tony Stewart	1			33	14	1*			3		20*	14
G-Force GF01B	1*	2*				8	21		5
USA Robbie Buhl	3	20								11
Dallara IR8		12	31	6	10			2		7	7
WDW	PHX	CLT	INDY	TXS	PPIR	ATL	DOV	PPIR	LSV	TXS
Dallara IR9	Oldsmobile Aurora V8		USA Greg Ray	2	21	21	C	21	2*	1*	23	1	1*	21	3
USA Robby Gordon	32				4
WDW	PHX	LSV	INDY	TXS	PPIR	ATL	KTY	TXS
Dallara IR-00	Oldsmobile Aurora V8		USA Greg Ray	1	17	19	9	33	15	20	1*	7	26
USA Robby Gordon	32				6
PHX	HMS	ATL	INDY	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	GAT	CHI	TXS
Dallara IR-01	Oldsmobile Aurora V8		USA Greg Ray	2	22	21	1*	17	11*	18	DNS	14	18	13
USA Jaques Lazier											16	1*	20
HMS	PHX	FON	NAZ	INDY	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MCH	KTY	GAT	CHI	TXS
Dallara IR-02	Chevrolet Indy V8		USA Jaques Lazier	2	18	6	2	20
USA P. J. Jones					DNQ
BRA Raul Boesel					21	13
USA Mark Dismore							11	11	20	18	18
BRA Vítor Meira												15	9	8	3
USA Robby Gordon	31					8
HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MCH	GAT	KTY	NAZ	CHI	FON	TXS
Dallara IR-03	Chevrolet Indy V8		USA Jaques Lazier	2	20	6	12	29									DNS
USA Richie Hearn														14
BRA Vítor Meira					12	16	22	20	19	21	9	DNS			11	4
22				12

The 1999 VisionAire 500K at Charlotte was cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities.

NASCAR series

Nascar Cup Series

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1
2000	DAY
18	CAR
38	LVS
13	ATL
DNQ	DAR
28	BRI
32	TEX
DNQ	MAR
40	TAL
37	CAL
31	RCH
37		DOV	MCH
28	POC	SON
9	DAY
DNQ	NHA	POC	IND
DNQ	GLN
4	MCH
34	BRI
31	DAR	RCH
DNQ	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT
38	TAL	CAR
41	PHO
DNQ	HOM	ATL
27
	CLT
35

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
2000	DAY
35	HOM
30	PHO
11	MMR
6	MAR
8	PIR
7	GTY
8	MEM
8	PPR
8	EVG
10	TEX
5	KEN
5	GLN
13	MLW
10	NHA
28	NZH
9	MCH
15	IRP
8	NSV
8	CIC
7	RCH
11	DOV
29	TEX
1	CAL
6
2001	DAY
8	HOM
28	MMR
18	MAR
8	GTY	DAR	PPR	DOV
	TEX
3	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	NHA	IRP	NSH	CIC	NZH	RCH	SBO	TEX
4	LVS
7	PHO	CAL
5

References

"Team Menard". [[Motor Sport (magazine).
"Team Menard Results". Motorsport Stats.
Macenka, Joe. (May 2, 1999). "Car Crash Debris Kills Three Spectators". [[The Washington Post]].
"John Menard ownership statistics". NASCAR Digital Media, LLC..

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