Team Menard

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Team Menard
Owner(s) John Menard Jr.
Base Indianapolis, Indiana
Series NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
CART World Series
IRL IndyCar Series
Manufacturer Ford
Opened 1999 (NASCAR)
1980 (CART)
Closed 2001 (NASCAR)
2004 (IRL)
Career
Drivers' Championships 2 (1996-1997, 1999 IRL)
Race victories10

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.

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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)

IRL/IndyCar Series (1996-2003)

NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (2000-2001)

Complete racing results

PPG CART Indycar World Series results

(key)

YearChassisEngineTyresDriversNo.1234567891011121314151617
1980 ONT INDY MILPOCMDOMCHWGLMILONTMCHMXCPHX
Lightning Mk 1/77 Offy Drake L4 t G Flag of the United States.svg Herm Johnson 2814DNQ1711111313148
1981 PHXMILATLMCHRIVMILMCHWGLMXCPHX
Lightning Mk 1/77 Chevrolet V8 G Flag of the United States.svg Herm Johnson 2822221733713
Eagle 81989
1982 PHXATLMILCLEMCHMILPOCRIVROAMCHPHX
Eagle 81 Chevrolet V8 G Flag of the United States.svg Herm Johnson 28196231334162217
1983 ATL INDY MILCLEMCHROAPOCRIVMDOMCHCPLLAGPHX
Eagle 81 Chevrolet V8 G Flag of the United States.svg Herm Johnson 27DNQ
1984 LBHPHX INDY MILPORMEACLEMCHROAPOCMDOSANMCHPHXLAGCPL
March 84C Cosworth DFX V8 t G Flag of the United States.svg Herm Johnson 28818
1985 LBH INDY MILPORMEACLEMCHROAPOCMDOSANMCHLAGPHXMIA
March 85C Cosworth DFX V8 t G Flag of the United States.svg Herm Johnson 8DNQ
1986 PHXLBH INDY MILPORMEACLETORMCHPOCMDOSANMCHROALAGPHXMIA
March 86C Cosworth DFX V8 t G Flag of the United States.svg Herm Johnson 28DNQ
Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Daly DNQ
1989 PHXLBH INDY MILDETPORCLEMEATORMCHPOCMDOROANAZLAG
Lola T89/00 Cosworth DFX V8 t G Flag of the United States.svg Johnny Rutherford 98DNQ
1990 PHXLBH INDY MILDETPORCLEMEATORMCHDENVANMDOROANAZLAG
Lola T89/00 Buick 3300 V6 t G Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Crawford 1515
5119
Flag of the United States.svg Gary Bettenhausen 31
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Barclay DNQ
1991 SFR LBHPHX INDY MILDETPORCLEMEATORMCHDENVANMDOROANAZLAG
Lola T91/00 Buick 3300 V6 t G Flag of the United States.svg Gary Bettenhausen 5122
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Cogan 929
Lola T89/00 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Sneva 59DNQ
1992 SFR PHXLBH INDY DETPORMILNHA TOR MCHCLEROAVANMDONAZLAG
Lola T92/00 Buick 3300 V6 t G Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser 273
Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Piquet DNQ
Flag of the United States.svg Gary Bettenhausen 5117
Lola T91/00 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Sneva 5931
Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Moran DNQ
1993 SFR PHXLBH INDY MILDETPORCLETORMCHNHAROAVANMDONAZLAG
Lola T93/00Menard V6 t G Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Brabham 2726
Flag of the United States.svg Gary Bettenhausen 5117
Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Piquet (R)7732
Lola T92/00 Buick 3300 V6 t Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever 5916
1994 SFR PHXLBH INDY MILDETPORCLETORMCHMDONHAVANROANAZLAG
Lola T93/00Menard V6 t G Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever 278
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Brayton 5920
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Brabham DNQ
1995 MIA SFR PHXLBHNAZ INDY MILDETPORROATORCLEMCHMDONHAVANLAG
Lola T95/00Menard V6 t G Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arie Luyendyk 407
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Brayton 6017
Flag of the United States.svg Buddy Lazier 8027
Source: [1]

IRL IndyCar Series results

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

YearChassisEngineTyresDriversNo.12345678910111213141516
1996 WDW PHX INDY
Lola T95/00Menard V6 t G
F
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Brayton 21518DNS
Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever 310Wth11
Flag of the United States.svg Tony Stewart 2021124
F Flag of the United States.svg Mark Dismore 3019
Flag of the United States.svg Danny Ongais 327
1996–97 NHA LSV WDW PHX INDY TXS PPIR CLT NHA LSV
Lola T95/00Menard V6 t F Flag of the United States.svg Mark Dismore 32017
Flag of the United States.svg Tony Stewart 212*21
G-Force GF01 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 10*2*5*5*1*7*1411
Flag of the United States.svg Robbie Buhl 31881613
1998 WDW PHX INDY TXS NHA DOV CLT PPIR ATL TXS LSV
Dallara IR8 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 F Flag of the United States.svg Tony Stewart 133141*320*14
G-Force GF01B1*2*8215
Flag of the United States.svg Robbie Buhl 32011
Dallara IR81231610277
1999 WDWPHXCLT INDY TXSPPIRATLDOVPPIRLSVTXS
Dallara IR9 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 F Flag of the United States.svg Greg Ray 22121C 1 212*1*2311*213
Flag of the United States.svg Robby Gordon 324
2000 WDWPHXLSV INDY TXSPPIRATLKTYTXS
Dallara IR-00 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 F Flag of the United States.svg Greg Ray 1171993315201*726
Flag of the United States.svg Robby Gordon 326
2001 PHXHMSATL INDY TXSPPIRRIRKANNSHKTYGATCHITXS
Dallara IR-01 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 F Flag of the United States.svg Greg Ray 222211*1711*18DNS141813
Flag of the United States.svg Jaques Lazier 161*20
2002 HMSPHXFONNAZ INDY TXSPPIRRIRKANNSHMCHKTYGATCHITXS
Dallara IR-02 Chevrolet Indy V8 F Flag of the United States.svg Jaques Lazier 2186220
Flag of the United States.svg P. J. Jones DNQ
Flag of Brazil.svg Raul Boesel 2113
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Dismore 1111201818
Flag of Brazil.svg Vítor Meira 15983
Flag of the United States.svg Robby Gordon 318
2003 HMSPHXMOT INDY TXSPPIRRIRKANNSHMCHGATKTYNAZCHIFONTXS
Dallara IR-03 Chevrolet Indy V8 F Flag of the United States.svg Jaques Lazier 22061229DNS
Flag of the United States.svg Richie Hearn 14
Flag of Brazil.svg Vítor Meira 1216222019219DNS114
2212
Sources: [1] [2]
  1. ^ The 1999 VisionAire 500K at Charlotte was cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities. [3]

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References

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