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 1996–97 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) Herm Johnson (1980–1986) Jim Crawford (1990) Gary Bettenhausen (1990–1993) Kevin Cogan (1991) Tom Sneva (1991–1992) Al Unser (1992) Nelson Piquet (1993) Eddie Cheever (1993, 1994) Geoff Brabham (1993–1994) Scott Brayton (1994–1995) Buddy Lazier (1995) Arie Luyendyk (1995)

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

NASCAR Cup Series Robby Gordon (2000) P.J. Jones (2000)

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (2000–2001) Bryan Reffner (2000–2001) David Starr (2001)

Complete racing results PPG CART Indycar World Series results (key) YearChassisEngineTyresDrivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1980 INDYLightning Mk 1/77Offy Drake L4t Herm Johnson28 14 DNQ 17 11 11 13 13 14 8 1981Lightning Mk 1/77Chevrolet V8 Herm Johnson28 22 22 17 33 7 13 Eagle 81 9 8 9 1982Eagle 81Chevrolet V8 Herm Johnson28 19 6 23 13 34 16 22 17 1983 INDYEagle 81Chevrolet V8 Herm Johnson27 DNQ 1984 INDYMarch 84CCosworth DFX V8t Herm Johnson28 8 18 1985 INDYMarch 85CCosworth DFX V8t Herm Johnson8 DNQ 1986 INDY March 86CCosworth DFX V8t Herm Johnson28 DNQ Derek Daly DNQ 1989 INDYLola T89/00Cosworth DFX V8t Johnny Rutherford98 DNQ 1990 INDYLola T89/00Buick 3300 V6t Jim Crawford15 15 51 19 Gary Bettenhausen 31 Steve Barclay DNQ 1991 SFR INDYLola T91/00Buick 3300 V6t Gary Bettenhausen51 22 Kevin Cogan9 29Lola T89/00 Tom Sneva59 DNQ 1992 SFR INDY TORLola T92/00Buick 3300 V6t Al Unser27 3 Nelson Piquet DNQ Gary Bettenhausen51 17Lola T91/00 Tom Sneva59 31 Rocky Moran DNQ 1993 SFR INDY Lola T93/00 Menard V6t Geoff Brabham27 26 Gary Bettenhausen51 17 Nelson Piquet (R)77 32Lola T92/00Buick 3300 V6t Eddie Cheever59 16 1994 SFR INDYLola T93/00 Menard V6t Eddie Cheever27 8 Scott Brayton59 20 Geoff Brabham DNQ 1995 SFR INDY Lola T95/00 Menard V6t Arie Luyendyk40 7 Scott Brayton60 17 Buddy Lazier80 27 Source:

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 13 14 15 16 1996 WDW PHX INDY Lola T95/00 Menard V6t Scott Brayton2 15 18 DNS Eddie Cheever3 10 Wth 11 Tony Stewart20 2 11 24 Mark Dismore30 19 Danny Ongais32 7 1996–97 NHA LSV WDW PHX INDY TXS PPIR CLT NHA LSV Lola T95/00 Menard V6t Mark Dismore3 20 17 Tony Stewart2 12* 21 G-Force GF01 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 10* 2* 5* 5* 1* 7* 14 11 Robbie Buhl3 18 8 16 1 3 1998 WDW PHX INDY TXS NHA DOV CLT PPIR ATL TXS LSVDallara IR8 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Tony Stewart 1 33 14 1* 3 20* 14 G-Force GF01B 1* 2* 8 21 5 Robbie Buhl 3 20 11 Dallara IR8 12 31 6 10 2 7 7 1999 INDY Dallara IR9 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Greg Ray2 21 21C 21 2* 1* 23 1 1* 21 3 Robby Gordon32 4 2000 INDY Dallara IR-00 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Greg Ray1 17 19 9 33 15 20 1* 7 26 Robby Gordon32 6 2001 INDY Dallara IR-01 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Greg Ray 2 22 21 1* 17 11* 18 DNS 14 18 13 Jaques Lazier 16 1* 20 2002 INDY Dallara IR-02 Chevrolet Indy V8 Jaques Lazier2 18 6 2 20 P. J. Jones DNQ Raul Boesel 21 13 Mark Dismore 11 11 20 18 18 Vítor Meira 15 9 8 3 Robby Gordon31 8 2003 INDY Dallara IR-03 Chevrolet Indy V8 Jaques Lazier2 20 6 12 29 DNS Richie Hearn 14 Vítor Meira 12 16 22 20 19 21 9 DNS 11 422 12 Sources:

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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Pts 2000 Robby Gordon 13 Ford DAY18 CAR38 LVS13 ATLDNQ DAR28 BRI32 TEXDNQ MAR40 TAL37 CAL31 RCH37 DOV MCH28 POC SON9 DAYDNQ NHA POC INDDNQ GLN4 MCH34 BRI31 DAR RCHDNQ NHA DOV MAR CLT38 TAL CAR41 PHODNQ HOM ATL27 43rd 1517 P. J. Jones CLT35

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pts 2000 Bryan Reffner 3 Chevy DAY35 HOM30 PHO11 MMR6 MAR8 PIR7 GTY8 MEM8 PPR8 EVG10 TEX5 KEN5 GLN13 MLW10 NHA28 NZH9 MCH15 IRP8 NSV8 CIC7 RCH11 DOV29 TEX1 CAL6 9th 3153 2001 DAY8 HOM28 MMR18 MAR8 GTY DAR PPR DOV ? 1023 David Starr TEX3 MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA IRP NSH CIC NZH RCH SBO TEX4 LVS7 PHO CAL5

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