Team Menard was an auto racing team in the Indianapolis 500 and Indy Racing League owned by John Menard. The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500, and historically known simply as "The 500" is an American The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based Open-wheel racing series. John R Menard Jr (born 1940 is an American entrepreneur who is the founder and owner of Menards, a major Midwestern home improvement store chain From 1991 to 1996 they modified their own Buick V6 engines for racing. Buick (ˈbjuːɪk is a Marque of automobile sold in the United States, Canada, China, Taiwan, Qatar, and This combination won pole for the 500 with Scott Brayton in 1995 and 1996 and Tony Stewart used this combination for the first part of his 1996-1997 IRL Championship. Scott Brayton ( February 20, 1959 &ndash May 17, 1996) was a Race car driver from Coldwater, Michigan, on the Anthony Wayne Stewart (born May 20, 1971 in Columbus Indiana) is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur in NASCAR 's With more stringent regulations, the team continued to shine winning the 1999 Championship with Greg Ray. Greg Ray (born August 3, 1966, in Dallas Texas) is a former IRL IndyCar Series driver However, with the influx of former CART teams to the IRL in the early 2000's, 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. Champ Car, was the name for a class and specification of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades primarily for use in the Indianapolis Panther Racing is an American open wheel Auto racing team It is one of the oldest continually operating teams in the Indy Racing League (IRL Mark Taylor (born December 16, 1977 in Wimbledon, England) is a racing driver who drove in the Indy Racing League. Townsend Bell (born April 19, 1975 in San Francisco) is a motor racing driver In 2005, Menard's was an associate sponsor for another team and the former Menard #2 car driven by Tomáš Enge carried no identification to its Menard lineage. Tomáš Enge (ˈtomaːʃ ˈɛŋɡɛ (born September 11, 1976 in Liberec) is a Motor racing driver from the Czech Republic, who has For 2006, the #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 #20 Vision Racing Dallara driven by Ed Carpenter in the IndyCar Series. Vision Racing is a racing team in the Indy Racing League founded in 2005 when Tony George purchased the assets of the defunct Kelley Racing and hired his The IndyCar Series is the premier series of the Indy Racing League.
The Menards sponsored cars in NASCAR of Paul Menard, Matt Crafton, and Robby Gordon currently use the "Team Menard" name in some sponsorship-related materials and TeamMenard.com is 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. Menards is a chain of Home improvement stores in the Midwestern United States. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. Paul Menard (born August 21, 1980) is a NASCAR driver currently competing in the Sprint Cup Series driving the #15 Menards Chevrolet Matthew Crafton (born June 11, 1976 in Tulare California is an American driver in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Robert W Gordon (born in Bellflower California, on January 2, 1969) is an American Racing driver who currently competes in the NASCAR
Drivers who have driven for Team Menard
Townsend Bell (2004)- Gary Bettenhausen (1990-1993)
Raul Boesel (2002)
Geoff Brabham (1993-1994)- Scott Brayton (1994-1996)
- Robbie Buhl (1997-1998)
- Eddie Cheever (1993, 1994, 1996)
- Kevin Cogan (1991)
Jim Crawford (1990)- Wally Dallenbach, Jr. (1987)
- Mark Dismore (1996-1997)
- Robby Gordon (1999-2000, 2002)
- Richie Hearn (2003)
- Herm Johnson (1980-1982, 1984)
- Steve Kinser (1997)
- Buddy Lazier (1995)
- Jaques Lazier (2001-2003)
Arie Luyendyk (1995)- Vitor Meira (2002-2003)
- Danny Ongais (1996)
- Nelson Piquet (1993)
- Greg Ray (1999-2001)
- Tom Sneva (1991-1992)
- Tony Stewart (1996-1998)
- Mark Taylor (2004)
- Al Unser (1992)
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