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Team Menard was an auto racing team in the Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis 500

The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 or commonly known simply as The 500, is an USA automobile auto racing, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana....
 and Indy Racing League
Indy Racing League

The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel Auto racing.The League sanctions two series, the premier IndyCar Series , whose centerpiece is the Indianapolis 500, and Firestone Indy Lights, the official developmental series of the Indy Racing League....
 owned by John Menard. From 1991 to 1996 they modified their own Buick
Buick

Buick is a marque of automobile sold in the United States, Canada, China, Taiwan, Qatar, Kuwait, and Israel by General Motors Corporation. Since the demise of Oldsmobile in 2004, it is GM's only North America-based entry-level luxury brand....
 V6 engines for racing. This combination won pole for the 500 with Scott Brayton
Scott Brayton

Scott Brayton was a race car driver from Coldwater, Michigan, Michigan, on the American open-wheel circuit. He competed in 14 Indianapolis 500s, beginning with the 1981 Indianapolis 500 event....
 in 1995 and 1996 and Tony Stewart
Tony Stewart

Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
 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
Greg Ray

Greg Ray is a former Indy Racing League IndyCar Series driver.After winning the SCCA national Formula Atlantic championship in 1993, he moved up to the CART-sanctioned Toyota Atlantic series in 1994....
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Team Menard was an auto racing team in the Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis 500

The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 or commonly known simply as The 500, is an USA automobile auto racing, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana....
 and Indy Racing League
Indy Racing League

The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel Auto racing.The League sanctions two series, the premier IndyCar Series , whose centerpiece is the Indianapolis 500, and Firestone Indy Lights, the official developmental series of the Indy Racing League....
 owned by John Menard. From 1991 to 1996 they modified their own Buick
Buick

Buick is a marque of automobile sold in the United States, Canada, China, Taiwan, Qatar, Kuwait, and Israel by General Motors Corporation. Since the demise of Oldsmobile in 2004, it is GM's only North America-based entry-level luxury brand....
 V6 engines for racing. This combination won pole for the 500 with Scott Brayton
Scott Brayton

Scott Brayton was a race car driver from Coldwater, Michigan, Michigan, on the American open-wheel circuit. He competed in 14 Indianapolis 500s, beginning with the 1981 Indianapolis 500 event....
 in 1995 and 1996 and Tony Stewart
Tony Stewart

Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
 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
Greg Ray

Greg Ray is a former Indy Racing League IndyCar Series driver.After winning the SCCA national Formula Atlantic championship in 1993, he moved up to the CART-sanctioned Toyota Atlantic series in 1994....
. However, with the influx of former CART
Cart

A cart is a vehicle or device designed for transport, using two or four wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals. A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people....
 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
Panther Racing

Panther Racing is an American open wheel car auto racing team. It is one of the oldest continually operating teams in the Indy Racing League ....
, although their car continued to carry Menard's colors and be driven first by Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor (driver)

Mark Taylor is a racing driver who drove in the Indy Racing League. He drove the entire 2004 in IRL for two different teams, but could not find a seat for the 2005 in IRL....
, who was then replaced by Townsend Bell
Townsend Bell

Townsend Bell is a motor racing driver.He won the last Indy Lights championship in 2001 and was given two starts in a Champ Car in a joint effort between Patrick Racing and Dale Coyne as a test for a full-time seat in 2002....
. In 2005, Menard's was an associate sponsor for another team and the former Menard #2 car driven by Tomáš Enge
Tomáš Enge

Tom? Enge is a motor racing driver from the Czech Republic, who has competed in many classes of motorsport, including three races in Formula One....
 carried no identification to its Menard lineage. 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
Vision Racing

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 stepson Ed Carpenter as to be the driver....
 Dallara driven by Ed Carpenter in the IndyCar Series
IndyCar Series

The IndyCar Series is the premier level of American Championship Car Racing. The championship, founded by Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George, began in 1996 as a competitor to CART....
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The Menards
Menards

Menards is a chain of home improvement stores in the Midwestern United States.This privately held franchise is headquartered in Eau Claire, Wisconsin....
 sponsored cars in NASCAR
NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
 of Paul Menard
Paul Menard

Paul Menard is a NASCAR driver currently competing in the Sprint Cup Series driving the #98 Menards Ford Fusion for Yates Racing. He is the son of Menards founder John Menard, Jr., whose company is his sponsor....
, Matt Crafton
Matt Crafton

Matthew Crafton...
, and Robby Gordon
Robby Gordon

Robert W. Gordon is an American racing driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, owning his #7 Toyota Camry, sponsored by Jim Beam, and also owning his #55 Jim Beam/Camping World ride which competes part-time in the Nationwide Series, he has also raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Champ Car, the Indy Racing...
 currently use the "Team Menard" name in some sponsorship-related materials and 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.

Drivers who have driven for Team Menard

  • Townsend Bell
    Townsend Bell

    Townsend Bell is a motor racing driver.He won the last Indy Lights championship in 2001 and was given two starts in a Champ Car in a joint effort between Patrick Racing and Dale Coyne as a test for a full-time seat in 2002....
     (2004)
  • Gary Bettenhausen
    Gary Bettenhausen

    Gary Bettenhausen is a retired American auto racing driver. He was born in Blue Island, Illinois, raised in Tinley Park, Illinois and lives in Monrovia, Indiana, Indiana....
     (1990-1993)
  • Raul Boesel
    Raul Boesel

    Raul de Mesquita Boesel is a former racing driver who raced for the March Engineering and Ligier Formula One teams and later raced in Champ Car and the Indy Racing League....
     (2002)
  • Geoff Brabham
    Geoff Brabham

    Geoff Brabham is an Australian racing driver. He is the son of three-time Formula One World Champion Jack Brabham. Brabham spent the majority of his racing career in the United States....
     (1993-1994)
  • Scott Brayton
    Scott Brayton

    Scott Brayton was a race car driver from Coldwater, Michigan, Michigan, on the American open-wheel circuit. He competed in 14 Indianapolis 500s, beginning with the 1981 Indianapolis 500 event....
     (1994-1996)
  • Robbie Buhl
    Robbie Buhl

    Robbie Buhl is a former Indy Racing League competitor and current team-owner, with the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing team in the IRL's IndyCar Series....
     (1997-1998)
  • Eddie Cheever
    Eddie Cheever

    Edward "Eddie" McKay Cheever, Jr. is an United States racing driver who raced for almost thirty years in Formula One, Sports car racing, CART and the Indy Racing League....
     (1993, 1994, 1996)
  • Kevin Cogan
    Kevin Cogan

    Kevin Cogan is a former racecar driver who drove in Formula One from to . Driving a RAM Racing Williams in the 1980 Canadian Grand Prix, he failed to qualify, suffering the same result driving for Tyrrell Racing at the 1981 United States Grand Prix West....
     (1991)
  • Jim Crawford
    Jim Crawford (driver)

    Jim Crawford was a Scotland racing driver. He participated in 2 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on July 19, 1975.Crawford moved to the United States in the 1980s and began a career in Champ Cars....
     (1990)
  • Wally Dallenbach, Jr.
    Wally Dallenbach, Jr.

    Wally Dallenbach, Jr. is an American former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver. He competed in 226 Winston Cup races from 1991 to 2001 and had 23 top 10 finishes....
     (1987)
  • Mark Dismore
    Mark Dismore

    Mark Dismore is a former driver in the Indy Racing League and the 1990 Champ Car Atlantic Championship champion as well as the winner of the 1993 24 Hours of Daytona with Dan Gurney's All American Racers in a Toyota GTP car with co-drivers Rocky Moran and P....
     (1996-1997)
  • Robby Gordon
    Robby Gordon

    Robert W. Gordon is an American racing driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, owning his #7 Toyota Camry, sponsored by Jim Beam, and also owning his #55 Jim Beam/Camping World ride which competes part-time in the Nationwide Series, he has also raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Champ Car, the Indy Racing...
     (1999-2000, 2002)
  • Richie Hearn
    Richie Hearn

    Richie Hearn is an American auto racing driver born January 4, 1971 in Glendale, California, California.He ran in the Toyota Atlantic championship for two seasons, winning the title in 1995....
     (2003)
  • Herm Johnson
    Herm Johnson

    Herm Johnson , is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. He raced in 7 seasons , with 35 career starts, including the 1984 Indianapolis 500....
     (1980-1982, 1984)
  • Steve Kinser
    Steve Kinser

    Steve Kinser , is a professional Sprint car racing racer. He has won 20 championships in the World of Outlaws series, and currently drives the #11 Quaker State car....
     (1997)
  • Buddy Lazier
    Buddy Lazier

    Robert Buddy Lazier is an United States of America open-wheel racecar driver. He won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and has finished in the Top Ten in that race six times....
     (1995)
  • Jaques Lazier
    Jaques Lazier

    Jaques Lazier is an Indy Racing League driver born January 25, 1971 in Denver, Colorado and is the younger brother of 1996 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Lazier and son of former Indy racer Bob Lazier....
     (2001-2003)
  • Arie Luyendyk
    Arie Luyendyk

    Arie Luyendyk, originally Arie Luijendijk is a Netherlands automobile racing driver, twice winner of the Indianapolis 500.Born in Sommelsdijk, Luyendyk started racing in the early 1970s, winning a number of Dutch national titles....
     (1995)
  • Vitor Meira
    Vitor Meira

    Vitor Meira is an auto racing driver currently competing in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series. He is best known for twice finishing second in the Indianapolis 500....
     (2002-2003)
  • Danny Ongais
    Danny Ongais

    Danny Ongais is a former racecar driver from the United States.He is the only native Hawaiian to compete at the Indianapolis 500. A motorcycle, sports car, Formula One, and drag racing competitor, in 1963 and 1964 Ongais won the American Hot Rod Association AA Gas Dragster Championship and in 1965 he added the National Hot Rod Association...
     (1996)
  • Nelson Piquet
    Nelson Piquet

    Nelson Piquet Souto Maior , more commonly known as Nelson Piquet, is a Brazilian former racing driver who was Formula One world champion in 1981 Formula One season, 1983 Formula One season, and 1987 Formula One season....
     (1993)
  • Greg Ray
    Greg Ray

    Greg Ray is a former Indy Racing League IndyCar Series driver.After winning the SCCA national Formula Atlantic championship in 1993, he moved up to the CART-sanctioned Toyota Atlantic series in 1994....
     (1999-2001)
  • Tom Sneva
    Tom Sneva

    Tom Sneva is a former American Championship Car Racing driver that was named to the prestigious Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2005. Sneva is best remembered for winning the 1983 Indianapolis 500....
     (1991-1992)
  • Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
     (1996-1998)
  • Mark Taylor
    Mark Taylor (driver)

    Mark Taylor is a racing driver who drove in the Indy Racing League. He drove the entire 2004 in IRL for two different teams, but could not find a seat for the 2005 in IRL....
     (2004)
  • Al Unser
    Al Unser

    Alfred Unser is a former United States of America automobile racing driver, the younger brother of Bobby Unser and father of Al Unser, Jr.. He is the second of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500 four times, the fourth of five to have won the race in consecutive years, and is the only person to have both a sibling and child as fello...
     (1992)