Paul Menard News

Darlington Rookie News and Notes:

Darlington Rookie News and Notes:

May 11, 2007
Paul Menard was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the May 6 Crown Royal 400 at Richmond International Raceway. Menard placed 16th and took top rookie honors for the second time this season. Five Raybestos Rookies competed in the Crown Royal 400, the most first-year

Lowe’s Motor Speedway Testing Day 2 evening;

Lowe’s Motor Speedway Testing Day 2 evening;

May 8, 2007
Final testing for the car of yesterday at Lowe's Motor Speedway ended Tuesday night. The fastest was #2A-Kurt Busch [Dodge] with a speed of 185.644mph [the second fastest lap after #40-Stremme's 187mph on Monday night] followed by #88B-Ricky Rudd [Ford], #36A-Jeremy

Lowe’s Motor Speedway Testing Day 2 afternoon:

Lowe’s Motor Speedway Testing Day 2 afternoon:

May 8, 2007
The second day [of two] of testing at Lowe's Motor Speedway had 84 cars with 49 drivers/teams. #36A-Jeremy Mayfield [Toyota] was the fastest at 183.667mph, followed by #40B-David Stremme [Dodge], #15A-Paul Menard [Chevy], #07A-Clint Bowyer and #1B-Martin Truex Jr.

Rumblings – Richmond Race Notes:

Rumblings – Richmond Race Notes:

May 6, 2007
Jimmie Johnson outsprinted teammate Kyle Busch in a 20 lap dash to the checkers today and took the Crown Royal Presents the Jim Stewart 400 at Richmond International Raceway. Run one day late due to rain last night, it didn't seem to matter to the Hendrick boyz cause

Testing at Nashville:

Testing at Nashville:

May 2, 2007
DEI Driver #15-Paul Menard and #55-Derrike Cope/Michael Waltrip tested the car of tomorrow (COT) at Nashville Superspeedway on Tuesday.(Nashville Superspeedway PR)(5-2-2007)

Rumblings – Talladega Race Notes:

Rumblings – Talladega Race Notes:

April 29, 2007
We had a green/white/checker finish today at Talladega Superspeedway....and we didn't make it a mile into the final five before it was over. Jeff Gordon won the Aaron's 510 today under caution to give him his second win of the season, his 5th at Talladega, and the

Stock Car Fans:

Stock Car Fans:

April 28, 2007
#24-Jeff Gordon took the Bud Pole today at Talladega Superspeedway. Gordon and David Gilliland ran identical times.....to the thousandth of a second (49.857.....192.069 MPH), but since Gordon is waaaaay ahead of Gilliland in Owner Points, he gets the spot. This was

Talladega Rookie Notes & News:

Talladega Rookie Notes & News:

April 25, 2007
#15-Paul Menard was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the April 21 Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Menard scored a 25th-place finish and took top rookie honors for the first time in 2007. Juan Pablo Montoya leads David Ragan by five points (

Rumblings – Texas Race Notes:

Rumblings – Texas Race Notes:

April 15, 2007
We had a good old-fashioned Texas Shootout today for the final 20 laps or so, and Jeff Burton prevailed over Matt Kenseth to take the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Burton passed Kenseth in turn two on the final lap (the only one he led today, btw) and held on

Qualifying Rained Out

Qualifying Rained Out

April 13, 2007
for the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway and the field was set by the rules book, so the top-35 in 2007 Owners Pts fill the top 35 spots, then #83-Brian Vickers as a past race winner in 2006-2007 (2006 race winner at Talladega in the #25), #44-Dale Jarrett (past

Tough day for BBM at Martinsville:

Tough day for BBM at Martinsville:

April 2, 2007
Billy Ballew Motorsports headed to the Martinsville Speedway with two Craftsman Trucks entered in the Kroger 250. Bill Lester, the team's primary driver, was in the #15 Red Top Auto Auction truck and Paul Menard, the NASCAR Nextel Cup and Busch Series regular, piloted

Menard entered with Billy Ballew: UPDATE: Joint venture with DEI:

Menard entered with Billy Ballew: UPDATE: Joint venture with DEI:

March 27, 2007
The entry list for Martinsville shows Paul Menard entered in the #51 Chevy; a second entry for Billy Ballew Motorsports along with series regular Bill Lester in the #15 Chevy. No sponsorship has been announced.(3-27-2007) UPDATE: Billy Ballew Motorsports has announced

Ramblings – Bristol Qualifying Notes:

Ramblings – Bristol Qualifying Notes:

March 23, 2007
Jeff Gordon captured the Bud Pole today at Bristol Motor Speedway for Sunday's Food City 500 with a speed of 125.453 (15.295 sec) for his second top-spot of the season (he's the first repeater, btw) and the 58th of his NextelL Cup career.....and that's pretty significant

Menard tests COT at South Boston:

Menard tests COT at South Boston:

March 22, 2007
#15-Paul Menard tested the Car of Tomorrow at South Boston Speedway (Wednesday, March 21st). While the focus of the test was to prepare for next weekend's event at Martinsville, a secondary goal was to improve DEI's overall COT program.(co-Pilott.com PR)(3-22-2007)

Rumblings – Atlanta Race Notes:

Rumblings – Atlanta Race Notes:

March 18, 2007
Jimmie Johnson passed Tony Stewart (and crowded him a bit) with three to go today at Atlanta Motor Speedway and went on to win the Kobalt Tools 500. Coming from third on the final restart with 11 laps remaining, Johnson captured his second win in a row, his 2nd at