Paul Menard
Menard at the 2018 Can-Am 500
BornJohn Paul Christian Menard
(1980-08-21) August 21, 1980
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight180 lb (82 kg)[1]
Achievements2011 Brickyard 400 winner
NASCAR Cup Series career
471 races run over 16 years
2019 position19th
Best finish14th (2015)
First race2003 Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last race2019 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Homestead)
First win2011 Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 69 2
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
220 races run over 16 years
2019 position84th
Best finish5th (2010)
First race2003 Trace Adkins Chrome 300 (Nashville)
Last race2019 ROXOR 200 (Loudon)
First win2006 AT&T 250 (Milwaukee)
Last win2015 Road America 180 (Road America)
Wins Top tens Poles
3 102 6
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
8 races run over 2 years
2021 position45th
Best finish42nd (2003)
First race2003 GNC 200 (Milwaukee)
Last race2021 United Rentals 176 (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
Statistics current as of December 30, 2021.

John Paul Christian Menard (born August 21, 1980) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 66 Toyota Tundra for ThorSport Racing.

Menard competed full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2007 to 2019, driving for Dale Earnhardt Inc., Yates Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, Richard Childress Racing, and Wood Brothers Racing. He retired from full-time competition after the 2019 season. He has also competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in the past, including running part-time with Andy Petree Racing in 2003 and 2004, full-time with DEI in 2005 and 2006, and full-time with Roush Fenway Racing in 2010. He has won 1 Cup Series race (the 2011 Brickyard 400), 3 Xfinity Series races, and 1 ARCA Menards Series race.

He is the son of entrepreneur John Menard Jr., the founder of the Menards chain of home improvement stores.

Racing career

Early career

Menard in his No. 15 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2006
Menard leads at Talladega in 2006

Menard's racing career began at the age of eight when he won the Briggs Junior Karting Class Championship in his native Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He later won the Briggs Medium Class Champion before working his way up to higher level racing. He began ice racing at the age of 15 and won 10 International Ice Racing Association events in his career. He continues to compete in IIRA events in and around Wisconsin. In the summers he raced legends cars on short tracks in Wisconsin.[2] He borrowed Bryan Reffner's Late Model for a week winning his heat race and placing around fourth in the feature.[2] He decided to build his own late model and raced the car three to four times per week.[2] In an interview with Motorsports Minute, Menard said he chose stock cars over Indy Cars because there was no feeder series for Indy Car in his native Wisconsin.[2]

In 2000, he began racing a limited schedule in the NASCAR Re/Max Challenge Series, finishing 13th in points. During his rookie season in 2001, he earned a pole and victory at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, finishing ninth in points. The 2002 season saw Menard compete in ReMax Challenge (two poles, seventh in points), SCCA Trans-Am (one front-row start, four top-10 finishes), Grand Am Cup (victories at Fontana and Phoenix) and the NASCAR Southwest Tour. He capped his season in the latter series with a last-lap pass of veteran Ken Schrader for the Phoenix victory.

In 2003, Menard joined Andy Petree Racing to compete in NASCAR Cup Series, Busch, and Truck Series events while still competing in ARCA. In his first ARCA start at Salem Speedway, he qualified second and finished fourth. Later that year, he started on the pole at Winchester, Indiana, and then scored his first ARCA victory at Talladega Superspeedway. He also had top finishes of ninth in the Busch race at Indianapolis Raceway Park and eighth in the Truck race at the Kansas Speedway.

Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (2004–2008)

2008 NASCAR Cup Series car

In 2004, Menard began the NASCAR Busch Series season driving the No. 33 Chevrolet. Midway through the season, he moved to Dale Earnhardt, Inc. in the No. 11 Chevy. 10 races later, Menard won his first career pole position at Kansas Speedway and finished 23rd in points despite no top-tens and missing seven races. With Dan Stillman as crew chief beginning in 2005, they started out by leading 57 laps at Daytona. Winning the Bud Pole Award at Talladega also had them running up front until getting caught up in a wreck. He got his first top-10 and top-five by placing fifth at the Kentucky Speedway. From there, the team went from 20th to the top-10 in points before finishing in sixth place overall, for the season.

In 2006, driving the No. 15 car part-time for DEI, Menard scored his first top-10 finish in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series by coming in seventh place at the Golden Corral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Menard also won his first Busch Series race on June 24 at his home track of the Milwaukee Mile by holding off a late race charge and bump from Cup regular Kevin Harvick. Harvick eventually caused a multi-car wreck attempting to bump him out of the way. Menard finished off 2006 with a sixth-place finish in the standings, tying his best finish in the standings last year (2005). He scored 16 top-10 finishes and 7 top-5 finishes in the Busch Series.

In 2007, Menard ran his first full-time Cup season. He failed to qualify for six races that season, but after DEI's merger with Ginn Racing, the owner's points were transferred from Sterling Marlin's No. 14 car to Menard, who was then locked into the rest of the races. His best finish of 2007 was in the Citizens Bank 400 where he finished 12th. In the Busch Series, he picked up 5 top-5 finishes. After the fall race at Charlotte, in which Menard and Tony Stewart made contact on pit road, a feud between the drivers ensued; Stewart had driven for John Menard in the Indy Racing League's early years.

In 2008, Menard won his first Sprint Cup Series pole at Daytona International Speedway in early July and remained in the top 35 in owner's points for the entire season. At Talladega in the fall, Menard had the best run of his career leading laps and coming home with a strong second-place finish. He also was up front for a good part of the day in the other. He finished up the season with $3,559,130 in earnings and finished 26th in points standings, a career high.

Yates Racing/Richard Petty Motorsports (2009–2010)

2010 Sprint Cup Series car at Charlotte Motor Speedway
2010 Nationwide Series car at Road America

For the 2009 season, Menard moved over to the No. 98 Ford Fusion operated by Yates Racing. Menard showed limited improvement in 2009, running in the top 10 many times, only to later have problems. For example, he crashed at Las Vegas Motor Speedway while running very well, and was involved in a wreck with only 40 laps to go, while running 7th. These issues lead to the team being in danger of falling out of the top 35 in points standings for much of the year. Menard's best finishes included two 13th-place finishes in the Aarons 499 at Talladega Superspeedway as well as the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, and a 15th-place finish in the Southern 500. At the second Dover race, Menard started 10th and ran in the top 10 for most of the day, only to find his car tighten up near the end of the race and come home 19th. At the end of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Menard was the only driver to not score a top 10 finish who ran all of the races. Menard ended up finishing 31st in the final point standings.

For the 2010 season, his No. 98 team moved over to Richard Petty Motorsports, due to its merger with Yates Racing. In his first start with RPM he finished 13th in the 2010 Daytona 500. He then went on to have Top 20s at Las Vegas and Fontana. The following race at Atlanta Motor Speedway Menard posted his second highest career Cup series finish with a fifth place showing followed by a few more top 20s. After that, he fell from the Top 12 in points. At Charlotte, he finished eighth after running in the top 10 all race long. Menard also posted another top 10 in the circuit's 19th race at Chicagoland Speedway. At Dover International Speedway in September he ended up with a 7th-place finish. The following week he started from the second position at Kansas. While most publications rated him around 30th in the 2010 preseason, he finished 23rd in points.

In early 2010, Menard drove in the No. 90 Daytona Prototype for Spirit of Daytona Racing in the Rolex 24 hours at Daytona International Speedway. In 2010 he came close to winning the Nationwide Series race at Road America in his hometown of Wisconsin. Menard was running 7th when he was spun out on the final lap by road course specialist Tony Ave. It appeared that Menard was to blame, but footage captured by a fan showed that Owen Kelly was at fault.

Richard Childress Racing (2011–2017)

2012 Sprint Cup car

Menard moved to Richard Childress Racing in 2011, driving the No. 27.[3] On July 31, 2011, Menard won his first and only Sprint Cup race in his 167th start, in the Brickyard 400 at the prestigious Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He did so by making his last pit stop with 36 laps to go. He led late, but with 9 laps to go, he was passed by Jamie McMurray. With four to go, he regained the lead and held off Jeff Gordon, the winner of the inaugural Brickyard 400 in the final laps, having enough fuel to do so. He is the first member of the Menard family to win at Indianapolis, in any event, held at the track. He also joins Trevor Bayne, Regan Smith, David Ragan, and Marcos Ambrose as first-time winners in the 2011 season.

In September 2011 at Richmond, Menard and RCR became the center of controversy when Menard spun in the waning laps. It was believed that his accident was intentional, intended to assist his teammate Kevin Harvick who later won the race against Jeff Gordon who would have won if the caution did not come out.[4]

In 2012, Menard did not perform well. He crashed during the Aaron's 499 at Talladega and went winless for 2012. In 2013, he slightly improved when he was briefly in Chase for the Sprint Cup contention. A blown engine early in the Coke Zero 400[5] caused him to be knocked out of the Chase with a few races left before the Chase began. In the season-ending Ford EcoBoost 400, Menard's tire exploded upon stopping in his pit box; Menard stated, "About a lap later, they told me I was on fire. I lost my brakes, and the damned wheel blew right off."[6]

Fans waving to Menard, celebrating his third Xfinity Series win at Road America.

In 2014 Menard scored 13 top tens (a career high) and held a chase spot for most of the regular season but two consecutive 18th place finishes at Atlanta and Richmond (final race of the regular season) dropped him out of contention.

Menard won the Nationwide race at Michigan for his first NNS win since 2006 in June 2014. He won after Joey Logano blew a tire with 4 laps to go.

In the 2015 Sprint Unlimited at Daytona, Menard won the pole for the race by drawing. He led the first 7 laps until he was involved in a big wreck, finishing 21st. The race was later won by Matt Kenseth. Menard later finished in the top 5 in Auto Club and in Talladega and got 5 top 10s and 22 top 15s. He made the Chase for the first time in his career mostly because he had only one DNF (a blown engine in Texas), grabbing the final spot by 17 points over Aric Almirola. He was eliminated in the first round, but with Matt Kenseth's two-race suspension, Menard passed him and finished in a career-best of 14th in the standings. Also in August 2015, Menard took the checkers at Road America, holding off Blake Koch and Ryan Blaney for his third Xfinity Series win. Aside from the 2011 Brickyard 400, the win was Menard's biggest of his career, as Menard had grown up a few miles from the track.

In the 2016 Sprint Unlimited, Menard finished in a career best 3rd place, after surviving several big ones.

To start of 2017, Menard survived wrecks in the Daytona 500 and brought home a 5th place finish after a few cars ran out of gas. The next week at Atlanta, he finished 25th. Menard scored his 2nd top 10 of the year in the GEICO 500 at Talladega, finishing 9th. In the Coke Zero 400, Menard ran up front late and came home 3rd, barely behind Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Clint Bowyer. Menard survived most of the carnage in the Brickyard 400 but crashed in a late big one.

Wood Brothers Racing (2018–2019)

On July 26, 2017, Menard was announced as the replacement for Ryan Blaney in the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford starting in 2018.[7]

Menard's 2018 No. 21 car

On June 30, 2018, almost 10 years to the day, Menard got his second ever NASCAR Cup Series Pole Award at Chicagoland Speedway for the Overton's 400.

On July 12, 2019, Menard announced he had a contract for the 2020 season, indicating that he plans to stay with Wood Brothers.[8] On September 10, 2019, Menard announced his retirement from full-time racing after the 2019 season.[9]

ThorSport Racing (2021)

On May 17, 2021, Truck Series team ThorSport Racing announced that Menard would return to NASCAR and compete in a fifth part-time truck for the team, the No. 66, in the series' new race at Circuit of the Americas. It is his first NASCAR start in his semi-retirement, and his first Truck Series start since 2007 when he competed in the spring Martinsville race in the No. 51 for Billy Ballew Motorsports.[10]

Personal life

A native of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Menard is the son of Menards founder John Menard Jr. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire,[11] majoring in business. He currently resides in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area with his wife Jennifer.[12] The couple had their first child, a daughter, on March 18, 2014.[13] The family later welcomed another child, a son, in November 2017. Menard is a Roman Catholic and a fan of power metal music. Paul Menard doesn't have any social media and he chooses to stay away from it because "it is nothing good and there's so much more to life than looking at other people's lives behind a screen."[14]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Monster Energy Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results
Year Team 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 35 36 Rank Pts Ref
2003 Andy Petree Racing 33 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX TAL MAR CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON
DNQ		 DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN
29		 MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO CAR HOM 66th 76 [15]
2005 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 1 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN
27		 MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO 71st 82 [16]
Robby Gordon Motorsports 7 Chevy HOM
QL†
2006 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 15 Chevy DAY
DNQ		 CAL LVS ATL
7		 BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT
14		 DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI
DNQ		 NHA POC IND
DNQ		 GLN
29		 MCH
20		 BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL
34		 CLT MAR ATL TEX
41		 PHO HOM
17		 45th 669 [17]
2007 DAY
DNQ		 CAL
20		 LVS
32		 ATL
31		 BRI
DNQ		 MAR
DNQ		 TEX
15		 PHO
25		 TAL
43		 RCH
16		 DAR
31		 CLT
DNQ		 DOV
DNQ		 POC
28		 MCH
12		 SON
DNQ		 NHA
39		 DAY
21		 CHI
42		 IND
20		 POC
26		 GLN
19		 MCH
39		 BRI
24		 CAL
24		 RCH
26		 NHA
24		 DOV
21		 KAN
27		 TAL
38		 CLT
22		 MAR
24		 ATL
27		 TEX
30		 PHO
22		 HOM
35		 34th 2496 [18]
2008 DAY
22		 CAL
27		 LVS
22		 ATL
19		 BRI
32		 MAR
16		 TEX
17		 PHO
21		 TAL
14		 RCH
31		 DAR
36		 CLT
41		 DOV
22		 POC
25		 MCH
11		 SON
34		 NHA
29		 DAY
15		 CHI
26		 IND
41		 POC
42		 GLN
28		 MCH
24		 BRI
16		 CAL
37		 RCH
34		 NHA
21		 DOV
21		 KAN
27		 TAL
2		 CLT
26		 MAR
27		 ATL
31		 TEX
22		 PHO
26		 HOM
30		 26th 3151 [19]
2009 Yates Racing 98 Ford DAY
38		 CAL
37		 LVS
35		 ATL
28		 BRI
25		 MAR
25		 TEX
13		 PHO
23		 TAL
13		 RCH
30		 DAR
15		 CLT
29		 DOV
32		 POC
29		 MCH
34		 SON
21		 NHA
30		 DAY
23		 CHI
35		 IND
29		 POC
26		 GLN
19		 MCH
26		 BRI
24		 ATL
15		 RCH
28		 NHA
34		 DOV
19		 KAN
30		 CAL
27		 CLT
27		 MAR
23		 TAL
42		 TEX
29		 PHO
29		 HOM
26		 31st 2979 [20]
2010 Richard Petty Motorsports DAY
13		 CAL
18		 LVS
17		 ATL
5		 BRI
18		 MAR
14		 PHO
29		 TEX
35		 TAL
25		 RCH
27		 DAR
30		 DOV
21		 CLT
8		 POC
16		 MCH
25		 SON
22		 NHA
28		 DAY
18		 CHI
10		 IND
14		 POC
13		 GLN
16		 MCH
35		 BRI
21		 ATL
35		 RCH
26		 NHA
28		 DOV
7		 KAN
8		 CAL
22		 CLT
24		 MAR
13		 TAL
13		 TEX
10		 PHO
29		 HOM
19		 23rd 3776 [21]
2011 Richard Childress Racing 27 Chevy DAY
9		 PHO
17		 LVS
12		 BRI
5		 CAL
16		 MAR
38		 TEX
5		 TAL
12		 RCH
37		 DAR
22		 DOV
24		 CLT
29		 KAN
19		 POC
14		 MCH
4		 SON
17		 DAY
8		 KEN
24		 NHA
24		 IND
1		 POC
10		 GLN
32		 MCH
26		 BRI
30		 ATL
18		 RCH
34		 CHI
20		 NHA
20		 DOV
16		 KAN
12		 CLT
17		 TAL
12		 MAR
24		 TEX
15		 PHO
9		 HOM
16		 17th 947 [22]
2012 DAY
6		 PHO
31		 LVS
7		 BRI
10		 CAL
19		 MAR
26		 TEX
18		 KAN
18		 RCH
13		 TAL
17		 DAR
13		 CLT
15		 DOV
17		 POC
9		 MCH
22		 SON
20		 KEN
12		 DAY
14		 NHA
17		 IND
14		 POC
11		 GLN
12		 MCH
9		 BRI
10		 ATL
8		 RCH
23		 CHI
15		 NHA
12		 DOV
22		 TAL
28		 CLT
27		 KAN
3		 MAR
12		 TEX
27		 PHO
9		 HOM
11		 16th 1006 [23]
2013 DAY
21		 PHO
20		 LVS
10		 BRI
9		 CAL
8		 MAR
19		 TEX
17		 KAN
10		 RCH
13		 TAL
26		 DAR
19		 CLT
13		 DOV
20		 POC
30		 MCH
14		 SON
14		 KEN
30		 DAY
43		 NHA
17		 IND
12		 POC
32		 GLN
17		 MCH
4		 BRI
6		 ATL
24		 RCH
5		 CHI
22		 NHA
22		 DOV
18		 KAN
7		 CLT
24		 TAL
4		 MAR
22		 TEX
15		 PHO
16		 HOM
39		 17th 949 [24]
2014 DAY
32		 PHO
23		 LVS
3		 BRI
21		 CAL
9		 MAR
10		 TEX
9		 DAR
41		 RCH
24		 TAL
6		 KAN
17		 CLT
8		 DOV
10		 POC
26		 MCH
4		 SON
5		 KEN
15		 DAY
16		 NHA
19		 IND
34		 POC
33		 GLN
32		 MCH
4		 BRI
9		 ATL
18		 RCH
18		 CHI
21		 NHA
15		 DOV
16		 KAN
9		 CLT
42		 TAL
36		 MAR
14		 TEX
17		 PHO
23		 HOM
4		 21st 944 [25]
2015 DAY
25		 ATL
13		 LVS
12		 PHO
14		 CAL
4		 MAR
23		 TEX
41		 BRI
11		 RCH
15		 TAL
3		 KAN
18		 CLT
14		 DOV
8		 POC
31		 MCH
8		 SON
13		 DAY
16		 KEN
15		 NHA
25		 IND
14		 POC
11		 GLN
13		 MCH
12		 BRI
24		 DAR
26		 RCH
26		 CHI
17		 NHA
15		 DOV
25		 CLT
36		 KAN
19		 TAL
6		 MAR
15		 TEX
13		 PHO
13		 HOM
21		 14th 2262 [26]
2016 DAY
18		 ATL
18		 LVS
15		 PHO
38		 CAL
15		 MAR
8		 TEX
26		 BRI
15		 RCH
22		 TAL
26		 KAN
40		 DOV
11		 CLT
17		 POC
33		 MCH
18		 SON
16		 DAY
36		 KEN
18		 NHA
18		 IND
10		 POC
35		 GLN
22		 BRI
32		 MCH
18		 DAR
16		 RCH
40		 CHI
21		 NHA
25		 DOV
22		 CLT
34		 KAN
20		 TAL
13		 MAR
25		 TEX
28		 PHO
10		 HOM
14		 25th 678 [27]
2017 DAY
5		 ATL
25		 LVS
19		 PHO
21		 CAL
28		 MAR
19		 TEX
36		 BRI
16		 RCH
25		 TAL
9		 KAN
35		 CLT
13		 DOV
33		 POC
20		 MCH
22		 SON
11		 DAY
3		 KEN
21		 NHA
22		 IND
16		 POC
19		 GLN
18		 MCH
34		 BRI
16		 DAR
16		 RCH
28		 CHI
14		 NHA
20		 DOV
26		 CLT
19		 TAL
12		 KAN
12		 MAR
20		 TEX
23		 PHO
15		 HOM
16		 23rd 631 [28]
2018 Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford DAY
6		 ATL
17		 LVS
9		 PHO
36		 CAL
19		 MAR
13		 TEX
30		 BRI
13		 RCH
24		 TAL
30		 DOV
34		 KAN
6		 CLT
14		 POC
11		 MCH
5		 SON
26		 CHI
13		 DAY
28		 KEN
11		 NHA
17		 POC
21		 GLN
28		 MCH
16		 BRI
36		 DAR
17		 IND
9		 LVS
10		 RCH
22		 CLT
33		 DOV
16		 TAL
9		 KAN
32		 MAR
22		 TEX
13		 PHO
29		 HOM
25		 19th 692 [29]
2019 DAY
29		 ATL
14		 LVS
15		 PHO
17		 CAL
20		 MAR
15		 TEX
19		 BRI
6		 RCH
10		 TAL
16		 DOV
17		 KAN
24		 CLT
14		 POC
18		 MCH
13		 SON
22		 CHI
21		 DAY
16		 KEN
11		 NHA
13		 POC
18		 GLN
18		 MCH
15		 BRI
23		 DAR
9		 IND
10		 LVS
14		 RCH
27		 CLT
16		 DOV
12		 TAL
16		 KAN
18		 MAR
21		 TEX
20		 PHO
12		 HOM
17		 19th 777 [30]
† – Qualified for Robby Gordon
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2006 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet DNQ
2007 DNQ
2008 21 22
2009 Yates Racing Ford 19 38
2010 Richard Petty Motorsports 32 13
2011 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 19 9
2012 37 6
2013 16 21
2014 10 32
2015 21 25
2016 37 18
2017 33 5
2018 Wood Brothers Racing Ford 16 6
2019 7 29

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team 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 35 NXSC Pts Ref
2003 Andy Petree Racing 55 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH
12		 KEN
14		 MLW DAY CHI
37		 NHA PPR
23		 IRP
9		 MCH BRI DAR RCH
DNQ		 DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO
22		 CAR HOM 60th 629 [31]
2004 33 DAY
32		 CAR
22		 LVS
21		 DAR
26		 BRI
28		 TEX
14		 NSH
16		 TAL
16		 CAL
28		 GTY
22		 RCH
33		 NZH
13		 CLT
19		 DOV
21		 NSH 23rd 2742 [32]
Michael Waltrip Racing 99 Chevy KEN
QL†		 MLW DAY CHI
Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 11 Chevy NHA
18		 PPR
12		 IRP
20		 MCH
DNQ		 BRI
36		 CAL
21		 RCH
13		 DOV
15		 KAN
17		 CLT
DNQ		 MEM
11		 ATL
19		 PHO
14		 DAR
12		 HOM
34
2005 DAY
17		 CAL
20		 MXC
34		 LVS
37		 ATL
24		 NSH
36		 BRI
22		 TEX
18		 PHO
15		 TAL
27		 DAR
30		 RCH
36		 CLT
12		 DOV
28		 NSH
13		 KEN
5		 MLW
3		 DAY
6		 CHI
9		 NHA
7		 PPR
12		 GTY
5		 IRP
7		 GLN
8		 MCH
6		 BRI
41		 CAL
10		 RCH
2		 DOV
10		 KAN
36		 CLT
3		 MEM
6		 TEX
17		 PHO
13		 HOM
5		 6th 4101 [33]
2006 DAY
38		 CAL
17		 MXC
5		 LVS
20		 ATL
10		 BRI
16		 TEX
7		 NSH
9		 PHO
17		 TAL
9		 RCH
8		 DAR
13		 CLT
24		 DOV
35		 NSH
5		 KEN
9		 MLW
1*		 DAY
37		 CHI
39		 NHA
4		 MAR
12		 GTY
35		 IRP
9		 GLN
18		 MCH
25		 BRI
10		 CAL
4		 RCH
4		 DOV
37		 KAN
10		 CLT
13		 MEM
23		 TEX
27		 PHO
37		 HOM
3		 6th 4075 [34]
2007 15 DAY
17		 CAL
37		 MXC LVS
36		 ATL
18		 BRI NSH TEX
9		 PHO TAL RCH DAR
22		 CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI
6		 GTY IRP CGV GLN
4		 MCH
7		 BRI CAL RCH
40		 DOV KAN
7		 CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 43rd 1208 [35]
2009 Yates Racing 98 Ford DAY CAL LVS BRI
11		 TEX
5		 NSH PHO
14		 TAL RCH DAR
DNQ		 CLT
21		 DOV
6		 NSH KEN MLW NHA
35		 DAY CHI
14		 GTY IRP IOW GLN
29		 MCH
10		 BRI
9		 CGV
15		 ATL
12		 RCH
13		 DOV KAN CAL
11		 CLT MEM TEX PHO
30		 HOM
14		 25th 1876 [36]
2010 Roush Fenway Racing DAY
6		 CAL
19		 LVS
8		 BRI
11		 NSH
11		 PHO
7		 TEX
10		 TAL
8		 RCH
19		 DAR
10		 DOV
28		 CLT
18		 NSH
3		 KEN
32		 ROA
16		 NHA
9		 DAY
28		 CHI
11		 GTY
4		 IRP
9		 IOW
16		 GLN
17		 MCH
5		 BRI
13		 CGV
5		 ATL
9		 RCH
8		 DOV
7		 KAN
8		 CAL
12		 CLT
35		 GTY
9		 TEX
9		 PHO
13		 HOM
9		 5th 4467 [37]
2011 Kevin Harvick Inc. 33 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX
3		 TAL NSH RCH
2		 DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH
4		 ROA DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN
6		 CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI
9		 DOV KAN
4		 CLT
8		 TEX PHO HOM 102nd 01 [38]
2012 Richard Childress Racing DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX
2*		 RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH
8		 ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND
8		 IOW GLN
8		 CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI
5		 KEN DOV
2		 CLT KAN
16*		 TEX PHO HOM 109th 01 [39]
2013 DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW MCH
3		 ROA KEN DAY NHA
32		 CHI IND
6		 IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN
2		 CLT TEX PHO HOM 98th 01 [40]
2014 DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH
1		 ROA KEN
4		 DAY NHA
19		 CHI IND
6		 IOW GLN
9		 MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI
11		 KEN DOV KAN
4		 CLT TEX PHO HOM
12		 83rd 01 [41]
2015 DAY ATL
6		 LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH
18		 CHI DAY KEN
6		 NHA IND
4		 IOW GLN
9		 MOH BRI ROA
1		 DAR
25		 RCH CHI
4		 KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 88th 01 [42]
2016 2 DAY ATL
4		 LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV
29		 CLT POC
7		 MCH
3		 IOW DAY KEN NHA IND
3		 IOW GLN
2		 MOH BRI ROA DAR
20		 RCH CHI
9		 KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 95th 01 [43]
2017 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL
36		 TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC
31		 MCH
7		 IOW DAY KEN
34		 NHA IND
2		 IOW GLN
5		 MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH
19		 CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 96th 01 [44]
2018 Team Penske 22 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC
8		 MCH
5		 IOW CHI
8		 DAY KEN
9		 NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 98th 01 [45]
2019 12 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH
4*		 IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA
5		 IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 84th 01 [46]
† - Qualified for Michael Waltrip

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year Team 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 NCWTC Pts Ref
2003 Andy Petree Racing 33 Chevy DAY DAR MMR MAR CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW
11		 KAN
8		 KEN GTW
21		 MCH IRP NSH BRI
21		 RCH NHA CAL LVS SBO
21		 TEX MAR PHO HOM 42nd 572 [47]
2007 Billy Ballew Motorsports 51 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR
33		 KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 104th 64 [48]
2021 ThorSport Racing 66 Toyota DAY DAY LVS ATL BRI RCH KAN DAR COA
11		 CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN
8		 GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 45th 59 [49]

ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year Team 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 ARMC Pts Ref
2003 Andy Petree Racing 33 Chevy DAY ATL NSH SLM
4		 TOL KEN CLT
34		 BLN KAN MCH LER POC POC NSH ISF WIN
26		 DSF CHI SLM TAL
DNQ		 43rd 660 [50]
26 TAL
1*		 CLT SBO
2004 33 DAY
35		 NSH SLM KEN TOL CLT KAN POC MCH SBO BLN KEN GTW POC LER NSH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 172nd 70 [51]
2007 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 15 Chevy DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC
35		 MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 175th 55 [52]
2009 Kimmel Racing 98 Ford DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL
4		 POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR 105th 210 [53]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

24 Hours of Daytona Results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2003 United States Flis Motorsports United States Doug Goad
United States Paul Mears Jr.
United States Jim Briody		 Chevrolet Corvette GTS 542 21st 6th
2004 United States Orison-Planet Earth Motorsports United States Joe Nonnamaker
United States Will Nonnamaker
United States Charlie Menard
United States Wayne Nonnamaker		 Porsche GT3 Cup SGS 493 15th 4th
2010 United States Spirit of Daytona Racing Spain Antonio Garcia
United Kingdom Darren Manning
United States Buddy Rice		 Coyote CC/09-Porsche DP 346 32nd 13th

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