Yates Racing - NSCS Advance - Texas II

Texas Motor Speedway

Fort Worth, Texas

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Dickies 500

Sunday, November 8th

3:00 PM Eastern TV - ABC

3:00 PM Eastern RADIO – PRN

3:00 PM Eastern RADIO – Sirius Satellite Radio – Channel 128

Paul Menard No. 98 Vertis / Menards Ford

YATES RACING – FAST FACTS

Paul Menard

* PAUL MENARD will make his seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start at Texas Motor Speedway this Sunday in the Dickies 500.
* MENARD AT TEXAS… In his six previous starts, Menard’s best finish at the 1.5-mile speedway was last April when he started fifth and finished 13th. He has also led one lap of competition at TMS.
* AVERAGES… Menard has an average start of 20.8 and an average finish of 23.0 in Cup Series competition at Texas Motor Speedway.
* VERTIS MAKES DEBUT ON HOOD…The No. 98 team will unload the Vertis / Menards Ford Fusion for the first time this season. Vertis Communications is a premier provider of targeted advertising and marketing solutions to America's leading retail and consumer services companies.

Yates Racing - Track History

Current Yates Racing drivers in the NSCS at Texas Motor Speedway:

Driver Starts Wins Top-5’s Top-10’s Poles

Paul Menard 6 0 0 0 0
Totals 6 0 0 0 0

All-time Sprint Cup Series Records for Yates Racing at Texas Motor Speedway:

Starts Wins Top-5’s Top-10’s Poles

33 2 5 7 2

Yates Racing - Current Owner Points Standings

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series- After 33 of 36

Place Driver Points Behind Starts Poles Wins Top-5’s Top-10’s

33. Paul Menard 2742 6248 33 0 0 0 0

Paul Menard – NSCS ADVANCE

Team: No. 98 Vertis / Menards Ford Fusion

Crew Chief: Larry Carter

Menard, Results at Texas Motor Speedway

Date Event S F Laps Led Status

04/05/09 Samsung 500 5 13 334/334 1 Running

11/02/08 Dickies 500 11 22 332/334 0 Running

04/06/08 Samsung 500 19 17 338/339 0 Running

11/04/07 Dickies 500 16 30 322/334 0 Running

04/15/07 Samsung/Radio Shack 500 42 15 333/334 0 Running

11/05/06 Dickies 500 41 41 194/339 0 Engine

Races Wins Top 5s Top 10s Led Poles

Cumulative 6 0 0 0 0 0

Menard on racing at Texas Motor Speedway:

"The last time we were at Texas, I thought we had one of the best cars we’ve had all season long. We qualified fifth and finished the race 13th that weekend. Yates Racing and Ford have really done a great job with their intermediate program and I think that getting back to Texas this weekend will be a good rebound from last weekend. It was hard to believe that we picked up a piece of debris on lap four. That really could have happen to anyone out there. Hopefully our No. 98 Vertis / Menards team can bounce back from last weekend in Talladega and have a competitive weekend in Texas.”

Crew Chief Larry Carter on racing at Texas Motor Speedway:

“I think our intermediate program has been one of our stronger programs this season. We’ve had fast cars for Paul at Chicago, Atlanta, and of course Texas earlier this season. I think all the guys are ready to get back out there after going out so early last weekend in Talladega. That was really a huge let down because I thought Paul had one of the better cars on Friday during practice. A strong weekend in Texas would be great for our No. 98 Vertis / Menards team.”

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