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Paul Menard

Daytona Beach, Fla.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:  Coke Zero 400

Sunday, July 4^th, 2009

7:30 PM Eastern TV – TNT

7:15 PM Eastern RADIO - MRN

Paul Menard                No.   98 Johns Manville / Menards Ford

YATES RACING – FAST FACTS

Paul Menard

• Menard has four starts at the famed Daytona International Speedway, with his best finish of 15^th coming last July.
• With 19 laps led under his belt, Daytona International Speedway ranks as the track with the most led for Menard.
• In July 2007 at Daytona International Speedway, Menard earned his first career pole award.

• Johns Manville will be back on the hood of the No. 98 Johns Manville / Menards Ford Fusion for this weekend’s Coke Zero 400.

Yates Racing – Track History

Current Yates Racing drivers in the NSCS at Daytona International Speedway:

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

Paul Menard                         4                      0                      0                      0                      0

Totals                                  4                      0                      0                      0                      0

All-time Sprint Cup Series Records for Yates Racing at Daytona International Speedway:

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

68                  6                     23                     31                    3

Yates Racing - Current Point Standings

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series-              After 17 of 36

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

33.    Paul Menard           1410           1114         17               0             0                   0                0

Paul Menard – NSCS ADVANCE

Team:           No. 98 Menards Ford Fusion

Crew Chief:   Larry Carter

Chassis:       Primary: RK-545

Backup: RK-549

Menard, Results at Daytona International Speedway

Date             Event                           S     F       Laps       Led              Status

02/15/09       Daytona 500                19    38     138/152       0               Running

07/05/08       Coke Zero 400             1 15      162/162      19              Running

02/17/08       Daytona 500                21   22      200/200       0               Running

07/07/07       Pepsi 400                    41    21 160/160      0               Running

Races    Wins   Top 5s       Top 10s       Led          Poles

Cumulative       4             0          0                 0             19            1

Menard on racing at Daytona International Speedway:

“We had a really fast car at the Daytona earlier this season.  Doug (Yates) and all the guys at the engine shop do a great job of getting every bit of horsepower out of those restrictor-plate engines.  It’s great going to a track knowing that you are a going to have a good car right off the truck.  The guys have been working really hard on getting our Daytona car ready for this weekend and based off some of the things we saw and learned at the Goodyear tire test earlier last month, we should have a pretty competitive weekend in our No. 98 Johns Manville / Menards Ford Fusion.”

Crew Chief Larry Carter on racing at Daytona International Speedway:

“We had a tough race last weekend in Loudon, but the guys did a great job on pit road and when we had to come back to the garage to fix up our car.  We overcame a lot of setbacks and only lost a few laps.  Needless to say, I hope we don’t have to overcome any setbacks in Daytona.  We have a great superspeedway program and a great engine under the hood, so it should be a good weekend if we can just avoid the wrecks out there.”

For More Information Please Visit:

www.yatesracing.com

www.menardsracing.com

- Yates Racing, Press Release