Posts Tagged ‘Yates Racing’

Menard on Budweiser Shootout pole

By Bram • Feb 5th, 2009 • Category: NASCAR, News, Notes, Results, Sprint Cup Series

Paul Menard (Sam Greenwood/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Paul Menard (Sam Greenwood/Getty Images for NASCAR)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (February 5, 2009) — Yates Racing’s Paul Menard will sit on the pole for the Budweiser Shootout on Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway.

Joining Menard on the front row will be Richard Petty Motorsports’ Elliott Sadler as the 28 NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers drew for starting positions Thursday night.

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Doug Yates on Team Progress, Signing Paul Menard and More

By Bram • Oct 6th, 2008 • Category: NASCAR, News, Sprint Cup Series, Your Series. Your Driver.

Doug Yates (Jason Smith/Getty Images)

Doug Yates (Jason Smith/Getty Images)

Even though both of his cars were victims of accidents at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday, it has still been a pretty good week for Yates Racing co-owner Doug Yates. The team has signed Paul Menard as a third driver for the 2009 season and is coming off a pole run with Travis Kvapil at Talladega. Yates spoke about his team’s progress.

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Continuing That Winning Season: Kyle Busch Victorious at Infineon

By Bram • Jun 22nd, 2008 • Category: News, Notes, Results, Sprint Cup Series

CIA Stock PhotoSONOMA, CA. — Kyle Busch is definitely the real deal. He won NASCAR’s Sprint Cup race here Sunday, completely dominating the race from shortly before the halfway point to the wild, caution-filled finish.

Three late-race caution flags bunched the field after young Busch had literally left all challengers in the California dust on a sunny California Sunday.

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