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🇺🇸 Paul Menard

Racing driver from United States. Trans-Am. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Paul Menard
Born
21 August 1980(b. 1980)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Series
Trans-Am
Status
Active
Championships
12025
Career wins
12
Career podiums
40
Career starts
327
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
5,123
Paul Menard
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,123
Rank 1003 of 38,983 indexed, -137 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Paul Menard is a racing driver from United States who competes in Trans-Am. Menard is a one-time champion (2025), with 12 wins and 40 podiums from 327 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,123 ranks Menard 1003th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-07-19Watkins Glen International TATrans-AmP2+9
2026-07-19Watkins Glen International TATrans-AmP3−40
2026-06-28Road America TATrans-AmP4−171
2026-06-21Indianapolis Motor Speedway TATrans-AmP3−19
2026-05-23Lime Rock Park TATrans-AmP1+76
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+125Homestead 2006NASCAR XfinityP3
+119Charlotte 2005NASCAR XfinityP3
+117DUEL #1 2019NASCAR Cup SeriesP3
+117Richmond 2005NASCAR XfinityP2
+114MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES AT KANSAS 2018NASCAR Cup SeriesP6
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
& Classes4 starts+30
Indianapolis6 starts+30
Michigan12 starts+25
Texas11 starts+23
Struggles
California5 starts-33
Dover11 starts-28
Road America5 starts-27
MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES AT PHOENIX4 starts-26
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸Trans-Am817000P2−1375,123
2025▸Trans-Am947000P1−2385,260
2024▸Trans-Am745000P2−2815,498
2023▸Trans-Am201000P14−2025,779
2022▸Trans-Am201100P13−1915,981
2021▸NASCAR Truck200000P31−226,172
2019▸NASCAR Cup Series3901000P23+3146,194
▸NASCAR Xfinity200000P21+59
2018▸NASCAR Cup Series3800000P20−1836,171
▸NASCAR Xfinity400000P28+85
2017▸NASCAR XfinityRichard Childress Racing701000P24−4136,128
2016▸NASCAR XfinityRichard Childress Racing803010P13−745,915
2015▸NASCAR XfinityRichard Childress Racing811000P20−146,325
2014▸NASCAR XfinityRichard Childress Racing811000P17+426,378
2013▸NASCAR XfinityRichard Childress Racing402000P18−106,378
2012▸NASCAR XfinityRichard Childress Racing702010P16+1456,388
2011▸NASCAR XfinityKevin Harvick, Inc.702020P15+3446,244
2010▸NASCAR XfinityRoush Fenway Racing3501000P10+3735,900
2009▸NASCAR XfinityYates Racing1600000P26+185,526
2007▸NASCAR XfinityDale Earnhardt Incorporated1100000P22+215,509
2006▸NASCAR XfinityDale Earnhardt, Inc.3512000P9−2255,488
2005▸NASCAR XfinityDale Earnhardt, Inc.3503010P8+8215,713
2004▸NASCAR XfinityChance 2 Motorsports2700010P37+5924,891
2003▸NASCAR Xfinity600000P40+2,9494,299
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Menard finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Kyle BuschFIA Platinum5,9852456418126%
🇺🇸 Kevin Harvick6,2792193418516%
🇺🇸 Clint Bowyer6,2221856512035%
🇺🇸 J.J. Yeley3,8251751175867%
🇺🇸 Denny Hamlin7,3811725611633%
🇺🇸 Reed Sorenson3,700166996760%
🇺🇸 Brad Keselowski5,9941655211332%
🇺🇸 Kenny Wallace4,3991601045665%
🇺🇸 Martin Truex Jr5,8181533511823%
🇺🇸 Joey Logano6,3541423510725%
🇺🇸 Ryan BlaneyHigher-rated7,08385285733%
🇺🇸 Chase BriscoeHigher-rated, 1× champion6,831440100%
🇺🇸 Christopher BellFIA Silver, 2× champion6,68574357%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
993🇮🇹 Giovanni VenturiniGT World Challenge Europe5,130
994🇮🇹 Matteo CairoliDTM5,129
995🇦🇺 Tom SargentGT World Challenge America5,129
996🇧🇷 Vlad LomkoAsian Le Mans Series5,129
997🇬🇧 Dean StonemanGT World Challenge Europe5,128
998🇫🇷 Frédéric GospariniInternational Formula 30005,127
999🇮🇹 Mattia DrudiWEC5,127
1,000🇺🇸 Eddie SachsFormula 15,125
1,001🇮🇹 Alessandro ZanardiIMSA WeatherTech5,123
1,002🇮🇹 Fabrizio BarbazzaFormula 15,123
1,003🇺🇸 Paul MenardTrans-Am5,123
1,004🇩🇪 Bernd Schneider24H Series5,122
1,005🇩🇪 Jan SeyffarthNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie5,122
1,006🇺🇸 Madison SnowIMSA WeatherTech5,122
1,007🇺🇸 Roger YasukawaIndyCar5,122
1,008🇯🇵 Tatsuya KataokaSuper GT5,122
1,009🇯🇵 Takashi KogureSuper GT5,121
1,010🇧🇷 Enrique BernoldiStock Car Pro Series5,118
1,011🇺🇸 Matt McMurryRadical Cup NA5,118
1,012🇨🇭 Mike RockenfellerEuropean Le Mans Series5,118
1,013🇪🇸 Felix PorteiroWorld Touring Car Championship5,117
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Paul Menard is an established professional racing in the Trans-Am Series, driving a tube-frame V8 silhouette car in the TA class for 3GT Racing. Across 22 seasons from 2003 onwards, he has accumulated 327 starts in NASCAR's national and regional stock car series and now in multiclass road racing; his Racer Rating of 5,127 places him among professional drivers whose records show consistent performance against strong fields.[1]

Menard spent 17 seasons in NASCAR Xfinity from 2003 to 2019, starting for Richard Childress Racing, and won three races from 220 starts. He also contested the NASCAR Cup Series in 2018 and 2019, taking one podium from 77 starts; his record there shows he raced primarily on ovals but included road and street courses. His NASCAR career put him regularly against established professionals including Kyle Busch, a five-time Xfinity champion and 2019 Cup champion, and Kevin Harvick, a two-time Xfinity champion and dual Cup title-holder; Menard finished behind both far more often than ahead. He also competed against elite professionals such as Denny Hamlin and Ryan Blaney in the Cup Series and finished ahead of each of them in individual races. From 2022 onwards, Menard shifted to the Trans-Am TA class, where he has won nine races from 28 starts and taken 21 podiums. He was the 2024 Trans-Am champion and won the 2025 title as well. In the 2026 season, still in progress, he has taken one win and seven podiums from eight rounds and sits second in the championship standings.[2]

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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