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2013 Bristol: Paul Menard NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Preview
This Week's Sylvania/Menards Chevrolet ... Paul Menard will pilot chassis No. 412 at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend. This No. 27 Chevrolet SS has never been run under race conditions, but was tested earlier this year at Charlotte Motor Speedway and Darlington Raceway.
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Bristol Stats ... Menard has 11 starts at the half-mile oval. His best start of fourth and best finish of fifth both came in 2011. In Menard's last four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events at Bristol Motor Speedway, he has earned three top-10 finishes. The Wisconsin native has completed 5,490 of 5,509 laps attempted (99.7 percent) at the Bristol, Tenn., track, leading 35 of them.
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Driver Points ... Menard's 10th-place finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway allowed him to gain five positions in the driver championship point standings. He heads to Bristol Motor Speedway in 12th, just six markers out of the top 10.
Race Rewind ... In last year's spring event at Bristol Motor Speedway, Menard started the No. 27 Chevrolet seventh and finished 10th, collecting his third top-10 finish at the Tennessee short-track.
PAUL MENARD QUOTE:
What are your thoughts on racing at Bristol Motor Speedway?
"Short tracks are the heart of our sport and Bristol (Motor Speedway) is the type of track that NASCAR was built around. We've had some good runs at Bristol the past couple of years, so we are looking forward to this weekend and seeing what the No. 27 Sylvania/Menards Chevrolet can do. Bristol is a track where we have to find a good rhythm and track position is very important. If we can qualify well, stay up front on Sunday and stay out of trouble, I think we'll be in good shape."
PaddockTalk Perspective
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