What Are the Implications of Paul Menard’s 2014 Sprint Cup Season?

Paul Menard has been in the game long enough to have experienced the highs and the lows of being a NASCAR driver. His rookie year of 2007 was such a disaster that he failed to qualify for six races and finished 34th in points, with a season-high finish of 12th at Michigan in June. Since that disastrous season with the now-defunct Dale Earnhardt Incorporated organization, Menard has managed to rack up the results in the seasons since, with his first pole coming at Daytona in July of 2008 and his first win coming at Indy in July of 2011. He had a career season in 2012 with one top-five and nine top-10s on the way to a 16th-place points finish. On paper, Menard is easily one of the dullest, middle-of-the-pack drivers who seems to get lucky wit...

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