Menard not happy with Petty/Yates merger

[pmossberg]

Like they say, any one can lie, but to really lie you need a statistician!

So, with a large grain of salt, the 2009 season stats through 28 races, for the four RPM drivers and Paul Menard are below (all taken form driveraverages.com. Paul's average finishes lag behind all four RPM drivers, but not by much (Kasey excepted). And when your average is in the mid twenties, well + or - a couple doesn't mean too much.

Reed Sorenson
Wins~ 0
Top 5 Finishes~ 0
Top 10 Finishes~ 1
Top 20 Finishes~ 12
Points~ 2503
Bonus Points~ 10
Poles~ 0
Average Finish~ 24.68
Average Start~ 25.6
DNF's~ 0
High Finish~ 9
Low Finish~ 40
Total Laps Led~ 5
% of Laps Led~ 0.06%
Total Laps~ 7,614
% of Laps~ 94.75%

Paul Menard
Wins~ 0
Top 5 Finishes~ 0
Top 10 Finishes~ 0
Top 20 Finishes~ 6
Points~ 2374
Bonus Points~ 15
Poles~ 0
Average Finish~ 26.25
Average Start~ 30.3
DNF's~ 3
High Finish~ 13
Low Finish~ 38
Total Laps Led~ 7
% of Laps Led~ 0.09%
Total Laps~ 7,859
% of Laps~ 97.80%

Elliott Sadler
Wins~ 0
Top 5 Finishes~ 1
Top 10 Finishes~ 4
Top 20 Finishes~ 9
Points~ 2631
Bonus Points~ 35
Poles~ 0
Average Finish~ 23.57
Average Start~ 27.1
DNF's~ 0
High Finish~ 5
Low Finish~ 40
Total Laps Led~ 35
% of Laps Led~ 0.44%
Total Laps~ 7,833
% of Laps~ 97.47%

A.J. Allmendinger
Wins~ 0
Top 5 Finishes~ 1
Top 10 Finishes~ 4
Top 20 Finishes~ 13
Points~ 2689
Bonus Points~ 0
Poles~ 0
Average Finish~ 22.57
Average Start~ 24.3
DNF's~ 0
High Finish~ 3
Low Finish~ 39
Total Laps Led~ 0
% of Laps Led~ 0.00%
Total Laps~ 7,849
% of Laps~ 97.67%

Kasey Kahne
Wins~ 2
Top 5 Finishes~ 5
Top 10 Finishes~ 11
Top 20 Finishes~ 21
Points~ 3471
Bonus Points~ 35
Poles~ 0
Average Finish~ 14.57
Average Start~ 11.5
DNF's~ 1
High Finish~ 1
Low Finish~ 38
Total Laps Led~ 180
% of Laps Led~ 2.24%
Total Laps~ 7,741
% of Laps~ 96.33%

[pmossberg]

A bit easier to read

.............................Kasey.....Reed..........Paul..........Elliott.....A.J.
Wins...........................2..........0.............0................0..........0
Top 5 Finishes...............5.........0.............0...............1..........1
Top 10 Finishes...........11..........1..............0..............4..........4
Top 20 Finishes...........21.........12...............6............9.........13
Points.......................3471.....2503............2374.......2631......2689
Bonus Points...............35.........10...............15..........35...........0
Poles...........................0...........0................0............0...........0
Average Finish.......14.57.......24.68..........26.25........23.57.....22.57
Average Start.........11.5...........5.6............30.3..........27.1.......24.3
DNF's.......................1..............0.................3............0.............0
High Finish...............1..............9...............13............5.............3
Low Finish..............38............40...............38..........40............39
Total Laps Led......180.............5.................7...........35..............0
% of Laps Led......2.24%.......0.06%........0.09%......0.44%......0.00%
Total Laps..............7,741.......7,614.........7,859.........7,833.......7,849
% of Laps............96.33%.....94.75%.....97.80%......97.47%.....97.67%

[donmoos]

Menards money to Yates does not translate to Menards money to RPM.

Menards money at Yates was their Anchor sponsor. It has to pay so much more overhead. the same dollars at RPM less will go to overhead and more to developing the team.