AUDIO PODCAST – KAHNE DRINKS RED BULL

1 9 Kasey Kahne Budweiser Ford
2 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet
3 33 Clint Bowyer Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet
4 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet
5 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet
6 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford
7 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Ford
8 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet
9 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Toyota
10 98 Paul Menard Mastercraft/Menards Ford
11 31 Jeff Burton Cat Financial Chevrolet
12 5 Mark Martin GoDaddy.com Chevrolet
13 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite/Vortex Dodge
14 00 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota
15 09 Landon Cassill Phoenix Construction Chevrolet
16 43 A J Allmendinger Insignia HDTV Ford
17 39 Ryan Newman Tornados Chevrolet
18 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota
19 1 Jamie McMurray Philips Norelco Chevrolet
20 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet
21 13 Max Papis GEICO Toyota
22 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota
23 19 Elliott Sadler Henry Ford Museum: Racing in America Ford
24 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford
25 26 Patrick Carpentier Air Guard Ford
26 12 Brad Keselowski No. 12 Penske Dodge Dodge
27 20 Joey Logano Home Depot Toyota
28 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Mobil 1 Dodge
29 6 David Ragan UPS Ford
30 21 Bill Elliott Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford
31 82 Scott Speed Red Bull Toyota
32 38 Travis Kvapil Long John Silver’s Ford
33 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota
34 83 Reed Sorenson Red Bull Toyota
35 07 Robby Gordon SpeedFactory.TV Toyota
36 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet
37 47 Marcos Ambrose Little Debbie Toyota
38 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Ntnl Grd Drive the Guard/AMP Energy Chev
39 34 Tony Raines Front Row Motorsports Ford
40 71 Bobby Labonte TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet
41 7 P J Jones SpeedFactory.TV Toyota
42 37 David Gilliland Taco Bell Ford
43 55 Michael McDowell PRISM Motorsports Toyota

Did Not Qualify: # 32 Mike Bliss; # 46 J J Yeley; # 66 Scott Riggs; # 36 Casey Mears.

JACK ROUSH – Owner, Roush Fenway Racing – WILL YOU NOT BE ABLE TO FLY ANYMORE? “I think it’s very likely that I’ll be able to fly. I’ve got to get recovered. I have to go through my recovery. Wiley Post was a one-eyed pilot and there’s no restriction. Maybe if you’re an airline pilot you can’t have one eye, but there’s not a reason why I can’t fly with one eye.”

DO YOU FEEL LUCKY? “I feel very lucky. I’ve had several bites at the apple here. I’m really proud at the way the organization has rallied. We were gaining in our performance moving from not where I wanted to be in an area of the top 10 into the top five. Robby Reiser and Chris Andrews and Greg Erwin and Bob Osborne and Jimmy Fennig and Donnie Wingo have done a great job keeping the cars going. Roush Fenway Racing will out-live me, and it will out-live anybody else that is with the company today. We’ve got the plans in place for that. This was a little test case. How can you do without Jack? Well it’s bigger than me. It’s bigger than anybody. The organization has been very strong and we’re peaking at the right time of our year. We’re approaching the Chase here, with I think there’s four races including this one left, and so if we don’t have a mechanical error and miss a wreck, we have a good chance to put three cars in the Chase. With the way the cars are running right now, I think that we’re in a position to be better for the end of the year than we have been all year. My point was the momentum for that, the things that were in place, were not impacted by the fact that I had a problem. It happened that I wasn’t on my way to a race track. It wasn’t something silly I was doing erratically or something else that you would say was risky or foolish. It just happened.”

FROM AN INTELLUCTUAL , EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE HOW DO YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND SAY I SURVIVED TWO PLANE CRASHES WHEN MOST PEOPLE DON’T EVEN SURVIVE ONE? “I survived two car wrecks too, both of them in racing. I’ve been extraordinarily lucky to have been able to survive and I feel in some ways unworthy. I’m not sure I’ve done enough yet for the chances that I’ve had. Maybe that’s recognized and they’re just giving me more time.”

WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF THE INJURIES? DID YOU HAVE A SURGERY AND WHAT SURGERY DID YOU HAVE? “I had a damaged left cheek. I had a broken jaw and I had a compression fracture in my back and I’ve got a back brace for the compression fracture. I have hardware in my cheek. I still have packing in my nose because they say its biodegradable and it will come out on its own. I’m still uncomfortable with the fact that I can’t breathe clearly through my nose. Everything will come back and I was blessed to have great vision in two eyes and now I’ve got great vision in one.”

IT’S THE LEFT EYE CORRECT? “Yes, the left eye.”

WHAT’S THE LONG TERM PROGNOSES? “Well, I won’t be able to read power plugs in my left eye, but I always use my right eye for that because that’s the dominant eye.”

CAN YOU JUST GIVE US THE CLIFF NOTES VERSION OF WHAT HAPPENED? “I filed my NTSB report today, which is a matter of public record. It speaks for itself. The reality of it — on a trip arrival into Oshkosh, Wisconsin I was put in conflict with the flight plan of another airplane close to the ground, and I was unable to address the conflict and keep the airplane flying. I ground-looped the airplane and I have a compression fracture in my back. I have some damage in my left eye and I’ve got damage to my left cheek. I’ll recover everything but the sight in my left eye.”

CONCORD, N.C. (August 12, 2010) – Jack Roush, co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing and chairman of ROUSH® Enterprises, was released from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., yesterday.

“I would like to thank everyone for the outpouring of support and concern I have received the past two weeks,” Roush said. “Our teams and drivers have not missed a beat in my absence, and I am proud of the effort they have put forth. I look forward to rejoining them at the track soon.”

It has not yet been determined when Roush will return to the race track.

Roush Fenway Racing is NASCAR’s largest team operating eight motorsports teams. Four in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with drivers Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and David Ragan; and four in the Nationwide Series with Edwards, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Colin Braun, Brian Ickler, and Paul Menard. For more information on any of the Roush Fenway Racing teams, log onto http://www.RoushFenway.com

SHOW #122 – We recap Watkins Glen, tons of track changes, Jeff Gordon produces more offspring, AJ and Menard have fresh ink, Kahne drinks Red Bull. Plus we preview Michigan. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Paul Northrop

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Paul Menard to Drive RCR’s Fourth Sprint Cup Series Team in 2011
Menards home improvement stores to sponsor NASCAR Sprint Cup Series effort

WELCOME, N.C. (Aug. 11, 2010) — Richard Childress Racing and Menards, the third-largest home improvement company in the United States, have signed a multi-year partnership agreement for the Eau Claire, Wisconsin-based company to become the primary sponsor of RCR’s fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team beginning in 2011 with driver Paul Menard.

“Paul has developed into a very good race car driver, and we see his move to RCR next year as an opportunity for him to continue that progress,” said Richard Childress, president and CEO of Richard Childress Racing. “At the same time, we feel Paul will contribute to the continued progress and success of RCR. Paul will fit in perfectly with our team of drivers at RCR, and they are all looking forward to working with him. We’re also very proud to be aligned with Menards, one of the great family business success stories in American history.”

Menard is in his fourth full season of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition and is currently 23rd in the point standings after 22 of 36 points races. The Eau Claire, Wis., native made his series debut in 2003, running just one race while also competing in six Nationwide Series races. He raced fulltime in the Nationwide Series from 2004 through 2006 while picking up Cup Series experience in eight other races during that time. In 2007, Menard became a fulltime driver in the Cup Series and part-time Nationwide Series driver, though he is scheduled to compete in every event of both series in 2010. He is currently sixth in the Nationwide Series point standings after 22 of 35 races.

“Richard Childress Racing has shown this year that they’re headed on the right track,” said Menard. “Having three cars competing for the Chase and, ultimately, the championship is no small feat and they’re on top of their game. With that in mind and having known Richard for the past 10 years or so, when this opportunity to join RCR came about it was a no-brainer. I have always had the utmost respect for Richard and what his organization has accomplished in the past and what they’re capable of achieving in the future.”

Menards has a long, successful history as a racing sponsor dating back to the 1970’s. A family-owned and operated business with headquarters in Eau Claire, WI, Menards has 255 retail store locations throughout the Midwest. Menards carries the materials, tools and supplies for all your home improvement needs and is widely recognized as the place to “Save Big Money!” The Menards family has always been dedicated to service and quality, treating guests like family in a hometown hardware store atmosphere.