Dogsledding with Paul Menard

Was he speaks underway at Daytona more than a few teams have changes in addition to the NASCAR format enhancements and aero rules. Among them is Paul Menard who has a new crew chief at Richard Childress racing. And it also has an offseason dog sledding story for us. I'm what he came in this of contracts. On the motor racing network. A new generation of NASCAR stars is being poured the river valley gets the advantage to me outside later. Drivers tested by racing's toughest speedway the bank. The fiery veteran. The NASCAR Camping World truck series of baptism by fire could hold. Why John. A season premieres February 24 on the motor racing network the voice of NASCAR. This week Richard Childress racing seminars stores renewed their partnership with the team and the extent of these series. Prevent Kennedy Brandon Jones and some of the home improvement chain's founder Paul Menard. The company also sponsors Paul on the monster energy NASCAR cup series and when we caught up with them the driver was getting accustomed to with new crew chief Matt Borland. Who previously won thirteen cup races with Ryan Newman. Hearing you don't you know been. This tell us how with Matt Borland my new crew chief and in the know each other and lot of new faces on on the 27 car this year's. It's looking forward to get going in and seeing one not noticing don't go to Atlanta this new downforce package. The new race formats there's there's so much stuff that's. Changed. Title sponsorship on. This can be really cool it just gave me going and see all shakes out. In talking with Manning getting to know him what kinds of things you guys been kicking around strategy wise don't give me any state secrecy but strategy wise it's gonna change things up for you with a segment. Yeah we. I know I know he's been crunching numbers since then try to field. What what to do. The big big next step as we when he failed when he segment is in which. Which raises or which segments itself so what's happens and then he's going to be as computer and in those guys are tuned to feel strategy. You know Matt's. That's a thinker he's he's gonna definitely out of planned and executed. He's really got a good track record and I'm assuming for music getting known you guys have never worked together before but what jumps out at you when you talk to him. Let every time I have talked on it was reported in the times offices together you used impresses me. He everytime interest anymore so. It's really Smart guy he's his engineer mine's very practical. How he he relates theory to reality. Hard worker and he's he's he says he text before 7 in the morning and he he calls that said Thursday night when news got home so. He's he's he's hungry. Jessica you mentioned. Downforce to last year you had a low downforce package and by the end of the year the the engineers have gotten a chunk of that back and now. Are you expecting with that even lower downforce package for lack of a better phrase that you go through that process again get a chunk of it back will be a little bit of a different ball game this time. I think we'll always improve the cars. And I think it worse as we know we know are when a trend for running. They're now forced to act out things going to be that big difference honestly because. At the end they are still so trying to make the car balance the corner is near the tighter loose very rarely very neutral. Two guys gonna be fight those things. He's he's a bit more break the cards and what we saw Kentucky and Michigan last year with with this essentially this package when you lift the cars don't slow down position on Drake. Some breaks break he's going to be a bigger issue keeping the the brakes cool like intermediate tracks will be an issue. Trying to view. You just use it know that balance that's that's the key to balance. Next Menard tells us about his dog sledding fun in the offseason and more. Did you miss NASCAR today I have a dream of being able to go to Daytona and race someday and good race with a big blue's got killed far better prepared for this race this year that I didn't have seven. What is NASCAR racing need to invest for can be and is gonna wait to start every weekday NASCAR today lets you feel the pulse of the sport how lap just freaking pumped up about this this is Dale Earnhardt junior listen NASCAR today every weekday woody came. This is NASCAR today on the motor racing network. Get ready to get going for this season at new via obviously as we've mentioned a whole different ball game and you're starting off at the super speedway is where things relatively stay the same except for the the format park but then we get into the Atlantis in the western swing. Most guys say that's when we'll start to see who's got water you of that opinion as well does it take longer than that. Note we'll get really good indication it in Atlanta and even better in in Vegas. Both were schedules I was an intermediate tracks so Atlanta an Atlanta thing is Fontana all in the news Phoenix more short track. I've you know once we once were now with Fontana world will kind of know how we stack up. And go to work you get better. What's the most fun thing you've got to do over the holidays are what we loosely call the offseason. Did a weekend in Colorado ski and if my my wife and daughters and my brother his wife and his son that is out there and is that fun skiing with them it's in the kids. My Brothers on Jackson's. Well you're young and my daughter is seen them. Play in the snow goes slightly a lot of outdoor stuff outside skin to some. Did dog sled rides. So. This heaven heaven watch my my daughters of an older kind of keep my nephews but you know he's he's he's he's not. He has to sit in this chair in sensors you know you have to do this week Jackson. Is reporting different. You might be the only guy I've ever heard of who actually has been on a dog sled ride beat you just pick up the phone and called dog sleds are us or Heidi you'd. Actually my brother's wife Laura organized movement gathers there's a place other called work for wounded that those dogs like Verizon's these dogs are. They're bred for speed or not. So the big dog sled race and Alaska's Iditarod blues and those on Huskies made they'll run a hundred miles. These dogs are bred for speed so they Iran like twenty miles today fifteen miles they wouldn't do it almost twice as fast so. It was it was pretty wild it was nothing crazy nothing was out of control hood. Seemed yeah I think we had a ten dogs like a dog a dog sled and casino will work in unison with the musher guys or mortars record. There's more about that minority sponsorship now at MRN dot com. This is podtrac for Tuesday February 21. Don't forget our live coverage of the can am duel races from Daytona Thursday night starting at 6 eastern time. I'm when he came in Concord, North Carolina.