Paul Menard to drive full NW schedule for Roush

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Full Nationwide season for Menard? Kyle Busch may not be planning to run the full Nationwide Series schedule in 2010, but there are at least three guys who do. Carl Edwards will once again attempt full-time double duty as he has done several times in the past, and Brad Keselowski announced within his Penske Racing announcement awhile back that he would run both Nationwide and Sprint Cup full-time in 2010. Now add Paul Menard to that mix. Menard, who will be driving for Richard Petty Motorsports on the Sprint Cup side in 2010, will be behind the wheel for the full 2010 Nationwide Series schedule in a Roush Fenway Racing entry. This will mark Menard's first full-time Nationwide season since 2006. This season's Nationwide effort will be sponsored by Menards, among a variety of other companies. Menard will be a part of a four full-time car Nationwide effort for Roush Fenway. He will join fellow-two series full-timer Edwards and Nationwide Rookie of the Year candidates Colin Braun and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the Roush Fenway Nationwide Series stable(WhoWon)(1-13-2010)

~Jayski

I think this is a smart move for Paul. More seat time can't possibly hurt... and he needs to improve!

I think it is very good news for Mennard/RPM and Ford. Look at his results last year and he normally ran well in the Sprint races when he ran Nationwide the night before.

If there's no wing this year, that will make the cars even more similar.