Latest Juan Pablo Montoya Stories
Posted: Jun 26th 2009 6:10 PM ET by Holly Cain (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Juan Pablo Montoya, NASCAR Rumors, Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing, IRL
With the
Danica Patrick sweepstakes beginning to gain momentum, at least one potential teammate,
Juan Pablo Montoya has some words of advice and caution for the IndyCar driver should she make the move to NASCAR.
"Danica, I think she's got the talent and everything, but I don't think she knows what she's getting into," said Montoya, a former Indy car champ and Formula One winner who now drives for Chip Ganassi in the Sprint Cup Series.
"They're [stock cars] so different to drive. It's not the same feeling. ... If she comes I'm sure she can do it, but it doesn't matter if you come to a winning team or anything, it's going to take time."
Posted: Jun 20th 2009 6:31 AM ET by Geoffrey Miller (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Juan Pablo Montoya, Sprint Cup, Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing
Juan Pablo Montoya made a scary analysis about the condition of his
Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing's team cars Friday at
Infineon Raceway.
It was scary for the rest of the field, of course, because the Colombian is returning to the twisty road course in Northern California where he saw his first career Sprint Cup Series win two years ago with a race car that he thinks is better prepared.
"I think our cars have come a long way -- even when we won here, our cars are a little more competitive now," said Montoya on Friday afternoon prior to qualifying.
Posted: Apr 25th 2009 4:06 PM ET by Holly Cain (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Sprint Cup, Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing
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TALLADEGA, Ala. -- He's won the Indy 500 and Formula One jewel, the Grand Prix of Monaco, but Columbian Juan Pablo Montoya figures winning his first NASCAR Sprint Cup pole Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway ranks right up there on a list of impressive racing feats.
Certainly, it is another shot of adrenalin for the newly merged Earnhardt-Ganassi operation, which also won the pole position for the season-opening Daytona 500. It's been a big week for owner Chip Ganassi, who's Grand-Am sportscar team won the pole in Virginia and whose IndyCar Series team is coming off a win at Long Beach on Sunday.
Posted: Dec 8th 2008 2:30 PM ET by Geoffrey Miller (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Juan Pablo Montoya, Sprint Cup
Warning: Objects in this post may be the only way to successfully live through the NASCAR off-season. For best results, read rearview mirror early and often.
Driver: Juan Pablo MontoyaTeam: No. 42
Chip Ganassi Dodge'08 Final Standing: 25th (-3355)
Best Race: Aaron's 499 at Talladega (2nd-place)
Worst Race: Dickies 500 at Texas (43rd-place)
Season in a box: The most telling reason why Juan Pablo Montoya found himself finishing 25th in the season standings may have been the turmoil
Chip Ganassi Racing was feeling financially.
Posted: Sep 26th 2008 7:37 PM ET by Geoffrey Miller (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Elliott Sadler, Jimmie Johnson, Juan Pablo Montoya, Mark Martin, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sprint Cup
Juan Pablo Montoya: "Hey, did you see that lap, man? Yep, first Sprint Cup pole! Uh-huh! Wait, what did you say? They disqualified me? What the #%^&?!?!"While the above quote is not actually attributable to JPM, you can bet he wasn't happy to be starting 42nd on Sunday at
Kansas Speedway after posting Friday's qualifying session fastest time.
Posted: Aug 20th 2008 12:24 AM ET by Geoffrey Miller (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Juan Pablo Montoya, Chip Ganassi Racing, Sprint Cup
Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates has to be scrambling to come up something -- anything -- in the way of sponsorship for 2009 with Wednesday's news about the sponsor of
Juan Pablo Montoya's No. 42.
From
Sirius Speedway's blog,
"The Motorsports Soapbox":
Sirius Speedway has learned that Chevron-Texaco will not return as sponsor of Juan Pablo Montoya's #42 Dodge next season. [...]
Texaco-Havoline will not move to another team in 2009, electing instead to end their longstanding involvement in NASCAR. That decision leaves Ganassi Racing in need of at least two new sponsors in 2009, and possibly three. Team owner Chip Ganassi recently parked the #40 Dodge driven by Dario Franchitti due to lack of sponsorship, and there are longstanding rumors that Target may not return to the #41 Dodge currently driven by Reed Sorenson.
Of all the sponsorships one would have expected to stay with NASCAR, the Texaco-Havoline ride is near the top of the list mainly because of the staying power it has had in
Sprint Cup Series competition.
