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Juan Pablo Montoya
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NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya is a big time golfer- but you're not going to find him playing to the public anytime soon. He won't play in Pro-Am's because he doesn't want the crowds. Fellow NASCAR driver Casey Mears should know the feeling. Last week Mears teed it up at Quail Hollow in the Wachovia Championship Pro-Am and drove the ball 8 feet on the first tee.
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There is no question that Juan Pablo Montoya's entry into the Nextel Cup Series has been the subject of overblown hype. But the reaction to what he did Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway is not hype. Montoya had never seen the 1.54-mile track before Friday, but in his fifth career Cup start he finished fifth. Had it not been for the final caution, he might have finished as high as second.
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Juan Pablo Montoya already had one Busch Series victory but after that win in Mexico City, he desperately wanted to win a Nextel Cup race, and he did it on Sunday at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. Driving hard enough to pass other cars but still be in a fuel conservation mode, must have been difficult for the Colombian born racer, but he was up to the task, winning the Toyota Save Mart 350. His crew was on the radio the last 40 laps guiding him through the process an telling him every few minutes to be smooth and to conserve fuel.
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Succeeding in America, Juan Pablo Montoya went to Formula One’s BMW Williams in 2001 with a question mark on his forehead. Would he make the transition from dominating the CART Series in 1999 and 2000 and do the same in F1? Doubts were plentiful early, but then came his stunning performance in the third race of the season – where he challenged Michael Schumacher at the Grand Prix of Brazil and literally pushed the defending champion off the road for the lead. Montoya led 33 laps in Sao Paulo before Jos Verstappen ran into the back of him, bringing a disappointing DNF. Montoya finished his first F1 race in Spain later that same month, earning his first podium finish with a second-place run.
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English Juan Pablo Montoya came to Formula One in 2001 with a question mark on his forehead. Would he make the transition from dominating the American-bade CART FedEx Series in 1999 and 2000 and do the same in F-1? Doubts were plentiful early, but then came his stunning performance in the third race of the season where he challenged Michael Schumacher at the Grand Prix of Brazil and literally pushed the defending champion off the road for the lead. Montoya finished a race in Spain, earning his first podium finish with a second-place run. The Colombian won the Grand Prix of Italy and took the pole in Germany, Belgium, and Italy.
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Juan Pablo Montoya beat out David Ragan for NASCAR’s “Raybestos Rookie of the Year” honor. Montoya finished his inaugural season as a full-time Cup driver with 1 victory, 3 top fives and 6 top tens. This is Montoya’s second rookie title for Team Owner Chip Ganassi – he captured the 1999 CART rookie title for Ganassi’s open-wheel team. It is the fourth R.O.T.Y. prize for sponsor Texaco/Halvoline. Montoya joins Davey Allison (1987), Kenny Irwin, Jr. (1998) and Jamie McMurray (2003), as drivers who have worn the star en route to top rookie status.
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