Las Vegas: Juan Pablo Montoya preview
Juan Pablo Montoya and No. 42 Target Team Viva Las Vegas: Juan Pablo Montoya will be making his fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend. His best start was fourth in his Rookie season (2007) and best ...
Juan Pablo Montoya and No. 42 Target Team
Viva Las Vegas: Juan Pablo Montoya will be making his fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend. His best start was fourth in his Rookie season (2007) and best finish of 19th came in 2008. Montoya has completed 813 out of 819 laps at the mile-and-a-half facility (99.3%).
Vegas Rewind: In 2009, Montoya and the No.42 Energizer Chevrolet started 23rd and appeared to have a car that would contend for a solid finish. Montoya advanced from 23rd to ninth within the first six laps, three of which under caution. The team maintained a top-15 running spot for the first 100 laps of 285. Bad luck struck the No.42 team when Clint Bowyer's Chevy made slight contact with Montoya, resulting in a tire rub and going a lap down to the leaders. The team had an uphill battle for the remaining 185 laps and had to settle for a 31st-place finish.
About California: The Target team finished 37th in last Sunday's NSCS event at Auto Club Speedway in California. The No.42 Target Chevrolet started on the outside pole and led the first 29 laps of the 500-mile event. He was clocked at 181.164 mph on lap 2, logging the fastest lap of the entire race and earning the Goodyear "Gatorback Fastest Lap" award. Montoya spent 99 laps in the top 15 before an engine failure on lap 140 ended the day prematurely.
Golfing for a Cause in Colombia: Montoya will host the Juan Pablo Montoya Celebrity Pro-Am presented by Helm on Tuesday of next week in Bogota, Colombia. Montoya, an avid golfer and pro-golfer friend Camilo Villegas, will play an active role in officially welcoming the Nationwide Tour to Colombia for the very first PGA golf tournament in South America. Proceeds from Tuesday's tournament will support the Camilo Villegas Fund and Montoya's Foundation, Formula Sonrisas. Formula Sonrisas supports youth development through sports.
CHASSIS INFO
No. 42 Target Chevrolet (NSCS): Chassis #910. Crew Chief Brian Pattie and the No. 42 Target team will bring chassis #910 to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This chassis ran at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the 2009 season finale where a mid-race incident forced the team to a 38th-place finish.
-source: egr
Be part of Motorsport community
Join the conversationShare Or Save This Story
Top 10: F1 feeder series kings who were overlooked the following year
Why illustrious racing dads aren't always an advantage for F1 hopefuls
Montoya Sr. and Jr. reunite with Hedman at DragonSpeed
Peugeot 'scratching their heads' after poor Imola WEC qualifying in new-look 9X8
IndyCar Long Beach: Kirkwood’s late surge paces second practice
Horner: More relaxed Perez no longer focused on Verstappen in F1 2024
McDowell wins Talladega Cup pole as Ford sweeps top three
The ex-F1 driver taking on NASCAR with a new team
The early benefits and challenges of NASCAR's Next Gen car
How Penske's rookie sensation opened NASCAR's new era in style
Six key themes to follow in the 2022 NASCAR Cup season
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
Top Comments