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Montoya-Newman rivalry not over yet
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DARLINGTON, S.C.—For anyone who believed Ryan Newman and Juan Pablo Montoya might bury the hatchet before Saturday’s Showtime Southern 500, think again. In the aftermath of a pair of on-track incidents during last Saturday’s Crown Royal Presents 400 at Richmond, NASCAR summoned both drivers to a meeting before Sprint Cup practice Friday. To say the drivers failed to see eye-to-eye is an understatement. It was more like fist to face. A FOXSports.com report cited sources saying that an altercation occurred during the meeting. The FOXSports.com story further cites one source as quoting Montoya saying, ‘Newman hits like a girl.’” Asked about the incident during Friday’s Cup time trials, Montoya said, “I’m not going to tell you (expletive). Let’s leave it at that. What happened in the trailer was … Read entire article »
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Richmond race filled with drama
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service RICHMOND, Va.—Most of the drama in Saturday night’s Sprint Cup race at Richmond had nothing to do with race winner Kyle Busch. Yes, Busch stretched his fuel mileage to the limit in beating Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin to the finish line. The way the race played out between the teammates was suspenseful, to be sure, but the real intensity unfolded behind them. Richmond gave us a rivalry to watch next weekend at Darlington, an indelible image from Kurt Busch and an uncharacteristic meltdown from Martin Truex Jr. First, the rivalry. Polesitter Juan Pablo Montoya saw his hopes for his first NASCAR victory on an oval track evaporate when contact from Ryan Newman’s No. 39 Chevrolet knocked Montoya’s No. 42 into the Turn 3 wall on … Read entire article »
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Montoya edges Smith for Richmond pole
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service RICHMOND, Va.—Juan Pablo Montoya posted the only sub-21-second lap during Friday’s time trials for Saturday night’s Crown Royal Presents 400 to claim the seventh pole of his NASCAR Sprint Cup career. Montoya toured three-quarter-mile Richmond International Raceway in 20.989 seconds (128.639 mph) to earn his second Coors Light pole award of the season and edge Regan Smith (128.382) for the top spot in Saturday’s race, the ninth event on the Cup schedule. The front-row starting spot was Smith’s best ever, and it lowered his series-best qualifying average to 7.1. Clint Bowyer qualified third at 128.272 mph, followed by Kasey Kahne (128.150) and Mark Martin (128.053). Jeff Gordon, Brad Keselowski, points leader Carl Edwards, Joey Logano and Paul Menard will start from positions 6-10, respectively. Defending race winner Kyle … Read entire article »
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Juan Pablo Montoya Texas Press Conference Transcript
JUAN PABLO MONTOYA met with members of the media at Texas Motor Speedway and discussed racing at Texas Motor Speedway at night, Talladega and other topics. Full transcript: TALK ABOUT RACING AT NIGHT AT TEXAS: “I think it is pretty cool. It is always exciting. Last year the race finished at night, I think it is nice we will have all the race at night. It is the first night of the year so it is pretty exciting.” WHAT DO YOU AND BRIAN (PATTIE, CREW CHIEF) DO WHEN YOU COME THE FIRST NIGHT RACE AT A TRACK THAT THERE HASN’T BEEN ONE BEFORE? DO YOU DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT? “When you look at how bad we ran here last year, yes, we … Read entire article »
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Harvick passes Earnhardt to win 2nd in a row
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va.—Kevin Harvick won his second straight race—and in the process may have become the most unpopular man in Virginia. Harvick passed Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the lead on Lap 497 of 500 and pulled away to win the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 Sprint Cup race Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. Earnhardt ran second, extending his winless streak to 99 races. The victory was Harvick’s second of the season and his first at Martinsville. Harvick has 16 victories in the Cup series. Earnhardt had muscled past third-place finisher Kyle Busch on Lap 480 and held the lead until Harvick made the winning pass in Turn 2. Juan Pablo Montoya ran fourth, followed by Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth and polesitter Jamie McMurray. David Ragan and Clint Bowyer were eighth and … Read entire article »
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Juan Pablo Montoya Martinsville Press Conference Transcript
Juan Pablo Montoya met with members of the media at Martinsville Speedway and discussed his season so far, racing at Martinsville, NASCAR verses other series and more. Full transcript: TALK ABOUT THE TYPE OF SEASON SO FAR THAT YOU HAVE HAD: “It’s been a pretty good season. Our car, it’s been okay. We’ve been a couple of races pretty good, couple of races average and a really bad one. I think we make the most out of it. We learn lots here that you can’t really DNF. We had so many DNF’s and so many wrecks and so many things go wrong but this year I think we’re racing a lot smarter. I think our cars are pretty good. We’ve been … Read entire article »
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Montoya snares pole at Fontana
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service FONTANA, Calif.—Juan Pablo Montoya found a quick cure for his qualifying woes Friday at Auto Club Speedway. Montoya improved dramatically on his 23.5 average starting position this season in winning the Coors Light pole award for Sunday’s Auto Club 400 Sprint Cup race at the 2-mile track. Turning a lap in 38.992 seconds (184.653 mph), Montoya was the only driver to break 39 seconds in time trials for the fifth race of the season. Denny Hamlin claimed the second starting spot with a lap at 184.270 mph. Joey Logano (184.134) put his No. 20 Toyota in the third spot on the grid, and Regan Smith (184.030) improved his series-best qualifying average to 5.8 with a fourth-place effort. Tony Stewart and David Ragan will start … Read entire article »
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Juan Pablo Montoya Friday Media Visit at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Juan Pablo Montoya, driver of the no. 42 Clorox Chevrolet, met with members of the media at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and discussed his season to-date, racing at Las Vegas and other topics. Full transcript: HOW DO YOU SEE THIS WEEKEND AT LAS VEGAS UNFOLDING? “It should be a good weekend. I am pretty excited to get on to a mile-and-a-half with the new nose. The cars should work a little bit different. It should be interesting. I haven’t been on a mile-and-a-half since Homestead, no testing or anything, so that is going to be quite exciting again. We’ll see what happens. We had a really good Daytona. Last week was kind of horrible for us, but we still scored good points … Read entire article »
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Juan Pablo Montoya Friday Media Visit at Phoenix
JUAN PABLO MONTOYA, driver of the no. 42 Target Chevrolet met with members of the media at Phoenix International Raceway and discussed racing at Phoenix, being done with Daytona and moving on and more. Full transcript: BACK TO WORK NOW, PHOENIX OFF OF THE BIG TRACK AND HERE WE GO ON RACE NO. 2. “Yeah, it’s exciting to be here. It’s a really good start to the season. We had a lot of good breaks last week that led to a good finish. Here, it would be exciting and I think the new nose is intriguing to everybody. We’ve got a lot of new ideas how we are going to run the cars and things. We’ve been working on the car and I … Read entire article »
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