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4 unusual facts about Juan Pablo Montoya


Andy Boss

The 1994 championship came down to four drivers (Boss, Diego Guzman, Mark Hotchkiss and Juan Pablo Montoya) at the season finale in Phoenix, with future NASCAR driver Jerry Nadeau winning the race and Columbia's Diego Guzman taking the 1994 series title.

Échele Cabeza al casco de Juan Pablo Montoya

Échele Cabeza al casco de Juan Pablo Montoya (Design Juan Pablo Montoya's helmet) is a yearly competition since 2002, held by Formula Smiles Foundation that gives opportunity to Colombian children to design a helmet paint job for Formula One driver, Juan Pablo Montoya.

Ensign Racing

Nunn would later go on to be a prominent chief engineer in the American-based Champ Car series, winning championships with drivers Alex Zanardi and Juan Pablo Montoya in the late 1990s.

Jade at Brickell Bay

The building has become the home of many celebrities, including Mexican actress Patricia Manterola, Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya, stylist Samy, Mexican singer Luis Miguel, Indy car driver Milka Duno and baseball player Iván Rodríguez.


2011 24 Hours of Daytona

Winning the race overall was the Daytona Prototype team of Chip Ganassi Racing, with drivers Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Graham Rahal and Joey Hand driving the #01 Riley & Scott-BMW defeating Chip Ganassi Racing's second team, consisting of IndyCar drivers Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti, and Sprint Cup teammates Jamie McMurray and Juan Pablo Montoya in the #02 Riley & Scott-BMW by just over two seconds in a one-lap sprint following a late caution flag.

2011 Jeff Byrd 500

Carl Edwards and Juan Pablo Montoya followed in third and fourth with 106 points, three ahead of Ryan Newman and ten ahead of Paul Menard in fifth and sixth.

Barber Pro Series

Other notable drivers who have raced in the series include Juan Pablo Montoya, Alex Gurney, Jon Fogarty, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Danica Patrick, Jeremy Dale, Townsend Bell, Michael Valiante, David Martínez, Memo Rojas, Rocky Moran, Jr., Al Unser III, Andy Swett, Jerry Nadeau and Ernesto Viso.

Diego Bustos

Bustos has interviewed important sports figures such as 2007 U.S. Open and 2009 Masters Tournament champion Ángel Cabrera, Diego Maradona, Pelé, FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Senior PGA Tour Champion Eduardo Romero, NBA star Manu Ginóbili, and NASCAR sensation Juan Pablo Montoya, among many others.

Earl Ross

He was known for being one of only four non-American drivers to have won a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race (the others being Juan Pablo Montoya, who won the 2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Mario Andretti, who won the 1967 Daytona 500), and Marcos Ambrose who won the 2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen.

Tradin' Paint

In 2003, Tradin' Paint was the name of a one-hour special program where 4-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Jeff Gordon and former CART champion and Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya traded race cars and drove around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Formula One race course.


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