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ITV-F1.com said:
Seven-time grand prix winner Juan Pablo Montoya carved a unique place in history on Sunday when he took victory in the famous Daytona 24 Hours sportscar race.
The former McLaren ace was invited to join Chip Ganassi's team for the all-star season opener in Florida and shared the winning Lexus-Riley car with team-mates Salvador Duran and Scott Pruett.
Montoya, who races for Ganassi's NASCAR Nextel Cup squad after walking out on F1 last June, is only the second man after Mario Andretti to have won the Indianapolis 500, a GP and the Daytona 24 Hours.
"It's a big deal for me," he said afterwards.
"The boys worked so hard for this. Me, Salvador [Duran] and Scott [Pruett] all worked hard and we kept the car on the road at all times and that was the key to victory.
"We made no mistakes and were fast when we had to be."
Montoya will begin his first full Nextel Cup campaign in the Daytona 500 on Sunday, February 10.
The former McLaren ace was invited to join Chip Ganassi's team for the all-star season opener in Florida and shared the winning Lexus-Riley car with team-mates Salvador Duran and Scott Pruett.
Montoya, who races for Ganassi's NASCAR Nextel Cup squad after walking out on F1 last June, is only the second man after Mario Andretti to have won the Indianapolis 500, a GP and the Daytona 24 Hours.
"It's a big deal for me," he said afterwards.
"The boys worked so hard for this. Me, Salvador [Duran] and Scott [Pruett] all worked hard and we kept the car on the road at all times and that was the key to victory.
"We made no mistakes and were fast when we had to be."
Montoya will begin his first full Nextel Cup campaign in the Daytona 500 on Sunday, February 10.
Back to his winning ways, although he left F1 as a whinging git and under a dark cloud, I still believe he is a good driver, and a racer to boot, although not sure about the car........
The daytona prototype certainly hit every branch when they fell out of the ugly tree... Not only that they climbed back to the top and had another go !!!!!
IIRC the're not that powerfull either are they ?
edited to say :- following the reports on dsc, it was very very close right down to the last lap..
IIRC the're not that powerfull either are they ?
edited to say :- following the reports on dsc, it was very very close right down to the last lap..
Edited by Graham on Monday 29th January 09:01
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