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Juan Pablo Montoya's Sprint Cup title hopes take Texas-sized blow
By Jared Turner - SceneDaily Staff Writer
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing's Juan Pablo Montoya lost ground in NASCAR's Chase For The Sprint Cup after crashing at Texas Motor Speedway Sunday.
David Griffin
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FORT WORTH, Texas – Juan Pablo Montoya’s already-dwindling hopes of winning the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup title suffered another blow with a wreck on lap 174 of Sunday’s Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Montoya was running just inside the top 20 when his Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet broke loose and slid up the track in Turn 1, collecting fellow Chase For The Sprint Cup driver Carl Edwards and sending both to the garage.
“It was just really close racing,” Montoya said. “I think Carl was really close to me and drove right beside me and the car got loose and I lost it. With these cars, that is just going to happen.
“Everyone on the [team] is doing an amazing job. This week we didn’t have the car we wanted, but we were getting better and better as the day went on. It kinda sucks, but things like this happen.”
Montoya, who entered the race fourth in the standings and 239 points out of the lead, fell to sixth in the standings with his 37th-place finish. The former open-wheel star failed to capitalize on the misfortunes of points leader Jimmie Johnson, who was involved in a crash on lap three and spent just over an hour undergoing repairs.
“We didn’t change our game plan after Jimmie’s accident,” Montoya said. “You have to do what you can and run as you can. The No. 5 [car of Mark Martin] was really slow on the bottom and he was stacking everybody and that didn’t help, but it’s OK. It’s just one of those deals.”
Montoya trails Johnson by 233 points heading into next weekend’s penultimate event at Phoenix International Raceway.
Edwards, who arrived at Texas 10th in the Chase standings and left in 11th place, wasn’t upset with Montoya about the contact that put him out of the race.
“I didn’t expect it, especially from Juan,” the Roush Fenway Racing driver said. “He’s got great car control. His car must have been really loose and it just snapped on him. It looked like he needed another couple inches and it wasn’t there, but that’s just racing.”
Since opening the Chase with four consecutive top-fives, Montoya has finished 19th or worse in three of his last four outings.
“It is rough because we keep bringing great cars every week and to see one wrecked like that kind of sucks,” he said.
Mentioned Drivers: Juan Pablo Montoya
2009 Sprint Cup Race for the Chase Standings
Driver Standings after the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 6492 |
| 2 | Mark Martin | -108 |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | -169 |
| 4 | Kurt Busch | -211 |
| 5 | Tony Stewart | -285 |
| 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | -289 |
| 7 | Greg Biffle | -321 |
| 8 | Denny Hamlin | -352 |
| 9 | Ryan Newman | -411 |
| 10 | Kasey Kahne | -476 |
| 11 | Carl Edwards | -520 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -666 |
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Meg said:
Nov 8, 2009 at 8:22 PMI think Carl gave him more than enough room.. Pablo just lost it !
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» Confirm Abuse Reportb48orr said:
Nov 8, 2009 at 9:18 PMYeah I agree, sometimes what I dont like about J.P. is its always the other guys fault. He is always on the radio saying I was there or I gave that guy more than enough room, when clearly he is the guy running into other cars. Montoya needs to own to the fact that sometimes he runs out of talent too. Quite frequently indeed. It happens to the best of them, but the best of them also admit it!
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» Confirm Abuse Reportalisoeddie said:
Nov 8, 2009 at 9:25 PMIt was an unfortunate deal.
Report as AbuseThe new car is a beast,drivers come close to losing control of it all over the track the camera's just doesn't always catch it, and it doesn't always result in a wreck.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportipopakeg293388 said:
Nov 9, 2009 at 6:56 AMI LIKE CARL,J.P.,NOT SO MUCH! # 2 YOUR RIGHT! HE DOESN'T TAKE ANY BLAME,EVEN WHEN IT'S CLEARLY HIS FAULT! JJ OUT IN 3 CRYLE BUSHEY SCHOOLED BY HIS BROTHER,THEN RUN'S AND HIDE'S! RCR PUT'S 3 IN THE TOP 10,CRYLE THROW'S A FIT! MARK CLOSE'S THE GAP,CRYLE ACT'S LIKE A FOOL! KURT(WHICH I LIKE) BEAT'S HIS BROTHER,WHO WILL NEVER BE A MAN! SOUND'S LIKE A HORSE RACE IF YOU READ IT FAST! LOL! OH HAPPY DAY! LMFAO!
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» Confirm Abuse ReportCrazyClyde said:
Nov 9, 2009 at 12:50 PMThe new car may be a beast but it's the only cup car JP has the experience in.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportfaulltw said:
Nov 9, 2009 at 9:28 PMHe is nothing but a bully! Go back to open wheel.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportnascarnutsheeler said:
Nov 10, 2009 at 12:11 AMJP, you messed up! Why can't you admit it ?
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» Confirm Abuse Reportkylestewart said:
Nov 10, 2009 at 11:49 AMipop how many wins does the rcr camp have this year? ZERO!!!!!!! and how many wins does kyle have 4!!!!!! that's 4 more than all of your loser drivers put together. guess that mkaes you a loser fan too!!!!
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