Juan Pablo Montoya
Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS)
Las Vegas Advance
Race:
Sam’s Town 300 on Saturday, March 10, 2007
Track:
Las Vegas Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval )
Location:
Las Vegas, Nev.
Juan Pablo Montoya and the No. 42 Texaco/Havoline Team Facts:
Montoya Puts One in the History Books: Montoya earned his first NASCAR victory Sunday in the Mexico City Busch Series race. It was the seventh Busch Series start of his young NASCAR career. He led 43 laps en-route to the victory in the Telcel-Motorola 200. Montoya is also the first Latino to win in any of the three NASCAR national touring series. The last non-US driver to score a Busch Series win was Canadian Ron Fellows at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International in 2001.
42 Team Proves to be Good Luck for First Timers: This past weekend’s victory in Mexico City, Mexico, was the second win for the No. 42 Texaco/Havoline Busch team, but Montoya’s first. The same team helped Casey Mears score his first NASCAR win at Chicagoland Speedway in July of last year. Mears’ first was also the young Busch team’s first, as well. In a total of 16 career starts, the No. 42 CGRFS Busch team has tallied two wins, five top-five finishes and six top-10 finishes. Since the CGRFS Busch Series program began in 2004, it has tallied five wins, five poles, 26 top-fives and 46 top-10 finishes.
Where Are They Now: Talk about changing your luck around, the No. 42 Texaco/Havoline Busch team made a 27-position jump forward in the owner standings after Sunday’s victory. The CGRFS team now stands 19th overall, just 40 points outside the top 10.
Rookie Rundown: Montoya’s recent win also boosted his rank in the NASCAR Busch Series Raybestos® Rookie standings. He is now tied for first with Marc Ambrose. Both of them have a total of 33 points going into this weekends run at Las Vegas.
Road Trip: Texaco/Havoline has just made traveling to the race track easier for race fans. Fans can go to www.texacohavoline42.com, click on the link for the road trip and enter their starting location and race destination. In addition to receiving the best route to the track, fans will also get directions to the nearest Express Lube and Texaco filling stations along the way to make planning their trip to see Montoya easier.
Chassis: The No. 42 Texaco/Havoline Busch team is bringing chassis #652 to Las Vegas this weekend. The car most recently raced at Texas Motor Speedway last April, when Brad Parrot made his race debut as the crew chief of the No. 42 team. Parrot, Casey Mears and team went on to score a top-10 start and a third-place finish in their first run together.
