YEAR-BY-YEAR NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RECAP
2006 Finished 71st in series points. … Made one start for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. Started 29th and
finished 34th at the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY
Made four starts in the NASCAR Busch Series in 2006 before making NEXTEL Cup Series debut. His best finish was
11th in his debut at Memphis. … Competed in Formula One from 2001-2006 for BMW Williams and McLaren
Mercedes. During that period, he amassed seven wins, 30 podium finishes and 13 pole positions. … The highlight of
his Formula One career came in 2003 when he won the Monaco Grand Prix, the series’ premier event. … Finished
sixth or better in each of his five full seasons in Formula One. … Won the 2000 Indy 500 racing for Chip Ganassi in
his first trip to the Brickyard. Montoya started second on the grid. … Spent two years in CART winning 10 races.…
Won CART championship in 1999, his rookie year. Won seven races in 1999 including three in a row, both rookie
records. …Competed in the Formula 3000 series for two years racking up seven wins and winning the 1998 series
championship. … Started racing karts at the age of six. Captured several Colombian local and national titles in the
Children’s Kart Championship and Kart Komet Division from 1984-1989.
NOTEWORTHY
Traded cars with Jeff Gordon for a publicity event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2002. Gordon drove Montoya’s
F1 car and Montoya drove Gordon’s stock car.… Will be the first Formula One driver to compete full-time in NASCAR.
… Was the youngest CART champion in series history. … Set a rookie record by leading 167 out of 200 laps during
his Indy 500 win.
