May 24, 2015 juan pablo montoya strengthens case for best driver of era. Munoz was going from a fourdriver lineup at andretti autosport with decades of experience to a twocar lineup that had a combined four fulltime. Chip ganassi racing out of the race began when charlie kimball squeezed carlos munoz andretti autosport into. Juan pablo montoya is done racing fulltime in indycar. By 1992, he was winning colombian formula renault races.
He has competed in the nascar camping world truck series and nascar xfinity series. Rookie carlos munoz finished third for the third time this season and ryan briscoe finished a seasonhigh fourth. He currently competes in the weathertech sportscar championship driving for acura team penske, having won the championship in 2019. Pitfit training boasts 11 of the 35 drivers competing to start in 102nd running of the indy 500. You want to be a professional race car driver, you. Scott dixon, the winner last year at pocono raceway, placed fifth. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from carlos montoya at the discogs marketplace.
He has also won national championships in virtually every other class of hydroplane racing. There have been fifteen formula one drivers from spain, the most successful of them being fernando alonso who won the world drivers championship twice. Carlos montoya bacigalupo racing career profile driver. Join facebook to connect with carlos montoya and others you may know. The story of how indy 500, grand prix, and formulaone racing champion juan pablo montoya made racing history when he chose to restart his career in the world of.
The fastest lap in f1 history montoya at monza, 2004. Montoya won for the first time in the cartindycar series since 2000 and had his first major victory since he won a road course race at watkins glen in the nascar sprint cup series in. May 30, 2015 carlos munoz wins rainshortened dual 1 in detroit. Jul 06, 2014 motorsport montoya wins indycar race at pocono. Juan pablo montoya strengthens case for best driver of era. Mi vida a toda velocidad my life at full speed by juan pablo montoya. Juan pablo montoya on his new home in driving imsa. Stack end juan pablo montoya roldan born 20 september 1975 is a colombian race car driver known internationally for participating in and winning formula one and cart race competitions. He then announced his retirement, claiming disenchantment with formula one and moved on to nascar.
Sep 03, 2015 on his flying lap around monza in 2004, colombias juanpablo montoya averaged almost 163 mph. So was it strange to move overseas at so young an age. Juan pablo montoya, james hinchcliffe endure rough rides. Sep 22, 2016 inside the insanity of indycars offseason driver changes. Montoya s return was revealed tuesday and confirmed by racer. The official unveiling of the new arx05 race car will take place on. Below are the top colombian racing drivers according to the currently available data on driver database. Montoya defends packracing criticism on indycar after. Tom d eath is an american hydroplane and race car driver from michigan. Apr 05, 2015 juan pablo montoya biography race car driver juan pablo montoya reigned as the colombian national carting champion from 1981 through 1984. Alonso is the only spanish champion and the only driver from spain to have won a grand prix.
Then the race finally had a winner crowned late last night in matt kenseth. He is one of the few drivers to have participated in nascar, formula one, cart and irl. Jul 16, 2015 in a year of relative parity featuring no driver with more than two race wins, montoya has been the most consistent. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Jul 06, 2014 juan pablo montoya won the indycar race at pocono raceway on sunday to complete a triumphant return to open wheel racing after seven years in nascar.
Juan pablo montoya autopedia fandom powered by wikia. In addition, montoya has won two indianapolis 500s including. He also preferred living and racing in the usa so when the opportunity for him to switch to nascar. Juan pablo montoya roldan is a colombian racing driver. Where indycar drivers go to prepare their minds, bodies for rigors of indy 500. Driver juan pablo montoya career statistics racing. True to form, montoya added another chapter to his distinguished career in 2019 winning the imsa weathertech sportscar championship title in the daytona prototype category with acura team penske codriver dane cameron.
Irs flags checkered taxes of colombian racecar driver. May 31, 2015 bourdais wins tricky race 2 of dual in detroit. All 33 drivers entered for the indianapolis 500 fox sports. I want to thank roger for believing in me after so many years out of an indy car, said montoya, who claimed his third indy car 500mile race victory. Aug 15, 2017 former nascar driver juan pablo montoya will team up with sports car champion dane cameron on team penske for 2018 in imsa. Juan pablo montoya crashed into the wall on the 64th lap at the indy 500, ending his bid to become the first repeat winner at the historic race since helio castroneves in. Learn about the most famous race car drivers including lewis hamilton, danica patrick, dale earnhardt jr. Colombian racecar driver juan carlos montoya may owe the u. Juan pablo montoya completes return to indycar with win at. He is ranked 22nd in points with five top 10s in 22 starts. I am very excited to start racing cars and to have the opportunity to race f4.
Despite losing its top driver will power to sickness and replacing him with oriol servia on race day, team penskes 50 th season is off to a roaring start. The name roughly translates to mean hills and valleys. The 2016 indianapolis 500 branded as the 100th indianapolis 500 presented by penngrade motor oil for sponsorship reasons took place on sunday, may 29, 2016, at the indianapolis motor speedway in speedway, indiana. Inside the insanity of indycars offseason driver changes. Montoya was one of the most exciting drivers to be employed by mclaren in. Cars owned and prepared by team penske have produced more than 500 major race wins, over 600 pole positions and 37 championships across openwheel, stock car and sports car racing competition. Exformula 1 driver and twotime indianapolis 500 winner juan pablo montoya will make his le mans 24 hours debut with the united autosports team in june.
Tom death pronounced deeth won three american power boat association gold cups and three the prince edward canadian gold cups. Jun 25, 2015 andretti autosport driver carlos munoz expected to contend for the indycar title, so this season has been something of a disappointment. See more ideas about juan pablo montoya, nascar and nascar racing. After finishing 17th, 21st and 22nd in the points standings the past three seasons. Juan pablo montoya to drive for team penske in 2018 in imsa. See more ideas about nascar, nascar racing and tony stewart. Nov 02, 2016 juan pablo montoya will only race in the indy 500 in 2017 the 1999 champ and twotime 500 winner will focus on his sons karting career and may help develop a sports car program for penske. Juan pablo montoya on driving for helmut marko, beating. Montoya punctuated his new style by talking about the runin he had with rookie jack hawksworth.
Seasons spanning over two years for example 2014 championships have their race results accounted for in the year the championship ends. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. But news that the driver of the jet fuel truck is okay from the now famous juan carlos montoya crash has to be the biggest relief of all. Carlos montoya driver profile grand prix racing online. The indycars were also running nearly 60 miles an hour faster at fontana, which is why montoya was one of the more outspoken drivers about the dangers of that style of racing.
Juan pablo montoya may have joined the racing point team. In seven seasons he won two races, also winning the. Juan pablo montoya made his f1 debut for mclaren for 2005. The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page.
Poems published in anthology carlos garcia montoya. The french driver denied juan pablo montoya chance to follow indy 500 victory with triumph on backtoback weekends. Carlos left to gain what he could from other flamenco guitarists of the time. Juan pablo montoya in control of indycar series title race. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. This stood as a record until 2018, when it was narrowly eclip. Jun 25, 2015 why indycar driver carlos munoz nearly retired. Carlos contreras born june 8, 1970 is a mexicoborn professional stock car racing driver and crew chief. During the reconquista, it extended southwards throughout castille and andalusia. Juan pablo montoya officially joins team penske sportscar. The ntt indycar series was formerly known as the verizon indycar series 20142018, indy racing league 19961997 and 2002, pep boys indy racing league 19981999, indy racing northern light series 20002001, indycar series 20032009 and izod indycar series 201020 tweet. He was the first mexicoborn driver racing fulltime in any nascar national series. Arca menards series statistics 1979present only click on the year to see the standings for that year. Montoya was the first and only colombian driver to participate in a formula one grand prix.
Montoya first heard the news after parking his car in victory lane and was seen sobbing. Indycar drivers go here to prepare for the rigors of the. Team softshell jacket 2020 carlos sainz team tshirt 2020 mclaren team. Feb 28, 2012 first they had to be happy that the race finally got started after numerous delays on both sunday and monday. Information and translations of montoya in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on. Esteban loaiza, adrian fernandez, carlos valderrama among athletes honored at inaugural. Montoya ready for return to nascar drivers wait in the pit area before their qualifying session for the nascar sprint cup series quicken loans. May 16, 2018 where indycar drivers go to prepare their minds, bodies for rigors of indy 500. Team penske is one of the most successful teams in the history of professional sports. Juan pablo montoya, james hinchcliffe endure rough rides in second dual race. Joey logano leaving joe gibbs racing for team penske in 20. Juan pablo montoya is a colombian professional race car driver known for being one of the few drivers to have participated in nascar, formula one, cart, and irl. Montoya and legendary racers mario andretti and dan gurney are the only drivers that can boast wins in formula 1, indycar and nascar. Juan pablo montoyas son sebastian montoya takes first step.
Juan pablo montoya gets le mans 24 hours drive in united. Log in or sign up for facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. Montoya remains as hungry and as driven as ever as he competes in his 22nd season racing at the highest levels of the sport. Check out the racing career of this famous colombian driver that won 30 podiums and pole positions.
Before montoya, colombians had roberto guerrero, who started 15 indy 500s and finished second in 1984 and 87. It was the premier event of the 2016 verizon indycar series season. The story of how indy 500, grand prix, and formulaone racing champion juan pablo montoya made racing history when he chose to restart his career in the world of nascar. Juan pablo montoya ran out of fuel at belle isle and finished 10th, but watch for him to roar back later this week. Historic imsa sports car victories are also part of montoyas legendary career including three wins in one of the worlds toughest races, the rolex 24 at daytona. Kimi raikkonen daniel ricciardo george russell carlos sainz lance. Juan pablo montoya is back as a fulltime racing driver, rejoining team penske to drive in its new imsa sportscar program next season.
The fastest lap in f1 history montoya at monza 2004. Jul 06, 2014 rookie carlos munoz was up and down the leader board, with a warning from race control thrown in. He was the nephew of renowned flamenco guitarist ramon montoya. Feb 25, 2012 the race was overshadowed by juan pablo montoya s dramatic collision with the back of a jet dryer, which caused an explosion that spilled 200 gallons of jet fuel on to the track. Juan pablo montoya, a former driver in nascar, sports cars and formula one, has raced in the indianapolis 500 four times and won it twice 2000 and 2015. After one year montoya had completed what pepe was able to teach him. It has become more frequent among gitanos than among the general spanish. Sebastian montoya has signed for prema the same outfit that runs michael.
Juan pablo montoya biography race car driver youtube. Manage your f1 team to success by building good cars, developing good race strategies, hiring the right drivers and staff and planning for the future. Montoya enjoyed success at the williams and mclaren teams, winning races. Indycar series drivers, indy car drivers, auto racing. Coming in here, i thought, if we blow this, were going to be.
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