One of the nice things about the California races are the late starting times relative to the central time zone. This allowed me the chance to go to Chicago’s Pride Parade and get back home in time to witness one of the most exciting race finishes of the year. I had the great pleasure of watching Juan Pablo Montoya bag his first NASCAR Nextel Cup win and make a bit of history in the process! Montoya was able to conserve enough fuel while holding back challenges from Jamie McMurray and Kevin Harvick to win the road race at Sonoma. In doing so became the first Latin-American driver to win a NASCAR Cup race! He also joins Mario Andretti and Dan Gurney as the only drivers in motorsports history to win races in the highest levels of stock car racing, U.S. open wheel racing (CART, Champ Car or Indy Racing League) and F1. Montoya was one of the favorites to win the race anyway, but as any race fan knows, being the favorite and actually winning the race are often two different things! So congratulations Juan! If he keeps this up, he’ll walk away with Rookie of the Year, but there’s hardly anything “rookie” about this guy!
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