STOP THE PRESSES! JP in 42!
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Betsy
Team Owner
Good thinfg I am not Chip
If I was Chip Montoya would have to hide from me the entire race! Or find himself in the infield. After all it will be Chips last race for that team.
Betsy
If I was Chip Montoya would have to hide from me the entire race! Or find himself in the infield. After all it will be Chips last race for that team.
Betsy
MRM
Team Owner
Ganassi has to build for the future, good move on his part.
kelloggs5TLfan
Team Owner
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2006-11-15-montoya-cup-debut_x.htm
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Juan Pablo Montoya will attempt to make his Nextel Cup debut at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the No. 30 Dodge, The Associated Press has learned.
Car owner Chip Ganassi had briefly considered putting Montoya in the No. 42 Dodge, which is driven by Casey Mears and is guaranteed a spot in the field. The No. 30 is not, and Montoya will have to qualify the car to get into Sunday's race.
"He'll earn more respect if he qualifies the car then he will if he takes the freebie," Ganassi told the AP on Wednesday. "And isn't that what this has all been about? Gaining respect? At the end of the day, Juan didn't want a free pass into the race."
Montoya announced in July that he would leave Formula One, the world's premier auto racing series, to run NASCAR. He'll take over the No. 42 Dodge following Mears' departure from the team.
"I am really excited that my first Cup race will be at my hometown track in Homestead, as I will have a lot of friends and family around," said Montoya. "I think this is a good move for both me and our team as I continue experiencing the new challenges of racing a stock car. This is just another step in my preparation for the 2007 NASCAR season."
Mears' final race with Ganassi is Sunday at Homestead, and the car owner said the No. 42 car was the best chance for the pair to score their first victory together. Mears led 75 laps at Homestead last season en route to his fifth-place finish.
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Juan Pablo Montoya will attempt to make his Nextel Cup debut at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the No. 30 Dodge, The Associated Press has learned.
Car owner Chip Ganassi had briefly considered putting Montoya in the No. 42 Dodge, which is driven by Casey Mears and is guaranteed a spot in the field. The No. 30 is not, and Montoya will have to qualify the car to get into Sunday's race.
"He'll earn more respect if he qualifies the car then he will if he takes the freebie," Ganassi told the AP on Wednesday. "And isn't that what this has all been about? Gaining respect? At the end of the day, Juan didn't want a free pass into the race."
Montoya announced in July that he would leave Formula One, the world's premier auto racing series, to run NASCAR. He'll take over the No. 42 Dodge following Mears' departure from the team.
"I am really excited that my first Cup race will be at my hometown track in Homestead, as I will have a lot of friends and family around," said Montoya. "I think this is a good move for both me and our team as I continue experiencing the new challenges of racing a stock car. This is just another step in my preparation for the 2007 NASCAR season."
Mears' final race with Ganassi is Sunday at Homestead, and the car owner said the No. 42 car was the best chance for the pair to score their first victory together. Mears led 75 laps at Homestead last season en route to his fifth-place finish.
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bumpzter
Guest
See? Everybody got excited for nothing. Relax.
Bucky Badger
Go Kyle Go
If I was Chip Montoya would have to hide from me the entire race! Or find himself in the infield. After all it will be Chips last race for that team.
Betsy
Don't you mean MEARS
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dragonlady424
Guest
Quote: "If I was Chip Montoya would have to hide from me the entire race! Or find himself in the infield. After all it will be Chips last race for that team.
Betsy" End of Quote
It was Chips decision to put J P in the 42. And it was J P who asked Chip to leave Casey in the 42. And it won't be "Chips" last race for that team. It will be Casey's.
Soooooooooooo, my dear, don't get your knickers in a wad over this thing.
Betsy" End of Quote
It was Chips decision to put J P in the 42. And it was J P who asked Chip to leave Casey in the 42. And it won't be "Chips" last race for that team. It will be Casey's.
Soooooooooooo, my dear, don't get your knickers in a wad over this thing.
Betsy
Team Owner
Yes it was a typo...I meant Casey.
Betsy
Betsy
Yes it was a typo...I meant Casey.
Betsy
More like a brain fart...................................