JPM wins Daytona 24 Hours

[Monster]

2 websites.

I don't know much about NASCA cars, but to win the Daytona 24h race on his 1st attempt while relatively new to NASCA is an impressive achievement.

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns18002.html

http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/1554/

 

[Imhotep Evil]

Daytona 24h isn't conected to NASCAR to my knowledge.
That would be the Daytona 500. Still impresive non the less.

 

[PanterroR]

Daytona winner Montoya rules out F1 return.


F1 refugee Juan Pablo Montoya recaptured the winning feeling on Sunday by racing to victory in the Daytona 24-hour race in Florida.

The former Williams and McLaren driver, partnered in the winning Chip Ganassi-run Lexus Prototype by Scott Pruett and Salvador Duran, starts his full time NASCAR foray in a few weeks.

But with his Daytona win, 31-year-old Montoya joins Mario Andretti as the only other driver in the history of motor sport to have won the sports car race, Formula One events, the Indianapolis 500 and America's premier open wheel title - the Champ Car title.

He turned down a Toro Rosso seat in F1 for 2007, and Montoya confirmed recently that he would not return to the Europe-based category even with a top team.
Montoya told The Times:

"I ticked everything I wanted to do in F1. Yes, it would have been nice to win a championship, but it wasn't worth it in the end.

"If you want to run like you're behind the safety car, go ahead and do it, but I want to entertain myself."

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If anything counts, that's the bold part. You have to admit there's a talent in this guy, he does deserve some credits...

 

[Habitual Speeder]

Daytona 24h isn't conected to NASCAR to my knowledge.
That would be the Daytona 500. Still impresive non the less.

If I'm not mistaken, Grand-Am is owned by NASCAR (which would explain the number of NASCAR drivers in the 24 Hours of Daytona).

 

[Habitual Speeder]

Oh, and...

As this is a German Car Forum, it should be noted that the GT category at Daytona was won by a 997 GT3 (driven by Scooter Gabel, Jean-Francois Dumoulin, Carlos de Quesada and Marc Basseng).

 

[Zonda]

Just saw Montoya being interviewed by Swedish TV. Cool that a Sedish mic actually got near an (ex)F1 driver. Sweden's gettin' there!