In addition, Montoya became the first driver in history to win in his first two starts in the Rolex 24 At Daytona, which he won with teammates Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas and Dario Franchitti.

Montoya ran in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona for Chip Ganassi in the # 02 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates BMW Riley with NASCAR teammate Jamie McMurray and Indycar champions Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti.

Alexakis had two respondents, Craig Montoya and Scott Cuthbert.

It was recorded in a friend's basement for $ 400 with Art Alexakis on vocals / lead guitar, Craig Montoya on bass, Scott Cuthbert on drums and was released in 1993 by Tim Kerr Records.

The win was bittersweet for Juan and his Texaco team, as with only 9 laps to go, Montoya's teammate, Scott Pruett driving the # 41 Juicy Fruit Dodge, attempted to block Montoya, who had fresher tires.

The season that saw Montoya crowned as the youngest ever CART FedEx Championship Series Champion at the age of 24 was closely fought, especially with Dario Franchitti who led the championship going into the final race in California.

A few notable examples include: Valentino Rossi, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Balaram Stack, Shaun White, Ichiro Suzuki, Dorien Walker, Ryan Villopoto, Kerri Walsh, Ricky Carmichael, James " Bubba " Stewart, Gretchen Bleiler, Ian Poulter, Torstein Horgmo, Rory McIlroy, Juan Pablo Montoya, Dario Franchitti, Ryan Sheckler, Janko Tipsarevic, Jordy Smith, Oscar Pistorius, Bob Burnquist, Tony Stewart, Adrián Fernández, Samantha Stosur, Miguel Cabrera and Lindsey Vonn.

Indianapolis 500 winners Buddy Rice, Dan Wheldon, Hélio Castroneves, Juan Pablo Montoya, Sam Hornish, Jr., and Dario Franchitti are all recent participants.

Franchitti finished runner-up in the 1999 CART season behind rookie Juan Pablo Montoya.

It was one of the sponsors of NASCAR with drivers like Davey Allison, Ernie Irvan, Kenny Irwin Jr., Ricky Rudd, Jamie McMurray, Casey Mears, and Juan Pablo Montoya.

The team fielded Chevrolets in all series for three drivers – the # 1 Bass Pro Shops car driven by Jamie McMurray and the # 8 car of Aric Almirola from the DEI stable and the # 42 car Juan Pablo Montoya from Target Ganassi's stable.

Currently, the multi-team drivers include Jamie McMurray in the # 1 car & Juan Pablo Montoya in the # 42.

* The # 1 and # 42 cars continue to run a full NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule in 2010 with Jamie McMurray and Juan Pablo Montoya respectively.

On June 22, 2007, he won his third career Cup pole, for the Toyota Save / Mart 350 and lead the most laps, but with 7 to go Cup rookie and McMurray's future teammate Juan Pablo Montoya passed him and held off McMurray until McMurray eventually ran out of gas with two to go and resulted 37th.

Alexander Wurz drove the second McLaren-Mercedes car, in place of the injured Juan Pablo Montoya.

Juan Pablo Montoya drove the last four races of the year, posting an eleventh place finish in his series debut at Memphis.

As the two drove into turn one, Pruett moved down low, and Montoya didn't back off, spinning Pruett and forcing many drivers into the grass.

* DEI retaining the # 1 and # 8 cars and Martin Truex, Jr., Aric Almirola, and Juan Pablo Montoya drove the same cars in the 2009 season.

Texaco last sponsored the # 42 Dodge driven by Montoya.

On November 14 it was announced the Ganassi team would merge with Dale Earnhardt Inc., Montoya was confirmed to drive the # 42 as the team switches from Dodge to Chevrolet.

Montoya has re-signed with Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing to remain in the # 42 car in the Sprint Cup Series in 2012.

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In late 2006, Juan Pablo Montoya made his Cup debut at the Ford 400 in the # 30, but failing to finish after being wrecked late in the race.

However, EGR decided to move the Target sponsorship to the # 42 for Juan Pablo Montoya, leaving the # 41 without a driver or a sponsor.

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Montoya is a recurring character in the Batman-related comics after Batman # 475.

Montoya appears in Countdown # 40 when Oracle solicits her help in capturing the Trickster and the Pied Piper, suspected of the murder of Bart Allen.

Montoya maintains that she will not become a member of the Birds of Prey, but Oracle calls upon her to accompany the Birds of Prey in Gotham Underground # 2.

Montoya appears in Final Crisis # 5, recruited by the underground resistance movement organized by Checkmate.

Starting in Detective Comics # 854, Montoya appeared in an ongoing backup feature written by Greg Rucka, with art by Cully Hamner.

In 2000, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, still a CART-mainstay, made the decision to cross lines and compete at Indianapolis with drivers Jimmy Vasser and Juan Pablo Montoya.

For the 1999 season, in the hope of attracting more investors to the underperforming team, Frank Williams agreed to a driver swap with CART team owner Chip Ganassi, in which Ganassi's 1997 and 1998 CART champion driver, Alessandro Zanardi, would return to Formula One and Montoya would take his place in the competitive American series.

On July 9, 2006, Montoya announced his plans to compete in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series beginning with the 2007 season, racing for Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates ' NASCAR operation, Chip Ganassi Racing, in the No. 42 Texaco / Havoline Car.

In the 2000 Indianapolis 500, multi-time CART champion team Chip Ganassi Racing brought his drivers Juan Pablo Montoya and Jimmy Vasser to Indianapolis.

Chip Ganassi Racing initially raced in the IRL with Juan Pablo Montoya and Jimmy Vasser in the 2000 Indy 500 won by rookie Montoya.

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When Michael Andretti and Juan Montoya collided during a practice session for the 1999 race at Twin Ring Motegi, Japan, Haas infamously threw his cigar at Montoya's car owner Chip Ganassi during a confrontation in the garage area.

In 2007, he won the overall race and Daytona Prototype in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, with Juan Pablo Montoya and Salvador Duran in the # 01 Telmex, Target, Lexus Riley for Chip Ganassi Racing.

Later that same year he nearly won his first Nationwide series victory at the Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 at the Mexico City road course only to lose it in the closing laps when his Chip Ganassi team mate the afore mentioned Juan Pablo Montoya spun him out and Juan Pablo Montoya would win his first NASCAR race.