Many NASCAR drivers also got their start in racing from karts, such as Darrell Waltrip, Danica Patrick, Lake Speed, Ricky Rudd, Juan Pablo Montoya, Tony Stewart, and Jeff Gordon.

Montoya got the opportunity to advance in his motor racing career when he was hired by the RSM Marko, Formula 3000 team in 1997.

After racing in the top 10 all day Montoya got his third top 10 in a row with a 6th place at the Toyota / Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma.

In the race Montoya gradually slipped back and grew frustrated with crew chief Brian Pattie as the car was getting tighter and tighter, Kasey Kahne and Montoya made contact when the 9 car got loose and its splitter touched the 42's right rear tire.

However he shortly got the lucky dog and raced up to 20th before dropping back to 23rd, Montoya gained 4 positions on the last lap as others ran out of fuel, resulting in a 19th place finish which at least kept Juan 7th in points.

During the dominant Ferrari / Schumacher period from 2000-04, Williams managed to finish runner-up in the constructors championship in 2002 and 2003, and 2003 was the closest that one of their drivers, Juan Pablo Montoya, got to the world title.

Heidfeld retired from the race with a transmission problem, as Alonso moved in on Montoya and Barrichello got closer to Trulli.

The cars on the " clean " side of the track got off the grid much better, with Räikkönen taking the lead ahead of Olivier Panis and the two Schumachers ( all from the left side of the grid ) ( with the likes of Barrichello, Fernando Alonso, David Coulthard and Montoya dropping back on the right ) and managing to open up a lead of 1. 6 seconds over Panis ' Toyota and Ralf Schumacher's Williams.

The Renaults of Fernando Alonso and Jarno Trulli both got around Montoya as he avoided the spinning Barrichello, managing to continue in eighth place with no apparent damage-even setting the fastest time on Lap 8, and by Lap 15 moving up to third on a drying track.

Martin was about to lap Bobby Labonte and Juan Pablo Montoya when Labonte's car got loose, collecting Martin and Kasey Kahne.

Furthermore Rubens Barrichello got closer to his team mate and was followed by Jos Verstappen, David Coulthard and Kimi Räikkönen causing a line of cars behind Montoya.

Montoya eventually got past Schumacher at around the 1 / 3 mark in the race.

Montoya got past Button, despite the Brit's defensive driving and moved up into second behind his teammate.

Montoya got the jump at the start, to lead into the first hairpin, with Barrichello slotting in ahead of Michael Schumacher for second.

" made a mistake and went wide on the last right hand before the straight, so I got behind him and drafted him ," Montoya said.

At the start, both Williams ' got away from the line slowly, with Heidfeld beaten into the first corner by Räikkönen, and Webber overtaken by both Jarno Trulli and Juan Pablo Montoya before the first turn.

Both Alonso and Montoya got away well, with Alonso leading into Copse.

Both Michael Schumacher and Montoya got fast starts, while Räikkönen took Trulli off the line, and ended the lap in second place, having passed his teammate as well.

In the 2002 Formula One season, Montoya was the best of the rest as Ferrari's dominance left available no better place than third.

Darrow is probably best remembered for his role as Manolito Montoya on the 1960s television series The High Chaparral.

However, drivers and team officials defended the circuit, with Montoya stating " This was one of the best races of the year, even with the spectator.

Fernando Alonso took pole position but had to give best to Montoya in the race.

In 1985, he met Latino empresario Manuel Montoya at A & M Records and this led to his only Spanish recording entitled " Siempre Tu ", with duets by the iconic Pedro Vargas, on " Otoño y Primavera ", written by Luis Angel, and young Latino superstar Yuri on " Dos En Uno ", written by Rodolfo Castillo and KC Porter, produced by Jose Quintana and Stephen Tavani with steller array of participants such as Albert Hammond, KC Porter, Luis Angel, Lara y Monarrez, Abraham Laboriel, Robert Lamb, Steve Deutch, Linda " Peaches " Green, Carlos Rios, Juan Carlos Calderon and Benny Faccone, recorded in the best studios in Los Angeles, Mexico City and Utah, and released on EMI-Capitol Records imprint in Mexico City.

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.

Montoya finished in second, and the result gave him more confidence than ever.

To date, he remains the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500 ( 1969 ), Daytona 500 ( 1967 ) and the Formula One World Championship, and, along with Juan Pablo Montoya, the only driver to have won a race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500.

The Pueblo Jose Montoya brought Adolph Bandelier to visit the area in 1880 ; Bandelier, looking over the cliff dwellings, announced " It is the grandest thing I ever saw.

Fernando Alonso became the youngest ever Formula One World Champion at the 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix, his third place behind winner Juan Pablo Montoya and championship rival Kimi Räikkönen enough to clinch the title with two races remaining.

He claimed a further 2 points in Italy ( during which he achieved the fastest ever recorded top speed in a F1 race at the time, 369. 9 km / h, until Juan Pablo Montoya eclipsed this record the following year ), but with the announcement of Ralf Schumacher's return for the Chinese Grand Prix, Pizzonia's racing was over for the year.

But in the pre-qualifying session for the same race ( which did not count for a grid position but only Q-running order ), Juan Pablo Montoya lapped the track in 1m19. 525s ( 162. 949 mph ) which remains the fastest lap ever recorded in an F1 car.

In the first part of qualifying ( which did not count towards grid positions ), Juan Pablo Montoya lapped Monza in his Williams FW26 at an average speed of 262. 242 km / h ( 162. 9 mph ), the fastest ever qualifying lap in the history of Formula One.

The next day in the race, Montoya's team-mate Antônio Pizzonia reached a top speed of 369. 9 km / h ( 229. 9 mph ), the fastest speed ever recorded in Formula One at the time ( it was to be exceeded by Montoya in 2005 ).

Montoya continued his political ascent with his election to the New Mexico State Senate in 1940, once again becoming the youngest member of that body ever elected.

Fifteenth race of the 2005 Formula One season, it was the event in which Juan Pablo Montoya achieved the fastest ever speed recorded during a F1 race, 372. 6 km / h ( 231. 5 mph ).

In 2008, Montoya and the No. 42 team amassed two top-five, three top-10 and seven top-15 finishes which include a runner-up finish at Talladega Superspeedway.

Montoya, Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, and Jamie McMurray drove the # 02 Chip Ganassi Racing BMW Riley to start 5th and finish 2nd in the Rolex 24 hours of Daytona.

Schumacher finished the season 5th and his contribution, alongside Juan Pablo Montoya did, however, help the Williams team to finish second in the Constructors Championship in 2002 and 2003, narrowly missing out on the title to Ferrari on the latter occasion.

Michael Schumacher cruised to the finish line to win his fourth race of the year, with Button in 2nd, and Montoya holding on to the final podium spot ahead of Alonso.

Juan Pablo Montoya won the race ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and Michael Schumacher who were less than two seconds behind Montoya at the finish.

Montoya finishes third ahead of his team-mate Ralf Schumacher while Giancarlo Fisichella manages to finish 5th ahead of David Coulthard.

With both drivers and constructors title already decided, the fight in the championships now concentrates on the lower ranks. In the Drivers ' Championship, Juan Pablo Montoya in 3rd is 5 points ahead of team-mate Ralf Schumacher and for Ralf to take 3rd he would need to either win the race provided that Montoya finishes lower that second or to finish second with Montoya out of David Coulthard has a slim chance of winning 3rd place but that can only happen if he wins the Japanese Grand Prix with Montoya finishing 3rd or lower.

Montoya ran most of the race and was on track for a points finish but was eventually black flagged for having a car that did not conform to specifications.

When he later lost part of his rear deflector, Montoya eased up to finish the race and to preserve his Mercedes-Benz power plant for the next race.

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.

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

Antônio Pizzonia crashed into Juan Pablo Montoya – in second position at the time – shortly before the finish of the race.

Juan Pablo Montoya won the race ahead of teammate Kimi Räikkönen ; McLaren's first 1-2 finish since the 2000 Austrian Grand Prix.