Juan Pablo Montoya
Colombian racing driver
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August 2024 | Juan Pablo Montoya returned to NASCAR after a ten-year hiatus to compete in the 2024 Go Bowling at The Glen, driving the No. 50 Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing. He qualified in 34th place and finished the race in 32nd. |
2023 | Montoya ended the ELMS season seventh in the LMP2 Pro-Am points standings. |
2022 | Montoya finished fourth in the LMP2 Drivers' Championship with 1878 points. |
2022 | Montoya drove the No. 6 Arrow McLaren SP car in both the GMR Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500 during the 2022 season, finishing 24th and 11th, respectively. |
2022 | He won his category in the Lexus Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio. |
2021 | He won his class in the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans. |
2021 | Montoya finished fourth in the Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Pro/Am Drivers, earning 138 points in the 2021 WEC season. |
2021 | Montoya drove Arrow McLaren SP's No. 86 Dallara-Chevrolet third car in the 2021 IndyCar Series, finishing 21st in the GMR Grand Prix and 9th in the Indianapolis 500. |
2019 | Montoya secured his first IMSA victory in the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio after leading 88 laps. |
2019 | Montoya, alongside Dane Cameron, won the IMSA SportsCar Championship in the Prototype class. |
2019 | He won the Chevrolet Sports Car Classic in Detroit, starting from pole position. |
2019 | Montoya won the Monterey Grand Prix at Laguna Seca after leading a race-high 75 laps. |
2018 | Juan Pablo Montoya and Helio Castroneves finished second in the Nations Cup against Team Germany's Timo Bernhard and René Rast at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh. |
2018 | He was inducted into the Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame. |
2018 | Montoya drove in the final round of the 2017 season, the Petit Le Mans, where he finished third overall. |
2017 | Montoya raced in both the IndyCar Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500 during the 2017 IndyCar Series, finishing tenth and sixth, respectively. |
2017 | Montoya participated in the Race of Champions, winning the individual event. |
2017 | Montoya participated in a guest test for Risi Competizione in a Ferrari 488 GTE before the 12 Hours of Sebring. |
2017 | Makes his IMSA debut at the Petit Le Mans and wins the Race of Champions individual event. |
August 2017 | He officially joined Penske's IMSA programme. |
2016 | Montoya achieved his final series victory in the IndyCar Series. |
2016 | Montoya opened the 2016 IndyCar Series by winning the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, leading for 44 of the 110 laps. |
2015 | Montoya won the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, leading the final 27 laps, and took the points lead in the 2015 IndyCar Series. |
2015 | Montoya won two races in the IndyCar Series, including a second victory at the Indianapolis 500, and finished second in the championship. |
2014 | Montoya moved to the IndyCar Series with Team Penske, securing one race victory. |
2014 | Montoya achieved his first IndyCar victory in nearly 14 years at the Pocono IndyCar 500, winning the fastest 500-mile race in IndyCar history. |
2014 | Montoya drove the No. 12 Ford Fusion for Team Penske in the Quicken Loans 400 in Michigan and the Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis, finishing outside of the top ten in both races. |
2013 | Montoya finished fourth in the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond after leading 67 laps. |
2013 | Montoya achieved his best result of the 2013 season with a second-place finish in the FedEx 400 at Dover after leading 19 laps. |
2013 | Montoya, alongside Charlie Kimball, Pruett, and Rojas, won the 24 Hours of Daytona, completing 709 laps. |
2012 | Montoya crashed during the Daytona 500 when his trailing arm snapped and he collided with a jet dryer, resulting in a fire. |
2011 | Montoya was inducted into the Miami Sports Hall of Champions. |
2011 | Montoya qualified on pole position for the Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway and for the Crown Royal Presents the Matthew and Daniel Hansen 400 at Richmond. |
2011 | In the 2011 NASCAR season, Montoya started 13th in the Daytona 500, led for five laps, and finished sixth. |
2011 | Montoya finished third in the Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, marking his best finish of the 2011 season. |
2010 | Montoya qualified on pole for both the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 in New Hampshire and the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis, but unfortunately crashed in both races. |
2010 | Montoya led 74 of 90 laps in the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at Watkins Glen, securing his second and final Cup Series victory. |
2010 | Juan Pablo Montoya returned to race with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing (EGR) for the 2010 NASCAR season, achieving eight top-ten finishes and two pole positions, but missed the Sprint Cup Chase due to accidents and poor team strategy. |
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