| Juan Pablo Montoya, the formula one competitor and | | | | Pruett, Max Papis, Jimmy Vasser and most recently, |
| former Indianapolis 500 champion is not satisfied with | | | | Paul Tracy, all of them with no success, but the |
| his achievements on this motor sport category, but | | | | Colombian is planning to change the story for good. |
| he is now looking to be part of the NASCAR world. | | | | Ganassi said that the difference is that this won't be |
| Montoya made his first test run as a stock car racer | | | | the ''half-hearted'' effort of some other open wheel |
| Monday 18th at Talladega Super-speedway, in an | | | | drivers who couldn't make a successful transition in |
| ARCA car for Chip Ganassi racing with whom he won | | | | NASCAR. |
| the 2000 Indy 500 in his first try. | | | | ``I'm 100 percent committed to this, and this is the |
| Ganassi wants Montoya to accumulate as many miles | | | | only thing I'm going to be doing, and we're going to |
| as possible this season, he also said that he wants | | | | need to make this work.'' Montoya said. |
| him to compete in ARCA, Busch and Nextel Cup | | | | Montoya will replace Casey Mears in the No. 42 |
| races by the end of the season. | | | | Dodge next season, trading in the high-tech F1 cars |
| The Colombian driver knows that expectations on | | | | for the less sleek, more blue-collar models. |
| him are high, but he said he's in for the long run. | | | | The former Formula One driver said that a car is a |
| ``It's a long-term deal because it's going to take time, | | | | car, no matter what the specifications are, ``It has a |
| said Montoya who had raced for McLaren. I think a | | | | steering wheel, four tires, brakes,'' he said. |
| lot of you guys are expecting me to go out and win | | | | Juan Pablo Montoya is ready to compete with the big |
| my very first race. I don't think that's going to | | | | names on NASCAR, and hopefully this will be what |
| happen.'' Montoya said. | | | | the driver expected, as he already parted ways from |
| Montoya is certainly not the first driver to attempt a | | | | his lucrative Formula One career. |
| transition to NASCAR, as Christian Fittipaldi, Scott | | | | |