Who is Primed for First Win at Californias Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA?”
motorsports.fanhouse.com has details: Montoya Primed for Win at California’s Auto Club Speedway 2/21/2010 2:57 PM ET By Geoffrey Miller One surprise from the 2009 Sprint Cup season was not what Juan Pablo Montoya did on the track, but what he didn’t do. He didn’t win a race. In easily his best stock car season yet, Montoya never earned a trip to NASCAR Sprint Cup victory lane. All of that could change Sunday afternoon at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Ca. Montoya lines up for the second race of the 2010 season on the outside of the front row with none other than his new Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing teammate (and Daytona 500 winner) Jamie McMurray on the pole. And while McMurray, who embarked on a whirlwind media tour last week on both the left and right coasts after taking Daytona’s checkered flag, has hopes to follow in the steps of Matt Kenseth from one year ago by winning the season’s first two races, it looks like Montoya cou
One surprise from the 2009 Sprint Cup season was not what Juan Pablo Montoya did on the track, but what he didn’t do. He didn’t win a race. In easily his best stock car season yet, Montoya never earned a trip to NASCAR Sprint Cup victory lane. All of that could change Sunday afternoon at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Ca. Montoya lines up for the second race of the 2010 season on the outside of the front row with none other than his new Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing teammate (and Daytona 500 winner) Jamie McMurray on the pole. And while McMurray, who embarked on a whirlwind media tour last week on both the left and right coasts after taking Daytona’s checkered flag, has hopes to follow in the steps of Matt Kenseth from one year ago by winning the season’s first two races, it looks like Montoya could play a big role in that battle. In fact, Montoya thinks his car is so good, that sentiment may have played a role in allowing McMurray to take the pole in Friday’s qualifying for the Auto Club 5
