personally i think he will get creamed for several seasons in NASCAR. since he has not done any truck or busch series racing he does not know how to really handle the cars he will use. he has not even done ASA, USAR, ARCA or any other stock car series. just gets out of a f1 car into a NASCAR machine. he will not do much for at least one or two seasons in NASCAR.
2006-09-04 19:17:05 · 20 answers · asked by gordonfan24482003 2 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing
Nascar is going to be tough but i feel that since he has a few years of experience in Formula 1, he might do just fine. The pressure to perfomr is going to be the same and the only difference is going to be in the hardware. Lets face it, he is after all a racing driver and i guess, he will easily adapt to the conditions. Who knows, we might be talking of a future NASCAR champion .
2006-09-04 19:29:04 · answer #1 · answered by Nikhil V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
personally i think he will get creamed for several seasons in NASCAR. since he has not done any truck or busch series racing he does not know how to really handle the cars he will use. he has not even done ASA, USAR, ARCA or any other stock car series. just gets out of a f1 car into a NASCAR machine. he will not do much for at least one or two seasons in NASCAR.
2006-09-04 22:34:42 · answer #2 · answered by sampath s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Overall it's great. It may bring more f1 fans, like me, to nascar to see how juan does and maybe more foreign fans. If he doesn't do that well it only proves the skills of nascar drivers and if he really kicks a$$ then it proves the level of talent in F1.
If he doesn't do well at first it is because he gets saddled with a crappy team more than anything else. Tony Stewart was a champion in indy car and is a champion in nascar so he made the transition and Montoya is arguably a more talented driver. Montoya is one of only two people to win the indy 500 at their rookie start. He won rookie of the year in Champ Car and won the champ car championship the next year. Robbie Gordon had many years of champ car and indy car experience and he is about as successful in nascar(ie not great). Robbie has stated that offroad racing is his true love. Boris Said has experience in all kinds of cars but I don't think he has enough nascar experience yet.
If he isn't accepted by other drivers and is picked on he has no problems reacting right back. I agree with the other person that chip may have indy car plans for juan if he isn't successful in nascar.
2006-09-06 12:04:34 · answer #3 · answered by Matt M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He'll probably be mid-pack for a couple of years. If he has anything it's an agressive, compusively competitive personality, which should fit right in with the Taxi racers. Ganassi wouldn't waste his time with someone whom he thought would be of no benefit to him.
For the record he wasn't "offered huge sums of money" Chip asked him what he wanted, Monty relplied with a number and Chip said "OK, fine by me."
Personally, I think it's a great move, as well for Jaques. As for Nascar, I only ever watch Daytona, Talledega, and the road races(ok sometimes Martinsville) but now I'll be converting, at least for the time being.
In response to the 112 IQ who reffered to F1 as a ***** sport. You've obviously got no idea what kind of skill it takes to pilot a 900hp, 1300lb(with the driver) car around some of the most daunting(look it up) tracks in the world, let alone just getting it out of the garage and driving in a straight line. F1 drivers are the most skilled and fit drivers in the world. Anyone in Nascar would tell you that.
2006-09-05 06:47:01 · answer #4 · answered by abrainconnected 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only way it is going to work is if Ganassi has a ton of patience. Montoya is not going to be successful right out of the box in NASCAR. As a matter of fact, that team had better be prepared to struggle for a long time as Montoya gets some seat time. He isn't used to running in the heavy stock cars, which is a challenge in itself. Then, he has the level of competition, which is second to none. It will be interesting, but I hope nobody expects much out of the gate.
2006-09-05 05:21:32 · answer #5 · answered by mcmurrayjamiefan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey look, both Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon did open-wheel racing before coming to NASCAR, and Stewart has raced in Indy cars. But it will probably take Montoya a while to do well in NASCAR, but once he learns...he could do quite well.
But Montoya should get a chance to do Busch Series first. Let him make his mistakes there.
2006-09-05 13:01:15 · answer #6 · answered by carledwards99andtonystewart20fan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I think he is an arrogant A__, and that could work against him with respects to the PR aspect of modern NASCAR. However, he is a fearless and incredibly talented driver, and I think that given a chance with good equipment, he can do fine. He will have to understand that he is going into a sport that does not race in the shadow of the Casino at Monte Carlo. Whole new world there Skippy!
2006-09-08 04:03:57 · answer #7 · answered by Mike R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the immortal words of former F1 champ Nigel Mansel "all you have to do is turn left" I know for a fact that Juan Pablo Montoya will kick butt. NASCAR want's him to do well so they can capture the overseas market. And NASCAR gets what they want
2006-09-05 04:12:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to agree with you. He's raced on ovals before in CART, but it will take him at least a season or two to get up to speed in stock cars. He will face a lot of pressure on the NASCAR road courses, the GT ringers like Said and Fellows will be be looking to school him.
2006-09-04 19:34:36 · answer #9 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We could be surprised. True, he hasn't raced NASCAR stock cars. But, he has raced endurance (Prototype and GT) and more importantly, he has raced Euro Touring Car and Aussie Supercar, which is pretty close to a NASCAR set up (similar weight proportions- better handling) Door banging and all that. Yes, there will be a learning cure, and he has all winter testing to be ready for it.
2006-09-07 02:25:42 · answer #10 · answered by greatbigkid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋