juan pablo montoya never heard of him?

Question

had anyone ever heard of him before coming to nascar?
i know i havent heard of him before.
Plus why cant they say juan instead of juan pablo montoya?
one more, IS Nascar is goning to hell with foriegn cars and foriegn drivers?

Answer 1

-2006 Team McLaren Mercedes Driver. Signs up for 2007 with Chip Ganassi Racing to race NASCAR.
-2005 Team McLaren Mercedes: 60 points; fourth in the Drivers’ Championship; winner in Britain, Italy and Brazil; second in Germany; third in Turkey.
-2004 BMW WilliamsF1: 58 points; fifth in the Drivers Championship; winner in Brazil; second in Malaysia; third in San Marino.
-2003 BMW WilliamsF1: 82 points; third in the Drivers Championship; winner at Monaco and Germany; second in Europe, France, Britain and Italy; third in Canada and Hungary.
-2002 BMW WilliamsF1: 50 points; third in the Drivers Championship; second in Australia, Malaysia, Spain and Germany; third in Austria, Britain and Belgium. Fastest ever quali fying lap at Monza.
-2001 BMW WilliamsF1: 31 points; sixth in the Drivers’ Championship; winner in Italy; second in Spain, European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring and Japan.

-2000 Ninth in the CART Championship Series, three wins, seven pole positions; winner of the Indianapolis 500 on his first attempt.
-1999 Winner in the CART Championship Series, CART Rookie of the Year, seven wins, seven pole positions, youngest champion in the history of the series.

-1998 Winner of the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship (Team Super Nova) with record points total (65 points); moved to North America to join Target Chip Ganassi Racing; WilliamsF1 test driver.
-1997 Second in the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship (Marko Team) ; first Formula One test (WiliamsF1).

Answer 2

I have become a fan of Montoya and I hope he does well. I believe all three names are used because of a cultural thing as in Juan could be one grandfather and Pablo another, so respect is equal. Its even concievable that he has even more names.

I have been a NASCAR fan for over 50 years and I like all forms of motorsports. I keep up with F1 although it has lost a lot of its allure with all the technology. Now, back in '67 when they were more of a pure sport, I was a big fan of F1 or Grand Prix. That was when they had big motors, very light cars, used skinny bias-ply tires and had no spoilers, no wings, no ground effects---no downforce. The only thing keeping the cars on the track was four small tire contact patches and the driver's skill. The 4-wheel drift was an art form.

There was a time when NASCAR was virtually a Southern sport only. At that time, if a driver wasn't from the old Confederacy, he may as well have been a foreigner.

Although I'm Southern, that didn't stop me from pulling for "Fearless Freddie" Lorenzen, a yankee from Elmhurst, Illinois when I was a kid.

As far as foreign cars and drivers in the series, it does not matter to me.

Yea, some fans don't like it, but it has always been that way. I know a lot of Ford fans that wish there were no Chevy's on the track and vice versa. Junior says he doesn't like Fords, can't stand to be near one, won't drive one and won't sit in one.
I'm pretty sure he feels the same way about Toyotas. Funny thing is, you can see a lot of Junior stickers on Fords and Toyotas.

I grew up a Ford fan and would pull for drivers that drove only Fords. Then I started driving and every car I have ever owned was foreign. So I found drivers I could pull for based on ability and personality. The car is inconsequential to me now.

If you are new to NASCAR, you will just have to get used to the arguments, there have always been arguments and so it shall remain. That's how races have always started.

"My car is faster than yours" or "My driver is better than yours".

No matter how it may turn out, there will be an argument over it anyway.

We will be arguing right through the off season.

There was a time when arguments were conducted using non-verbal techniques.

Answer 3

Kenneth W is right. NASCAR fans get mad when people call them ignorant rednecks, but you perpetuate the stereotype by being ignorant and close minded about anything that isn't "all American". The most highly skilled drivers in the world race in the F1 World Championship, but for some reason NASCAR fans are completely oblivious to this fact. If you recall, a few years back, Jeff Gordon and JPM swapped cars for a little while at a media event at Indy. Juan Pablo pretty much thought that the Cup car was sort of like driving a tractor, he had to fight with it and wrestle the thing all over the track. Jeff drove the F1 car pretty well actually, and he said that he was "shocked" at the speed, braking and handling of the vehicle, and that it was a "whole different level of difficulty" compared to NASCAR. I like guys like Jeff Gordon because he understands that NASCAR isn't the pinnacle of motorsport that some people think it is. Maybe that's why so many rednecks hate Jeff Gordon.. he's actually talented, intelligent, AND open minded..

Answer 4

Indy 500 champion, a Championship in open wheel racing, a few victories in formula 1. Sure you have not heard of him, is this a joke. Nascar going to hell with foreign cars, and drivers. If want the racing to be legitimized on a world wide scale, not to mention in the US then you need world class drivers. World class drivers with victories in another big time series, kind of like a Tony Stewart does for the series. Stewart is a driver who is an accomplished racer in multiple series from being a triple crown winner(the first), and an IRL series champion to go along with his two Cup titles. If fans of Nascar want to be considered fans of racing this is something that needs to happen. If fans of Nascar want to continue to be looked down upon by the rest of the racing community then continue to be close minded about the rest of the world. Its bad enough that the rest of the world looks down on American drivers as not good enough, now you want to give them reasons. When a Nascar champion can make the jump to F1 and win a world title, then you can talk trash about the inferiority of other series and other forms of racing, until then keep your mouth shut. Remember open wheel racers have won the Daytona 500, but a stock car driver has never won the Indy 500.

Answer 5

The announcers went overboard with him. 4 years in the past, while he tried to stress Jeff Gordon's vehicle, he could no longer even cope with it. As for the guy who says that Nascar followers are uneducated, if I have been you i could retract that assertion and stay off matters you don't understand something approximately. the subject with the Montoya/Pruet incident is they are teamates. Montoya thinks and consistently will that he's extra effective than each and each of something as a results of fact he raced formulation a million. ask your self why he's no longer anymore??? could desire to be a reason however the day previous's overall performance replaced right into a solid explanation why.

Answer 6

Juan Pablo Montoya (JMP) used to be a F1 driver. They don't call him Juan because he is Colombian and there people call you by your first, middle, and last name (unlike the US). And no, NASCAR is not going to hell with foreign drivers...they are going to heaven. Best thing that everhappened to them, why? NASCAR has now become more internationally known with JMP's arrival.

Answer 7

Montoya was never a champion in formula 1. He won a couple of races, thats it. He won the indy 500 in 2000. He also won the champ car championship. I see these people on here dont know what they are talking about as usual. Seriously, if you dont know about racing, dont post answers. Montoya is an ok driver, but quite frankly. i cant understand why he would leave the best series in the world to race boring cars with a bunch of hillbilles. Nascar sucks.

Answer 8

Of course I've heard of him. He won the Indy 500 and the CART championship. He also raced in formula 1 for a few years. He's a damn good race car driver

Answer 9

he won the indy 500 before coming to nascar and i agree i dont like the foriegn cars but i dont mind the drivers if they can drive let them race it will help bring in new fans to our great sport

Answer 10

You need to broaden your horizions little red neck boy. Montoya is/was a great F-1 driver. You really should learn to read more than the back of a beer bottle.