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Juan Pablo

**Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán**

Born:	September 20, 1975 (1975-09-20) (age 32)
Birthplace:	Bogotá, Colombia
Awards:	1998 Formula 3000 Winner 1999 CART Champion & Rookie of the Year 2007-2008 24 Hours of Daytona overall winner 2000 Indy 500 Winner & Rookie of the Year 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Statistics
Car #, Team	42 - Chip Ganassi Racing
2007 Sprint Cup Position:	20th
Best Cup Position:	20th (2007)
First Race:	2006 Ford 400 (Homestead-Miami)
First Win:	2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma)
Wins	Top Tens	Poles
1	6	0
NASCAR Nationwide Series Statistics
Car #, Team	42 - Chip Ganassi Racing
2007 NNS Position:	36th
Best NNS Position:	36th (2007)
First Race:	2006 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
Last Win:	2007 Telcel-Motorola 200 (Mexico City, MX)
Wins	Top Tens	Poles
1	3	0
Statistics current as of November 19, 2007.

Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán (born September 20, 1975, in Bogotá, Colombia) is a race car driver in NASCAR for Chip Ganassi Racing and a former Formula One and IndyCar driver. He has enjoyed great success, most famously in top open wheel racing series.

The highlights of his career include winning the International F3000 championship in 1998, and the CART Championship Series in 1999, as well as victories in some of the most prestigious races in the world. He is the only driver to have won the premier North American open-wheel CART title, the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Daytona, all at the first attempt. Montoya is one of two drivers to have won the CART title in his rookie year, the other driver being Nigel Mansell. He has also equalled Graham Hill's feat of being a Monaco Grand Prix and Indianapolis 500 race winner; Montoya is currently the only active driver who has won two legs of the Triple Crown of Motorsport.

Montoya has also become a crossover race winner by taking victories in Formula One, Champ Car, IndyCar, Grand-Am and NASCAR; the only other driver to accomplish such a feat is Mario Andretti. Montoya is also the only driver to have competed in all three major events at Indianapolis, the Indianapolis 500, the US Grand Prix, and the Brickyard 400.