Montoya Doubles as NASCAR’s Outsider And Contender
September 28th, 2009 | 
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by Holly Cain
Filed under: Juan Pablo Montoya, Chase for the Sprint Cup
Lost in all the geriatric hope of 50-year old Mark Martin’s incredible run at his first NASCAR championship and the possibility of Jimmie Johnson producing a historic fourth Sprint Cup Series title is the biggest stunner of the postseason. Or maybe not.
Juan Pablo Montoya is 65 points away from leading the championship standings.
The Colombian-born open wheel star wasn’t a shoo-in pick to make the Chase for the Championship. The newly merged Earnhardt Ganassi team hadn’t exactly established itself a Hendrick-slayer in the regular season and Montoya only clinched a spot in the 12-driver playoff field during the last possible race to do so.
Two races into the Chase, however, Montoya is ranked third and leading the likes of regular season champ Tony Stewart and one of NASCAR’s all-time greatest Jeff Gordon.
But should we really be surprised? No.
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