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NASCAR : 2011 Fontana - Juan Pablo Montoya to start on pole for Auto Club 400

Juan Pablo Montoya will start on the pole for his 150th career NASCAR race after setting the fastest time in Friday's qualifying at the Auto Club Speedway by turning a lap in 38.992 seconds, the only driver to break 39 seconds, and hitting 184.653 mph on the 2 mile oval.

The former Formula 1 driver, who drove for the Williams and McLaren teams, improved dramatically on his 23.5 average starting position this season by winning the Coors Light pole award at the 2 mile California track and will be seeking his first NASCAR win on an oval after winning his first two career races on road courses.

The Colombian will start Sunday's 400 mile race on the front row alongside Denny Hamlin who claimed the second starting spot with a lap at 184.270 mph followed by Joey Logano and Regan Smith right behind them.

Montoya acknowledged the importance of the benefits of winning the pole, the selection of pit stall No. 1 among them, but said that his mid-pack qualifying average hasn't bothered him this year.

Montoya, who is eighth in the Cup standings, said: "As long as we have the race pace that we've had this year, I don't mind qualifying in the back. If you have a good car, you can always come back, but this will make pit selection better. There's a lot of things that are better by qualifying good. I think you can look after the car more during the race, and I think that always helps."

(source)

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Montoya elhozta a pole-t Fontanaban, hoztam a k�peket �s a r�szletes rajtsorrendet!

Montoya brings the pole in Fontana, I upload the pics and the lineup :)

(from NASCAR.COM)

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Dean of SPEED: Montoya Manages his Expectations

Dean Mcnulty, Toronto Sun

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Juan Pablo Montoya will start his 149th NASCAR Sprint Cup race on Sunday in the Jeff Byrd 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway without a win on any of the series’ 20 oval tracks.

His two Cup wins both came on the road courses at Infineon Raceway and Watkins Glen International.
But the former Formula One, CART and Indianapolis 500 champion thinks he could break that oval drought at Bristol’s high-banked, .533-mile oval.

Montoya comes into the race in fourth place in the championship points after a third-place finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and a sixth-place finish at the Daytona 500.

The only blemish in his record so far this season was his 19th-place finish at Phoenix.
It is that kind of momentum on the round tracks that has Montoya confident that his No. 42 Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet team is on the comeback trail from a disappointing 2010 campaign when he finished 17th after making the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship in 2009.

"Last year was a big wake-up call for us," Montoya said. "In 2009 we ran where we could run and we made the Chase and then last year by race five we had three DNFs (did not finish)."
It was a position from which Montoya and the EGR team could not recover and the harder they tried the worse, it seemed, that it got.

"When you look at it, you have put yourself in such a big hole, you never come out of it," he said. "We were involved in a lot of wrecks that weren’t our fault. And when we were running (good) we tried things to get more points and we went from finishing fifth to 15th or 20th or even worse."

Montoya said he is determined not to repeat those kind of mistakes that cost him so dearly last season.
"This year, we knew what we had to do and we are doing it," he said. "We are running a little bit smarter and trying to make better choices.

"You know, in Phoenix we sucked really bad, we thought we made the right changes with the car, but we didn’t and we learned from it. As long as we keep learning from it and making ourselves better, that is all we can do."

The change in the attitude, Montoya said, runs through the whole No. 42 team. He said part of that is everyone is pulling in the same direction and everyone coming to the race track with reasonable expectations.

"It’s been cool," Montoya said. "You know we have been trying a lot of things to understand where we need to go with the cars and what to do and I think we are making a lot of progress and everybody is pumped and everybody is working hard to make sure we run good."

The hurdle he must overcome is getting out of Bristol without taking a big points hit. Montoya thinks if he can do that it will go a long way to determining whether his fast start to the season is for real.

"This is normally a good track for us so I am excited to come out of here with good points," he said. "We know what it takes and there is a lot of good races coming that are good races for us so I am pretty pumped up

"And I told my guys, ‘Look, if we get out of here with a top-fifteen, we are good’. But of course we want to do better, but you just got to make sure you bring the car home (in one piece)."

Either way, Montoya wants to make this season the one where he can make a legitimate run for a Sprint Cup championship.

He said that quest starts at Bristol, where he thinks he has figured out the tough little oval.
"Once you get in the rhythm of the track, it is okay," he said.

(source: ERGFS)

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Tal�ltam egy cikket az EGRFS hivatalos honlapj�n:

El�sz�r 5 �v ut�n visszat�rtek az LPGA tour szt�rjai Los Angelesbe, a Kia Classic szervez�s�ben. A c�g megrendezte a Kia Pro- Am esem�nyt, amelyen r�szt vett a NASCAR Sprint Cup szt�rja, Juan Pablo Montoya �s a versenym�rn�ke Brian Pattie. J�tszani fognak a Hazel testv�rekkel valamint a hivat�sos LPGA j�t�kossal, Paula Cramerrel egy 5 szem�lyes 18 lyukas j�t�k keret�ben. A rendezv�ny m�rcius 23.-�n ker�lt megrendez�sre a Pacific Palms Resort in Industry, CA.
Tov�bbi inform�ci�k�rt l�togass elide: http://www.lpga.com/kiaclassic.

(forr�s: ERGFS)

(source: ERGFS)

K�peket is hoztam/ I bring pics:

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Hozom az eredm�nyeket: Montoya a 24. lett a Jeff Byrd 500 futamon. A kocsi nem volt a legjobb, s�t....

Eredm�nyek/ Results:

(from NASCAR.COM)

K�pek/ Pics:

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Tal�ltam egy cikket a Bleacher Reportban:

A 10 legforr�fej�bb pil�ta Bristolban:

8. Juan Pablo Montoya

Montoya �hes a gy�zelemre �s arra, hogy a szezon teljes ideje alatt a Chase 12 pil�t�ja k�z�tt �lljon. �gy t�nik, hogy ez�rt b�rkivel k�pes konfront�l�dni. Legyen az Kevin Harvick vagy ak�rki m�s. Ism�t t�lf�t�tt lesz Bristolban?

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I found an article in Bleacher Report:

Favorite NASCAR Hotheads Heading Into Bristol

8. Juan Pablo Montoya

Montoya is hungering for a win and intent on staying in Chase form all season. He's had his share of run-ins - Kevin Harvick, anyone - and just doesn't seem interested in backing down from a confrontation. Could he overheat at Bristol?

(source: Bleacher Report)

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Kider�lt, h melyik az a 3 dal, amellyek k�z�l lehet v�lasztani! Az Earnhardt Ganassi Racing facebook oldal�n lehet szavazni a 3 dal k�z�l valamelyikre!

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In Earnhardt  Ganassi Racing's facebook page you can vote for Montoya's song! We can choose from 3 options:

EARNHARDT GANASSI RACING FACEBOOK PAGE

A dalok/ The songs:

1. I won't back down- Tom Petty

2. Remember the name - Fort Minor

3. Indestructible - Disturbed

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Montoy��k kihaszn�lva azt, h nincs 2 h�tig futam, �gy mint m�r eml�tettem Kolumbi�ba utaztak. Connie felt�lt�tt a twitter�re p�r k�pet, azokat hoztam most!

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V�gre siker�lt felt�ltenem a k�peket a gal�ri�ba a m�ltkori futamr�l.

Finally I uploaded the pics in the gallery!

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Tal�ltam egy cikket Montoy�val az EGRFS hivatalos oldal�n.

Juan Pablo �s Connie Bogot�ba utaztak, hogy gy�jt�st szervezzenek az alap�tv�nyuk sz�m�ra. Tudj�tok, hogy van 1 k�z�s alap�tv�nyuk, a Formula Smiles, ami a szeg�ny sors� kolumbiai gyerekeket t�mogatja, k�l�nf�le projektek, oktat�si �s eg�szs�g�gyi programok keret�ben. A Hublot (a legnagyobb exkl�z�v ka�ra gy�rt� c�g) felaj�nlott 50 egyedi k�sz�t�s� kar�r�t $19.000 �rt�kben. A kollekci� c�me Hublot BeLive.

Hoztam Nektek 1 k�pet is az �r�kr�l:

(JPM hivatalos oldal�r�l)

(cikk forr�sa: EGRFS)

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Juan Pablo Montoya and his wife, Connie, attended a BeLive benefit in Bogot� last night to raise funds for the most vulnerable communities in their native Colombia. Each year, BeLive unites five Colombian foundations, including the Montoyas’ foundation Formula Smiles, to raise funds through an institutionalized event held at an international level that seeks to benefit projects in education, health, nutrition, economic development and assistance for displaced, demobilized and disabled people in Colombia. With support from Hublot, one of the world’s most exclusive watch brands, this year’s benefit was held in Colombia for the first time. Hublot, an expert in the Art of Fusion, supported the philanthropic mission of BeLive by creating a unique piece called “Hublot BeLive,” a collection of 50 watches with a value of $19,900.

Hublot watch:

(from JPM official site)

(source: EGRFS)