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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 ChampCar 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.
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