Darlington might be the needed come back

Darlington will be the first track in which Juan Pablo will come after closely working with his new crew chief. Which basically will start to dictate how much of a difference the new crew chief will work with JPM, although this doesn't determine teh absolute future, it will give the fans a clear future of the next couple of races. Darlington is an intermediate track in which JPM has had 2 top 5 and will bring hopefully a better outcome. Juan Pablo has been consistent, if you count out the mishap on Richmond. Let's hope that Juan shows the good ol' boys how to get er done.

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And we are back...

Ok guys, we are back online after a few technical difficulties. Email me if you want something posted or if you have questions or want my opinion on a topic.

Next stop is Phoenix in which Juan has not finished quite well, which is exciting since the odds is that he will do better than previos visits.

I want to bring to attention that Dodge in Nascar is not a strong team, and if you haven't noticed then it is time to notice it. I believe that with a good team like CGRFS, Dodge can further developp the engines and the cars themselves. But they are so far behind that the team is struggling. A little outsourcing would be great, maybe going to Williams factory and get them to revise the engine and maybe create some sort of deal. But that's just my humble opinion. In this case the only real option that I can see for CGRFS would be to go to Toyota, I don't think that Ford or Chevy would be smart since there are soo many teams using those engines. Toyota always puts it's fair share in the developping of the racing programs and I am sure that they would be thrilled to go with an extra team. Meanwhile mediocre cars is what we will see for a while, and hopefully sometimes the car will perform. But if CGRFS wants to be in contention to fight for a championship they need to get a good machine. More to come for the preview of the Phoenix weekend.

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Great race for Montoya and the 42 team in Bristol

After big expectations from the team the Ganassi stable it was a bittersweet weekend. JPM had a pretty good race, being constant in the middle of the top of the field, waiting for the car to perform better. Reed and Dario were a little more in the back of the field, and most importantly Dario taking a huge hit now being an every week qualifier (He is outside the top 35). Juan Pablo managed to dodge a couple big accidents, never hiting a car hard enough to mess up his car. Again I praise the cup car since it seems to be much stronger, it holds together very nicely and all 42 (Brian Vickers car gave up at the end) cars finished the race which is not a normal thing for Bristol. It is clear that Juan's spoter and the team have helped juan with a his car, also helping JPM jump 4 places in the general classification and now being in 19th place just 86 points off the coveted 12th spot.

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Despues de grandes esperanzas del equipo de Ganassi, fue una carrera agridulce. JPM tuvo una carrera muy buena, manteniendo su posicion en el top 15, siempre esperando a que su carro se mejorara. a Reed y Dario no les fue tan bien, especialmente a Dario. ya que de ahora en adelante cada viernes los carros en la posicion 36 y mas tienen que calificar para la carrera. Dario esta en el puesto 38 desfortunadamente. Juan Pablo tuvo manejo muy bien esquivandose un par de accidentes graves, de nuevo tengo que mencionar que el nuevo carro es muy bueno, Probando durabilidad y seguridad. Casi todos los carros terminaron la carrera, esto no ha pasado hacia muchos anos lo cual no es normal en Bristol. Es muy claro que Juan y su Spotter y el equipo estan sincronisando muy bien, y se ven cada semana mucho mejor. JPM Subio 4 puestos en la clasificacion general y ahora esta en el puesto 19, solo a 86 puntos del deseado puesto 12.

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NascarLatino Preview for Bristol

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Juan Montoya will be racing the chassis 634 this weekend to Bristol, a chassis never raced before and one of the oldest chassis made. JPM has good numbers in Bristol, he had a 2nd place in qualifying the last time he visited the track, but finished in 17th. The way Dodge has been performing the last few races, as well as Juan's love for the track, and along with the way he has been driving lately, we can hope for a top 10 this weekend. Although that is a rough speculation, it would be a good start to get himself in to championship form and get to that coveted top 12 spot to get in to the chase.

JPM correra este fin de semana en el chasis numero 634 este fin de semana en Bristol, este es un chasis que nunca a corrido en una carrera y es uno de los chasis mas viejos hechos para el COT. JPM tiene buenos numeros en esta pista, el año pasado obtuvo el segundo puesto en la clasificacion, y termino en el puesto 17. De acuerdo a como se han visto a los Dodge ultimamente, podemos pensar en un top 10 este fin de semana. Claro que esto es una especulacion, es una estimacion nada mas. Este top 10 pondria a Juan en mejor contencion para el campeonato y ultimamente poder llegar a este top 12 en la clasificacion general para obtener su puesto en el Chase.

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Formula Sonrisas rompiendo fronteras

Entidades como esta, dedicada en el porvenir de nuestros ninos esta rompiendo fronteras. Como se lee en algunos comentarios en algunos periodicos en el que anunciaron el evento en Cartagena, hay mucha gente muy feliz por la labor prestada por Connie Montoya. Desfortunadamente tenemos gente que no aprecia el trabajo que hacen los Montoya, trabajo que hacen sin animo de lucro utilizando tiempo que pudieran utilizar en vacaciones o en otros hobbies. No entiendo porque hay gente que se mete a dar comentarios diciendo "JPM es un ... y es un creido etc..."

Solo les digo esto "WWOOOOOOOWW" desagradecidos, dejen de joder tanto con que JPM sea creido o esto o lo otro. A mi la verdad me interesa mas que JPM corra carros y haga trabajos como el de la Formula Sonrisas que tanto ha alludado a nuestros ninos en Colombia. Espero que la gente envidiosa se saque de su propio bolsillo un buen billete para donar a cualquier causa.

Proximamente otro comentario sobre la proxima carrera.

2 tires manufacturers in NASCAR!

Literally i believe that the actual NASCAR tires suck! Not that nothing else sucks or anything. I think that cheating like Carl Edwards crew cheated with the whole, oil cover and the nose jobs etc... I think that it will be hard to correct this things, but the tires? Why would an institution like Nascar would not take on two tire manufacturers? I am sure that it is because of money royalties and more... In Formula 1 we had only Bridgestone, then Michelin came on to the game and things changed for Ferrari and now Williams, and McLaren started to win races, and then Renault won a championship. We saw a very different outcome and we expected the tires to play a big role in the decision of who was going to win a race.

I can only voice out that something like this would bring more competition, different teams winning, and more variables to make the new Cup Car work better. I believe that the new car is amazing, it's strong, lasts much longer, and its safer. I think that NASCAR is going the right way with this car and I applaud them for it. The only problem is that the tires stayed the same, and that is just dumb. Well, until then let's just hope that they will fix the tires to keep our drivers safe.

Wreckcity, not sin city...

So within the first part of the race, Montoya hits the wall and quickly shows that his fenders are hurt or something is going on. Although he was still racing, it seemed like he was just cruising. Obviously knowing how JPM wouldn't just give up, it was imminent that the car was slowly but surely giving up on him. I was thinking that a top 5 was a possible before Friday when it was still a possibility. But after the crash during Friday's practice there was not much the team could do. Also the temperature of the track when Montoya posted the fastest lap was not the same during the racing weekend, which meant that the set up and the tires were not ideal either. Juan went all the way down to 40th place. So to think that Juan could get anything better than 30th was a little too much. After so many yellows Juan caught a little brake and the team's work on the car during the race to make the car better throughout. He managed somehow to finish 18th which was also his best position through the whole race weekend. I am glad that he got a top 20, this start for the season has not been very good for JPM. Let's hope that soon Juan turns his luck around, his car is responding well enough, look at Sorenson's times.
Here are some of the stats for JPM throughout the race, and don't forget to check out our forum www.nascarlatino.com

Juan Pablo Montoya

No. 42 Texaco / Havoline Dodge
Status: In Pits
Position: 19 Start: 31 High: 19 Low: 40
Speed: 174.910 Best: 175.245 Avg.: 116.575
Time: 30.87 Best: 30.81 Avg: 46.32

Statistics taken from nascar.com