Montoya not so hot in Daytona

Unfortunately JPM didn't have a good showing in the Daytona season opener, his final position in 32nd just showed the lack of handling the car was giving him. Never the less Montoya did pretty good progress in doing what he does best which is passing and setting himself as best as possible against crashes, he escaped two big crashes and kept the Havoline/Texaco N42 Car away from the wall and accidents. Even though some might think that the race was a disaster I want to point out that Juan had a great car. The only problem is that his car was handling much better in the low lane and not so much in the middle lane. The high lane the car was much looser and therefore Juan had no chance on getting someone to help him push to the front. During the race he went all the way to the front to 2nd position, but without a partner to run he was a sitting duck. Fontana will be another story in which Juan should finish strong if he wants to stay in sight of the Chase. The good news is that Chip Ganassi racing team has developed a better car than last years (Reed Sorenson finished 5th, GREAT JOB!!!) even though it didn't seem the case for Montoya, I think that he was strong and and maybe that Montoya should have worked more in a set up for a car that could run high as well as in the middle. I can see how setting up a car that runs low would set Juan different and give him the extra edge, but in this case it didn't work that way.He seemed to be the only one in that lane. Maybe a strategy like that wold work in a short track. Let's hope that notes have been taken, and that the rest of the year will come with better results. Well, I am sure better results will come than from last year.

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