Juan Pablo Montoya won a race, finished 20th in points, drew the attention of new fans to the sport, and made all sorts of friends and enemies in the garages of two series this season.
Not bad for a greenhorn with a yellow stripe on his bumper.
“We got stronger as the season went on. We have to work a lot harder over this winter, especially on the COT. Next year will be pretty exciting. … We’re headed in the right direction.” Paul Grant, ESPN
Juan Pablo Montoya is the Raybestos Rookie of the Year. Montoya finished his Raybestos Rookie season with one win, three top-five and six top-10 finishes. He was Raybestos Rookie of the Race 16 times in 36 races. Montoya scored a 15th-place finish in tonight’s race.
“I think everybody at Ganassi did an amazing job. It’s one of those deals I think it was more for us to lose than to win so I think it came out pretty good,” said Montoya about his rookie year. “I think more important we had a race win. I think for the record books and stuff I think it’s pretty good that I won the Raybestos Rookie of the Year.
That concludes the 2007 Nextel Cup Series, the Sprint Cup Series moves to Daytona International Speedway on February 17th, 2008, for the Daytona 500. The Budweiser Shootout will be run on Saturday February 9th, 2008. Ron Felix, InsiderRacingNews.com
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