Juan Pablo Montoya and No. 42 Texaco/Havoline - Martinsville Advance

Race: Martinsville 500 on Sunday, April 1
Track: Martinsville Speedway (0.526-mile oval)
Location: Martinsville, Va.

Juan Pablo Montoya and the No. 42 Texaco/Havoline Team Facts:

• Martinsville: Juan Pablo Montoya and the Texaco/Havoline team face their second Car of Tomorrow (CoT) race of the season at Martinsville Speedway. Montoya has never seen the Martinsville track and will take his first laps around the 0.526-mile oval at 10:30 a.m. on Friday.


• Standings: Montoya and the Texaco/Havoline team slipped to 19th in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup standings following their 32nd-place finish on Sunday in Bristol. The team is only 88 points out of the top 10 following the 500-lap race last weekend.


• Rookie Status: Montoya is now tied for the lead in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Raybestos Rookie standings. He led the standings by one point last week, and holds onto the top spot for the second-consecutive weekend in a tie with David Ragan. In the Busch Series, Montoya holds the lead in the rookie standings by six points over Marcos Ambrose.


• Crew Chief: Although Montoya will be making his first trip to Martinsville, his crew chief Donnie Wingo is no stranger to the paperclip. In fact, Wingo visited victory lane at Martinsville Speedway in 1992 with driver Geoffrey Bodine. Wingo and the Texaco/Havoline team have earned four top-10 finishes at the track since 2003, including a runner-up finish in 2004.


• It takes one to know Juan: One of Montoya’s favorite things to do to relax following a race weekend is golf. In fact, Montoya golfed at the Doral on Monday, the same course where Tiger Woods just captured the World Golf Championship on Sunday and his third-straight victory at the Miami course.


• Chassis: Crew chief Donnie Wingo and the Texaco/Havoline team have chosen chassis #735 for this week’s Martinsville 500. This is not the car Montoya ran last week at Bristol, but a new chassis out of the No. 42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge Avenger stable.


• Road Trip: Texaco/Havoline has just made traveling to the race track easier for race fans. Fans can go to www.texacohavoline42.com, click on the link for the road trip and enter their starting location and race destination. In addition to receiving the best route to the track, fans will also get directions to the nearest Express Lube and Texaco service stations along the way to make planning their trip to see Montoya easier.


• Star in the Sky: “Bristol is a one-of-a-kind place. When you walk into the track, it is one of the neatest places that you will ever see. It’s like a stadium with seats all around that go so high into the air. When you walk in the track early in the morning the top of the grandstands are covered by the fog from the surrounding mountains of Tennessee. You have to come to this track with an open mind, anything can happen. It’s a challenge to keep your temper in check and remain cool so you are able to finish the race. As a spotter, my goal is to first finish the race.” Read all of spotter Tab Boyd’s exclusive blog at http://www.texacohavoline42.com/news/blog/.

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