Race Report - Dodge Challenger 500 at Darlington Raceway
Results from Darlington Raceway
1. Kyle Busch, No. 18 Toyota
23. Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 42 Dodge Charger
32. Reed Sorenson, No. 41 Target Dodge
34. Sterling Marlin, No. 40 Dodge Challenger
MONTOYA LEAVES THE “LADY IN BLACK” IN 23RD
DARLINGTON, S.C. (May 12, 2008) --- Juan Pablo Montoya drove his No. 42 Team Dodge to a 23rd-place finish at Darlington Raceway Saturday night in the eleventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race of the season.
Montoya rolled off the grid 19th for the Dodge Challenger 500 and settled into the top 20 with a very loose race car. When the caution flag waved for the second time on lap 11, Crew Chief Jimmy Elledge called for some chassis adjustments and fuel only on the red No. 42. The team restarted outside of the top 20 and continued to battle both track position and handling issues for the remainder of the event the track known as the “Lady in Black”.
The No. 42 Team went on to finish the 367-lap event in 23rd place, one lap behind race winner Kyle Busch. The No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS) team remains 16th in the overall NSCS driver point standings. With a current tally of 1,190, the team is 76 points away from the top 12 and 500 points outside of first.
Teammate Reed Sorenson finished 32nd in the No. 41 Target Dodge on Saturday night and NASCAR veteran Sterling Marlin finished in the 34th position after facing issues with the cooling system in the No. 40 Dodge Challenger.
Montoya and the No. 42 Team will participate in the Sprint All-Star Race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway on May 17th as over 20 drivers compete for a $1 million first-place prize. Montoya’s win last June at Infineon Raceway entered him into this season’s All-Star event. In addition, the No. 42 pit crew will participate in the Sprint Pit Crew challenge on Thursday evening.
The Sprint All-Star Showdown is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. ET with live television coverage provided by Speed Channel starting at 7 p.m. ET. Radio coverage will be broadcast by the Motor Racing Network (MRN). The Sprint All-Star Race will follow on Speed with live coverage beginning at 9 p.m. ET.
Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
With 5 wins already in 2008, the team continues to add to its tally of 94 trips to victory lane. Chip Ganassi created his own one-car IndyCar team in 1990 and established a partnership with a new sponsor, Target. Today, his teams include two IRL IndyCars, and along with Felix Sabates he has three cars in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, two entries in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and a Daytona Prototype in the world of Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series racing. Ganassi’s IndyCar teams have amassed five Championships and 57 wins since 1994; his NASCAR teams have 12 wins and two Rookie-of-the-Year titles; and the Grand American team has won two Rolex Series Daytona Prototype Championships and are the three-time defending Champions of the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Chip Ganassi Racing operates out of state-of-the-art race shop facilities in Indianapolis, Ind., and Concord, N.C., with a corporate office in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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