NASCAR Driver Juan Pablo Montoya

Juan is on Speed right now ‘explaining’ what happened last week. Of course, the Trackside Live crew is fawning all over him. I am happy to see that not all the fans who are there are buying his excuse.

I wonder what they would say to Scott Pruett?

Oh no!  Now they are telling him that they thought Formula 1 drivers were pretty aloof but he’s just a really nice guy.
At least when Elliott Sadler started asking questions, they were to the point.  And to Juan’s credit he gave some fairly straight answers.  Neither he nor Scott had won a Busch race yet – they were 1 – 2 and who knew when the yellow might drop.  He thought he was going to make a clean pass but in a split second it didn’t turn out that way.  OK – that’s reasonable – if it’s true.  I think many will be watching him closely over his first full year here.

Here’s the thing – it was just as much his attitude afterwards as it was his action on the track.

Now Chip Gannasi is on and he is very level-headed.  A cool customer and a very winning owner.  He has had Juan as a driver for a long time and if anyone can keep him grounded, his owner can.  I might have to suspend my disapproval for a bit.

It’s an interesting controversy that won’t probably go away soon.