By JENNA FRYER (AP) INDIANAPOLIS — Jimmie Johnson grabbed an improbable third victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when a speeding penalty to Juan Pablo Montoya blew Sunday’s race wide open. Montoya led 116 laps and had a 5-second lead when he headed to pit road for a routine stop with 35 laps remaining. NASCAR flagged him for speeding on his way in, and the penalty knocked him out of contention. “I swear on my children and my wife that I was not speeding!” he shouted over his radio …
You can bet your ass if it was a JR, a Gordon, Johnson, Martin…ANY “fan favorite”, NASCAR would have turned the other cheek on that .1 over! JPM had a 5 sec lead/20 car length, he didnt benefit from that what so ever. Bad call!
Yes! It’s back to the Brickyard 400!! Not this allstate crap.
Thank You NASCAR!! Now put the Southern 500 back to Labor Day where it belongs!
Not that anyone called it the “Allstate 400″ anyway.
a Montoya le robaron el triunfo. El corrio muy bien y el equipo le respondio, NASCAR le tiro la carrera
just accept that Johnson won. Yes, Montoya had the fastest car and Nascar made a bad call on him, but its over with and in the past, and Johnson emerged as the victor. dont say he didnt deserve it and Nascar wanted someone like him to win. he still works hard to do the best he can. GO #48!!!!
also, starting in 2010, its not going to be Lowe’s Motor Speedway, they’re reverting back to Charlotte Motor Speedway
juan, im sorry but rules are rules no matter how strict they are
hey u like nascar too?
lol speed limit is 60 montoya 60.11
Exactly. The NASCAR/WWF comparison continues. How odd that it’s the only major racing series with such “conspiracy” theories going strong.
Truth. Go back a bit. Check out fan reaction when JPM joined up, or when Toyota entered the series. The majority of fans were throwing around all kinds of racist crap. And NASCAR bows to it’s big money sponsors, and their fans.
What I find funny is NASCAR PREACHES safety. Yet the cars don’t have pitlane limiters like all other racing series on the planet. Just another way they can shift shit the way they want. And odd how no one has access to pitlane timing.
JPM was playing to close to the 60mph limit he burned himself
Jaun got scammed due to the popularity contest of Nascar it’s obvouse. do we pick the guy no one knew or the 3 time champ…? hm…
I know! I saw that. Awesome stuff…..
Or which sponsor gives NASCAR the biggest pat on the back…..Lowes, the American home improvement mania, or some dumb ass french version of Walmart? Bring back the old days! I’m tired of this!
RIP NASCAR
1948-2003
lol exactly what i did
I felt terrible for poor Montoya. This really shows how strict NASCAR’s rules are.
you shouldn’t feel sorry for him. it’s his fault he fucked up and it’s his fault nobody elses. he knows the fuckin rules and he fucked up. he ain’t just got them lights he can look at the tach and the rpms. simple as that he’s got more than one way to know how fast he should be going. he fucked up he knows it and nobody should feel sorry for him.
You’re right. I’m just saying it’s disappointing how a mistake can happen at such a high point in the race.
yea happened to earnhard during damn near every daytona 500. but montoya just needs to let it go or get the fuck out of nascar and go back to colombia. simple as that. he ain’t that good yet the media makes him out to be more than he is. i’ll take stewart over montoya now that i think about it. i’m just sick of hearing about montoya. he don’t even belong in nascar.
He’s going a really good driver, I think he has a chance at winning this year.
you are an idiot. that didnt make him go fast
look how empty those seats are hahaha nice going NASCAR. No one cares anymore.
lol NASCAR calls that speeding? that’s pathetic.
wtf!! he was going 60,02 miles/hr!!!
thats so unfair!! he deserved the win this time…