Life imitates Art as Montoya takes third at Talladega

I know it's old news now, but as I was reading up on this weeks F1 testing I wondered how ex-McLaran F1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya went with his NASCAR debut. I knew he had qualified on the front row of the grid, but could he show NASCAR what F1 drivers could do?

The Colombian had to pit under caution several times to have his car fixed, but he was able to remain on the lead lap, despite falling back to 31st.

The race was restarted on lap 45, and Montoya charged through the field to make his way up to 11th by lap 54.

"It's pretty nice. In F1 you go to the back and you stay in the back," Montoya added. "You can be two seconds a lap quicker than any other car, and you're still not going to pass. I think I passed probably 40 cars today easily. It was outrageous!" (autosport.com)

Cool!

In the end he finished third - very respectable for nearly his first time in a NASCAR car.