Juan Pablo Montoya may discover himself again in a NASCAR Cup Sequence automobile earlier than the tip of 2024.
In a video posted to 23XI Racing’s X account, the crew introduced that its part-time No. 50 automobile will make yet one more begin throughout the 2024 season. Whereas the crew did not explicitly title the driving force for its remaining race of the yr, it seems to be legendary driver Juan Pablo Montoya, who made 255 Cup Sequence begins from 2006-14.
Montoya received two Cup Sequence races, successful at Sonoma and Watkins Glen, respectively, together with a NASCAR Busch Sequence race in 2007 in Mexico Metropolis. Montoya made the Chase for the NASCAR Dash Cup in 2009 and earned a career-best Cup Sequence factors end of eighth that very same yr.
Montoya’s specialty in racing has all the time been open-wheel vehicles, as he received the 1999 CART championship, together with 10 CART races and 5 races in IndyCar. In 94 Components 1 begins, Montoya received seven races and completed on the rostrum 30 occasions.
He’s a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 (2000, 2015) and has additionally received the 24 Hours of Daytona 3 times in 2007, 2008 and 2013. Montoya received the IMSA championship in 2019, changing into a family title on this planet of sports activities automobile racing.
The 48-year-old would definitely be probably the most completed driver that 23XI Racing has had drive its third automobile. Travis Pastrana piloted a 3rd entry for the crew within the 2023 Daytona 500, and Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi drove for 23XI at Indianapolis in 2023 and COTA in 2024. The latest race for 23XI’s third crew was at Nashville on June 30, the place Toyota prospect Corey Heim drove the No. 50 automobile to a Twenty ninth-place end.
Montoya would seemingly drive the automobile at one of many two remaining street programs on the schedule of Watkins Glen (N.Y.) or Charlotte (N.C.). With it being the ultimate race for 23XI’s part-time entry in 2024, placing Montoya within the automobile would definitely drum up pleasure and provides him the perfect automobile he is ever had on the Cup Sequence stage.
