MONTOYA GOING STOCK CAR RACING

Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates announced today (Sunday) that Formula 1 ace Juan Pablo Montoya will drive the No. 42 Dodge in 2007. Montoya captured the 2000 Indy 500 in a Ganassi-owned car. No driver has ever gone straight from F1 to Cup in the history of racing. Montoya is expected to make a number of starts toward the end of the 2006 season to prep for 2006.

Oh yeah, Ganassi is paying Montoya a huge amount of money. Contract details were not released, but it will be a dump truck load of money.