Filed under: Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart, Sprint Cup, NASCAR
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) --
Juan Pablo Montoya erased 113 races of futility Sunday, winning a duel with
Marcos Ambrose and the Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International.
Montoya, who started third, pulled away on a late restart from Ambrose, his biggest challenger all day, and beat
Kurt Busch by 4.7 seconds in the 90-lap race around the 11-turn, 2.45-mile layout.
"This is what it's all about, right here," Montoya said on his radio after taking the checkered flag.
"Juan, you drove the race of your career," crew chief Brian Pattie said. "It was tremendous. Zero mistakes."
Busch battled past Ambrose late in the race to take the runner-up spot. Ambrose was third, followed by AJ Allmendinger and
Carl Edwards.
Jamie McMurray was sixth, followed by
Tony Stewart,
Kyle Busch,
Jeff Burton and
Jeff Gordon. Points leader
Kevin Harvick finished 11th and maintained his points lead.
Montoya's victory was the second element in another remarkable day for NASCAR, IndyCar and GrandAm owner Chip Ganassi. Before Montoya's victory, Ganasssi's sports car, driven by Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas, won the GrandAm race at the Glen. Later, at Mid-Ohio, where Ganassi himself was, his driver Dario Franchitti won the IndyCar race.
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