Juan Pablo Montoya might discover himself again in a NASCAR Cup Sequence automotive earlier than the top of 2024.
In a video posted to 23XI Racing’s X account, the group introduced that its part-time No. 50 automotive will make yet one more begin through the 2024 season. Whereas the group did not explicitly identify the driving force for its last race of the 12 months, it seems to be legendary driver Juan Pablo Montoya, who made 255 Cup Sequence begins from 2006-14.
Montoya gained 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 12 months.
Montoya’s specialty in racing has at all times been open-wheel vehicles, as he gained the 1999 CART championship, together with 10 CART races and 5 races in IndyCar. In 94 Components 1 begins, Montoya gained seven races and completed on the rostrum 30 occasions.
He’s a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 (2000, 2015) and has additionally gained the 24 Hours of Daytona thrice in 2007, 2008 and 2013. Montoya gained the IMSA championship in 2019, turning into a family identify on the planet of sports activities automotive racing.
The 48-year-old will surely be essentially the most completed driver that 23XI Racing has had drive its third automotive. Travis Pastrana piloted a 3rd entry for the group within the 2023 Daytona 500, and Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi drove for 23XI at Indianapolis in 2023 and COTA in 2024. The newest race for 23XI’s third group was at Nashville on June 30, the place Toyota prospect Corey Heim drove the No. 50 automotive to a Twenty ninth-place end.
Montoya would seemingly drive the automotive at one of many two remaining highway 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 automotive will surely drum up pleasure and provides him the very best automotive he is ever had on the Cup Sequence stage.