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CUP: Montoya Earns Penalty For Aggressive Driving
Written by: Bob Pockrass
SceneDaily.com   http://www.scenedaily.com
11/22/2009
Homestead, FL
 
Crew members work on the wrecked #42 Target Chevrolet, driven by Juan Pablo Montoya, on pit road after an incident with Tony Stewart on track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400. (Photo: Getty Images) ยป More Photos

After contact with Tony Stewart resulted in a flat tire and a meeting with the wall on lap 116 of the Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Juan Pablo Montoya's crew was able to get him back on track. It didn't turn out to be just so the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing driver could end the season running at the finish of the race.

Monotya returned to the track on lap 146, and 10 laps later, Montoya tapped Stewart, sending him spinning on lap 156.

NASCAR then parked Montoya for two laps for aggressive driving. Both Montoya and Stewart were able to continue and finish the race, and that’s where the fireworks ended as Montoya was able to park his car inside the garage and leave the area before Stewart could even
get back to the hauler.

Stewart finished 22nd and wound up losing a spot in the standings, finishing his inaugural year as Stewart-Haas Racing co-owner in sixth.

Montoya ended up 32 laps down in 38th and fell two spots in the standings, finishing eighth in his third NASCAR season and the first where the Colombian driver made the Chase For The Sprint Cup.

Neither driver spoke to assembled media outside of their haulers after the event.

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