Juan Pablo Montoya Captures First Career Pole at Talladega
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Talladega, AL – Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 42 Tums Dual Action Impala SS, scored his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) pole nabbing the top starting spot for the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway (TSS).
Montoya is in his third season in NSCS competition and his fifth start at TSS. His best finish at the Alabama track is second in the spring 2008 race.
Team Chevy drivers scored three of the top-five starting positions and six of the top-10 on the grid. Montoya’s Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing teammate, Martin Truex, Jr., No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Impala SS, will start third in the 188-lap, 500.08-mile race.
Clint Bowyer, No. 33 BB&T Impala SS, will roll off fifth in the 43-car field of race nine (9) of the 2009 NSCS season.
Regan Smith, No. 78 National Day of Prayer Impala SS, captured the sixth starting position with Mark Martin, No. 5 CARQUEST/Kellogg’s Impala SS and last week’s race winner at Phoenix, will roll of in the seventh starting spot.
Brad Keselowski, No. 09 Miccosukee Indian Gaming and Resort Impala SS, grabbed the ninth starting position.

Greg Biffle (Ford) and Sam Hornish, Jr. (Dodge) round out the top-five qualifiers.
A total of 15 Team Chevy Impala SS drivers will start tomorrow’s race. The field will take the green flag at 1:00 p.m. (CDT) with live coverage on FOX TV, MRN Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio.

JUAN PABLO MONTOYA, NO. 42 TUMS DUAL ACTION IMPALA SS, POLE WINNER

Getting our first pole is big. Takes the weight off of everybody’s shoulders. It shows where the team is heading. It is very encouraging.

“It is pretty cool. Driving this Tums Chevy here is exciting, everybody at Target as well. Everybody that supports this program that believes in us. It really shows where the team is heading. Hopefully it is the first of many.

“We are setup in race trim; we haven’t really done too much to our Tums Chevy. Yesterday we did a little bit of drafting, a fuel-mileage read and everything. But it is dangerous here in practice and when you have a fast car like we have got, you can’t really risk it. Always will be a lottery the race here. For us it was make sure to try to keep the car in one piece and save it for the race. Our main real goal was to qualify in top-five here. This is one of the fun places that can go anywhere. It is not like the bottom or the top. You can go three-wide, four-wide, it is all about working with people, you can make it a lot of fun.”

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