Where's Juan? M'ville

Rookie heads to second short track in as many weeks

By NASCAR.COM
April 12, 2007
02:12 PM EDT

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Now that Juan Montoya gets to put the beating and banging from Bristol in his rearview mirror, he's got Martinsville next -- a smaller track that can be less forgiving when it comes to navigating the paperclip corners.

Montoya is coming off his worst finish this season: a 32nd-place showing at Bristol where he was seven laps down. So going to Martinsville for the second consecutive short-track race and the second consecutive Car of Tomorrow event, he hopes the growing pains heal themselves.

Montoya can be heard on Sirius Speedway (3-7 p.m. ET Mondays) with Dave Moody on Sirius channel 128, and NASCAR.COM will track Montoya's first full Cup season:

Juan Montoya

2007 Nextel Cup Series

Race	Track	Start	Finish	Result	Point Standings

1	Daytona	36	19	Running	18
2	California	9	26	Running	20
3	Las Vegas	4	22	Running	22
4	Atlanta	16	5	Running	15
5	Bristol	36	32	Running	19
6	Martinsville	23	16	Running	16
Avg.		20.7	20.0

• Next week: Off
• Last week: Bristol

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Martinsville Speedway

Weekend TV Schedule (all times ET)

Day	Time	Series	Event	Network

Friday	10:30 a.m.	Cup	Practice	SPEED
Friday	1 p.m.	Trucks	Practice	SPEED
Friday	2:30 p.m.	Trucks	Final Practice	SPEED
Friday	3:30 p.m.	Cup	Qualifying	SPEED
Saturday	10 a.m.	Cup	Practice	SPEED
Saturday	3 p.m.	Trucks	Race	FOX
Sunday	1:30 p.m.	Cup	Race	FOX