Where's Juan? Richmond

By NASCAR.COM
May 4, 2007
10:07 AM EDT

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Juan Montoya will make his Cup Series debut at Richmond this weekend. The Crown Royal 400 will be the fourth Car of Tomorrow race of the season.

In the previous COT three events -- Bristol, Martinsville and Phoenix -- the rookie has an average finish of 27th.

Last week at Talladega, Montoya was running ninth but then slapped the wall on Lap 162. He eventually finished 31st, five laps down.

"Something broke in the steering, in the suspension, and it went straight into the wall," Montoya said. "I thought we ran pretty good. I thought we had a good car. I think we had at least a top-10 car but you know how Talladega is. It was exciting."

Montoya leads the rookie of the year standings by four points over David Ragan.

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
7	Texas	16	8	Running	13
8	Phoenix	36	33	Running	16
9	Talladega	24	31	Running	19
Avg.		22.2	21.3