Where's Juan? Chicago

By NASCAR.COM
July 13, 2007
12:36 PM EDT

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Juan Montoya heads to Chicagoland Speedway for the first time in his career this weekend. But he has raced in Chicago.

The former open-wheel star has raced two CART races at Chicago Motor Speedway (1999 and 2000), winning the 1999 event. But Chicagoland is a different track and stock cars are a different animal.

Montoya is coming off a 32nd-place finish at Daytona last week, scarred by a late-race accident with Bobby Labonte that gave the No. 42 Dodge some damage.

Chicagoland may be the medicine to cure that hangover. Intermediate tracks are where Montoya has thrived in Nextel Cup, save his road-course victory. His 22.6 average finish at tracks between 1-2 miles in length is better than superspeedways (28.5) or short tracks (25.6).

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
10	Richmond	16	26	Running	21
11	Darlington	41	23	Running	21
12	Charlotte	20	28	Running	22
13	Dover	16	31	Running	22
14	Pocono	38	20	Running	21
15	Michigan	33	43	Crash	23
16	Sonoma	32	1	Running	21
17	New Hampshire	5	19	Running	19
18	Daytona	20	32	Running	21
Avg.		23.4	23.1

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Official Standings

Pos.	+/-	Driver	Points	Behind

1.	--	Jeff Gordon	2773	Leader
2.	--	Denny Hamlin	2496	-277
3.	--	Matt Kenseth	2390	-383
4.	--	Jimmie Johnson	2366	-407
5.	--	Jeff Burton	2345	-428
6.	+1	Carl Edwards	2308	-465
7.	-1	Tony Stewart	2234	-539
8.	+2	Kyle Busch	2190	-583
9.	-1	Kevin Harvick	2172	-601
10.	-1	Martin Truex Jr.	2157	-616
11.	--	Clint Bowyer	2142	-631
12.	--	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	2040	-733