Stewart, Montoya put Homestead behind them

LAS VEGAS -- Bygones are bygones, as far as Tony Stewart and Juan Montoya are concerned.

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Though the two drivers knocked each other around in the season finale Nov. 22 at Homestead-Miami Speedway -- with Stewart bumping Montoya into the wall and Montoya spinning Stewart down the frontstretch in retaliation -- the drivers had settled their differences by the time Montoya appeared on Stewart's "Stewie Awards" show on Sirius/XM Radio Thursday night at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.

Montoya received his Stewie for Best Driver-to-Crew-Chief Radio Chatter for his over-the-top reaction to the speeding penalty that ruined his chance to win at Indianapolis in July.

About his run-in with Stewart, Montoya was glib and matter-of-fact.

"It's funny," Montoya said. "Actually, I was talking with Tony [Wednesday], and we were laughing about it. It's crazy. You [reporters] make a big deal out of nothing. It's not the first time we got together.

"The last time we saw each other in qualifying afterwards, and we were laughing about it -- after Texas my first year [2007] -- and here we saw each other and it was like, when it happened, he knew it was coming. It wasn't a surprise -- come on!"

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