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Juan Pablo Montoya Biography
Birth Name:
Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán
Birth Place:
Bogota, Colombia
Profession
Race-car driver
Fast Facts
- Began racing go-karts at the age of 5, eventually winning Kart Junior World Championships in 1990 and 1991
- Took the checkered flag (and the ceremonial drink of milk) in his very first start in the Indianapolis 500 in 2000; was the first rookie driver to do so since 1966
- Drove to his first NASCAR Sprint Cup win after starting from a record 32nd position at Infineon Raceway (Cal
- ) in 2007
- Became just the third foreign-born winner of a Cup race
- Joins Mario Andretti and Dan Gurney as the only drivers to win at least one race in Formula One, U
- S
- open-wheel racing (Champ Car, Indy Car) and NASCAR
- Became the only driver to compete in all three major races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Indy 500, U
- S
- Grand Prix, Brickyard 400)
- Founded the Formula Smiles Foundation to raise awareness for children's needs and other issues in his native Colombia
- Wears Colombia's colors (red, yellow, blue) on his racing helmet
Relationships
- Federico Montoya -- Brother
- Manuela Montoya -- Daughter
- Paulina Montoya -- Daughter
- Pablo Montoya -- Father
- Libia Montoya -- Mother
- Karolina Montoya -- Sister
- Liliana Montoya -- Sister
- Sebastian Montoya -- Son