NASCAR’s Juan Pablo Montoya Gets a Lifeline, but Will It Save Him in 2012?

Juan Pablo Montoya is a fiery Colombian who has failed to ignite his NASCAR career in five full seasons after finding success as a driver in Formula One. Now he gets a lifeline that may turn his career around as a driver for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing. Amidst the dizzying whir of the spinning crew chief roulette wheel, we see Jim Pohlman out as Montoya's crew chief and a replacement who has never been a full-time crew chief. Montoya's new crew chief is a highly-respected engineer from Hendrick Motorsports, Chris Heroy. Heroy had the chance to taste crew chief life at JR Motorsports when they ran a third car, but it failed to satiate his desire to become a full-time crew chief. Now Heroy has the chance to get Montoya back to making the Chase a...

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