IF YOU LIKE KYLE BUSCH, YOU WILL LOVE JUAN PABLO MONTOYA
Ask fans and members of the media to name the biggest jerk in the sport and you are likely to hear the name Kyle Busch - a lot. We're not going to argue. Anyone who goes out of his way to antagonize Junior Nation, smashes trophies and repeatedly throttles smaller Nationwide and Truck Series teams for sport deserves the one-finger salute. While certainly deserving, we think Busch holds the jerk title for two reasons. 1.) He likes being the heel. 2.) Most fans are unfamiliar with Juan Pablo Montoya.
The more you learn about Montoya - who has raced himself into the Chase field in recent weeks - the more you realize he might have the worst attitude in the Sprint Cup.
Maybe he was just having one of those days. We've all had them. Someone makes an honest mistake and you curse at that person so hard your woman has to intervene. Hey, how would you like it if someone broke your head?
Maybe the problem was that he was not content in F1 and it made him grouchy all of the time.
He switched to NASCAR and became a much happier person, right?
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Montoya is a talented driver. He had some bad times with reporters. He didn't like to receive a hit in his head with a camera and he was not happy with some stupid jokes of some fake reporters in a F1 press conference. These few moments are nothing compared with his ability as racer. He has been successful at any category and NASCAR won't be the exception. He will be a champion (and a big one).
The only time I crossed paths with JPM was in Bogotá, I was driving carelessly, arrived at a corner where the other car had the stop sign and guess what, the other guy stopped (we do not do that in Bogotá) When I looked it was JPM. If a gentleman behaves in private life he has my respect. He has always expressed he does not like to be disturbed when he is off duty and like most Bogotan drivers, he does not just let any bastard to move off your lane. One other characteristic he has is he knows his potential and has self esteme and when some stupid crew ruins his perfect race like the french GP when he had him pit after rubbish Ralph Schumacher (who was behind) so Ralph could have his 15 minutes of TV he lets them have it,
This is the cheapest form of reporting.. searching far and wide to dig up dirt about a driver.. Well sorry JPM does not shake in his boots when Jr. or some other Nascar celeb walks by. But this is the very reason there are JPM fan websites in who knows how many languages: he is never intimidated & has tons of talent. Thousands all over the world cheered him on as he passed Shumi on the outside of a tight curve, while everybody else would always move to the side when they saw the red ferrari in their mirror. Do a search in youtube, not for all the trash posted here, but for all the tribute videos of F1 fans who still miss him dearly. It is drivers like Montoya and Smoke that make racing series fun, not the blah personalities that do their best smiling for their sponsors.
God Bless Juan Pablo, i have been rooting for him since he made his change to NASCAR. He races Hard and isnt afraid of anyone or their fans. If this guy can let Michael Schumacher know that he is either Blind or Stupid after a race, he wont be afraid to but Kyle Junior in their place on the Track. Keep it up!
Have 2 side with others here Joe. Guy from the South here and love me some Johnny Pedro Montana (So Say good nite to the BAD GUY) and catch hell 4 it. You posted some bad videos of him here. Two sides to every story. I pull 4 the Colombian if Jr is not a factor. This guy has fire and is a true RACER and dosen't hide behind his feelings. Much RESPECT from me! Juan is great. PS. I dont kill no kids! lol
It is not the aim of All Left Turns to "bash" any particular driver. Our aim is to be unflinching when it comes to reporting the news from the world of Sprint Cup - if a driver acts like a horse's ass, we're going to call that driver out for it. It does not mean we dislike that driver, it means we want to get people talking about happenings in the series. I did NOT care for seeing Kyle Busch smash that Les Paul trophy, but I can't deny that it kept people talking for a long time. I don't care for JPM's attitude, but I can NOT deny that the man can flat-out DRIVE. His July performance at Daytona was jaw-dropping - to finish 8th after all the problems he had is simply amazing. Thanks for reading, folks!
Work on your English, bendejo - the writer isn't jealous, the article acknowledges JPM's talent AND attitude. JPM isn't a lukewarm personality like so many in all American sports, he's fired up. Stop pulling the race card when it has ZERO to do with the topic.
Translation: "typical page of yankes jealous of the Latins"
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Come on guys, cut him some slack, he is the poor mistreated foreign driver. All he does is complain about his skin color, car, other drivers, crew, reporters. JPM if you don't like racing with white guys take your complaining *&^ back where you came from.