Montoya Wins In Sonoma

Juan Pablo Montoya made the most of his track position and fuel mileage at the end of the race to post his first Nextel Cup win at Infineon Raceway. The pass he made on Jaime McMurray to take the lead in the final laps was textbook clean and he nursed the car home before it ran out of gas. It was a perfect example of why you can win on a road course without having the best car in the field. It's all about track position at the end of the race and having enough fuel to get to the checkered flag.

It wasn't that Montoya didn't run a great race, and his ability on a road course is unequaled, but Tony Stewart and Robbie Gordon were the class of the field throughout the event. Stewart most certainly had the fastest car and Gordon was the most consistent leading the most laps. In the end, it was pit stratedy and fuel economy that did Stewart and Gordon in, as they had to stop for fuel and lost any chance at a win. It makes you wonder why NASCAR has gone to a smaller fuel cell for the cars, because winning on pit stratedy isn't the way I like a race to be determined. I have always been a firm believer in giving the drivers enough fuel to race each other and may the fastest car win! But anyway, congrats to Juan Pablo Montoya and to Chip Gannasi Racing, who ended a long dry spell with this trip to victory lane.