Juan Pablo Montoya will make his NASCAR Cup Sequence return subsequent month at Watkins Glen with 23XI Racing. The IndyCar, F1, NASCAR and sports activities automobile veteran will drive the No. 50 Toyota with sponsorship from Mobil 1. Will probably be the ultimate race of the season for the group’s third entry.
“I’m trying ahead to getting again in a Cup automobile and racing at Watkins Glen — a observe I actually take pleasure in and had the possibility to expertise earlier in my profession,” Montoya mentioned. “It’s an honor to have fun the Mobil 1 group’s exceptional legacy in racing and be acknowledged for my contributions to motorsports. The Mobil 1 model was one among my first sponsors after I began racing, so to symbolize the model once more as they have fun this milestone will probably be so particular. I’m additionally excited to work with 23XI and expertise what the group is constructing.”
Welcome again to NASCAR, @jpmontoya! To assist have fun the Mobil 1 model’s Fiftieth anniversary, the championship-winning driver in a number of sequence will drive the ultimate race for the No. 50 Mobil 1 Camry XSE at Watkins Glen. As a former winner on the Glen, he’s proud to return to the… pic.twitter.com/fEjnd58R6H
— 23XI Racing (@23XIRacing) August 2, 2024
Montoya was a full-time Cup Sequence competitor from 2007 by 2013 for Chip Ganassi. He made two begins in 2014 — Michigan and Indianapolis — for Workforce Penske.
Watkins Glen is a well-recognized place to Montoya. Within the Cup Sequence, he made seven begins on the observe with 5 top-10 finishes and one win. In his racing profession, Montoya has 12 begins at Watkins Glen in 4 completely different sequence.
“Juan Pablo Montoya is a world-class driver who has gained in all the pieces he’s pushed, and he will probably be a terrific nearer to the Fiftieth-anniversary celebration we’ve had in NASCAR with the No. 50 Mobil 1 Toyota,” mentioned Steve Lauletta, president of 23XI Racing. “The occasions have highlighted racing legends in addition to what’s subsequent in motorsports, and 23XI has been honored to have been part of including to the Mobil 1 legacy and celebrating such a momentous event.”
23XI Racing has fielded the No. 50 Toyota in two earlier Cup Sequence races. Kamui Kobayashi drove the automobile at Circuit of The Americas and Corey Heim competed with the group at Nashville Superspeedway.
