Martin praises Montoya's victory

"I knew that Juan Montoya was one of the greatest drivers in the world, but boy, did he show everybody Sunday," Martin told reporters at Las Vegas on Friday.

"In reference to the end of the race and the incident that he and Pruett had, it was an unfortunate incident, you know. It was not something that didn't need to take place for him to win the race.

"It certainly didn't discredit the win by any means. He certainly put on a driving clinic for eveyone out there and that was awesome."

Martin said Montoya could have overtaken his teammate Pruett later as he was the fastest driver on the track in the final part of the race. He believes however the Colombian will act in a different way if faced with the same situation in the future.

"I think in retrospect that Juan with nine laps to go had them covered pretty good and got himself in a situation where he couldn't get out of when Scott went wide to turn into the corner, which is how you do instead of protecting the line because Juan was so far back," said Martin.

"I know that Scott never thought Juan would get down the inside of him and Juan never thought as he was doing that, that Scott was not going to know he was coming.

"But he certainly could've made that pass clean next time by and I bet you that he will next time."