Montoya to test for Daytona 24H
Juan Pablo Montoya is set to start his driving duties this year sooner than ever before, when he tests this friday Chip Ganassi's Daytona prototype in preparation for the Rolex 24 Hours
Montoya will drive the car in the second day of testing at Daytona, alongside his fellow Ganassi teammates Dan Wheldon and Scott Dixon, who are expected to team up with him in the No. 2 Target/TELMEX sponsored Lexus Riley.
It is expected that Ganassi will soon confirm Montoya's participation in the Rolex 24 at Daytona with the team that won the race last year.
Wheldon, Dixon and Casey Mears, who Montoya replaces at Ganassi, took overall victory in the No. 2 car in 2006.
"It'll be good to be in a road course again and drive one of these cars," Montoya told Colombia's RCN Radio. "It´s going to be fun to be in Daytona.
"To wake up at three in the morning to drive in the race may not be nice, but it's a challenge."
NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon are also scheduled to test with their teams during the weekend, in preparation for the Rolex 24 at Daytona, which take place on January 27th.
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