NASCAR JACKETS

2008-01-29 - Franchitti and Montoya working together to find success

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They first met in England in late 1994. One was a proper Englishman well on his way to a racing career, the other a raw Colombian looking for a big break.

Dario Franchitti gave up his seat that day at Silverstone, and Juan Pablo Montoya promptly crashed his car. Everyone agrees the brake pedal broke, causing Montoya's hard wreck.

"He said to me 'You went in (to the corner) too late,"' Montoya remembered. "And I said 'Too Late? I had no ...They first met in England in late 1994. One was a proper Englishman well on his way to a racing career, the other a raw Colombian looking for a big break.

Dario Franchitti gave up his seat that day at Silverstone, and Juan Pablo Montoya promptly crashed his car. Everyone agrees the brake pedal broke, causing Montoya's hard wreck.

"He said to me 'You went in (to the corner) too late,"' Montoya remembered. "And I said 'Too Late? I had no ...

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