With his seventh top-five finish of the season in the 11 races thus far in 2015, Juan Pablo Montoya was able to stretch his points lead out some more ahead of Team Penske teammate Will Power. With only a couple months remaining of the season, Montoya now leads Power by 46 points.
Starting in the fifth spot, Montoya kept himself in the top-10 throughout the whole race, positioning himself for a solid points finish. While others dove for holes and raced aggressively for the lead, he admitted to USA Today that he gave up three or four positions on about 10-15 different occasions during the race, not wanting to get in the mix.
The strategy paid off as fellow championship contenders Helio Castroneves and Will Power fell out of the race, while Montoya was able to cross the finish line in the fourth spot. As a result, he has only finished outside of the top-10 in one race thus far this season with a 14th place finish at Barber Motorsports Park.
While the Columbian posted a strong finish, he wasn’t in the best of spirits post-race, upset with the pack style racing that the race featured.
“Honestly, I felt it was a little too stupid,” he stated. “When I saw Indycar yesterday, I told them that we shouldn’t be racing like this and sooner or later, someone is going to get hurt. But we had a good car and I did what I could do out there.”
