Lester happy Montoya is coming to NASCAR (SportingNews.com)

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Print this | E-mail this | Font size: Associated Press The news that Juan Pablo Montoya is leaving Formula One to take a crack at NASCAR's Nextel Cup series in 2007 made Bill Lester smile. Lester, who earlier this year became the first black driver to compete in NASCAR's top stock car series since Willy T. Ribbs in 1986, sees Montoya as just the beginning of what could become a very different makeup of the premier series. "In March, when I became the first black driver in 20 years to race in ...
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