The NASCAR Cup Series race win has to be one of the most fulfilling moments in the life of a race car driver and the entire team working behind the scenes. However, Brian Pattie feels like he would have taken an Indy car win over a Cup win during his time with Colombian driver, Juan Pablo Montoya

During their days at Chip Ganassi Racing, the duo was somewhat forced into their roles for the season. Montoya had reservations about changing the crew chief, but soon the duo worked in tandem and started delivering good performances for the No. 42 team. During the 2010 season, Pattie managed to deliver the win with Montoya at Watkins Glen but was disappointed for not repeating the same in the Indy Car series.

Brian Pattie expresses his regrets while working with Juan Pablo Montoya in the Cup Series

Montoya and Pettie had buried their beef from their initial skirmish at Chip Ganassi Racing during the 2009 season. Moving into their second season together, the duo trusted each other and consistently delivered good performances on the racetrack. Pattie bagged his first win as a chief as Montoya bagged his second Cup win at Watkins Glen in 2010. But despite the success in the Cup Series, Pattie envisioned the same for his IndyCar pursuits; ones that could never materialize.

Speaking to Davey Segal on X, Pattie stated, “Everybody as a kid wants to be in the cup series right. You either want to be in Indy or Charlotte. So when we made the decision out of high school where we’re going to move to. I wanted to start the base and go to Charlotte. From 93 to fifteen years later, you win your first cup race. It was a big moment right.

“So double weekend at Indy Car, so Dario won mid-Ohio and we won Watkins Glen. We worked hard and had really fast cars. In 2009 we made a good run in the chase and in 2010, had a slight fall off but were good enough to get a win. But none of them matters as Indy’s the one we wanted, him and I both. We had two really good chances but failed on both so. As much as the pauses we had it still kind of hurts.”

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While there might have been some unfinished business for Montoya alongside Brian Pattie but he has achieved impressive feats in the world of motorsports.

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There are drivers, who are successful in their discipline of racing. Be it open-wheel, stock car, or endurance series, and not everyone is lucky to try their luck in all the different races and events across the globe, but that was not the case for Montoya. The Colombian driver, starting off his racing career, explored multiple racing series and, at the same time, bagged some historic wins to his name.

Montoya is one of the three drivers to win at least one race in IndyCar racing, Formula 1, and the NASCAR Cup Series. Notably, the Colombian driver has bagged the Indy 500 win twice in his career, in 2005 and 2015. Similarly, he has three wins at the 24 Hours of Daytona, along with being the IMSA SportsCar champion in 2019. Out of all the series and racing events, Montoya spent most of his racing days in the Cup Series, competing in 255 races over nine years. During his time, he managed a career-best finish of 8th in 2009, which was with Brian Pattie.