F1 emigrant Juan Pablo Montoya scored his first NASCAR victory on Sunday in typically controversial style.
In the second-tier Busch category in Mexico, the feisty Colombian took out his teammate Scott Pruett to lead after climbing up from nineteenth in the field.
“That was just low-down, nasty, dirty driving,” Pruett – who recently shared a winning car with Montoya in the Daytona 24 hour race – told ESPN2 television.
Montoya’s crew chief at the Chip Ganassi team, Brad Parrott, said: “I’m really glad we won but really upset that we took out a teammate. I’m upset we wrecked Scott.”
Ganassi said of Montoya’s nudge, which sent Pruett into a spin: “I don’t know that he had to make a move like that so soon.”
