
Colombia's Juan Pablo Montoya held off reigning series champion Will Power of Australia over the final 27 laps Sunday to capture the season-opening IndyCar St. Petersburg Grand Prix. In a battle of Penske Racing teammates, Montoya denied pole-sitter Power on a 10th-tun pass attempt in lap 101 where the cars made contact. Montoya went on to win by .9930 of a second. Montoya, the 2000 Indianapolis 500 winner who left US open-wheel racing for F1 in 2001, jumped to US stock cars in 2006 and stayed there until returning to IndyCar last year.
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