| 1 | House Resolution |
| 2 | A resolution recognizing Juan Pablo Montoya for |
| 3 | achievements in sports car racing and for his humanitarian |
| 4 | efforts on behalf of children. |
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Juan Pablo Montoya was born September 20, 1975, in |
| 7 | Bogotá, Colombia, and started kart racing at the age of 6 under |
| 8 | the supervision of his father, Pablo, capturing Colombian local |
| 9 | and national titles in the Children's Kart Championships and |
| 10 | Kart Komet Division spanning the years 1984-1989 and Kart Junior |
| 11 | Championships in 1990 and 1991, and |
| 12 | WHEREAS, Juan Pablo Montoya competed in the Formula 3000 |
| 13 | Series for 2 years, earning 7 wins and the series championship |
| 14 | in 1998, and in the CART Championship Series for 2 years, |
| 15 | earning 10 wins and the series championship in 1999, a year in |
| 16 | which he also won Rookie of the Year by winning 7 races, |
| 17 | including 3 in a row, both of which are rookie records, and |
| 18 | WHEREAS, in 2000, Juan Pablo Montoya, racing for Chip |
| 19 | Ganassi and starting in the second position, won the |
| 20 | Indianapolis 500 in his first trip to the Brickyard, and |
| 21 | WHEREAS, Juan Pablo Montoya competed in Formula One from |
| 22 | 2001-2006 for BMW Williams and McLaren Mercedes, amassing 7 |
| 23 | wins, 30 podium finishes, and 13 poles positions, and |
| 24 | WHEREAS, in 2007, Juan Pablo Montoya won the Rolex 24 Hours |
| 25 | of Daytona, the NASCAR Busch Series Telcel-Motorola 200 in |
| 26 | Mexico City, and the NASCAR Nextel Toyota/Save Mart 350 in |
| 27 | Sonoma, he finished second in the NASCAR Nextel Allstate 400, |
| 28 | and he became the first non-American driver to win NASCAR's |
| 29 | Rookie of the Year, and |
| 30 | WHEREAS, in 2008, Juan Pablo Montoya, won the Rolex 24 |
| 31 | Hours at Daytona for the second consecutive year, assisted by |
| 32 | teammates and friends Dario Franchitti, Scott Pruett, and Memo |
| 33 | Rojas, and |
| 34 | WHEREAS, Juan Pablo Montoya, as a United Nations Goodwill |
| 35 | Ambassador, and his wife, Connie Freydell, founded the Formula |
| 36 | Smiles Foundation to help children in impoverished areas, NOW, |
| 37 | THEREFORE, |
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| 39 | Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of |
| 40 | Florida: |
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| 42 | That it is fitting that Juan Pablo Montoya is recognized |
| 43 | for his hard work and excellence in sports car racing and his |
| 44 | humanitarian efforts on behalf of children. |
| 45 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be |
| 46 | presented to Juan Pablo Montoya as a tangible token of the |
| 47 | sentiments expressed herein. |