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LOUDON, N.H. - Juan Pablo Montoya was assessed a two lap penalty for rough driving and not following race procedure following the conclusion of the rain-shortened Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
The penalties came about after Montoya got into a late tussle with championship leader Kyle Busch under caution on Lap 280. The race was called only four laps later due to rain.
"I have no idea (what happened)," Busch said. "I got a run on him earlier and I got on the outside and he kind of kept coming up a little bit. I didn't turn down into him and just barely touched his quarter panel. Then I got by him in three and four and he run me up the race track in the left rear. Then we came to that caution flag and he thought he beat me to the caution flag and I was just trying to get around the 40 (Dario Franchitti) car, who was in front of us there and touched him on the door and he just turned left and spun me down the front straight away.
"I don't know what his beef is, but obviously NASCAR should probably fix it."
The former open-wheel star, in his second full season in NASCAR, was called to the NASCAR hauler after the race for a talking to, although officials said there would be no further penalties. The penalty dropped Montoya to 32nd place, while Busch finished 25th.
Montoya said after leaving the NASCAR hauler that he was just trying to defend himself.
"On the restart, I got around on the outside of him in turn two and he just went wide like I wasn't even there," he explained. "Then we touched each other and (I) got beside him to the next corner and he starts banging on me like he was trying to wreck me.
"I said, 'OK.' I went into the corner and the wreck happened. ... I thought we had a decent car today and I don't appreciate when people race me like that."
The penalties came about after Montoya got into a late tussle with championship leader Kyle Busch under caution on Lap 280. The race was called only four laps later due to rain.
"I have no idea (what happened)," Busch said. "I got a run on him earlier and I got on the outside and he kind of kept coming up a little bit. I didn't turn down into him and just barely touched his quarter panel. Then I got by him in three and four and he run me up the race track in the left rear. Then we came to that caution flag and he thought he beat me to the caution flag and I was just trying to get around the 40 (Dario Franchitti) car, who was in front of us there and touched him on the door and he just turned left and spun me down the front straight away.
"I don't know what his beef is, but obviously NASCAR should probably fix it."
The former open-wheel star, in his second full season in NASCAR, was called to the NASCAR hauler after the race for a talking to, although officials said there would be no further penalties. The penalty dropped Montoya to 32nd place, while Busch finished 25th.
Montoya said after leaving the NASCAR hauler that he was just trying to defend himself.
"On the restart, I got around on the outside of him in turn two and he just went wide like I wasn't even there," he explained. "Then we touched each other and (I) got beside him to the next corner and he starts banging on me like he was trying to wreck me.
"I said, 'OK.' I went into the corner and the wreck happened. ... I thought we had a decent car today and I don't appreciate when people race me like that."
Crybaby . Well the "crybaby" beat out alot of non-crybabies ,on the road to the Championship . 
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