CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Juan Pablo Montoya will return to NASCAR for the primary time since 2014 when he races for 23XI Racing at Watkins Glen Worldwide subsequent month.

23XI, the group owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin, stated Friday that Montoya would drive the No. 50 Toyota in assist of Mobil 1’s fiftieth anniversary.

It’s the third time the automotive will run this season as a part of the collaboration. Kamui Kobayashi drove the automotive at Circuit of the Americas in March and Corey Heim drove it at Nashville Superspeedway in June.

Montoya, a NASCAR common from 2007 to 2013, will make his first NASCAR Cup Collection begin because the 2014 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The 2-time Indianapolis 500 winner has competed full-time in Method One, CART, IndyCar, and IMSA. He received the CART championship in 1999, the IMSA championship in 2019 and is a three-time winner of the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

Montoya has 12 general begins at Watkins Glen in 4 completely different sequence. He received the Cup race on the highway course in 2010 and has three top-fives, and 5 top-10 finishes in his seven begins there in NASCAR.

“I am wanting ahead to getting again in a Cup automotive and racing at Watkins Glen – a observe I actually take pleasure in and had the prospect to expertise earlier in my profession,” stated Montoya. “The Mobil 1 model was certainly one of my first sponsors after I began racing, so to characterize the model once more as they have a good time this milestone shall be so particular. I am additionally excited to work with 23XI and expertise what the group is constructing.”