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Jet dryer crash fuels Montoya’s fire

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: February 24, 2013 at 3:59 a.m.

Fuel in a jet dryer burns after Juan Pablo Montoya’s car slid sideways and struck it during last year’s Daytona 500. The fire stopped the event for two hours as workers put out the fire and then tried to repair the track.

MICHAEL L. LEVITT
Credit: AP
 Fuel in a jet dryer burns after Juan Pablo Montoya’s car slid sideways and struck it during last year’s Daytona 500. The fire stopped the event for two hours as workers put out the fire and then tried to repair the track.

Forgive Juan Pablo Montoya if he doesn’t find the fireball jokes very funny. He’s just totally over them a year after crashing into a jet dryer during the Daytona 500.

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Sports, Pages 29 on 02/24/2013

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