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The car of Juan Pablo Montoya rounds Turn 1 well ahead of his competitors.

Montoya wins Heluva Good race in dominating fashion

WATKINS GLEN, Aug. 9 -- Juan Pablo Montoya posted his first Watkins Glen International NASCAR Sprint Cup victory Sunday -- and he did it with seeming ease.

Montoya, a native of Colombia, finished 4.736 seconds ahead of runnerup Kurt Busch to capture the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen.

Marcos Ambrose, who was overtaken by Busch early on the final lap, was third, while AJ Allmendinger was fourth and pole-sitter Carl Edwards fifth.

Tony Stewart, who had finished first or second at WGI in each of the past six years, was seventh on Sunday.

Ambrose, who won Saturday's Nationwide Zippo 200 -- his third such win in three years -- couldn't keep up with Montoya, who dominated on restarts following caution periods, pulling away from the field after each one. There were several cautions.

Montoya had previously won just once on the Sprint Cup circuit -- 113 races ago, in 2007, at Infineon Raceway, a road course in Sonoma, Calif.

Photos on this page are by Liz Fraboni and Charlie Haeffner

Photo in text: Juan Pablo Montoya after being introduced to the crowd before the race.

Drivers Kevin Harvick (left) and Carl Edwards before Sunday's race.

The packed grandstand can be seen through the pit-road stand of Clint Bowyer's team.

Drivers Jeff Gordon, left, and Tony Stewart before the race.

A crew member looks under the Red Bull 82 car driven by Scott Speed, which developed an oil leak that finished its day early.

Left: Singer Bo Bice performed the National Anthem before Sunday's race. Right: Four-time Sprint Cup season champ Jimmie Johnson.

From left: Drivers Robby Gordon, Boris Said and Jeff Burton.

Drivers Greg Biffle, left, and Ron Fellows before Sunday's race.

Left: WGI president Michael Printup. Right: A Boy Scout from Troop 1 of Unadilla, New York -- the oldest active Boy Scout Troop in the country. It has been active since the year of Boy Scouting's inception, 1910 -- the 66th of 3000 troops chartered that year. The 65 in front of it have since ceased to exist. The troop was invited to Sunday's race as part of its 100th anniversary celebration.

A crew member works quickly as Jimmie Johnson pits early in the race.

Left: State Senator George Winner was on hand for the race. Right: Driver Kyle Busch.

Left: Driver Jamie McMurray. Right: Miss Sprint Cup, Paige Duke.

Drivers (from left) Mark Martin, Regan Smith and Joey Logano relax before Sunday's pre-race driver introductions.

Drivers Marcos Ambrose, left, and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Joey Logano (car #20) slides wide on Turn 1, losing a couple of positions in the race.

Drivers David Gilliland, left, and Kurt Busch.

Left: A couple of young fans. Right: Bobby Labonte found shade under the stage used for driver introductions. The feet at left and right belong to other drivers seated above.

Drivers Max Papis, left, and Mark Martin.

From left: Drivers Andy Lally, AJ Allmendinger and David Ragan.

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