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Byline: Travis Braun

What do you do when you're a NASCAR Cup driver and you come to the season's first off-weekend? Pack a suitcase, grab your passport and head to Mexico City for the NASCAR Busch Series weekend at the 2.5-mile, eight-turn Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

Nine full-time Cup drivers made the trip to Mexico, which also hosted round two of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

Juan Pablo Montoya, who knows a few road-racing tricks, took his first NASCAR win in the Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 Busch race. Montoya, no stranger to on-track controversy, won after he made contact with Chip Ganassi Racing teammate and race leader Scott Pruett ...

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