What is Bob Griese thinking? Good thing Montoya is pretty level-headed.
Griese should be fired.http://blogs.usatoday.com/gameon/2009/10/montoya-diffuses-grieses-taco-remark-i-dont-really-care.htmlJuan Pablo Montoya drove to a third-place finish Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. After the race, Montoya served to drive away some of the controversy surrounding Bob Griese's comment about him during Saturday's Ohio State-Minnesota college football broadcast on ABC.
Griese had said Saturday that Montoya was absent from a graphic of the top-five drivers in NASCAR points because he was "out getting a taco." Griese apologized at the end of the telecast, then made another apology during halftime of the Florida-Mississippi State game.
Montoya answered a question about Griese at the end of his news conference with a smile and a joke.
"I don't even know who he is," Montoya said. "Somebody mentioned it to me. I don't really care to tell you the truth. I could say I spent the last three hours eating tacos, but I was actually driving the car."
After his remarks, Montoya then traded places in the news conference with second-place finisher Jimmie Johnson, the three-time Sprint Cup champ and current points leader. Johnson couldn't resist a dig.
Said Johnson: "Can you save some tacos for me? I love tacos."