DECEMBER 9, 2006

Meanwhile in Florida

Juan-Pablo Montoya's participation in the Rolex 24 at Daytona will provide him another opportunity to race Jeff Gordon, who was in Homestead for an official Grand-Am test last week familiarizing himself with SunTrust Racing's Pontiac-Riley Daytona prototype. American fans will remember the two swapping cars (F1 and NASCAR) at Indy when Montoya was still with Williams.

Other notables present included Indy 500 Champion Sam Hornish, who has signed on to drive the 24hr with his Penske Racing IRL team mate Helio Castro-Neves, Oswaldo Negri and Mark Patterson in the #60 MSR-Flight Options team.