Penske not ruling out NASCAR outings for Montoya

Has, as Niki Lauda calls it 'NASCAR Lazy Racing,' dulled Montoya's reflexes, or can he come back to open wheel racing and kick butt?

Team Penske president Tim Cindric says that the door will be open for Juan Pablo Montoya to make a few appearances in NASCAR next year.

"I've learned in this business never to say no; never to say never," he said.

"We certainly haven't had any of those discussions, but just like with all of our drivers, if there's something that makes sense out there, we certainly wouldn't close the door on it.

"But his focus will be on IndyCar racing with us."

"Right now we are focusing on the IndyCar program for next year, said Montoya, if something comes up and something makes sense that we can work, we'll do it."

"But I've really got to focus in on what I'm going to do next year. I don't want to be too distracted. We didn't come here to play.

"We came here to get the job done, and that's what we want to do."