The road course in Northern California’s wine country is where Juan Montoya’s transition from open-wheel vehicles into NASCAR reached a defining moment. Fans chanted “Co-lom-bia!” and waved flags striped red, yellow and blue after the former Formula One star recorded his first victory at the sport’s premier level on the 1.99-mile layout in 2007. This upper corner of the Bay Area suddenly was transformed into a little Bogota.
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