• By Matt Hardigree
    Oct 27, 2009 5:15 PM 3,455
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    NASCAR: Colombia

    Colombia is not home to many important racing championships, so how they birthed racer Juan Pablo Montoya was a bit of a mystery until we learned about the country's famous downhill homemade car race — the approximate equivalent of NASCAR.

    For the record, this is tongue-in-cheek. We're not trying to go all Bob Greise on you.





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