Juan Pablo Montoya is happy to have a full-time job back on the racetrack in 2018 with Team Penske’s Acura ARX-05 in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. That doesn't mean Montoya wouldn't entertain another Indianapolis 500 run. “I think personally, at the moment, we need to focus on sports cars,” Montoya said during a teleconference on Tuesday in which Montoya and Dane Cameron were introduced as the first drivers for Penske’s new sports-car team. “If the opportunity comes to go to Indy with Team Penske, I wouldn't say no. You know what I mean? I would say yes in a heartbeat.” Montoya, 41, was added to the Team Penske lineup for the 2017 Indianapolis 500, where he finished sixth. “You know when you're going with Team Penske, you're going there with an opportunity to win the Indy 500,” Montoya said. “We’ve done it already. We've been close a few times as well. I think if the opportunity arises, I would jump on it and head in completely.”

Team Penske president Tim Cindric said that adding cars, teams or even jumping into a new series is easier said than done -- even for a racing empire like Team Penske. “From my end, when the opportunity presents itself to put winning programs on the track, that's kind of what we're all about as a racing organization,” Cindric said. “I guess sometimes you count how many that is, and you just look at it.” In addition to the IMSA program, Penske is adding a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series team to race Ryan Blaney in 2018. “We ran five cars at Indy this year. That's not an easy task when you're adding some of these other things as well,” Cindric said. “It's something we continue to weigh. We've never been in this business to make money. The Penske organization isn't one that adds cars for that reason. Really, it's a matter of opportunity. This is one for us that we feel like it’s a factory-backed program at the pinnacle of sports-car racing in this country -- that is really important to us. "Obviously one of our key businesses and core businesses is the car dealership business. When you're able to cross-pollinate across the different manufacturers, represent them on the weekends at the racetracks, that helps us sell cars as well. It's really all interconnected.”

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