Juan Pablo Montoya looking forward to return to NASCAR at Michigan race this weekend

Juan Pablo Montoya is ready for his abbreviated return to Sprint Cup racing.

Montoya will be in the No. 12 Ford for Sunday's 400-mile race at Michigan International Speedway, his first Cup race since moving back to IndyCar after last season. Montoya's last win in NASCAR was in 2010, a year after he made the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship and finished a career-best eighth in the standings. This weekend's race is in some ways a tuneup for next month's Brickyard 400, another NASCAR event Montoya added to his full-time IndyCar schedule.

Montoya was 28th in qualifying at Michigan on Friday.