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MEXICO CITY — Scott Pruett's frustration eventually subsided.

Last year in Mexico City, he was spun by teammate Juan Pablo Montoya in the final laps. Montoya won the race, and Pruett offered some choice comments afterward.

That's in the past, Pruett insists.

"After a couple days, it was all in the history books," Pruett said. "That's one thing — all professional drivers in the sport, they know things happen."

Pruett is back for another try at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, where he qualified second for today's Corona Mexico 200. A road-course ace, he'll make his 10th career start on NASCAR's Nationwide Series. His fifth-place finish at this event last year is his career best.

Pruett might have finished even higher in 2007, but Montoya — his teammate with Chip Ganassi Racing — sent Pruett's car spinning and took the lead with eight laps left. Pruett described the move afterward as "lowdown, nasty, dirty driving."

Chalk that up to the emotion of the moment. Pruett's tune has changed since then.

"Sometimes you're on the giving side of it, sometimes you're on the getting side of it," he said Friday. "And it all kind of balances out."

Today: Nationwide Series Mexico 200
ESPN, 1 p.m.