Hornish almost certain to make move to NASCAR
Quote selected text Published July 2nd, 2007 in NASCAR News
A full-time move to NASCAR for reigning IndyCar Series champion Sam Hornish Jr. seems all but certain now.
Hornish, a three-time series champion and former Indianapolis 500 winner, is expected to join the Nextel Cup Series full-time next season with Penske Racing South, The Charlotte Observer has learned.
Hornish, a 27-year-old native of Defiance, Ohio, entered two Busch races last season and has been running a mixed schedule of Busch and Automobile Racing Club of America series races this year for Penske with mixed success. His best Busch finish was 15th at Atlanta.
Hornish seemed somewhat disillusioned by the Indy Racing League in comments following Saturday night’s IndyCar Series race at Richmond, Va.
“You feel like they don’t need you sometimes,” Hornish told the PA SportsTicker. “They’ve got their stars. That’s another reason why you might want to do something else.
“It has to be something the team wants to do one way or another. There are lots of variables. I don’t want to go over there and run and if we’re not in The Chase and I get dropped.”
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Are there going to be any other drivers in any other series!
Colin Braun the 18 year old from the rolex series is testing a truck now!
As soon as they drive the COT and realize the clock has been turned back to 1950, they will think twice.
Everyone from every series wants to be in cup now dont they?
the line from days of thunder you wont get beat by a better car no just better drivers tha t appeals to a lot of drivers and the cot and the rules of the cot are set up to make it there are no better cars.
As soon as they figure out they have to actually have some driving ability to get the car around the track in NASCAR they’ll think twice.
Come to Nascar and drive until you are 60!
No offense to Sam Hornish Jr or anything, but damn, too many people are wanting to come over now!!
I like our current set of drivers, thank you. lol