Sam Hornish Jr. has always had a stock answer when asked about moving from open-wheel cars to the more popular and lucrative NASCAR series. He wanted to win the Indianapolis 500 first.
So what about now?
“I’m never going to tell you that I won’t do that,” Hornish said Tuesday, two days after winning the second-closest Indianapolis 500 ever. “But there’s still a lot that I want to do as far as Indy cars go. I’d love to win another championship.”
How about another Indy 500?
“I looked at the (countdown clock at Indianapolis) and there were only 362 more days and 13 more hours last night until I get to go back and race it again,” said the 26-year-old Penske driver, who began a whirlwind tour Tuesday morning.
Hornish left Indianapolis, made a two-hour promotional stop in Texas — where he races June 10 — and then flew to New York to throw out the first pitch before the Mets’ game against Arizona. There are a series of national television appearances today — “Live with Regis & Kelly” at 9 a.m., CNN’s “Paula Zahn Now” and “Anderson Cooper 360,” Fox News Channel’s “Your World w/Neil Cavuto” and “Daily News Live” on SportsNet New York — sandwiched around ringing the closing bell at the New York Board of Trade.
“I’m still trying to figure out what’s going on . . . and hope nobody wakes me up,” he said.
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Personally I think that Wheldon is Nascar bound first for sure since he is with Ganassi who has a NASCAR operation and plus…Wheldon loves new challenges. Hornish could definitely be NASCAR bound, especially now that he has fullfilled his dream by winning the 500. Who knows? Maybe Danica will be NASCAR bound someday as well
Please say it isn’t so… Why??? If he goes it’s just for money and the Hollywood spotlight NASCAR??? Make a real change what about Formula One? Danica yeah right Good luck with the red necks… The female that was in the NASCAR truck series was spun out a lot…
…and therein lies the problem! All three may very well go to Nascar because of the destruction of open wheel. True, the Indy 500 the other day was one of the best but the deep rooted problems still remain and it may be too late.