It seems that former-Indy 500 champion Sam Hornish Jr. might find his way back to the brickyard in May, despite his new career as a driver of the No. 77 Penske Racing Dodge in the Sprint Cup Series.According to this report from the Sporting News, David Stremme is expected to sign on with Penske Racing as a test driver for the organization this week, leave a door open for Hornish to sneak back to the Indianapolis 500 in May if both he and team owner Roger Penske decide on it.
Penske's entry blank for the Indy 500 reportedly lists Helio Castroneves in the No. 3 car and Ryan Briscoe in the No. 6, but there's a big "TBA" beside the No. 77. It's all speculation at this point, but if Hornish should decide he'd rather run up front in the reunified IndyCar Series (he's a three-time IndyCar champion) than fight to stay on the lead lap in a stock car, Penske would have a test driver -- Stremme -- ready to fill the void.I really should point out in this situation the use of the word "speculation". There's really nothing in this that states that this is a done deal.
Sam's definitely had some struggles this season in the Sprint Cup Series, and going off to race at Indy certainly wouldn't help that too much, but then again, Hornish will undoubtedly have a much better chance to win again there than he would at Charlotte in May.
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4-14-2008 @ 1:35AM
anzajoe said...
SAM HORNEYSH AND DARIO FRANKINI,
should both return to INDY RACING were they both are quality and high recognized drivers and champions.I mean return full time, not just the INDY 500.Leave the 77 car open for DAVE STREAME.
It takes; CAN DRIVE ALL DRIVERS LIKE TONY STEWART TO MAKE A SWITCH FROM INDY RACING TO NASCAR OR OTHER AND BE A CHAMPION. It also takes a jump ship to a good ship.
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4-14-2008 @ 7:31PM
joeaustin! said...
what????
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4-15-2008 @ 11:20PM
Susan said...
I think Sam will ultimately be successful in Nascar if he can stick it out.
Now the important question?
Geoffrey,
Did you close the Jeff Gordon thread? I wrote 2 comments but they never came thru?
That was a lot of hard work too. LOL
Thanks
Susan
Did something happen to Blaney's spotter at the end of the race? There was a blog that mentioned that Waltrip discussed it on Speed but never said what happened.
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4-17-2008 @ 7:12PM
travis russell said...
Sam Hornish will never become a full time stock car driver,nor will the rest of our most rescent appliers.Same goes for Robby Gordon.He causes so much
chaos on the track he's better off in the desert.
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