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Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. (born July 2, 1979 in Bryan, Ohio
Bryan, Ohio

Bryan is a city in Williams County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,333 at the United States Census 2000. It is the county seat of Williams County, Ohio....
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an Indianapolis 500
2006 Indianapolis 500

The 90th Indianapolis 500 was held on Sunday, May 28, 2006. Sam Hornish, Jr. won the race with the first final-lap pass for victory in race history, by overtaking, on the final straightaway, rookie Marco Andretti, whose father Michael Andretti finished third....
 victory and three Indy Racing League
Indy Racing League

The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel Auto racing.The League sanctions two series, the premier IndyCar Series , whose centerpiece is the Indianapolis 500, and Firestone Indy Lights, the official developmental series of the Indy Racing League....
 championships. He currently drives the #77 Mobil 1
Mobil 1

Mobil 1 is a brand name developed by the Mobil oil company and now marketed by ExxonMobil.It was introduced in 1974 as a 5w-20 viscosity Fully Synthetic motor oil advertised for use up to 25,000 miles....
 / Auto Club
Automobile Club of Southern California

The Automobile Club of Southern California was founded December 13, 1900 in Los Angeles as one of the nation's first motor clubs dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws and improvement of overall driving conditions....
 Dodge Charger
Dodge Charger

The Dodge Charger is an United States automobile manufactured by Chrysler, under the Dodge brand name. There have been several different Dodge vehicles, on three different platforms, bearing the Charger nameplate....
 for Penske Racing
Penske Racing

Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
 in NASCAR
NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
's Sprint Cup Series.

ish began racing at the age of 11 in go-karts. After competing in junior leagues for various seasons, he joined the World Karting Association
World Karting Association

The World Karting Association, or WKA, is an American motorsports sanctioning body that organizes and promotes races and events related to kart racing....
 in 1993, winning seven races and posting twenty-nine top-five finishes.






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Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. (born July 2, 1979 in Bryan, Ohio
Bryan, Ohio

Bryan is a city in Williams County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,333 at the United States Census 2000. It is the county seat of Williams County, Ohio....
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an Indianapolis 500
2006 Indianapolis 500

The 90th Indianapolis 500 was held on Sunday, May 28, 2006. Sam Hornish, Jr. won the race with the first final-lap pass for victory in race history, by overtaking, on the final straightaway, rookie Marco Andretti, whose father Michael Andretti finished third....
 victory and three Indy Racing League
Indy Racing League

The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel Auto racing.The League sanctions two series, the premier IndyCar Series , whose centerpiece is the Indianapolis 500, and Firestone Indy Lights, the official developmental series of the Indy Racing League....
 championships. He currently drives the #77 Mobil 1
Mobil 1

Mobil 1 is a brand name developed by the Mobil oil company and now marketed by ExxonMobil.It was introduced in 1974 as a 5w-20 viscosity Fully Synthetic motor oil advertised for use up to 25,000 miles....
 / Auto Club
Automobile Club of Southern California

The Automobile Club of Southern California was founded December 13, 1900 in Los Angeles as one of the nation's first motor clubs dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws and improvement of overall driving conditions....
 Dodge Charger
Dodge Charger

The Dodge Charger is an United States automobile manufactured by Chrysler, under the Dodge brand name. There have been several different Dodge vehicles, on three different platforms, bearing the Charger nameplate....
 for Penske Racing
Penske Racing

Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
 in NASCAR
NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
's Sprint Cup Series.

Early career

Hornish began racing at the age of 11 in go-karts. After competing in junior leagues for various seasons, he joined the World Karting Association
World Karting Association

The World Karting Association, or WKA, is an American motorsports sanctioning body that organizes and promotes races and events related to kart racing....
 in 1993, winning seven races and posting twenty-nine top-five finishes. The following season, he won several championships in WKA, including the U.S. and Canadian Grand Championships, as well as the U.S. Junior Class Grand Championship. In 1995, he repeated his U.S. Grand National title and won nine races. He would move up to the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 F2000 Series, driving six races for his family-owned team, and had one top-ten finish at Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen International

Watkins Glen International is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake . The facility is owned by International Speedway Corporation....
. He joined Bordin Racing in 1997 and had two eleventh-place finishes, before signing with Primus Racing. He had a second-place run at Pikes Peak International Raceway
Pikes Peak International Raceway

Pikes Peak International Raceway, also known as PPIR, is a racetrack located in Fountain, Colorado, south of Colorado Springs, Colorado and north of Pueblo, Colorado....
 and finished seventh in points.

In 1999, Hornish moved to the Toyota Atlantic Series to drive for Shank Racing. He won Rookie of the Year after getting his victory at Chicago Motor Speedway
Chicago Motor Speedway

The Chicago Motor Speedway at Sportsman's Park located in Cicero, Illinois, just outside of Chicago, was built in 1999 by a group including Chip Ganassi, owner of Chip Ganassi Racing....
. He also drove the 24 Hours of Daytona
24 Hours of Daytona

The Rolex 24 at Daytona is a 24-hour sports car racing endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
 for Intersport Racing.

IRL career

He first raced in the IRL
Indy Racing League

The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel Auto racing.The League sanctions two series, the premier IndyCar Series , whose centerpiece is the Indianapolis 500, and Firestone Indy Lights, the official developmental series of the Indy Racing League....
 in 2000 with the PDM Racing
PDM Racing

PDM Racing is a racing team in the Indy Racing League and United States Auto Club Silver Crown series owned by Paul Diatlovich. Almost always a low budget team and affectionately dubbed "Poor Dumb Mechanics" by one of its former owners, it is known to make the most out of mediocre equipment....
 team, with a best finish of third. However, he switched to Panther Racing
Panther Racing

Panther Racing is an American open wheel car auto racing team. It is one of the oldest continually operating teams in the Indy Racing League ....
 for the next season and improved enough to take the title from reigning champion Buddy Lazier
Buddy Lazier

Robert Buddy Lazier is an United States of America open-wheel racecar driver. He won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and has finished in the Top Ten in that race six times....
. In 2002 the Penske
Penske Racing

Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
 team switched from Champ Car
Champ Car

Champ Car, was the name for a class and specification of automobiles used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race....
, and Sam was able to beat their top driver Hélio Castroneves
Hélio Castroneves

H?lio Castroneves is a Brazilian auto racing driver currently competing in the North American IndyCar Series. In IndyCar competition, Castroneves has 12 wins and 25 poles, and has championship point finishes ranging from second to sixth in a complete season of racing....
 to his second title. Along the way, Hornish beat Al Unser, Jr.
Al Unser, Jr.

Alfred Unser, Jr. , nicknamed "Little Al", "Al Junior" or simply "Junior" is an United States race car driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner....
 by .0024 of a second in the Delphi Indy 300
Peak Antifreeze Indy 300

The Peak Antifreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300 is an Indy Racing League IndyCar Series race held at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois.In 2001, American open wheel car debuted at the circuit with an Indy Racing League Series event....
 in Chicago, possibly the closest race in auto history until the 2007 Indy Pro Season
2007 in IPS

The 2007 Indy Racing League Indy Pro Series started on Saturday March 24 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The season's premiere race is the Freedom 100 on May 25 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway....
 when Logan Gomez
Logan Gomez

Logan Gomez is an United States race car driver from Crown Point, Indiana currently competing in the Firestone Indy Lights Series .He made his debut at the 2006 Liberty Challenge at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course while competing in the Star Mazda series full-time....
 beat teammate and champion Alex Lloyd
Alex Lloyd (racing driver)

Alex Stewart Lloyd is a Isle of Man motor racing driver. He currently takes part in the IndyCar Series....
 at the same racetrack by only 0.0005 sec, or .

In 2003, most of the established top US open-wheel teams were now racing in the series, with Honda
Honda

is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan.The company manufactures automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, scooter , robots, jet aircrafts and jet engines, all-terrain vehicle, water craft, electrical generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment, and aeronautical and other mobile technologies....
 and Toyota providing engines superior to the established Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
 unit Panther used. As a result, Cosworth
Cosworth

Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in internal combustion engine for auto racing . It supplies a wide range of motorsport series, including the World Rally Championship, Superbike World Championship and, until the end of 2006, Formula One....
 was called in to supply a replacement engine informally dubbed the "Chevworth", with which Sam was a winner again, finishing 5th in the 2003 standings. For 2004 he moved to Penske, winning the season-opener but finding that Honda engines, and not Penske's Toyotas, were now the engine of choice. 2005 was an improvement, as he finished third to Dan Wheldon
Dan Wheldon

Daniel Clive Wheldon is a successful England auto racing driver. The 2005 Indy Racing League champion and Indianapolis 500 winner, Wheldon is nicknamed "Difficult Dan" in the IRL pit lane for his choleric temperament....
 and Tony Kanaan
Tony Kanaan

Antoine Rizkallah Kanaan Filho, commonly known as Tony Kanaan is a Brazilian race car driving of Lebanon heritage. Kanaan won the 2004 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series championship driving Andretti Green Racing's 7-Eleven sponsored car, winning three times in his Honda-powered Dallara....
 in the standings and the top placement of any driver not driving for Andretti Green Racing
Andretti Green Racing

Andretti Green Racing is an auto racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series, the American Le Mans Series, and A1 Grand Prix....
.

On May 28, 2006, after starting on the pole
Pole Position

Pole Position is a racing game video game released in 1982 by Namco. In this game, the player has to complete a lap in a certain amount of time in order to qualify for an Formula One race at the Fuji Speedway....
 for the 2006 Indianapolis 500
2006 Indianapolis 500

The 90th Indianapolis 500 was held on Sunday, May 28, 2006. Sam Hornish, Jr. won the race with the first final-lap pass for victory in race history, by overtaking, on the final straightaway, rookie Marco Andretti, whose father Michael Andretti finished third....
, Hornish became the first driver to ever overtake for the lead on the race's final lap, ultimately winning the race in the last by a 0.0635-second margin over rookie Marco Andretti
Marco Andretti

Marco Michael Andretti is an American auto racing driver who drives the #26 car for Andretti-Green Racing in the Indy Racing League. He is the son of 1991 IndyCar World Series champion Michael Andretti and the grandson of racing legend Mario Andretti....
. Also in that year, he won the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis Motor Speedway

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 race.It has existed since 1909, and is the original "Speedway," the first racing facility historically to incorporate the word....
's Scott Brayton
Scott Brayton

Scott Brayton was a race car driver from Coldwater, Michigan, Michigan, on the American open-wheel circuit. He competed in 14 Indianapolis 500s, beginning with the 1981 Indianapolis 500 event....
 Award, awarded annually to the driver best exemplifying a spirit of tenacity as well as friendliness amongst the race's participants. Hornish went on to win the 2006 IRL championship in the final race of the season by a tiebreaker over defending champ Dan Wheldon. He became the first 3-time champion in IRL history. In 2007, he only won one race at Texas, and finished fifth in points.

NASCAR

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On October 28, 2006, Hornish announced that he would attempt to run the final two 2006 NASCAR
NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
 Busch Series
Busch Series

The NASCAR Nationwide Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by the NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's "minor league" circuit , and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organization's "big league" circuit, the Sprint Cup....
 races for Penske Racing
Penske Racing

Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
, as well as select events in 2007. In his first two Busch starts, Hornish wrecked his #39 Mobil 1
Mobil 1

Mobil 1 is a brand name developed by the Mobil oil company and now marketed by ExxonMobil.It was introduced in 1974 as a 5w-20 viscosity Fully Synthetic motor oil advertised for use up to 25,000 miles....
 Dodge both times, and did not finish better than 36th. In 2007, his car was switched to the #12, and he competed in seven Busch races, his best finish being a 15th at Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway

Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track in Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta, Georgia. It is a 1.54-mile quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000....
. Beginning in fall 2007, he started attempting Nextel Cup races in the #06 for Penske, and made only two races (at Phoneix International Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway).

He will drive the #77 full-time for Penske in Sprint Cup in 2008 with Mobil 1 sponsorship. In his first Daytona 500 he had a great race, finishing 15th. Teammates Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch finished first and second; to giving Roger Penske his first 1,2 finish in NASCAR. After the race Roger Penske said, "It is nice to see Sam display some of his racing talent in the biggest race in NASCAR." After struggling to make his first NASCAR Cup Series events; Phoenix where he finished 30th and Homestead where he finished 37th, after the 2008 Daytona 500 he admitted that even he was surprised to see himself running in the top-10 most of the day. He also said, "I wish they would have started the race about two hours sooner, so it still could have been sunny out. If the sun had never gone down, we would have had a better chance. Once the sun goes down, everybody starts getting more and more evenly matched up, because there's not all that worry about the tires sliding around so much because of the heat."

At the May All-Star race at Lowe's Motor Speedway Hornish finished second in the Sprint Showdown to earn a start in the All-Star race. Hornish finished 7th. Hornish would finish second in a competitive Rookie of the Year race to Regan Smith
Regan Smith

Regan Smith is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #78 Furniture Row Chevrolet Impala SS for Furniture Row Racing on a part-time basis....
.

NASCAR Sprint Cup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) ass="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%" ! Year ! Team ! No. ! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! 23 ! 24 ! 25 ! 26 ! 27 ! 28 ! 29 ! 30 ! 31 ! 32 ! 33 ! 34 ! 35 ! 36 ! NSC ! Points |- |- ! 2007 ! Penske Racing
Penske Racing

Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
 |bgcolor="#003399" style="color: white;"|06 ! Dodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
 |bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| DAY
2008 Daytona 500

The 2008 Daytona 500 was the 50th annual running of "The Great American Race", the Daytona 500. The race took place on Sunday, February 17, 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
 
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| CAL
2008 Auto Club 500

The 2008 Auto Club 500 was the second race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and started on February 24th, 2008 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, California....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| LSV
2008 UAW-Dodge 400

The 2008 UAW-Dodge 400 was the third race in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It was run on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada....
 
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| ATL
2008 Kobalt Tools 500

The 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 was the fourth race in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and was held on March 9, 2008 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, located outside Atlanta, Georgia....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| BRI
2008 Food City 500

The 2008 Food City 500 was the fifth race of the 2008 in NASCAR Nextel Cup, and it was held on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| MAR
2008 Goody's Cool Orange 500

The 2008 Goody's Cool Orange 500 was the sixth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and was run on Sunday, March 30th, 2008 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| TEX
2008 Samsung 500

The 2008 Samsung 500 was the seventh race for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and run on Sunday, April 6th at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|PHO
2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500

The 2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500 was the eighth race for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and ran on Saturday, April 12th at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| TAL
2008 Aaron's 499

The 2008 Aaron's 499 was the ninth race in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and was raced on April 27th, 2008 at Talladega Superspeedway two miles east of Lincoln, Alabama in Talladega County, Alabama....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| RIC
2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400

The 2008 Crown Royal 400 is the tenth race on the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and was held Saturday, May 3 at Richmond International Raceway in Henrico County, Virginia, outside the Richmond, Virginia....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| DAR
2008 Dodge Challenger 500

The 2008 Dodge Challenger 500, the eleventh race on the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, was held on Saturday, May 10th at the fabled Darlington Speedway in Darlington, South Carolina....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| LOW
2008 Coca-Cola 600

The Coca-Cola 600, the longest race on the NASCAR schedule in terms of distance, was the 12th race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and was held at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, outside of Charlotte, North Carolina on Sunday, May 25....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| DOV
2008 Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks

The 2008 Best Buy 400 was the thirteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series which was run on Sunday, June 1st at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware, and serves as a fundraiser for Autism Speaks, with $5 from each ticket sold benefitting the charity....
 
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| POC
2008 Pocono 500

The 2008 Pocono 500 was the fourteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and was run on Sunday, June 8th at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania....
 
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| MIC
2008 Lifelock 400

The 2008 LifeLock 400 was the fifthteenth points race in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Held on Sunday, June 15 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, it was the first of two races sponsored by the internet protection service LifeLock, the other being the 2008 LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on July 12....
 
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| INF
2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350

The 2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was the sixteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and the first of two scheduled road course races on the 2008 schedule....
 
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| NHA
2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301

The 2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 was the seventeenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and was run on June 29 of that year at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, located in Loudon, New Hampshire....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| DY2
Coke Zero 400

The Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona is a 160 lap, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car racing held on the first Saturday night of July, usually around Independence Day weekend, at Daytona International Speedway....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| CHI
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| IND
2008 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard

The 2008 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard was the twentieth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the sixteenth NASCAR race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| PO2
2008 Pennsylvania 500

The 2008 Pennsylvania 500, the twenty-first race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and was held on August 3 of that year at Pocono Raceway in the village of Long Pond, Pennsylvania....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| GLN
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| MI2
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| BR2
2008 Sharpie 500

The 2008 Sharpie 500 was the twenty-fourth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and was raced on Saturday night, August 23 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| CA2
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| RI2
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| NH2
2008 Sylvania 300

The 2008 Sylvania 300 was the twenty-seventh race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and race one of the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 300-lap, race was held on September 14 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire....

DNQ |bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| DV2
DNQ |bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| KAN
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| TL2
DNQ |bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| LW2
2008 Bank of America 500

The 2008 Bank of America 500, was the thirty-first race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and race five of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, serving as the only Saturday night race in the Chase as of 2008....

DNQ |bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| MR2
DNQ |bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| AT2
DNQ |bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| TX2
2008 Dickies 500

The 2008 Dickies 500 was the second to last race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the Chase for the Sprint Cup races number 34 and eight overall respectively....

|bgcolor="#FCD765"| PH2
2008 Checker Auto Parts 500

The 2008 Checker Auto Parts 500 was the penultimate race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 312-lap, event on the circuit was held on November 9 at Phoenix International Raceway in the Phoenix, Arizona suburb of Avondale, Arizona....

30 |bgcolor="#FCD765"| HOM
2008 Ford 400

The 2008 Ford 400, a race, is the concluding event of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series along with the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup, and will decide the Sprint Cup Champion for the 2008 season, as Jimmie Johnson enters the race with a 141-point lead over his closest rival, Carl Edwards....

37 ! 62nd ! 135 |- |- ! 2008
2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

The 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series began on February 9, 2008 at Daytona International Speedway with the 2008 Budweiser Shootout, followed by pole qualifying on Sunday, February 10, 2008 for the 2008 Daytona 500 on February 17....
 ! Penske Racing
Penske Racing

Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
 |bgcolor="#003399" style="color: white;"|77 ! Dodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
 |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| DAY
2008 Daytona 500

The 2008 Daytona 500 was the 50th annual running of "The Great American Race", the Daytona 500. The race took place on Sunday, February 17, 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
 
15 |bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| CAL
2008 Auto Club 500

The 2008 Auto Club 500 was the second race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and started on February 24th, 2008 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, California....

43 |bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| LSV
2008 UAW-Dodge 400

The 2008 UAW-Dodge 400 was the third race in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It was run on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada....
 
41 |bgcolor="#0066FF"| ATL
2008 Kobalt Tools 500

The 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 was the fourth race in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and was held on March 9, 2008 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, located outside Atlanta, Georgia....

25 |bgcolor="#0066FF"| BRI
2008 Food City 500

The 2008 Food City 500 was the fifth race of the 2008 in NASCAR Nextel Cup, and it was held on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee....

29 |bgcolor="#0066FF"| MAR
2008 Goody's Cool Orange 500

The 2008 Goody's Cool Orange 500 was the sixth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and was run on Sunday, March 30th, 2008 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia....

28 |bgcolor="#FCD765"| TEX
2008 Samsung 500

The 2008 Samsung 500 was the seventh race for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and run on Sunday, April 6th at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas....

32 |bgcolor="#0066FF"|PHO
2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500

The 2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500 was the eighth race for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and ran on Saturday, April 12th at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona....

20 |bgcolor="#FCD765"| TAL
2008 Aaron's 499

The 2008 Aaron's 499 was the ninth race in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and was raced on April 27th, 2008 at Talladega Superspeedway two miles east of Lincoln, Alabama in Talladega County, Alabama....

35 |bgcolor="#0066FF"| RIC
2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400

The 2008 Crown Royal 400 is the tenth race on the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and was held Saturday, May 3 at Richmond International Raceway in Henrico County, Virginia, outside the Richmond, Virginia....

23 |bgcolor="#FCD765"| DAR
2008 Dodge Challenger 500

The 2008 Dodge Challenger 500, the eleventh race on the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, was held on Saturday, May 10th at the fabled Darlington Speedway in Darlington, South Carolina....

38 |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| LOW
2008 Coca-Cola 600

The Coca-Cola 600, the longest race on the NASCAR schedule in terms of distance, was the 12th race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and was held at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, outside of Charlotte, North Carolina on Sunday, May 25....

13 |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| DOV
2008 Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks

The 2008 Best Buy 400 was the thirteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series which was run on Sunday, June 1st at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware, and serves as a fundraiser for Autism Speaks, with $5 from each ticket sold benefitting the charity....
 
18 |bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| POC
2008 Pocono 500

The 2008 Pocono 500 was the fourteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and was run on Sunday, June 8th at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania....
 
42 |bgcolor="#0066FF"| MIC
2008 Lifelock 400

The 2008 LifeLock 400 was the fifthteenth points race in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Held on Sunday, June 15 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, it was the first of two races sponsored by the internet protection service LifeLock, the other being the 2008 LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on July 12....
 
22 |bgcolor="#FCD765"| INF
2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350

The 2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was the sixteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and the first of two scheduled road course races on the 2008 schedule....
 
31 |bgcolor="#FCD765"| NHA
2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301

The 2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 was the seventeenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and was run on June 29 of that year at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, located in Loudon, New Hampshire....

39 |bgcolor="#0066FF"| DY2
Coke Zero 400

The Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona is a 160 lap, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car racing held on the first Saturday night of July, usually around Independence Day weekend, at Daytona International Speedway....

29 |bgcolor="#FCD765"| CHI
37 |bgcolor="#0066FF"| IND
2008 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard

The 2008 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard was the twentieth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the sixteenth NASCAR race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ....

21 |bgcolor="#0066FF"| PO2
2008 Pennsylvania 500

The 2008 Pennsylvania 500, the twenty-first race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and was held on August 3 of that year at Pocono Raceway in the village of Long Pond, Pennsylvania....

26 |bgcolor="#FCD765"| GLN
32 |bgcolor="#0066FF"| MI2
22 |bgcolor="#FCD765"| BR2
2008 Sharpie 500

The 2008 Sharpie 500 was the twenty-fourth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and was raced on Saturday night, August 23 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee....

37 |bgcolor="#FCD765"| CA2
31 |bgcolor="#FCD765"| RI2
38 |bgcolor="#FCD765"| NH2
2008 Sylvania 300

The 2008 Sylvania 300 was the twenty-seventh race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and race one of the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 300-lap, race was held on September 14 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire....

30 |bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| DV2
42 |bgcolor="#FCD765"| KAN
33 |bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| TL2
DNQ |bgcolor="#0066FF"| LW2
2008 Bank of America 500

The 2008 Bank of America 500, was the thirty-first race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and race five of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, serving as the only Saturday night race in the Chase as of 2008....

22 |bgcolor="#FCD765"| MR2
34 |bgcolor="#0066FF"| AT2
24 |bgcolor="#0066FF"| TX2
2008 Dickies 500

The 2008 Dickies 500 was the second to last race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the Chase for the Sprint Cup races number 34 and eight overall respectively....

23 |bgcolor="#FCD765"| PH2
2008 Checker Auto Parts 500

The 2008 Checker Auto Parts 500 was the penultimate race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 312-lap, event on the circuit was held on November 9 at Phoenix International Raceway in the Phoenix, Arizona suburb of Avondale, Arizona....

33 |bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| HOM
2008 Ford 400

The 2008 Ford 400, a race, is the concluding event of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series along with the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup, and will decide the Sprint Cup Champion for the 2008 season, as Jimmie Johnson enters the race with a 141-point lead over his closest rival, Carl Edwards....

DNQ ! 35th ! 2523 |- |- ! 2009
2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

The 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be the sixty-first season of professional stock car racing in the United States, which began at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida with the 2009 Budweiser Shootout, a race for the top six teams of the four brands in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series on February 7th, with the first p...
 ! Penske Racing
Penske Racing

Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
 |bgcolor="#003399" style="color: white;"|77 ! Dodge
Dodge

Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
 |bgcolor="#FCD765"| DAY
2008 Daytona 500

The 2008 Daytona 500 was the 50th annual running of "The Great American Race", the Daytona 500. The race took place on Sunday, February 17, 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
 
32 |bgcolor="#0066FF"| CAL
2008 Auto Club 500

The 2008 Auto Club 500 was the second race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and started on February 24th, 2008 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, California....

23 |bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| LSV
2008 UAW-Dodge 400

The 2008 UAW-Dodge 400 was the third race in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It was run on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada....
 
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| ATL
2008 Kobalt Tools 500

The 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 was the fourth race in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and was held on March 9, 2008 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, located outside Atlanta, Georgia....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| BRI
2008 Food City 500

The 2008 Food City 500 was the fifth race of the 2008 in NASCAR Nextel Cup, and it was held on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| MAR
2008 Goody's Cool Orange 500

The 2008 Goody's Cool Orange 500 was the sixth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and was run on Sunday, March 30th, 2008 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| TEX
2008 Samsung 500

The 2008 Samsung 500 was the seventh race for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and run on Sunday, April 6th at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|PHO
2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500

The 2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500 was the eighth race for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and ran on Saturday, April 12th at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| TAL
2008 Aaron's 499

The 2008 Aaron's 499 was the ninth race in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and was raced on April 27th, 2008 at Talladega Superspeedway two miles east of Lincoln, Alabama in Talladega County, Alabama....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| RIC
2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400

The 2008 Crown Royal 400 is the tenth race on the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and was held Saturday, May 3 at Richmond International Raceway in Henrico County, Virginia, outside the Richmond, Virginia....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| DAR
2008 Dodge Challenger 500

The 2008 Dodge Challenger 500, the eleventh race on the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, was held on Saturday, May 10th at the fabled Darlington Speedway in Darlington, South Carolina....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| LOW
2008 Coca-Cola 600

The Coca-Cola 600, the longest race on the NASCAR schedule in terms of distance, was the 12th race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and was held at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, outside of Charlotte, North Carolina on Sunday, May 25....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| DOV
2008 Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks

The 2008 Best Buy 400 was the thirteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series which was run on Sunday, June 1st at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware, and serves as a fundraiser for Autism Speaks, with $5 from each ticket sold benefitting the charity....
 
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| POC
2008 Pocono 500

The 2008 Pocono 500 was the fourteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and was run on Sunday, June 8th at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania....
 
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| MIC
2008 Lifelock 400

The 2008 LifeLock 400 was the fifthteenth points race in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Held on Sunday, June 15 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, it was the first of two races sponsored by the internet protection service LifeLock, the other being the 2008 LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway on July 12....
 
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| INF
2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350

The 2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was the sixteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and the first of two scheduled road course races on the 2008 schedule....
 
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| NHA
2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301

The 2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 was the seventeenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and was run on June 29 of that year at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, located in Loudon, New Hampshire....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| DY2
Coke Zero 400

The Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona is a 160 lap, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car racing held on the first Saturday night of July, usually around Independence Day weekend, at Daytona International Speedway....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| CHI
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| IND
2008 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard

The 2008 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard was the twentieth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the sixteenth NASCAR race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| PO2
2008 Pennsylvania 500

The 2008 Pennsylvania 500, the twenty-first race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and was held on August 3 of that year at Pocono Raceway in the village of Long Pond, Pennsylvania....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| GLN
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| MI2
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| BR2
2008 Sharpie 500

The 2008 Sharpie 500 was the twenty-fourth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and was raced on Saturday night, August 23 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| CA2
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| RI2
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| NH2
2008 Sylvania 300

The 2008 Sylvania 300 was the twenty-seventh race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and race one of the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 300-lap, race was held on September 14 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| DV2
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| KAN
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| TL2
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| LW2
2008 Bank of America 500

The 2008 Bank of America 500, was the thirty-first race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and race five of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, serving as the only Saturday night race in the Chase as of 2008....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| MR2
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| AT2
|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| TX2
2008 Dickies 500

The 2008 Dickies 500 was the second to last race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the Chase for the Sprint Cup races number 34 and eight overall respectively....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| PH2
2008 Checker Auto Parts 500

The 2008 Checker Auto Parts 500 was the penultimate race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 312-lap, event on the circuit was held on November 9 at Phoenix International Raceway in the Phoenix, Arizona suburb of Avondale, Arizona....

|bgcolor="#CCCCCC"| HOM
2008 Ford 400

The 2008 Ford 400, a race, is the concluding event of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series along with the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup, and will decide the Sprint Cup Champion for the 2008 season, as Jimmie Johnson enters the race with a 141-point lead over his closest rival, Carl Edwards....

! 29th ! 161 |- |}

Year Starts* Wins Top Fives Top Tens Poles DNF Finish Start Winnings Rank Team(s)
2007 2 0 0 0 0 0 33.5 27.5 $126,325 62 Penske Racing
Penske Racing

Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
2008 34 0 0 0 0 4 29.6 27.9 $4,547,374 35 Penske Racing
Penske Racing

Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
2009 2 0 0 0 0 0 27.5 27.5 $399,893 29 Penske Racing
Penske Racing

Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
 
Totals 38 0 0 0 0 4 29.7 27.9 $5,073,592  


* - 2 of 36 races (Data as of February 24, 2009)

Education/Family

Hornish is a 1998 graduate of Archbold High School
Archbold High School

Archbold High School is a public high school in Archbold, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Archbold Area Schools district....
 in Archbold, Ohio
Archbold, Ohio

Archbold is a village #Ohio in Fulton County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,290 at the United States Census, 2000.Archbold is home to Northwest State Community College....
, and now resides in Napoleon
Napoleon, Ohio

Napoleon is a city in Henry County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, along the Maumee River. As of the United States Census 2000, the city had a total population of 9,318....
.

On February 4, 2008 Sam and his wife Crystal welcomed their first child, Addison Faith Hornish, into the world. Baby Addison weighed . 2oz. and measured . Hornish finished 15th in his first Daytona 500.

Motorsport Career Results


American Open Wheel

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
IndyCar
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
2000 PDM
PDM Racing

PDM Racing is a racing team in the Indy Racing League and United States Auto Club Silver Crown series owned by Paul Diatlovich. Almost always a low budget team and affectionately dubbed "Poor Dumb Mechanics" by one of its former owners, it is known to make the most out of mediocre equipment....
WDW
20		PHX
Ret		LSV
3		IND
2000 Indianapolis 500

The 2000 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 28, 2000....

Ret
TXS
Ret		PPIR
Ret		ATL
DNS		KTY
9		TX2
Ret		 21st 110
2001 Panther
Panther Racing

Panther Racing is an American open wheel car auto racing team. It is one of the oldest continually operating teams in the Indy Racing League ....
PHX
1		HMS
1		ATL
4		IND
2001 Indianapolis 500

The 85th Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 27, 2001. Race rookie H?lio Castroneves led the final 52 laps and won his first Indianapolis 500....

14		TXS
3		PPIR
2		RIR
2		KAN
2		NSH
6		KTY
3		STL
3		CHI
2		TX2
1		 1st 503
2002 Panther
Panther Racing

Panther Racing is an American open wheel car auto racing team. It is one of the oldest continually operating teams in the Indy Racing League ....
HMS
1		PHX
3		CAL
1		NZR
17		IND
2002 Indianapolis 500

The 86th Indianapolis race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 26, 2002. It was the seventh Indianapolis 500 held as part of the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series schedule, and was part of the 2002 IndyCar Series season....

25		TXS
Ret		PPIR
3		RIR
1		KAN
2		NSH
3		MIS
7		KTY
2		STL
5		CHI
1		TX2
1		 1st 531
2003 Panther
Panther Racing

Panther Racing is an American open wheel car auto racing team. It is one of the oldest continually operating teams in the Indy Racing League ....
HMS
10		PHX
Ret		JPN
6		IND
2003 Indianapolis 500

The 2003 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 25, 2003....

Ret		TXS
10		PPIR
5		RIR
4		KAN
Ret		NSH
11		MIS
2		STL
6		KTY
1		NZR
2		CHI
1		CAL
1		TX2
Ret		 5th 461
2004 Penske
Penske Racing

Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
HMS
1		PHX
15		JPN
Ret		IND
2004 Indianapolis 500

The 2004 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 30, 2004. It was cancelled early due to Thunderstorm and a tornado in the area....

Ret		TXS
4		RIR
11		KAN
8		NSH
2		MIL
3		MIS
4		KTY
14		PPIR
Ret		NZR
11		CHI
6		CAL
4		TX2
Ret		 7th 387
2005 Penske
Penske Racing

Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
HMS
2		PHX
1		STP
Ret		JPN
7		IND
2005 Indianapolis 500

The 2005 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 29, 2005. Dan Wheldon won the race under a Racing flags#The yellow flag....

Ret		TXS
2		RIR
Ret		KAN
12		NSH
2		MIL
1		MIS
5		KTY
7		PPIR
2		SNM
17		CHI
3		WGL
7		CAL
5		 3rd 512
2006 Penske
Penske Racing

Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
HMS
3		STP
8		JPN
4		IND
2006 Indianapolis 500

The 90th Indianapolis 500 was held on Sunday, May 28, 2006. Sam Hornish, Jr. won the race with the first final-lap pass for victory in race history, by overtaking, on the final straightaway, rookie Marco Andretti, whose father Michael Andretti finished third....

1		WGL
12		TXS
4		RIR
1		KAN
1		NSH
Ret		MIL
2		MIS
Ret		KTY
1		SNM
9		CHI
3		 1st-TB 475
2007 Penske
Penske Racing

Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
HMS
3		STP
7		JPN
5		KAN
6		IND
2007 Indianapolis 500

The 91st Indianapolis 500 ran on Sunday, May 27, 2007 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the 12th Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and marked the fifth race of the 2007 in IRL just after the Kansas Lottery Indy 300 and just before the 2007 ABC Supply Company A.J....

4		MIL
9		TXS
1		IOW
Ret		RIR
15		WGL
2		NSH
4		MDO
14		MIS
Ret		KTY
Ret		SNM
5		DET
12		CHI
3		5th465
Years Teams Races Poles Wins Podiums
(Non-win)		 Top 10s
(Non-podium)		 Indianapolis 500
Wins		 Championships
83116121927321 (2006
2006 Indianapolis 500

The 90th Indianapolis 500 was held on Sunday, May 28, 2006. Sam Hornish, Jr. won the race with the first final-lap pass for victory in race history, by overtaking, on the final straightaway, rookie Marco Andretti, whose father Michael Andretti finished third....
)		3 (2001, 2002, 2006)


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