Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. (born July 2, 1979 in
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race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an
Indianapolis 500The 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. The margin of victory was 0.0635...
victory and three
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championships. He currently drives the #77
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for
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in
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'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
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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
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F2000 Series, driving six races for his family-owned team, and had one top-ten finish at
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. He joined Bordin Racing in 1997 and had two eleventh-place finishes, before signing with Primus Racing. He had a second-place run at
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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
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. He also drove the
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for Intersport Racing.
IRL career
He first raced in the
IRLThe Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is an American based open-wheel racing series sanctioning body.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...
in 2000 with the
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team, with a best finish of third. However, he switched to
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for the next season and improved enough to take the title from reigning champion
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. In 2002 the
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team switched from
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, and Sam was able to beat their top driver
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to his second title. Along the way, Hornish beat
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by .0024 of a second in the
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in Chicago, possibly the closest race in auto history until the
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when
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beat teammate and champion
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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
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and Toyota providing engines superior to the established
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unit Panther used. As a result,
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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
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and
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in the standings and the top placement of any driver not driving for
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.
On May 28, 2006, after starting on the
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for the
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, 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
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. Also in that year, he won the
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's
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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
On October 28, 2006, Hornish announced that he would attempt to run the final two 2006
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races for
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, as well as select events in 2007. In his first two Busch starts, Hornish wrecked his #39
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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
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. 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).
Hornish moved up to drive the #77 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."
To allow Hornish to start in the first five Sprint Cup races of the season, Penske swapped the owner points of Kurt Busch's #2 car with the #77's, which ensured Hornish of a place in each of the races as Busch's team had finished seventh in the final 2007 Nextel Cup standings (and also protected Busch in case of bad qualifying efforts as he would have been able to use the Champion's Provisional for the first five races in 2008, as the rules state that the most recent Cup champion not qualified gets into the field; Busch's 2004 championship qualified him for use of the provisional).
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
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, which could not have been helped by Hornish's string of poor finishes and failure to qualify for two
As the 2009 season started, the team had high hopes for the season. However, bad luck late in 4 of the first 6 races kept Sam from being able to achieve his elusive first top 10 finish in a Sprint Cup points race. Nevertheless, he showed great improvement from 2008. Finally, on April 18 in Phoenix, he got his top 10, finishing the race in 9th place. Two races later Sam again improved on his career best finish scoring 6th in the Crown Royal 400 at Richmond International Raceway. A week later, despite its being a non-points race, Hornish got his first NASCAR victory by winning the annual Sprint Showdown, which qualified him for the Sprint All-Star Race for the second year in a row. He'd go on to finish 16th in the event.
Through 24 races in 2009, while Hornish's results have improved from his rookie campaign, the team has still struggled with consistency and finishing races. In addition to his two top ten finishes early in the year, Hornish has scored 5 additional top tens (both Pocono races, New Hampshire, Michigan, and again at Richmond) and also gained his first two top five finishes with a fourth place effort in the Pennsylvania 500 and a fifth place finish at Michigan. These efforts, however, have been countered with 13 finishes of 30th or worse (with 7 of those being finishes of 35th or worse). Since his debut, Hornish has finished 30th or worse in 33 of his 62 career starts.
NASCAR Sprint Cup results
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CALThe 2007 Auto Club 500 was the second race in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season, and took place on February 25, 2007 at the California Speedway in Fontana, California.The 2007 Auto Club 500 was the first NEXTEL Cup race using unleaded gasoline...
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LSVThe 2007 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 was the third race in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season, which took place on March 11, 2007 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada....
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ATLThe 2007 Kobalt Tools 500, the fourth race of the 2007 NEXTEL Cup Season, was held Sunday, March 18, 2007 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia...
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BRIThe Food City 500 was the fifth race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season, and was run on Sunday, March 25, 2007 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.- Overview :...
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MARThe 2007 Goody's Cool Orange 500, the sixth race of the 2007 Nextel Cup Series, was held on Sunday, April 1 of that year at the 0.526 mile Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia, the circuit's shortest oval....
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TEXThe 2007 Samsung 500, the seventh race of the 2007 Nextel Cup Series, was held on Sunday, April 15 of that year at the 1.5 mile Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Hendrick Motorsports would be shooting for its fifth consecutive win as a team. The last team to accomplish this feat was Petty...
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PHOThe 2007 Subway Fresh Fit 500 was the eighth race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Season, and will be run on April 21, 2007 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. This race was 500 kilometers , one of a handful of NASCAR events that use kilometers instead of laps or miles...
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TALThe 2007 Aaron's 499 was the ninth race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Season, and was run on April 29, 2007 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. This race was the second of the four restrictor plate races on the NASCAR schedule....
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RICThe Crown Royal 400 was the tenth race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup campaign, scheduled to be run on Saturday, May 5, 2007 at Richmond International Raceway in Henrico County, Virginia, just outside the city of Richmond, Virginia's state capital. Rain postponed the race to the following afternoon...
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DARThe 2007 Dodge Avenger 500 was the eleventh race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup and was run at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. The originally scheduled May 12th running was postponed due to rain, and was run the following afternoon, May 13th , the second race in two weeks to be...
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LOWThe 2007 edition of the Coca-Cola 600, the twelfth race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season was held on Sunday, May 27, 2007 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte...
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DOVThe 2007 Autism Speaks 400 presented by Visa was the thirteenth race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup season. It was scheduled to be run on Sunday, June 3, 2007 at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware, but was postponed due to rain as a result of the remnants of Tropical Storm Barry and...
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POCThe 2007 Pocono 500, the fourteenth race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season, was run Sunday, June 10, 2007 at Pocono Raceway outside of the village of Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The race marked the start of the second half of the race to qualify for the Chase for the Nextel Cup and the first...
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MICThe 2007 Citizens Bank 400 was the 15th race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series season. It was held on June 17, 2007 at Michigan International Speedway, located in the town of Brooklyn, Michigan, about 80 miles west of Detroit....
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INFThe 2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was the 16th race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series season. It took place on June 24, 2007, at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, about 25 miles north of San Francisco....
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NHAThe 2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 was the 17th race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series season, held on July 1, 2007, at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire...
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DY2The 2007 Pepsi 400 was the 18th race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series season and held on July 7, 2007, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
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CHIThe 2007 USG Sheetrock 400 was the 19th race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series season. It took place during daytime on July 15, 2007 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois with the broadcast airing on TNT.-Qualifying:...
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INDThe 2007 Allstate 400 at The Brickyard was the twentieth race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series season and the first race under the ESPN/ABC section of the TV coverage. It was held on July 29, 2007 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana....
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PO2The 2007 Pennsylvania 500, the twenty-first race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season was raced on Sunday, August 5, 2007 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.-Pre-Race:...
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GLNThe 2007 Centurion Boats at the Glen was the twenty-second race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Season, and was run on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at Watkins Glen Raceway in New York...
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MI2The 2007 3M Performance 400 is the 23rd race in the 2007 NASCAR season and was scheduled to be held on Sunday, August 19, 2007 at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan...
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BR2The 2007 Sharpie 500, the 24th race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season was run on the newly-repaved and reconfigured .533 mile Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee on Saturday night, August 25, 2007....
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CA2The 2007 Sharp AQUOS 500 was the 25th race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season, and was held on Sunday, September 2, 2007 at California Speedway near Fontana, California, 50 miles east of Los Angeles...
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RI2The 2007 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 was the twenty-sixth and final "regular season" race in the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season. The race was run on Saturday night, September 8, 2007 at Richmond International Raceway in Henrico County, Virginia, just outside of Virginia's state capital...
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NH2The 2007 Sylvania 300 was the 27th race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season and the first of the ten-race 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup championship series...
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DV2The 2007 Dodge Dealers 400, was run September 23rd, 2007 in the state capital of Delaware at Dover International Speedway, the 28th race in the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season and the second race of the ten-event 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup...
DNQ
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KANThe 2007 LifeLock 400 is the 29th race in the 2007 NASCAR season and the third race of the ten in the 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup Championship Series. The event, held at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, was run on September 30, 2007....
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TL2The 2007 UAW-Ford 500 was the 30th race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Season and the fourth race in the 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup. This race was raced on Sunday, October 7, 2007 at the Talladega Superspeedway outside of Talladega, Alabama....
DNQ
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LW2The 2007 Bank of America 500, the 31st race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season, and the fifth race of the 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup, was run on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte...
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MR2The 2007 Subway 500, the 32nd race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season and the sixth race in the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup, ran on Sunday, October 21st, 2007, at Martinsville Speedway, located on the outskirts of Martinsville, Virginia...
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AT2The 2007 Pep Boys Auto 500, the 33rd race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season and the seventh race that makes up the 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup ran Sunday, October 28, 2007 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta....
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TX2The 2007 Dickies 500 was the 34th race in the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season and the third to last race in the 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup. This race took place on Sunday, November 4th at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.-Pre-race news:...
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PH2The 2007 Checker Auto Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil, the next to last race of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season and the 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup ran on Sunday, November 11, 2007 at Phoenix International Raceway in the Phoenix suburb of Avondale, Arizona...
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HOMThe 2007 Ford 400, the final race of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season for 2007 and the 2007 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup, was run on Sunday, November 18, 2007 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida, located in Dade County outside Miami, the final event of the three day Ford Championship...
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DAYThe 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 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The race was the 50th to be run since the first in 1959, won by Lee Petty. To commemorate...
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CALThe 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 of Southern California in Fontana, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. The race was telecast on Fox starting at 3:30 PM US EST/12:30 PM PST, with MRN and Sirius...
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LSVThe 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. After four years in which the Auto Club 500 and this race were separated by one week, the events were held on back-to-back weeks...
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ATLThe 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 the Georgia state capital...
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BRIThe 2008 Food City 500 was the fifth race of the 2008 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season, and it was held on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. This race aired on Fox starting at 1:30 PM US EDT with radio coverage handled by Performance Racing Network and Sirius Satellite...
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MARThe 2008 Goody's Cool Orange 500 was the sixth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and was run on Sunday, March 30th, 2008 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. This race aired on Fox starting at 1:30 PM US EDT and radio was handled by Motor Racing Network and Sirius...
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TEXThe 2008 Samsung 500 was the seventh race for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and run on Sunday, April 6th at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas...
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PHOThe 2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500 was the eighth race for the NASCAR Sprint Cup season and ran on Saturday, April 12th at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona...
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TALThe 2008 Aaron's 499 was the ninth race in the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule and was raced on April 27th, 2008 at Talladega Superspeedway two miles east of Lincoln in Talladega County, Alabama...
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RICThe 2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400 is the tenth race on the NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule for the 2008 season, and was held Saturday, May 3 at Richmond International Raceway in Henrico County, Virginia, outside the state capital of Virginia. The race was telecast on Fox starting at 7:45...
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DARThe 2008 Dodge Challenger 500, the eleventh race on the NASCAR Sprint Cup season, was held on Saturday, May 10th at the fabled Darlington Speedway in Darlington, South Carolina. The race was televised in the USA on Fox starting at 7 PM US EDT with radio being handled on MRN on terrestrial radio and...
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LOWThe Coca-Cola 600, the longest race on the NASCAR schedule in terms of distance, was the 12th race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and was held at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, outside of Charlotte on Sunday, May 25...
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DOVThe 2008 Best Buy 400 was the thirteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule which was run on Sunday, June 1st at Dover International Speedway in Delaware's state capital, and serves as a fundraiser for Autism Speaks, with $5 from each ticket sold benefitting the charity...
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POCThe 2008 Pocono 500 was the fourteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule and was run on Sunday, June 8th at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania...
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MICThe 2008 Camping World RV 400 presented by Coleman, was the twenty-ninth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and also served as the third race in the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The race, not to be confused with the Camping World RV 400 at Dover, Delaware, was held on September 28 at the ...
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INFThe 2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was the sixteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and the first of two scheduled road course races on the 2008 schedule...
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NHAThe 2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 was the seventeenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and was run on June 29 of that year at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, located in Loudon, New Hampshire. This was the first race under the new ownership of Speedway Motorsports, Inc...
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DY2The 2008 Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola was the eighteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, marking the official halfway point of the season. This race was held on July 5th of that year at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, and was the third race utilizing...
29
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CHIThe 2008 LifeLock.com 400 was the nineteenth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and the final race under the TNT coverage for the year. It was held on July 12 of that year at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois, as the race moves to a nighttime event for the first time in the event's...
37
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INDThe 2008 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard was the twentieth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the fifteenth NASCAR race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway . It was also the first race under the ESPN/ABC section of the TV coverage for the 2008 season...
21
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26
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GLNThe 2008 Centurion Boats at the Glen was the twenty-second race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the second and final road course event of the season. The 90-lap, race was held on August 10, 2008 at the historic Watkins Glen International Raceway in the New York namesake village...
32
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MI2The 2008 3M Performance 400, the twenty-third race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, was held on August 17 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan...
22
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BR2The 2008 Sharpie 500 was the twenty-fourth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and was raced on Saturday night, August 23 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee...
37
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CA2The 2008 Pepsi 500 was the twenty-fifth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the next-to-last race to determine the twelve drivers to compete in the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The race was held on Sunday night, August 31 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California...
31
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RI2The 2008 Chevy Rock & Roll 400, was the twenty-sixth race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, but more importantly, served as the final "regular season" race before the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup, where the top twelve drivers were "locked into" the ten-race playoff...
38
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NH2The 2008 Sylvania 300 was the twenty-seventh race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and race one of the 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
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42
|bgcolor="#FCD765"| KAN
33
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TL2The 2008 AMP Energy 500, was race number thirty of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the fourth event of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. It was held on October 5 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama, and marked the only race in the Championship Chase to utilize restrictor plates on...
DNQ
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LW2The 2008 Bank of America 500, was the thirty-first race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and race five of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, serving as the only Saturday night race in the Chase as of 2008. The 334-lap, event was held on October 11 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina...
22
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MR2The 2008 TUMS QuikPak 500, was the thirty-second race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and started off the second half of the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 500-lap, event, the only race on the Chase that is scheduled to be held on a short track was held on October 19 at Martinsville...
34
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AT2The 2008 Pep Boys Auto 500, is the thirty-third race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the third to the last race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. The race will be held on October 26 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia...
24
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TX2The 2008 Dickies 500 was the second to last race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the Chase for the Sprint Cup races number 34 and eight overall respectively. The 334-lap, race was held on November 2 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas...
23
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PH2The 2008 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 was the penultimate race of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season 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...
33
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HOMThe 2008 Ford 400, a race, was the concluding event of the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season along with the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup, and decides the Sprint Cup Champion for the 2008 season, this race was historic for being the race where jimmie johnson became the second driver to win the sprint...
DNQ
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35th
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2009The 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is the 61st 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 at Daytona, a race for the top six teams of the four brands in the 2008 season on...
!
Penske RacingPenske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, ALMS, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART. Penske Racing is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske...
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77
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DodgeDodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and pickup trucks, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler Group LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....
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DAYThe 2009 Daytona 500, the fifty-first running of Daytona 500, was the first points-paying race to open the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. The race was won by Matt Kenseth making a car numbered 17 winning the Daytona 500 for the first time in 20 years since Darrell Waltrip's win back in 1989 and the...
32
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CALThe 2009 Auto Club 500 was the second race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. the race occurred on February 22, 2009, at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, from Los Angeles and was one of the cleanest races in the history of the track with only one caution for an on track incident...
23
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LSVThe 2009 Shelby 427 was the third race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. This race took place on March 1 of that year at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the namesake Nevada city...
16
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ATLThe 2009 Kobalt Tools 500 was the fourth race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. This race took place on March 8, 2009 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia near Atlanta.-The Race:...
37
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BRIThe 2009 Food City 500 was the fifth race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. This 500 lap, race took place on March 22 of that year at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, and was telecast on Fox beginning at 1:30 PM US EDT, with radio broadcasting being handled by Performance...
31
|bgcolor="#FCD765"| MAR
34
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TEXThe 2009 Samsung 500 is the seventh race in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. The 334 lap, race was held on Sunday, April 5, 2009 at the Texas Motor Speedway in the Fort Worth suburb of Justin, Texas...
17
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PHOThe 2009 Subway Fresh Fit 500 is the eighth race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It was held on April 18, 2009 at Phoenix International Speedway.-Qualifying:...
9
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TALThe 2009 Aaron's 499 was the ninth race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. The race was run at the Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama on April 26th...
34
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RICThe 2009 Crown Royal presents the Russ Friedman 400 was the tenth race in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, which took place on May 2, 2009 at the Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia.-Race summary:...
6
|bgcolor="#0066FF"| DAR
30
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LOWThe 2009 Coca-Cola 600, the longest race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season in terms of distance, was the twelfth race of the thirty-six race season. It was also the 50th running of the race, and in celebration thereof Lowe's Motor Speedway painted the outside retaining walls gold...
16
|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| DOV
13
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POCThe 2009 Pocono 500 was the fourteenth points race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season for 2009, and was run on Sunday, June 7 of that year at the Pocono Raceway outside the hamlet of Long Pond, Pennsylvania...
10
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MICThe 2009 LifeLock 400 was the fifteenth points race in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule. Held on Sunday, June 14 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 LifeLock.com 400 at...
29
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38
|bgcolor="#CFEAFF"| NHA
8
|bgcolor="#FCD765"|
DY2The 2009 Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola was the eighteenth race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule, marking the halfway point of the season, and the third of four restrictor plate races on the season slate. The 160 lap, event was held on Saturday night, July 4 at the Daytona...
32
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CHIThe 2009 LifeLock.com 400 was the nineteenth race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule, marking the start of the second half of the season. the 267 lap event was held on Saturday night, July 11 at the Chicagoland Speedway...
38
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INDThe 2009 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard was the twenty-first race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the sixteenth NASCAR race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway . It was the first race under the ESPN/ABC section of the TV coverage for the 2009 season...
37
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4
|bgcolor="#FCD765"| GLN
35
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| MI2
5
|bgcolor="#FCD765"| BR2
35
|bgcolor="#FCD765"| AT2
35
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RI2The 2009 Chevy Rock & Roll 400 was the 26th race in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and served as the last race in the "regular season" before the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup...
8
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NH2The 2009 Sylvania 300 w as the twenty-seventh race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the first race of the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 300-lap, race was held on September 20 at the 1.058 mile length New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire...
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KANThe 2009 Price Chopper 400, was the twenty-ninth race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and also served as the third race in the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The race, not to be confused with the Camping World RV 400 at Dover, Delaware, was held on October 4 at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas...
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LW2The 2009 NASCAR Banking 500 only from Bank of America is the thirty-first race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and race five of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, serving as the only Saturday night race in the Chase. The 334-lap, event is scheduled to be held on October 17 at the Lowe's Motor...
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MR2The 2009 TUMS Fast Relief 500 is expected to be the 32nd race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season at the beginning of the second half of the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 500-lap, event, the only race on the Chase that is scheduled to be held on a short track is due to be held on October 25...
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TA2The 2009 AMP Energy 500 is scheduled to be the 33rd race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the seventh event of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. It is due to be held on November 1 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama, and is expected to be the only race in the Championship Chase to...
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TX2The 2009 Dickies 500 will be the second to last race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and race eight of the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 334-lap, 501 mile race will be held on Sunday, November 8 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas...
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PH2The 2009 Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 will be the penultimate race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and the 2009 Chase for the Sprint Cup. The 312-lap, event on the circuit was held on November 15 at Phoenix International Raceway in the Phoenix, Arizona suburb of Avondale...
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HOMThe 2009 Ford 400 will be the final race of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and of the decade of the 2000s. This race will take place on November 22 of that year at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida near Miami. The race will be telecast by ABC and will be broadcast on radio...
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|}
| 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 Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, ALMS, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART. Penske Racing is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske...
|
| 2008 |
34 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
29.6 |
27.9 |
$4,547,374 |
35 |
Penske Racing Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, ALMS, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART. Penske Racing is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske...
|
| 2009 |
26 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
4 |
23.6 |
23.9 |
$3,016,757 |
26 |
Penske Racing Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, ALMS, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART. Penske Racing is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske...
|
|
| Totals |
62 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
27.2 |
26.2 |
$7,690,456 |
|
* - 26 of 36 races (Data as of August 17th, 2009)
Education/Family
Hornish is a 1998 graduate of
Archbold High SchoolArchbold High School is a public high school in Archbold, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Archbold Area Schools district. Their nickname is the Bluestreaks. They are members of the Northwest Ohio Athletic League.-History:...
in
Archbold, OhioArchbold is a village in Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,290 at the 2000 census.Archbold is home to Northwest State Community College...
, and now resides in
NapoleonNapoleon is a city in and the county seat of Henry County, Ohio, United States, along the Maumee River. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 9,318.-Geography:Napoleon is located at ....
.
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 just a couple of weeks after.
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 is a racing team in the Indy Racing League and USAC 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 The 2000 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis on Sunday, May 28, 2000.-Recap:Jimmy Vasser and Juan Pablo Montoya broke ranks from the CART series and raced at Indianapolis...
Ret |
TXS
Ret |
PPIR
Ret |
ATL
DNS |
KTY
9 |
TX2
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21st |
110 |
| 2001 |
Panther Panther Racing is an American open wheel auto racing team. It is one of the oldest continually operating teams in the Indy Racing League ....
|
PHX
1 |
HMS
1 |
ATL
4 |
IND The 85th Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis on Sunday, May 27, 2001. Race rookie Hélio Castroneves led the final 52 laps and won his first Indy 500.-Changes for 2001:...
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 is an American open wheel 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 |
INDThe 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 Indy Racing League 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 is an American open wheel auto racing team. It is one of the oldest continually operating teams in the Indy Racing League ....
|
HMS
10 |
PHX
Ret |
JPN
6 |
IND The 2003 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis on Sunday, May 25, 2003.-Recap:The "curse of the Indy three-peat" prevailed again on lap 169, as pole-sitter and two-time defending champion Hélio Castroneves was held up behind lap car A.J. Foyt IV coming out of the second turn, allowing teammate...
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 Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, ALMS, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART. Penske Racing is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske...
|
HMS
1 |
PHX
15 |
JPN
Ret |
INDThe 2004 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis on Sunday, May 30, 2004. It was flagged at only 450 miles due to severe thunderstorms and a tornado in the area.-Recap:...
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 Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, ALMS, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART. Penske Racing is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske...
|
HMS
2 |
PHX
1 |
STP
Ret |
JPN
7 |
INDThe 89th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 29, 2005. It was the premier event of the 2005 IndyCar Series season, and the tenth Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. Dan Wheldon won the race under a yellow flag...
Ret |
TXS2 |
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 Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, ALMS, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART. Penske Racing is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske...
|
HMS
3 |
STP
8 |
JPN
4 |
INDThe 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. The margin of victory was 0.0635...
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 Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, ALMS, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART. Penske Racing is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske...
|
HMS
3 |
STP
7 |
JPN
5 |
KAN
6 |
INDThe 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 IndyCar Series season just after the 2007 Kansas Lottery Indy 300 and just before the 2007 ABC Supply...
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 |
5th |
465 |
| Years |
Teams |
Races |
Poles |
Wins |
Podiums
(Non-win) |
Top 10s
(Non-podium) |
Indianapolis 500
Wins |
Championships |
| 8 |
3 |
116 |
12 |
19 |
27 |
32 |
1 (2006The 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. The margin of victory was 0.0635...
) |
3 (2001, 2002, 2006) |
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