Penske said it’s his fault that 2006 Indianapolis 500 winner Sam Hornish Jr. is only ... level (of NASCAR) to start with,” Penske said of starting Hornish in the Sprint Cup Series in 2008.
NASCAR will issue a letter on that program, and the driver will have to agree to those terms in order to take part. In the interim, Sam Hornish, Jr. will take Allmendinger's seat at Indianapolis ...
Sam Hornish Jr.'s last-lap slingshot pass gave him the 2006 Indy 500 victory over rookie Marco Andretti, completing one of the most thrilling finishes in the race's history.