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Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. Born (1979-07-02) July 2, 1979 (age 32) Defiance, Ohio, United States Achievements 2001, 2002, 2006 IndyCar Series Champion Awards 2004 IndyCar Series Most Popular Driver NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career 110 race(s) run over 5 year(s) Car no., team No. 12 (Penske Racing) 2011 position 70th Best finish 28th - 2009 First race 2007 Checker Auto Parts 500 Presented by Pennzoil (Phoenix) Last race 2011 5-hour Energy 500 (Pocono) Wins Top tens Poles 0 8 0 NASCAR Nationwide Series career 43 race(s) run over 6 year(s) Car no., team No. 12 (Penske Racing) 2011 position 23rd Best finish 23rd - 2011 First race 2006 Arizona Travel 200 (Phoenix) Last race 2012 History 300 (Charlotte) First win 2011 Wypall 200 (Phoenix) Wins Top tens Poles 1 11 0 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career 1 race(s) run over 1 year(s) Best finish 74th - 2008 First race 2008 Kroger 200 (Martinsville) Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0 Statistics current as of May 26, 2012. IndyCar Series career 116 race(s) run over 8 year(s) Team(s) PDM Racing (2000) Panther Racing (2001-2003) Team Penske (2004-2007) Best finish 1st - 2001, 2002, 2006 First race 2000 Delphi Indy 200 (Disney) Last race 2007 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 (Joliet) First win 2001 Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200 (Phoenix) Last win 2007 Bombardier Learjet 550 (Texas) Wins Podiums Poles 19 47 10

Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. (born July 2, 1979) is an American auto racing driver. He currently drives the #12 Alliance Truck Parts/Würth Group Dodge Challenger for Penske Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

Early career[link]

Hornish began racing at the age of 11 in go-kart. After competing in junior leagues for various seasons, he joined the World Karting Association 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 F2000 Series, driving six races for his family-owned team, and had one top-ten finish at Watkins Glen International. 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 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. He also drove the 24 Hours of Daytona for Intersport Racing.

IRL career[link]

Practicing for the 2007 Indianapolis 500

He first raced in the IRL in 2000 with the PDM Racing team, finishing 21st in the point standings with a best finish of third. However, he switched to Panther Racing for the next season and improved enough to take the title from reigning champion Buddy Lazier. In 2002 the Penske team switched from Champ Car, and Sam was able to beat their top driver Hélio Castroneves to his second title. Along the way, Hornish beat Al Unser, Jr. by .0024 of a second in the Delphi Indy 300 in Chicago, possibly the closest race in auto history until the 2007 Indy Pro Season when Logan Gomez beat teammate and champion Alex Lloyd at the same racetrack by only 0.0005 sec, or 1.65 inches (42 mm).

In 2003, most of the established top US open-wheel teams were now racing in the series, with Honda and Toyota providing engines superior to the established Chevrolet unit Panther used. As a result, Cosworth 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 and Tony Kanaan in the standings and the top placement of any driver not driving for Andretti Green Racing.

On May 28, 2006, after starting on the pole for the 2006 Indianapolis 500, Hornish became the first driver to ever overtake for the lead on the race's final lap, ultimately winning the race in the last 450 feet (140 m) by a 0.0635-second margin over rookie Marco Andretti. Also in that year, he won the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's Scott Brayton 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[link]

2006-2008[link]

2007 Busch car

2008 Sprint Cup car

Hornish competing in a 2006 International Race of Champions race at Texas Motor Speedway.

On October 28, 2006, Hornish announced that he would attempt to run the final two 2006 NASCAR Busch Series races for Penske Racing, as well as select events in 2007. In his first two Busch starts, Hornish wrecked his #39 Mobil 1 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. Beginning in fall 2007, he started attempting Nextel Cup races in the #06 for Penske, and made only two races (at Phoenix International Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway).

Hornish moved up to drive the #77 for Penske in Sprint Cup in 2008 with Mobil 1 sponsorship.^[1] 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 Regan Smith, which could not have been helped by Hornish's string of poor finishes and failure to qualify for two

2009-2012[link]

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.

While Hornish's results improved from his rookie campaign, the team still struggled with consistency and finishing races. In addition to his two top ten finishes early in the year, Hornish 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. Those efforts, however, were 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.

With Mobil 1 departing for Stewart-Haas Racing at the end of 2010, Hornish was left without a Cup Series ride but elected to remain at Penske. Hornish will drive a limited schedule in the Nationwide Series driving the #12 Dodge Challenger for 8-10 races in 2011. He will also drive the #38 Front Row Motorsports Sprint Cup car at Pocono, as regular driver Travis Kvapil is competing for the Truck Series championship and was unavailable for the race.

Hornish recorded his first NASCAR Nationwide series win during the 2011 Wypall 200 at Phoenix International Raceway, the site of his first IndyCar win. He also became the first driver to win on Phoenix International Raceway's new configuration.

Hornish returned to the Nationwide Series for a complete schedule in 2012, driving the No. 12 Dodge.^[2] Hornish returned to the Cup Series at the STP 400 at Kansas Speedway, driving the No. 12 Dodge for Penske Racing;^[3] he is also scheduled to compete in the Amp Energy 500 later in the season.^[4]

Education and family[link]

Hornish is a 1998 graduate of Archbold High School in Archbold, Ohio, and now resides in Napoleon.

On February 4, 2008 Sam and his wife Crystal welcomed their first child, Addison Faith Hornish, into the world. Baby Addison weighed 7 lb (3.2 kg). 2oz. and measured 18 inches (460 mm). Hornish finished 15th in his first Daytona 500 just a couple of weeks after. Sam and Crystal welcomed their second child, Eliza Jo, on December 28, 2010. Baby Eliza weighed 7 lb (3.2 kg). 15 oz and measured 20.5 inches (520 mm).

Motorsport career results[link]

American open-wheel racing results[link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Atlantic Championship[link]

IRL IndyCar Series[link]

Indy 500 results[link]

NASCAR Sprint Cup results[link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

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	NSCC	Points
2007	Penske Racing	06	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LSV	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RIC	DAR	LOW	DOV	POC	MIC	INF	NHA	DY2	CHI	IND	PO2	GLN	MI2	BR2	CA2	RI2	NH2 DNQ	DV2 DNQ	KAN	TL2 DNQ	LW2 DNQ	MR2 DNQ	AT2 DNQ	TX2	PH2 30	HOM 37	62nd	125
2008	Penske Racing	77	Dodge	DAY 15	CAL 43	LSV 41	ATL 25	BRI 29	MAR 28	TEX 32	PHO 20	TAL 35	RIC 23	DAR 38	LOW 13	DOV 18	POC 42	MIC 22	INF 31	NHA 39	DY2 29	CHI 37	IND 21	PO2 26	GLN 32	MI2 22	BR2 37	CA2 31	RI2 38	NH2 30	DV2 42	KAN 33	TL2 DNQ	LW2 22	MR2 34	AT2 24	TX2 23	PH2 33	HOM DNQ	35th	2523
2009	Penske Racing	77	Dodge	DAY 32	CAL 23	LSV 16	ATL 37	BRI 31	MAR 34	TEX 17	PHO 9	TAL 34	RIC 6	DAR 30	LOW 16	DOV 13	POC 10	MIC 29	INF 38	NHA 8	DY2 32	CHI 38	IND 37	PO2 4	GLN 35	MI2 5	BR2 35	AT2 35	RI2 8	NH2 37	DV2 26	KAN 18	CA2 12	LW2 40	MR2 36	TA2 40	TX2 40	PH2 17	HOM 21	28th	3203
2010	Penske Racing	77	Dodge	DAY 37	CAL 16	LSV 28	ATL 28	BRI 32	MAR 13	PHO 18	TEX 19	TAL 24	RIC 36	DAR 31	DOV 34	CHA 17	POC 11	MIC 26	INF 36	NHA 23	DY2 21	CHI 24	IND 30	PO2 11	GLN 14	MI2 32	BR2 25	AT2 30	RI2 28	NH2 10	DV2 36	KAN 36	CA2 15	CH2 40	MA2 25	TL2 15	TX2 18	PH2 32	HOM 24	29th	3214

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
2008	34	0	0	0	0	4	29.6	27.9	$4,547,374	35	Penske Racing
2009	36	0	2	7	0	8	25.0	23.4	$4,136,163	28	Penske Racing
2010	36	0	0	1	0	4	24.9	20.8	$3,447,549	29	Penske Racing
2011	1	0	0	0	0	0	35.0	26.0	$64,875	70	Front Row Motorsports
Totals	109	0	2	8	0	16	26.7	24.1	$12,322,286

(Data as of January 17, 2012)^[5]

References[link]

1. ^ Hornish in No. 77 Mobil 1 Penske Dodge in 2008
2. ^ "NNS: Hornish Says He’s Here To Stay". SPEED Channel. Speedtv.com. February 24, 2012. http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/nns-sam-hornish-jr-says-hes-here-in-nascar-to-stay/. Retrieved February 25, 2012. 
3. ^ "No. 12 SKF Dodge Charger Preview - STP 400". Penske Racing. April 17, 2012. http://www.penskeracing.com/news/index.cfm?series=n&cid=51087. Retrieved 2012-04-18. 
4. ^ Adamczyk, Jay (March 30, 2012). "NASCAR SPRINT CUP NEWS, STATS and RUMORS". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. http://www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm. Retrieved 2012-03-30. 
5. ^ http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=hornisa01

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Preceded by Dan Wheldon	Indianapolis 500 Winner 2006	Succeeded by Dario Franchitti
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Name	Hornish, Sam Jr.
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Short description	American racing driver and Indianapolis 500 winner
Date of birth	July 2, 1979
Place of birth	Defiance, Ohio, USA
Date of death
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