What number will Sam Hornish Jr. be next year in Nextel Cup?
The three-time IRL champ and 2006 Indy 500 winner loves ovals, Roger Penske and eating hot dogs instead of celery and carrot sticks to stay as lean as possible. When Ryan Newman leaves, what better American to put in the saddle but Heartland Hornish? Like Bourdais, Sam has won everything he can in Indy cars and, like it or not, going South is the natural progression nowadays. Close friends say The Captain has already made up Sam’s mind. Would Red Bull help Scott Speed get into Champ Car in 2008? It was that driver development program that got Speed to Europe and the into F1 and Red Bull already has a presence in Champ Car (sponsoring one of Kevin Kalkhoven’s cars and Gerald Forsythe’s Atlantic cars). The co-owners of Champ Car are always admitting they need more young American drivers, so here’s a good candidate. Has “Mad Dog” Marty Roth finally come to his senses? Friends have been begging Roth for years to quit trying to drive and hire some young gun instead. Sounds like he’s finally
