If all goes better than it did on this crisp September day, [Sam Hornish & Crew Chief Roy McCauley] will be together permanently at Penske Racing when the 2008 season begins at Daytona. “It’s a good match right now,” McCauley said. “Obviously, I had a situation that took me away from it. I can help him a lot and give him an opportunity to have good experience around him and have a great crew around him. We’ll go from there. I can’t predict anything. And I don’t like predicting anything.” Predictions aside, it’s a safe bet to say Hornish is planning to drive a full schedule. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be trying to make all five Car of Tomorrow races and possibly two others over the final 10 Cup events of this season. “I can’t say that there’s no possibility that we’d do it, because we wouldn’t be over here doing this if there wasn’t,” Hornish said with a smile. “I look at it as a new challenge.” But Hornish remained firm that he’s split down the middle on whether to run Cup or return to the IRL next season.(ESPN.com)(9-15-2007) UPDATE: Team owner Roger Penske says his gut tells him he wants to move Indy Racing League driver Sam Hornish from the Indy Racing League to NASCAR Sprint Cup racing next season. Penske said there is a chance that Hornish could be entered in another race after he missing NHIS. “Every bit of track time he can get will only make him better if he runs,” Penske said. Penske could move some resources from his part-time Busch Series team for his third Nextel Cup team. He said with the difference in the Busch car compared to the car of tomorrow, there is little information that can be transferred from one to the other.(SceneDaily.com)(9-17-2007)
