Team owner Roger Penske said driver #77-Sam Hornish Jr. will be competing in NASCAR in 2011 and there are no plans for the three-time IndyCar champion to return to open-wheel competition. “We’ve said publicly that we want to run Sam next year (in NASCAR); he’s not going back to open-wheel racing,” Penske said. “He’s going to be in NASCAR racing.” Mobil 1 currently sponsors Hornish’s #77 team, but the company will not return next season. “It’s a matter of us getting the sponsorship stuff together,” Penske said. “As you know, budgets are tight. We’ve got a number of opportunities out there that we’re working on. That’s a decision that we’ll make as we get toward the end of the season and we’ll make it transparent to everyone.”(Sporting News)(8-12-2010)
