SAM HORNISH JR Career Statistics

Sam Hornish Jr NASCAR Cup Series Career Statistics
Yr	Rank	Pts	Sts	Pole	W	5	10	DNF	Avg St	Avg Fin	Winnings
2007	62nd	125	2	0	0	0	0	0	34.50	33.50	$126,325
Totals		125	2	0	0	0	0	0	34.50	33.50	$126,325

Sam Hornish Jr Season Statistics

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Sam Hornish Jr 2008 NASCAR Season Statistics
Race	St	Fin	Pts/BP	Laps	Status	Winnings
Daytona 500 [Daytona]	19th	15th	118/0	200/200	Running	$319,845
Auto Club 500 [California]	7th	43rd	34/0	20/250	Accident	$125,539
UAW-Dodge 400 [Las Vegas]	20th	41st	40/0	152/267	Running	$125,650
Kobalt Tools 500 [Atlanta]	33rd	25th	88/0	323/325	Running	$117,550
Food City 500 [Bristol]	7th	29th	76/0	501/506	Running	$128,925
Goody's Cool Orange 500 [Martinsville]	26th	28th	79/0	497/500	Running	$114,800
Samsung 500 [Texas]	17th	32nd	67/0	333/339	Running	$134,925
Subway Fresh Fit 500 [Phoenix]	31st	20th	103/0	311/312	Running	$114,250
Aaron's 499 [Talladega]	37th	35th	58/0	180/188	Running	$125,000
Crown Royal 400 [Richmond]	35th	23rd	94/0	407/410	Running	$113,650
Dodge Challenger 500 [Darlington]	23rd	38th	49/0	269/367	Running	$115,475
Coca-Cola 600 [Lowe's]	20th	13th	124/0	400/400	Running	$147,325
Best Buy 400 [Dover]	13th	18th	109/0	396/400	Running	$130,150
Pocono 500 [Pocono]	43rd	42nd	37/0	130/200	In Pit	$108,305
LifeLock 400 [Michigan]	35th	22nd	102/5	203/203	Running	$121,325
Toyota/Save Mart 350 [Infineon]	17th	31st	70/0	112/112	Running	$116,825
Lenox Industrial Tools 301 [N Hampshire]	20th	39th	46/0	280/284	Running	$115,425
Coke Zero 400 [Daytona]	42nd	29th	76/0	162/160	Running	$131,100
LifeLock.com 400 [Chicagoland]	35th	37th	52/0	263/267	Running	$125,800
Allstate 400 at The Brickyard [Indy]	38th	21st	100/0	160/160	Running	$195,400
Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 [Pocono]	26th	26th	85/0	200/200	Running	$110,875
Centurion Boats at The Glen [Watkins Glen]	34th	32nd	67/0	90/90	Running	$107,125
3M Performance 400 [Michigan]	23rd	22nd	97/0	199/200	Running	$121,125
Sharpie 500 [Bristol]	35th	37th	52/0	297/500	In Pit	$0

Sam Hornish Jr Track Statistics

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Sam Hornish Jr's Performance on NASCAR Nextel Cup Tracks
Track	Races	Pole	Win	5	10	Best	Avg Fin	Avg Start	Avg Pts
Atlanta Motor Speedway	1	0	0	0	0	25th	25th	33rd	88
Auto Club Speedway	1	0	0	0	0	43rd	43rd	7th	34
Bristol Motor Speedway	2	0	0	0	0	29th	33rd	21st	64
Chicagoland Speedway	1	0	0	0	0	37th	37th	35th	52
Darlington Raceway	1	0	0	0	0	38th	38th	23rd	49
Daytona International Speedway	2	0	0	0	0	15th	22nd	31st	97
Dover International Speedway	1	0	0	0	0	18th	18th	13th	109
Homestead-Miami Speedway	1	0	0	0	0	37th	37th	29th	52
Indianapolis Motor Speedway	1	0	0	0	0	21st	21st	38th	100
Infineon Raceway	1	0	0	0	0	31st	31st	17th	70
Las Vegas Motor Speedway	1	0	0	0	0	41st	41st	20th	40
Lowes Motor Speedway	1	0	0	0	0	13th	13th	20th	124
Martinsville Speedway	1	0	0	0	0	28th	28th	26th	79
Michigan International Speedway	2	0	0	0	0	22nd	22nd	29th	100
New Hampshire Motor Speedway	1	0	0	0	0	39th	39th	20th	46
Phoenix International Raceway	2	0	0	0	0	20th	25th	29th	88
Pocono Raceway	2	0	0	0	0	26th	34th	35th	61
Richmond International Raceway	1	0	0	0	0	23rd	23rd	35th	94
Talladega Superspeedway	1	0	0	0	0	35th	35th	37th	58
Texas Motor Speedway	1	0	0	0	0	32nd	32nd	17th	67
Watkins Glen International	1	0	0	0	0	32nd	32nd	34th	67

Sam Hornish Jr Track Type Statistics

Sam Hornish Jr's Performance By Race Track Type
Track Type	Races	Pole	Win	5	10	Best	Avg Fin	Avg Start	Avg Pts
Short track	4	0	0	0	0	23rd	29th	26th	75
Speedway	17	0	0	0	0	13th	30th	26th	74
Superspeedway	3	0	0	0	0	15th	26th	33rd	84
Road course	2	0	0	0	0	31st	32nd	26th	69

Sam Hornish Jr Bio

Sam Hornish, Jr. (born July 2, 1979 in Bryan, Ohio) is an American race car driver and Indianapolis 500 champion, currently driving in the Indy Racing League and the NASCAR Busch Series for Penske Racing.

He also competes in the invitation-only International Race of Champions.

He first raced in the IRL in 2000 with the PDM Racing team, 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 Helio 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, thought to be the closest auto race in history.

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 300 yards 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. He also has the most IRL wins of any driver with 19.

On October 28, 2006, Hornish announced that he will attempt to run the final two 2006 NASCAR Busch Series races for Penske Racing, as well as select events in 2007.

He married his longtime girlfriend Crystal Liechty in 2004.

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