NASCAR hot place to be unless you’re Sam Hornish

NASCAR is the hot place to be if you're a driver, but it's not an easy sport in which to shine, as three-time Indy champ Sam Hornish Jr., last year’s Indy 500 winner, is finding out.

Hornish, 28, is still debating the possibility of running a third Roger Penske car in NASCAR next season, and he spent this week testing at Kentucky Speedway, with plans to run at Charlotte and Miami this fall.

He failed to make the Cup field at New Hampshire and Dover the past two weeks, in his first Cup attempts.

“We knew it was going to be tough to qualify at two tracks I’d never been to before. You (only) get a 1-1/2 hour practice, and you go out to qualify. But that’s part of the challenge."

As for next season, Hornish says, “We haven’t decided what we’re going to do yet.

“The big thing for me is to get to the point where I feel I have a good head on my shoulders as far as making the decision. It’s all about getting more seat time and getting more comfortable in the car. Stock cars have a lot more travel and a softer suspension." Winston Salem Journal