Sam Hornish Jr. News

Apparently, the imminent deal that would bring IndyCar Series driver Danica Patrick to a limited ARCA and Nationwide Series ride with JR Motorsports isn't so imminent after all, according to Rick Hendrick.

The Sprint Cup title might be decided in Homestead after all. Just when it appeared Champions Week would be next week in Phoenix, the fans received a reprieve after Sam Hornish Jr.

Upon further review, Jimmie Johnson believes he probably blamed Sam Hornish Jr. a little too much for their costly accident last week at Texas Motor Speedway.

That's all it took at Texas for David Reutimann to get into Sam Hornish Jr., who in turn got into Jimmie Johnson.

Jimmie Johnson, aka Superman, may have found some kryptonite Sunday. Getty Images Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage hired a large woman Sunday.

Jimmie Johnson crashed on the third lap of the NASCAR race at Texas, where he was trying to move closer to an unprecedented fourth consecutive Sprint Cup season championship.

There is a spot facing the media center where TMS typically hangs a promotional banner, such as the boxing-themed "Rumble at the Speedway" banner featuring Danica Patrick and Casey Wheldon for the 2007 IRL race.

Question: If the Speedway wants to move the start time for the 500 back to 11 a.m., that is fine, I will be there either way.

Even though Marcos Ambrose , Sam Hornish Jr. and David Ragan aren't battling for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship, they all have things they'd like to accomplish in the season's final five races.

In the 1990s, Dan Andersen's US F2000 Series helped launch the racing careers of future Indianapolis 500 winners Buddy Rice, Dan Wheldon and Sam Hornish Jr.

It only would have taken a phone call. A quick chat with Roger Penske, and Sam Hornish Jr.

Sam Hornish Jr. and Bill Elliott crash on March 8 during the NASCAR Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga.

It only would have taken a phone call. A quick chat with Roger Penske and Sam Hornish Jr.

Their incentives may be different. But the goals of Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti and Ryan Briscoe are the same.

NASCAR racer Sam Hornish Jr.'s car made an appearance at Ada High School on Thursday.

Question: Where have you been? Totally silent this weekend while we have the biggest IRL story of the year going on with Danica.

Wednesday September 2, 2009 Scott Speed was the RaybestosA Rookie of the Race in the August 22 Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

An Indianapolis man was under arrest Saturday as a suspect in the stabbing of a man in Brownsburg.

The theme and focus of the PPG MVP Business Solutions Conference, September 13 15 at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville is "Accelerating Performance." "We have an exciting and powerful mix of speakers, seminars and discussion groups, all targeted at helping collision center owners and managers strengthen their leadership and execution skills ...

In the good old days, when drivers switched from one series to another, all they took was their helmet and their talent.