November 08, 2007

Decision '07


Wait - Sam Hornish Jr is leaving the IndyCar series? Who saw this coming?

Sam Hornish Jr. is leaving the IndyCar Series for a full-time ride in NASCAR, joining the mass exodus of open-wheel stars fleeing to America's most popular racing series.

The three-time IndyCar champion told The Associated Press he will drive the No. 77 Dodge next season for Penske Racing with Mobil 1 as the sponsor.

"I feel like this is something that is a new and unique challenge for me," Hornish said Thursday. "It may or may not be the right way to look at it, but I feel like I accomplished just about everything in Indy cars. I got to do more than I ever thought I would."

(MORE from the Associated Press)
Looks like I need to finally find a headshot of Ryan Briscoe.
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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 08, 2007 10:33 AM

    Jeff,

    I suggest either "Flyin' Ryan" or "Briscoe County Jr." as his My Name Is IRL nickname when Briscoe finally comes on board.

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  2. IannucciNovember 08, 2007 10:43 AM

    I'll take those into consideration, but if someone says "Ryan Briscoe" to me a certain event at Chicagoland is what comes to mind.

    Two words: Briscoe Inferno

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  3. AnonymousNovember 08, 2007 11:19 AM

    You could always ask Nicole Manske for a Briscoe head shot.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 08, 2007 12:20 PM

    Jeff,

    Then you'll want to make this Mr. Briscoe's icon.

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  5. pressdogNovember 08, 2007 2:25 PM

    Brisalicous! Hornish is leaving? Dude, I've had inlaws who have left faster than Hornish. He's the giant tortoise of leaving.

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  6. Billy CoyNovember 08, 2007 3:31 PM

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  7. AnonymousNovember 08, 2007 3:56 PM

    Well he took his sweet time making the it final, didn't he?

    Eh, he'll be back. Sooner or later they all come back to Indianapolis (except Newman/Haas)

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  8. JohnnyNovember 08, 2007 5:36 PM

    Haas may be back, it's just that he'll be "busy" for the next 2 years.

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  9. Puretone AudioNovember 09, 2007 7:37 AM

    Notice how every photo like the inferno has Matsuura lurking...

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  10. AnonymousNovember 09, 2007 8:03 AM

    Johnny,

    "Busy?" or in the immortal words of Ed Meese, "did i miss something?"

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  11. AnonymousNovember 09, 2007 8:50 AM

    Johnny,

    It's Gene Haas, team owner from the N-word series who will be a guest of the Federal Gov't for the next 24 months. Carl Haas is the Haas in Newman\Haas\Lanigan\Anybody else want to go with a team that actually has paying sponsors? racing team in CC. Carl did have a team in the N-word series, but that was from 1994-97 as Kranefuss-Haas Racing, which was sold to Penske Racing South (Car 12).

    So we have a Haas that didn't work with Newman going to jail, while the Haas that does work with Newman sold his N-Word team to an owner who has Newman as his driver.

    Crystal clear, huh? :^P

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  12. JohnnyNovember 09, 2007 10:02 AM

    Haha. Wow. No wonder we were confused on that one. Correction noted.

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