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TALLADEGA, Ala. -- It isn't three strikes and you're out for Sam Hornish Jr.
The former Indy 500 winner and three-time IndyCar Series champion has failed in his first three attempts to qualify for a Nextel Cup event, but Penske Racing will continue to place Hornish on the entry list for upcoming Cup races."We're going to stay on our plan to try to qualify Sam in as many races as we can for the rest of the season," said Walt Czarnecki, vice chairman of Penske Racing. "Nothing has changed. We'll go again at Charlotte next week."

ESPN - Plan is for Hornish to keep on trying to qualify - Nascar

[Quality88]

Try, try, try again no matter how many times they fail. Bet it makes Hornish hot as hell that he can't qualify for a race, and Villnueve tries once and qualifies.

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Originally Posted by Quality88

Try, try, try again no matter how many times they fail. Bet it makes Hornish hot as hell that he can't qualify for a race, and Villnueve tries once and qualifies.

Says a lot of things about a lot of different people.

[NASCAR Gnome]

Originally Posted by Quality88

Try, try, try again no matter how many times they fail. Bet it makes Hornish hot as hell that he can't qualify for a race, and Villnueve tries once and qualifies.

Hornish has been trying and failing to qualify and no one says anything about him but mention Villnueve coming to "race" and many drivers get their underwear in a bunch! I wonder which of these drivers who were vocal about JV showing up would defer themselves to the back of the pack if they went to an open-wheel race for their first race?

I'll say this much: two non-Cup regulars really impressed me this past weekend - Villnueve and Mike Wallace! Why Wallace does not have a full-time Cup ride is beyond me and Villnueve was the only other Toyota to finish on the lead lap!

[Quality88]

Originally Posted by NASCAR Gnome

Why Wallace does not have a full-time Cup ride is beyond me

Mike Wallace is not that good in cup cars. The exception is what you saw, he is a good restrictor plate racer. Yates even said that was why he was in the car.