NASCAR Cup Series

Hornish switches focus to Nationwide

Published Jan. 25, 2011 1:32 a.m. ET

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Sam Hornish Jr. said Monday he hopes to run a minimum of 11 Nationwide Series races this season for Penske Racing.

Hornish said a lack of sponsorship forced Penske to drop his Sprint Cup Series ride. A deal with Alliance Truck Parts gave Hornish enough funding for eight Nationwide races, and the team will try to add more as the season goes on.

''I'm looking forward to getting to run the minimum of 11 races in the Nationwide series, build our brand and maybe bring some new sponsorship to the team,'' Hornish said. ''We're taking baby steps to back to where we want to be, where I want to be, in the Cup Series.''

Hornish spent the last three years racing full-time in the Sprint Cup Series. He has eight top-10 finishes, and a career-best finish of 28th in the points.

Hornish won three championships in the IndyCar Series and the 2006 Indianapolis 500. He moved to NASCAR after the 2007 season.

Penske did not reveal Hornish's schedule for 2011.

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