Hornish Jr. possibly unemployed next year as the Nationwide champion?

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I'm not a big Sam fan, but it looks like he's getting screwed pretty badly here. It sounds like Penske wants to run Blaney full-time Nationwide next year while also getting Logano and Keselowski more cheap wins in the #22 and gave Sam very little notice, at a time when most other teams who at some point had an opening now have next season's plans figured out.

Sam Hornish Jr. could end the season as 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion – and unemployed.
“I’m in the offer-taking stage right now. At this point they don’t have anything for me at Penske (Racing) next year,” Hornish said during an interview with RacinToday.com on Thursday. “It’s not anything performance-wise. It’s strictly money and not on our side of the deal. They’re having to shuffle things around to accommodate other people.”
Hornish, driver of Roger Penske’s No. 12 Ford Mustang, will take a 15-point lead over Austin Dillon of Richard Childress Racing into Saturday afternoon’s 5-Hour Energy 200 at the 1-mile Dover International Speedway.
Hornish’s “other people” reference was to 19-year-old Ryan Blaney, a developmental driver under contract to Penske Racing but without a fulltime ride heading into 2014. Blaney scored his breakthrough Nationwide Series win in his second start during Saturday night’s Kentucky 300 at the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway. Blaney’s win was Penske’s 10th of the season in the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford among four different drivers. Hornish finished fourth at Kentucky to retain his point lead with six races remaining.
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Hornish, who is in his second fulltime Nationwide season for Penske, indicated he was blindsided by the decision that likely will end his six-year stock car association with the organization.
“There’s not a whole lot of anything out there when I was told this,” Hornish said during a telephone interview. “If that was the case I should have known at the end of July. I found out a couple of weeks ago and I gave them some time to get ahead of it so it wouldn’t look like I’m trying to blow them out of the water.”
Hornish said he has begun shopping his services to rival team-owners in the garage area. “And what I get is they have no idea I’m available,” said Hornish, who has one win, 13 top-five, 21 top-10 and three poles working with crew chief Greg Erwin this season. “The comments I get from people I do talk to are like, ‘We just put something together you would have been a great candidate for.’ I’m hoping to have something (in NASCAR for 2014). Don’t know what it’ll be or what it’ll look like, so it’s not the best feeling.”
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Don't think so from where I stand. Truex hasn't done anything in cup but wheel hold. Sam in the last few races in Nationwide hasn't been taking stupid chances and taking himself out of the race, which was what he was doing in cup when he ran in that series. Truex belongs in N'wide.
 
Wow, sucks for him. Maybe he can score a decent ride with RCR or something.
 
well what do you expect. instead of complaining about hornish getting late notice, why not stop and think maybe that was because they were trying to get a sponsor for the car. Sam only has 2 wins, when you look at what the 22 car has done with a revolving door of drivers pretty much everyone has won in it. frankly it makes sam look pretty bad. Sam is who he is as a driver. you know what you got. with ryan blaney you don't know what you got fully. he does have a win, so there is at least the possibility of him being alot better than sam if you own a race team you make that change.
 
So, what else to do with Sam after the season is up?
Cup? Not.
Been there, done that.
Maybe he can go race with Juan in open wheel, where he belongs.
:)
 
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