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1 2006 arizona travel 200 -lrb- phoenix -rrb- 0 0 2007 phoenix -rrb- checker auto parts 500 presented by pennzoil -lrb- 02 july 1979 27th 2011 phoenix -rrb- wypall * 200 powered by kimberly-clark professional -lrb- no. 9 -lrb- richard petty motorsports -rrb- 1 110 2001 indianapolis 500 winner , 2002 , 2006 indycar series champion 2006 3 12 tsm350 - 2015 - sam hornish jr - stierch.jpg 7 sam hornish , jr. . 0 hornish in 2015 2014 get to know newton 250 -lrb- iowa -rrb- 57 2008 kroger 200 -lrb- martinsville -rrb- defiance , ohio , united states 74th -lrb- 2008 -rrb- 155 1999 series most popular driver 2006 scott brayton award u.s. f2000 atlantic national championship hall of fame inductee -lrb- 2012 -rrb- championship rookie of the year 2004 indycar 9 57th 2015 o'reilly auto parts 300 -lrb- texas -rrb- no. 98 -lrb- biagi-denbeste racing -rrb- 1 2014 2014 28th -lrb- 2009 -rrb- 9 2008 kroger 200 -lrb- martinsville -rrb- 2nd -lrb- 2013 -rrb- sam hornish , jr. .
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sam hornish , jr. .

samuel jon `` sam '' hornish , jr. -lrb- born july 2 , 1979 , in defiance , ohio -rrb- is an american professional stock car racing driver .
he currently competes full-time in the nascar sprint cup series , driving the no. 9 ford fusion for richard petty motorsports .
he also competes part-time in the xfinity series , driving the no. 98 ford mustang for biagi-denbeste racing .
hornish is well-known for competing in the indycar series , making his debut during the 2000 season driving for pdm racing .
hornish began to compete for panther racing the following season , winning 11 races during the next three seasons with panther and the 2001 and 2002 series championships .
in the 2004 season , hornish began to drive for team penske and would win eight more races during his tenure with the team , including the 2006 indianapolis 500 , and 2006 series championship .
at the time of his departure from the series after the 2007 season , hornish had the record for the most career wins in the series with 19 -lrb- scott dixon broke the record in the 2009 season -rrb- .
hornish moved to penske 's nascar program part-time in the xfinity series -lrb- then known as the busch series -rrb- during the 2006 season , and he began to compete in the sprint cup series -lrb- then known as the nextel cup series -rrb- part-time in that series ' 2007 season .
hornish raced in the sprint cup series full-time in 2008 , initially struggling in the series , earning eight top-tens over his first three seasons , while performing no better than his 28th-place finish in points during the 2009 season .
hornish returned to the xfinity series -lrb- then known as the nationwide series -rrb- in 2011 for a part-time season and earned a win .
hornish competed in the series full-time in 2012 and finished fourth in points .
during the 2012 sprint cup series season , hornish replaced a. j. allmendinger , who had been suspended by nascar for failing a random drug test , in penske 's no. 22 car mid-way through the season and would earn one top-five finish .
in 2013 , hornish returned to the nationwide series , winning one race and earning 16 top-five finishes and 24 top-ten finishes to finish second in points , three points behind champion austin dillon .
hornish would only compete in a part-time season for joe gibbs racing in 2014 that would consist of eight races .
hornish won one race and had four top-five finishes .
