Sam Hornish's Breakthrough Race as a Rookie (2000 IRL Kentucky)

Sam Hornish Jr. joined the Indy Racing League in 2000 with PDM Racing, a low budget team that hadn't seen too much success in Open Wheel Racing After a season with glimpses of promise but no real results to show for, Hornish Jr. was finding himself in the predictable situation that most rookies find themselves in when they are on a smaller team - show everyone what you got, or risk fading into obscurity as an 'also-ran' Hornish showed up to Kentucky and seemingly out of nowhere, established himself as a legitimate race winning contender Doug Boles, then co-owner of Panther Racing, referenced on his episode of Dinner With Racers that this performance was just one factor that played into Panther Racing hiring Hornish Jr. for the vacant Pennzoil Panther seat that was being involuntarily vacated by Scott Goodyear Hornish would go on to win two straight championships with Panther Racing before moving to Team Penske, where he would collect another championship win and the 2006 Indianapolis 500 Hornish remains a legend of the sport for his incredible skills displayed on the ovals, and had it not been for this display at Kentucky, he could have just been another Also-Ran My Links 𝕏 https://x.com/Hickey93 Venmo https://account.venmo.com/u/hickey93 Buy Me a Coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/hickey Timestamps 0:00 First Broadcast Highlight 2:58 Takes Lead (not shown on broadcast) 3:19 Hornish v. Lazier 5:38 Pit Stop 6:18 Restart Action 8:50 Holding Off Ward for P1 9:50 Still Leading, Holding Off Ward, Dismore Closing 13:08 J. Lazier Mounts a Charge 16:49 Mechanical Issue 18:15 Diatlovich Interview 19:08 Long Pit Stop 19:32 Restart Action 20:10 Jenkins Comments on Hornish's Future 21:15 Battle With Lazier (Would Finish P9) Disclaimer: This video contains footage and/or music that I do not own. All rights belong to their respective owners. No copyright infringement intended. Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. My intent with this video is spread the love of IndyCar to as many people as I can Video credit - ESPN