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2007-10-12 - Hornish pondering future amid Cup struggles

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As the list of open-wheel stars moving to NASCAR grows, Sam Hornish Jr. remains undecided about his future.

He's had tremendous success in IndyCars - winning three championships and last year's Indianapolis 500 - but his tryout in stock cars hasn't been nearly as smooth. He's still trying to make his first Nextel Cup event after three failed attempts, and was set to try again Thursday night in qualifying at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

"We knew it was going to be difficult coming in," he said.As the list of open-wheel stars moving to NASCAR grows, Sam Hornish Jr. remains undecided about his future.

He's had tremendous success in IndyCars - winning three championships and last year's Indianapolis 500 - but his tryout in stock cars hasn't been nearly as smooth. He's still trying to make his first Nextel Cup event after three failed attempts, and was set to try again Thursday night in qualifying at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

"We knew it was going to be difficult coming in," he said.

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