Sam Hornish Jr. said Friday he has no interest in returning to IndyCar to replace Dario Franchitti at Target Chip Ganassi Racing. Hornish said the team reached out to his representatives this week when Franchitti was told by doctors he can no longer race because of the risk of injury is too great.
“I expressed I was very grateful even for the call,” Hornish said. “A door opens and the reason still stands to not do it. It’s just any time I’ve had a thought or thought about that at all, it’s been like very minimal.”
Even though he heads into Saturday’s final Nationwide Series race of the season with no job lined up for 2014. Hornish believes he should have a Cup ride next year.
“I definitely feel I belong in the Cup Series,” Hornish said.
“Taking the step back was to prove what I’ve known for a long time: given the equipment, the right people around me, what I would be capable of. Because I’d been so successful on the IndyCar side, I was going to pick up the car and carry it on my back if it wasn’t good enough.”
