Franchitti, Hornish To Test ESPY’s Chances
Written by Allan Brewer · June 25, 2007
Alex Lloyd ‘Watches’ Iowa 100 Win
From Indy Racing League Media Reports:
Franchitti, Hornish nominated for ESPY Awards: Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti and three-time IndyCar Series champion Sam Hornish Jr., are among the six drivers nominated for “Best Driver” at the 2007 ESPY Awards.
Franchitti earned his first ESPY nomination while Hornish earned his fourth “Best Driver” nomination in the last six years.
It’s the second consecutive year that he has been nominated for “Best Driver.” Hornish also was nominated for “Best Championship Performance” for his Indianapolis 500 win in 2006.
Other drivers nominated for the award include NASCAR drivers Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick and NHRA Top Fuel star Tony Schumacher.
As part of his victory in the Iowa 100, Alex Lloyd was presented with a Forum timepiece from Ritmo Mundo, the official timepiece of the Indy Pro Series.
IndyProRacer.com: Alex Lloyd Back on Top at Iowa 100
Ritmo Mundo presents a timepiece to the winner of each Indy Pro Series event in 2007 and a $25,000 timepiece to the Indy Pro Series champion.
Wade Cunningham collected the SWE Pole Award and its $1,000 prize.
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Why won’t these 2 open wheel driver not win. It’s called being outnumbered. Why is Hornish getting ready to run in Cup. Money and prestige. Sam’s got championships and an INDY 500 yet he’s one of America’s best kept secrets.
Thank you for those erudite comments Darryl…or Dare-isle…or whatever.
What should we expect with a name like Darryl…
You can go back to lubing your Shevvy now.
The fact that names like Lewis Hamilton (two time rookie winner who has not finnished below third this year)or even Emanuele Pirro (5 time le mans winner) shows that ESPN does not care about racing at all. No offense but you could leave every name from the IRL and CART off the list. They all want an F1 ride but none of them are good enough. It is second tier racing and they don’t deserve and ESPY for it. It would be like giving it to one of the guys in Truck series instead of a Nextel driver. But seriously, how many times do you have to win le man before any american cares???? It is the worlds greatest race and it is largely ignored by anyone but speedvision.