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Hornish ill, Kvapil on standby at 'Dega
TALLADEGA, Ala. - Sam Hornish Jr. is feeling under the weather with flu-like symptoms at Talladega Superspeedway and Penske Racing officials have a standby driver for the No. 77 Penske Dodge.
Jonathan Gibson, Penske's Vice President of Marketing and Communication, said that the team is playing it by ear this afternoon.
"Our intention is for Sam to start the race," Gibson said.
Former Penske driver Travis Kvapil has travelled to Talladega and is on standby should Hornish need a relief driver this afternoon.
Hornish qualified a career-best fourth yesterday. As long as he starts today's race, he will get points for wherever the No. 77 finishes. He has one career start at the 2.66-mile superspeedway (35th-place finish last year in this race).
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