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Defiance native Sam Hornish Jr. was forced from the track by engine trouble after just eight laps Saturday evening's Nationwide EnjoyIllinois.com 300 race at Chicagoland Speedway.

Simon Pagenaud covered the 11-turn, 2.81-kilometre street course at Exhibition Place in one minute 0.0084 seconds on Friday.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Panther Racing debuted in 1998 with Scott Goodyear behind the wheel of the No.

The 35-year-old Frenchman has won 31 poles, which ranks third among active drivers and ninth all-time.

"It's been a lot of fun. Every step of the process has been a surreal experience," Hunter-Reay said.

Reigning Verizon IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon and recently-crowned Indianapolis 500 champion Ryan Hunter-Reay are nominees in the "Best Driver" category for the annual ESPY Awards.

Darrell Wallace Jr. will pilot the No. 20 Share a Coke Toyota Camry in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona Int'l Speedway on July 4. "What an awesome couple of weeks," said Wallace.

Alex Tagliani finds happy place, speed in NASCAR IndyCar veteran is racing on road courses in the Nationwide Series Check out this story on IndyStar.com: http://indy.st/1mrVpCK Alex Tagliani, right, shakes hands with Sam Hornish Jr. before qualifying for the NASCAR Nationwide series auto race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., Saturday, June, ... (more)