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| Credit: Ashley Schindler |
Penske
Racing announced early this morning that Sam Hornish, Jr., who will also be racing in the Nationwide Series at New Hampshire for Penske Racing, will be replacing AJ
Allmendinger this weekend, since Allmendinger is currently
suspended due to the failure of a random drug test given to him at Kentucky.
NASCAR
has not stated what type of drug caused the sample "A" test to return
positive; AJ has opted to have his sample "B" tested, just in case
the sample "A" gave a false positive.
If it was a false positive, Allmendinger could be cleared to race again
once the issue is resolved. If sample
"B" also comes back positive later this week, NASCAR will make
Allmendinger's suspension permanent.
Allmendinger hasn’t released a
statement on the issue yet, but team owner, Roger Penske has, "You know
it's a disappointment at this particular time, but we're going to wait and see
what the second test results are before we make any comment or decisions. I
don't think it's fair to him."
Just like Roger Penske, everyone
should wait before passing judgment on AJ.
Thanks for the information Ashley. I appreciate your advice to wait before passing judgement. As a Northern California racing fan, I sure hope there was some type of mixup and that AJ does not have a drug problem.
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