IndyCar: Sam Hornish joins Paul Tracy in NBC Sports commentary booth for Sonoma

Sam Hornish Jr. says he’s a “bigger fan” of the Verizon IndyCar Series now than when he was competing in IndyCar, which will provide an interesting backdrop when the three-time series champion joins the NBCSN telecast for the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma this weekend.

Hornish, who competed in three IndyCar races on the challenging California road course, will provide commentary along with another Indy car champion, Paul Tracy. Brian Till is the lead announcer for the live race (4 p.m. ET Aug. 24) and qualifying (7:30 p.m. ET Aug. 23) telecasts.

It will be the initial IndyCar broadcast for Hornish, who previously has contributed to NASCAR Nationwide Series practice and qualifying telecasts on FOX Sports 1 and “SpeedCenter” on SPEED (the predecessor to FOX Sports 1).

“NBCSN does a really good job of keeping it fresh with Townsend [Bell] and Paul,” said Hornish. With Paul and me, there’s a lot of knowledge of racing that will go into it. I still have a lot of feelings that the IndyCar guys feel as far as the pressures in the championship, keeping emotions in check and what you want out of the race. I think one of the things that makes me credible is still living the life of a professional race car driver.”

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