On the flipside of Newman’s future, Penske Racing has not yet selected a driver to pilot the No. 12 Dodge next season.

Driver of the No. 77 Dodge Sam Hornish Jr. states that there have not been any collaborations of him moving to the No. 12 and has not been informed on who the chosen one will be.

“As far as who Roger [Penske] is hiring or any of that stuff I don’t have ideas,” Hornish declared. “I’m sure with Roger’s resume, we’ll get another spectacular person in there.”

David Stremme is one to be looked at as the potential driver next year. Stremme is currently acting as a test driver for the organization, and has been somewhat of a mentor to Hornish.

“David’s been really great to me, calling me up, asking me if there’s anything that he can do to help me out," said Hornish. "[He's] maybe giving me little tidbits of information and what he thought about certain things [with me] going to [tracks] for the first time like Pocono and Indianapolis and even some of those places that you don’t really see anything like it anywhere else. It’s been nice to have somebody to ask some questions.

"Obviously, Kurt and Ryan are tremendously busy because they’re Cup drivers themselves and have all of that going on so David’s probably been a little bit more accessible.”

When asked about his view on Newman’s leaving of Penske Racing Hornish replied, "Obviously when it’s someone that’s been in the Penske organization as long as he has, it’s something to see him leave but we have to continue to move forward.”