Jimmy Watts, a crew member for the No. 47 team in the Sprint Cup Series, has been suspended from the next four races (until April 22) for rule violations during this past Sunday’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Watts was found to have violated Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing) and 9-15-U (crew members must not go on the race track for any reason while the cars are racing or while the cars are running under the yellow flag or  …. details
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It’s time for the first off weekend of the season.
Yeah, right. How many of these guys do you think won’t be anywhere near a race track this weekend?
OK, Jeff Gordon for sure won’t be. The guy’s got so much to celebrate and a real neat family unit to celebrate it with, it makes you appreciate what Gordon’s accomplished so far this year, even more. So scratch him off the list.
You know, when you really ponder it you’d like to think that no one would go anywhere near a race track. You’d think they’d go somewhere clean and quiet and peaceful that’ll just blow away all those fears and doubts and pressures from the first four events of the season…. Details
If Mark Martin didn’t have bad luck, he probably wouldn’t have any luck at all.
He’s learned that the hard way over his 27 years at NASCAR’s top level. There have been four runner-up championship finishes and a myriad of small disasters on a resume that most likely will still go down as one of the greatest in series history… Details
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Jeff Gordon didn’t win Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, but he came up clutch when it counted most.
Struggling with a slipping clutch that made nearly every pit stop an adventure, Gordon thought he had a real chance to end a 44-race winless streak that dates to the fall race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in 2007. Instead, he had to settle for second behind Kurt Busch — his third top-10 finish in the four races run so far this season…. Details
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