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
Keanu Reeves, start your engine.
Reeves will get behind the wheel of a race car to compete in the 35th annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach’s Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race.
The 10-lap race for charity will be held on a closed 1.97-mile street circuit in downtown Long Beach, Calif., on April 18.
Other celebrity racers include …Â Details
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
Calvert, driving the 40th Anniversary 2008 Mustang FR500CJ Cobra Jet duplicated the success of the original 1968 Cobra Jet when he won the AA Stock Eliminator class at the 2009 NHRA Winternationals, which finished up today after several rain delays. It is history repeated as in 1968…Â Details