When Ashley Force Hood became pregnant this year and took a one-year sabbatical from driving her Funny Car, her father, John Force, had to restructure his three-car drag racing operation.
Force decided he would be the easiest domino to move while leaving the other parts of John Force Racing in place.
Jorge Lorenzo took a home victory in the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix at a damp Jerez, but only after Valentino Rossi had taken Casey Stoner out in a collision as they fought for second place, and Marco Simoncelli had crashed out of the lead.