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NASCAR driver, wife face charges

Sean Olson , STAFF WRITER 02/01/2004

A NASCAR driver faces drunk driving charges, and his wife faces obstruction and delaying of justice, after an incident early Saturday morning.


Scott Allan Wimmer, the 28-year-old driver for Bill Davis Racing's Nextel Cup team, was arrested for driving while impaired early Saturday morning when he wrecked a blue, 2004 Dodge Ram pickup truck owned by Bill Davis Racing.

According to High Point police records, at about 2 a.m. Saturday morning, Wimmer was charged with DWI after officers gave him a Breathalyzer test and found he had a 0.15 blood alcohol content, nearly twice the state legal limit for intoxication, 0.08.

Just over one hour later, at about 3:15 a.m., Wimmer's wife Jody Ambrose, was charged with misdemeanor obstruction and delay, according to High Point police records.

High Point police officials would not comment on details of the charges.

Messages left at Wimmer's home were not returned.

Contacted at his home Saturday night, Bill Davis, owner of the High Point-based Bill Davis Racing, would not comment on the incident.

The charge comes at a time when Wimmer is ascending NASCAR's hierarchy.

Last fall, he moved up to the Nextel Cup Series after three full seasons in Busch Series racing. Wimmer is slated to drive the No. 22 Dodge for Davis Racing, a car sponsored by Caterpillar.

When asked about how the DWI charge would affect Wimmer's status on the team, Davis only said, "We really don't have any comment right now. We are kind of figuring out the facts."

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Drinking while driving...Wrecking the company truck, wife getting charged with misdemeanor obstruction. Yeah can't be good.
 
Don't be too surprised if the wife's obstruction charges aren't from her trying to say she was the one driving to keep Scott from getting popped with a DWI charge. Not very smart, if you ask me. For either of them. :(
 
now that was a stupid move, I can't recall when the last time a driver got a DWI
 
I am so disappointed by all of this.

I worked with Scott at about 5 or 6 shows this last season and he is such a nice guy and a somewhat quiet young man. I hate to see that he fell into the trap of drinking and driving. :(

Hopefully this will be a lesson learned. And fortunatley, no one else was hurt or killed.
 
This is really surprising and a shame too...glad no one was seriously hurt either....guess we'll see what Davis and nascar do, if anything...
 
Than was a STUPID move on both their parts, and I bet we'll hear a LOT more from Nascar during the coming days about this incident.
 
I think it was a stupied move too, with that said, I think back to my mid 20s and remember as grown up and adult as I thought I was I did a lot of really stupied stuff.
I'm just really glad and relieved no one else was hurt or killed in the incident.
At the least, I'll bet he don't get a company truck anymore.
 
Well, quite honestly, I can't add much to what you all have already said. Cept I surely do agree.

Boy was just plain lucky no one else was hurt or involved.

Tsk, Tsk, Tsk!!!
 
wonder what nascar's rule is about driving a race car if you don't have a valiad driver's lic.

man that a bonehead, We lost Rob Morroso because he was driving while impared
 
No license; no racing!

My guess is that if it is a first offense and he gets a good lawyer, here in N.C. it will be a fine and community service.

Don't know what NASCAR will do. Maybe have him go through a substance abuse program?
 
Somehow I bet that NASCAR will downplay this since Wimmer is not a ver popular/well known driver. But I do hope they punish him or he will never learn.
 
Originally posted by Guido@Feb 1 2004, 12:22 PM
I am so disappointed by all of this.

I worked with Scott at about 5 or 6 shows this last season and he is such a nice guy and a somewhat quiet young man. I hate to see that he fell into the trap of drinking and driving. :(

Hopefully this will be a lesson learned. And fortunatley, no one else was hurt or killed.
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Ditto! Scott is a great kid who just made a mistake & TG nobody was hurt!
 
Originally posted by Guido@Feb 2 2004, 09:04 AM
Maybe have him go through a substance abuse program?
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That's a good idea. They certainly can't let him go scotch free.
 
I dont care how young he is, or how many people have done it. This should not be downplayed, he made a mistake but a verry big mistake.

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In 2002, more than 17,000 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes on the nation's highways, representing a death every 30 minutes. An estimated 258,000 people were injured in crashes where police reported that alcohol was present – an average of one person injured approximately every two minutes.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/11/21/...ain530342.shtml

http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/drive/a/bln...nhtsa031224.htm
 
And the latest update

Wimmer had a blood alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit, High Point police spokesman Lt. Keith Washington said Monday. Wimmer's pickup hit a large rock, flipped over, then hit a road sign, the spokesman said. Wimmer was also charged Saturday with hit and run after the pickup registered to the High Point-based Bill Davis Racing team was found overturned with three tires missing about a mile away from his home, Washington said. When officers arrived at the scene, Wimmer wasn't there. He was found hiding behind a bed at his home, according to the police report.
 
Originally posted by Parkfan@Feb 2 2004, 04:16 PM
And the latest update

Wimmer had a blood alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit, High Point police spokesman Lt. Keith Washington said Monday. Wimmer's pickup hit a large rock, flipped over, then hit a road sign, the spokesman said. Wimmer was also charged Saturday with hit and run after the pickup registered to the High Point-based Bill Davis Racing team was found overturned with three tires missing about a mile away from his home, Washington said. When officers arrived at the scene, Wimmer wasn't there. He was found hiding behind a bed at his home, according to the police report.
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what article did u find that in u dont mind me asking so I could read it thanks :)
 
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what article did u find that in u dont mind me asking so I could read it thanks :)
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thanks a bunch!
 
Another article
http://speedtv.com/articles/auto/nascar/9621/


If Wimmer is convicted, the consequences could be severe for him and far-reaching for Davis and NASCAR. North Carolina law specifies mandatory suspension of a driver license in DUI cases, and historically NASCAR has required that competitors hold a valid state driver license. There was no comment from NASCAR Sunday.

Davis could face the difficulty of having to discipline Wimmer, up to and including dismissal, which would involve finding a suitable driver for the No. 22 at the start of a new campaign. Davis also would have to face questions from Catepillar, long-time sponsor of the team.

NASCAR, meanwhile, long has projected an image of its competitors as clean-living family men, untouched by the troubles which occasionally arise with athletes in other sports. This is the second disturbing incident in the past few months, with Busch Series driver Shane Hmiel suspended in September after NASCAR administered a drug test. The circumstances of the test were not revealed; Hmiel has accepted counseling but has not yet been reinstated by NASCAR.
 
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