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The crew member who chased a tire across pit road, forcing NASCAR to throw a race-changing caution at Atlanta Motor Speedway, was suspended four races and placed on probation. Jimmy Watts, the gas man for Marcos Ambrose’s crew, chased a rolling tire across pit road and into the infield grass when it got away from Ambrose’s stall during a round of green-flag stops during Sunday’s race. NASCAR called a caution and the action put more than half the field at least one lap down. “Maybe he’s new,” said Matt Kenseth, who finished 12th. “Maybe he hasn’t seen us drive, but we tend to wreck a lot.” The Associated Press

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