Driver Wimmer escapes a jail term

He received probation and service for drunk driving and fleeing an accident.
HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) -- NASCAR driver Scott Allan Wimmer was sentenced to a year probation and 24 hours of community service after being convicted of drunken driving and fleeing the scene of an accident Tuesday.
Wimmer was given a 60-day suspended prison term, served only if he violates probation, and will lose his driver's license for one year. He has already undergone an alcohol assessment, satisfying the last term of the sentence.
Wimmer was arrested Jan. 31 for driving while impaired after wrecking a 2004 Dodge Ram pickup truck owned by Bill Davis Racing. Wimmer drives for the High Point-based racing team in NASCAR'S Nextel Cup series.
Chuck Alexander, Wimmer's Winston-Salem-based attorney, said he will appeal the decision of a District Court judge, meaning Wimmer can keep his license until the appeal is resolved.
Police found his possessions
Police had found some of Wimmer's possessions near the truck that had overturned in a ditch. Wimmer was found in his High Point home, crouched beside his bed and bleeding from a head wound, police said.
High Point police records state that Wimmer was charged after a breath test found he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.15, nearly twice the state legal limit of 0.08.
His wife, Judy Ambrose, was found innocent of charges that she impeded the investigation by lying to police.
Wimmer moved up to the Nextel Cup last fall after three seasons of racing in the Busch Series. He had five wins in three years in the Busch Series.
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