Matt Kenseth and Roush Fenway Racing have a couple of backup drivers ready as Matt’s wife Katie is expecting to give birth later this month. Kenny Wallace and Brian Ickler are ready to jump into the #17 ride to practice or anything else the team may need. Kenseth does plan (or at least try) to drive on race days as the couple’s latest addition approaches.

An engine exploded inside the shop of Joe Gibbs Racing on Friday and caused a fire. They were testing the engine on their dynamometer when the engine let go, although officially the cause of the fire has yet to be determined. The damage was contained to that room itself, and there were no injuries as Joe Gibbs Racing celebrates their 20th year in NASCAR.

Jeff Gordon was at Pike Peak International Raceway in Colorado over the weekend testing his #24 car in preparation for the race coming up at Phoenix. The track is similar enough for the team to get some good setup data from the car. In case you are wondering why not just test at Phoenix? Well NASCAR doesn’t allow testing at any of the tracks that they race at, so teams need to be creative in their testing.