Jacques Villeneuve gets a job - in NASCAR - for one weekend

Wanted: A road-course specialist for one of NASCAR's Sprint Cup series two stops at a non-oval track.
Start Date: Immediate.
Qualifications: Should have knowledge about race cars, be a proven winner and have nothing better to do on a Sunday afternoon.
Sounds like the perfect job for an out-of-work former F1 champion and Indy 500 winner whose been beating the doors down in F1 and NASCAR for the past couple of years with no luck - so far - of finding steady employment.
No surprise then that Jacques Villeneuve has "jumped" at the chance to drive in this weekend's Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen. Villeneuve's also going to compete in the Nationwide race at Montreal this month, and admits to Autosport that he is working on having something lined up for 2010.
It's interesting that a guy who, a little more than a decade ago, said he really didn't care about racing and would walk away from the sport before getting to the point of having to shop for a ride, has spent so much time pounding the pavement looking for work. He certainly doesn't need the money; I guess it's just that the passion for racing never really left him.