Post by dalejrfan on Sept 11, 2005 3:36:59 GMT -5
RICHMOND, Va. -- In a Chevy Rock and Roll 400 that was curiously devoid of fireworks, Robby Gordon and Sterling Marlin tried their best to provide a few.
Just 90 laps into the race, Marlin crashed in Turn 2. He had help from Gordon's No. 7 Chevrolet.
Gordon, running behind Marlin and Scott Wimmer, went hard into Turn 1 and cut down in front of Wimmer, but Gordon was carrying too much speed and went up the track into Marlin, which resulted in a trip to the wall.
Revenge is a dish best served cold, and Marlin let it cool off before returning the favor on Lap 313 by turning dead right into the side of Gordon's car in Turn 2. NASCAR responded by bringing Marlin to pit road for a five-lap penalty.
Gordon got his car fixed in the pits. Then, as the caution waved for Wimmer's spin, he charged up through the field to Marlin's car and rubbed up against it. Gordon was brought to pit road for his own five-lap penalty for rough driving.
Soon after that incident, NASCAR made the announcement that both drivers and their crew chiefs were expected in the NASCAR hauler forthwith following the race.
On his way out of the NASCAR transporter, Marlin said "We're cool, everything is OK." Gordon, back at his team transporter, was a little more vocal.
"I definitely got into him (on Lap 90), and I apologize for that," he said. "I don't know if it was payback for something else I did, but everything's cool. We're good."
"Anytime you have a race with the kind of pressures that are on people in this type of environment, you're going to have some raised tempers," said Jim Hunter, NASCAR Vice President of Corporate Communications. "By the end of the race, and by the time they came to the hauler, those tempers, the flames, had gone out.
"They were fine."
Just 90 laps into the race, Marlin crashed in Turn 2. He had help from Gordon's No. 7 Chevrolet.
Gordon, running behind Marlin and Scott Wimmer, went hard into Turn 1 and cut down in front of Wimmer, but Gordon was carrying too much speed and went up the track into Marlin, which resulted in a trip to the wall.
Revenge is a dish best served cold, and Marlin let it cool off before returning the favor on Lap 313 by turning dead right into the side of Gordon's car in Turn 2. NASCAR responded by bringing Marlin to pit road for a five-lap penalty.
Gordon got his car fixed in the pits. Then, as the caution waved for Wimmer's spin, he charged up through the field to Marlin's car and rubbed up against it. Gordon was brought to pit road for his own five-lap penalty for rough driving.
Soon after that incident, NASCAR made the announcement that both drivers and their crew chiefs were expected in the NASCAR hauler forthwith following the race.
On his way out of the NASCAR transporter, Marlin said "We're cool, everything is OK." Gordon, back at his team transporter, was a little more vocal.
"I definitely got into him (on Lap 90), and I apologize for that," he said. "I don't know if it was payback for something else I did, but everything's cool. We're good."
"Anytime you have a race with the kind of pressures that are on people in this type of environment, you're going to have some raised tempers," said Jim Hunter, NASCAR Vice President of Corporate Communications. "By the end of the race, and by the time they came to the hauler, those tempers, the flames, had gone out.
"They were fine."