Jeff Gordon Hit with Weak Penalty After Run-in with Clint Bowyer at Phoenix

Jeff Gordon was ordered to stand before the NASCAR sanctioning body on Monday, was told to extend his right arm and promptly got slapped on the wrist for his actions in Sunday's AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix. At least, that may as well have been the case. You may have heard the story by now. Late in Sunday's race at Phoenix, Clint Bowyer made some contact with Jeff Gordon on the backstretch while racing for fifth. Gordon attempted to hit Bowyer in Turn 3, but got loose and hit the wall. While Gordon limped his damaged car around the track, NASCAR black-flagged the No. 24 for being too slow, but Gordon did not heed the warning. Instead, he retaliated on Bowyer with two laps remaining by hooking Bowyer's No. 15 car head-on ...

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