Kevin Conway/Robby Gordon Incident: Conway Statement and NASCAR Statement

NASCAR Nation has no doubt heard of the recent confrontation between Robby Gordon and his former driver, Kevin Conway. While there are multiple stories from both sides floating around, NASCAR has announced an official probation for Robby Gordon, who supposedly assaulted Conway during the Las Vegas race weekend. Here is the statement from NASCAR.

"Robby Gordon, driver of the #7 Dodge in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, has been placed on probation until Dec. 31 for a rule infraction he committed March 4 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Gordon was penalized for violating Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing; involved in an altercation in the garage area with another competitor) of the 2011 NASCAR rule book."

While no probation is currently in place for Conway, there have been talks that he "doesn't get a free pass." Kevin Conway and Extenze released a statement to the public about the incident:

"I don't mind stiff competition, but I want to make sure the hard facts are told. First and foremost, I love being a part of NASCAR and have worked very hard to earn the privilege of competing in the Sprint Cup Series. On Friday night, Robby Gordon, who has a long history of issues in NASCAR decided to ambush me in the garage area at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, completely unprovoked. Robby even confronted Joe Nemechek, my car owner, on pit road during Cup Series qualifying shoving him and telling him that he was looking for me and going to assault me. We have many witnesses including a crew chief that signed a police report documenting the truth of his physical attack on me. Situations like this are not good for our sport. It's one thing if we were racing each other and I wrecked him or he wrecked me, that's an entirely different situation. It's very unfortunate that he chose to physically attack me to address his rage. Our fans, sponsors and NASCAR expect and deserve more from our competitors than this bullish, illegal behavior that was displayed by Robby against me."

Now while nobody will completely know for sure what occurred between the two drivers during the race weekend at Las Vegas, it is certain NASCAR knows the most. From the rulings made by NASCAR and the two sided stories, there is no doubt that Robby Gordon "assaulted" Kevin Conway is some way. As far as what Conway did, it may not be enough for probation, however, it must be something big enough to not "get a free pass."

It is probable that the public only knows about 60% or the true story - but remember, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.