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Stewart/Gordon UPDATE 3 Fine:

#13-Robby Gordon and #20-Tony Stewart got together with Gordon getting tapped in the rear and spinning, the roof flaps saved Gordon from getting airbourne, no major damage to either car. Gordon and Stewart had quite a shoving match with Stewart in Stewart garage, no punchs thrown. Also, see the full story at: That’s Racin’: Tempers flare in the garage. Bottom line is, they both cooled off later and will meet with NASCAR Officials Thursday in the AM before the Twins. See the slideshow of the incident at That’s Racin’. Also see the story at: SpeedVision(2-16-2000) — UPDATE: a good story to explain the incident: Practice Accident Spurs Garage Tussle by Glen Grissom from Ford and Pontiac Racing text –UPDATE 2: Jason Shapiro, a mechanic with the #20 Joe Gibbs Racing team, was nailed with a $2,000 fine and placed on probation for the next four months after he hit Gordon while trying to break up a confrontation between the two drivers. Shapiro’s probation ends June 30(goRacing) — UPDATE 3: Tony Stewart was on ESPN2’s RPM2Nite and said he and Robby Gordon has met and talked for 15 minutes and everything is fine between them and that he would help pay Shapiro’s fine(2-17-2000)