The Texas Motor Speedway aggressively rebranded itself as "No Limits, Texas" for the AAA Texas 500. But along with showdowns in the wicked fast Wild West, it seems that there was some vigilante justice.
Jeff Gordon was leading for the Sprint Cup Series and also was vying for the lead during the AAA Texas 500. As the race restarted, Keselowski slammed into Gordon, which cut his left rear tire and caused him to spin. As Jeff Gordon told ESPN:
"We were sitting there on older tires. I spun the tires a little but I got a pretty decent restart. We went down into (turn) one and I just wanted to get to the outside of the 48 (Johnson) and and out of nowhere I just got slammed by the 2 and it cut my left-rear tire. He's just a dip---. The way he races, I don't know how he ever won a championship and I'm just sick and tired of it."
After the race, Gordon yelled at Keselowski in the pits and then lunged at him. This set off a wild melee between the two crews. A Gordon crew member threw Keselowski to the ground. In the end, both Gordon and Keselowski with blood on their lips and faces.
Rodney Dangerfield famously joked about confusing boxing and hockey games. With yet another instance of vigilante justice off the track, is NASCAR taking ice hockey's place for pugilism?
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