Submitted from Freshrubber.com

Robby Gordon avoided a lengthy suspension Tuesday when NASCAR fined him $35,000 and placed him on probation through the end of the year for his misconduct during the Busch Series race in Montreal.

The penalties came with the stipulation that Gordon will be suspended indefinitely if he disrupts another event this season or NASCAR deems his actions inappropriate.

Hours later, in a gesture he called a “peace offering,” Gordon said he would field a car for Marcos Ambrose in this weekend’s Nextel Cup event at Watkins Glen. Gordon wrecked Ambrose in the closing laps of Saturday’s race to deny him his first NASCAR victory.