Jeff Gordon, Jeff Burton in Shoving Match After Texas Crash

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Jeff GordonIn a rare outburst of anger, four-time NASCAR Cup champion Jeff Gordon got out of his wrecked race car, crossed the Texas Motor Speedway track and walked up to the other driver involved in the accident, Jeff Burton, and shoved the fellow veteran before NASCAR officials could separate the two drivers.

The accident happened just as a caution flag flew on lap 192 of the 334-lap Sprint Cup Series race for a one-car incident involving Martin Truex Jr. elsewhere on track. Gordon and Burton had been racing hard for 18th place prior to the yellow flag and Gordon pulled his No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet alongside Burton's Chevy as the field slowed to show his displeasure with Burton.

Burton said he was just trying to pull back up alongside Gordon and motion an apology and then -- as he saw it -- the two cars just became entangled.

"I honestly don't know what happened, but it's 100 percent my fault,'' Burton said. "I pulled up to let him know he was right and I don't blame him for being mad.''




That mea culpa wasn't good enough for Gordon, who was still peeved when interviewed next to his team transporter moments later.

"I was walking toward him and thankfully had a long walk because I did the least amount of what I wanted to do to him,'' Gordon said. "I was real upset and let's just say, I held back. I didn't want to be in an ambulance with him, I can tell you that.

 

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Report: Jeep Grand Cherokee platform could underpin Maserati crossover, pack Ferrari power

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Chrysler and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne answered several questions related to the American automaker's quarterly profit/net loss this morning, and when the discussion turned to product - specifically the strong sales of the Jeep Grand Cherokee - Marchionne admitted that the GC's platform could proliferate throughout the Chrysler/Fiat lineup.

Plans for a Fiat-badged crossover based on a Chrysler-sourced platform have been confirmed for some time, but exactly what underpinnings would be used was open to speculation. The current platform, loosely based on the Mercedes-Benz GL-Class, can be modified to accommodate a variety of drivetrains and is currently being produced at the Jefferson North assembly plant in Detroit.

Neither Fiat nor Marchionne have confirmed what kind of vehicle we can expect, but in addition to a Fiat crossover, there's the strong possibility the Jeep's platform could be used as the basis for a Maserati CUV.



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