NASCAR penalizes Gordon

After saying the video was "inconclusive" of the incident, NASCAR came back Wednesday after more reviewing and heavily penalized Robby Gordon for the debris caution at Atlanta. The caution allowed Gordon to get back on the lead lap and finish tenth, while it trapped Jeff Burton, who was very vocal about the whole incident, a lap down to finish 13th.

NASCAR spokesmans Kerry Tharp said - It is a very serious matter when a team attempts to manipulate the outcome of a race.

Gordon lost 50 driver points, 50 owner points, fined $15,000 and put on probation until the end of the year. His crew chief was also fined $10,000 although not much was explained about why. I guess the penalty for the crew chief is because he knew about it?

The penalty won't help Jeff Burton, but NASCAR has decided to send a message via Robby that they won't tolerate this kind of thing, at least that's what they think we want to hear.

Your thoughts? Too harsh or not?