Busch Report Montreal: Go away Robby Gordon

This race was absolultely ridiculous. A great afternoon of racing ruined by Robby Gordon, and terrible officiating by Nascar.

First, the good...Montreal provided a memorable setting and a beautiful track, along with legions of avid race fans. The event was a lot of fun, and looked great on TV. The international flavor of the road course ringer drivers was cool too.

The bad...Caution laps took forever. Good lord, the last 10 laps of the race took almost an hour. Circling a 2.7 mile track at 30 MPH provides for a lot of dead air time.

The ugly...Robby Gordon. Period. This guy has been a scourge on Nascar for far too long now. Get rid of him, please.

The racing was pretty good throughout. With 10 laps to go, all hell broke loose. There was a huge pileup of cars from about 5th place on back. At the front of the field, Gordon and Ambrose were battling for the lead as the caution flag flew. It was hard to tell who was in the lead at the point of yellow, but Gordon muscled past Ambrose, and Ambrose retaliated by spinning out Gordon.

The cars lined up behind the pace car, with Ambrose in the lead. Gordon was farther back in line, but started passing the field under yellow until he caught up to Ambrose and rammed his rear bumper. The two drivers menaced each other as they drove around for what seemed like 20 minutes under caution.

Finally, Nascar ruled that Ambrose was the race leader. They told Robby Gordon to go back to 12th place. Gordon refused to go back, and maintained his spot in 2nd. Nascar allowed the race to go green with Gordon right behind Ambrose, even though it was obvious what Gordon's plan was. Sure enough, the green flew, and Gordon immediately wrecked Ambrose from behind.

The last two laps of the race were a bizarre circus of Robby Gordon out in front, ignoring the black flag, while Harvick "won" the race behind Gordon. Both cars did side by side burnouts, as Gordon continued his charade that he won the race.

The real loser is Ambrose, who would have won easily, and gave the classiest post-race interview I've ever heard under the circumstances.

Nascar officials are totally to blame for this fiasco. There is absolutely no way that they should have allowed the race to go green until Gordon was back in his proper position, especially since everyone knew that Gordon was planning to wreck the leader. Nascar turned the finish of an exciting positive race into something that looked like a staged WWF conclusion.

The legitimate winner of the race, Ambrose, had no chance to win because Nascar allowed a car to wreck him. A car that should have been back in 12th place.

Robby Gordon's act is so old and tired, it's amazing to me that Nascar allows him on the track. How many times has he been "on probation"? It's one thing for a talented driver like Stewart to behave like a child at times, but Gordon flouts the rules more than any driver and his talent level is far too low to compensate for that. His arrogance and disrespect for the sport is tiresome.

No one goes to a race to see Robby Gordon. No one cares how he finishes. Gordon's only contribution to Nascar is to wreak havoc on races and racers every year. Nascar should park Gordon for a very long time. He brings nothing to the sport.

Personally, I'd love to see Gordon banned for at least long enough to drop him from 27th in the Cup standings to out of the top 35. There is talk tonight that he may not be allowed to race at Pocono. Let's hope that Nascar finally has the stomach to crack down on Gordon. It's long overdue.