An ongoing dispute between NASCAR drivers Robby Gordon and Kevin Conway reached a boiling point in the garage area of Las Vegas Motor Speedway when Gordon allegedly assualted Conway shortly after completion of Friday's Sprint Cup qualifying session.

Neither driver has had much to say about the incident that brought swift action from NASCAR officials resulting in Gordon being immediately placed on probation by the sanctioning body with an "emergencey action." Conway has also filed a report with police in regards to the confrontation.

Kevin Conway broke his silence late Monday in a prepared statement issued to the media.

"I don't mind stiff competition, but I want to make sure the hard facts are told. First and foremost, I love being a part of NASCAR and have worked very hard to earn the privilege of competing in the Sprint Cup Series.

"On Friday night, Robby Gordon, who has a long history of issues in NASCAR decided to ambush me in the  garage area at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, completely unprovoked. Robby even confronted Joe Nemechek, my car owner, on pit road during Cup Series qualifying shoving him and telling him that he was looking for me and going to assault me. We have many witnesses including a crew chief that signed a police report documenting the truth of his physical attack on me.

"Situations like this are not good for our sport. It's one thing if we were racing each other and I wrecked him or he wrecked me, that’s an entirely different situation. It's very unfortunate that he chose to physically attack me to address his rage. Our fans, sponsors and NASCAR expect and deserve more from our competitors than this bullish, illegal behavior that was displayed by Robby against me."

Conway drove six races for Robby Gordon in 2010 with Conway's sponsor Extenze displayed on the No. 7 Toyota. Gordon filed suit against Extenze in a California court for $690,000 he says the sponsor did not pay as part of the agreement. Conway has since filed a lawsuit in North Carolina seeking $27,000 from Gordon for monies related to the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year award won by Conway.

"It's simple," Gordon told members of the media. "I'll pay him his money when he pays me my money because he couldn't have earned that money if I hadn't put that car out on the track."

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