ated ▁by ▁intention ally ▁w reck ing ▁Bow yer , ▁collect ing ▁Jo ey ▁Log ano ▁and ▁Ar ic ▁Al mi rola ▁in ▁the ▁process , ▁thus ▁ending ▁Bow yer ' s ▁hopes ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁Cup ▁title . ▁The ▁two ▁cre ws ▁began ▁b raw ling ▁while ▁a ▁fur ious ▁Bow yer ▁clim bed ▁out ▁of ▁his ▁car . ▁Bow yer ▁fr ant ically ▁s print ed ▁to ▁Gordon ' s ▁ha uler , ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁rest rained ▁by ▁officials ▁just ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁Gordon . ▁Gordon ▁was ▁f ined ▁$ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 , ▁dock ed ▁ 2 5 ▁points , ▁and ▁placed ▁on ▁prob ation ▁until ▁December ▁ 3 1 . ▁He ▁recovered ▁from ▁his ▁penalty ▁by ▁winning ▁the ▁season ▁finale , ▁the ▁Ford ▁E co Bo ost ▁ 4 0 0 , ▁the ▁next ▁week ▁for ▁the ▁ 8 7 th ▁S print ▁Cup ▁victory ▁of ▁his ▁career . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Gordon ▁made ▁his ▁ 7 0 0 th ▁consecutive ▁Cup ▁start ▁in ▁the ▁Bo j angles ' ▁Southern ▁ 5 0 0 ; ▁Gordon ▁finished ▁ 3 rd , ▁mark ing ▁his ▁ 3 0 0 th ▁career ▁top - 5 ▁finish . ▁At ▁D over , ▁Gordon ▁finished ▁ 3 rd , ▁t ying ▁David ▁Pear son ▁for ▁third ▁all - time ▁in ▁top - five ▁finish es ▁with ▁ 3 0 1 . ▁In ▁qual ifying ▁for ▁the ▁Feder ated ▁Auto ▁Part s ▁ 4