Hendrick Motorsports will pay the $185,000 in fines levied against six crew members for their role in a post-race fight at Texas. While Both NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski and Jeff Gordon has avoided penalty from NASCAR after a fight that erupted after the second post-race fight in this year's Chase for the Sprint Cup took place Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway.

The race ruckus happened when Keselowski's move to pass Gordon entering turn one on lap 336 of the 341 lap race. Keselowski moved to the middle of the track to go inside Gordon, who restarted on the outside line in second, and the outside of Jimmie Johnson, the race leader. As Keselowski moved to the open space, Gordon came down, and the two drivers slammed into each other.

Hendrick Motorsports general manager Doug Duchardt said Wednesday on Sirius XM that the organization would cover all the fines. He said "We will, as a team, incur that and won't put that on the crew members."

While on the other side of the picket fence, NASCAR fined Kahne crew member Jeremy Fuller and Gordon crew members Dwayne Doucette and Jason Ingle $25,000 each. All three were also suspended for six races.

According to Duchardt, their crews were under control when Gordon tried to speak to Keselowski. The disturbance happened when Kevin Harvick pushed Keselowski from his back into the team.

Duchardt said "That whole situation was going to be a discussion, and we were getting ready ... to disburse, and then Kevin pushed Brad in and it all got started. I felt like our guys were conducting themselves and everyone was letting Jeff and Brad talk, and then it escalated."

NASCAR senior vice president of competition Robin Pemberton was not all too happy with the incident. They had reviewed the happening and said that NASCAR has "identified several crew members who crossed the line with their actions, specifically punching others."

Pemberton says "A NASCAR championship is at stake, but we can't allow behavior that crosses the line to go unchecked, particularly when it puts others in harm's way."

Seems like everything is fired up now that the final few races are up at stake.