After Saturday night’s post-race altercation between Marcos Ambrose and Casey Mears, NASCAR handed down fines to both drivers. Ambrose was fined $25,000 for punching Casey Mears in the face, and Mears was fined $15,000 for approaching and grabbing Ambrose in the altercation.

Ambrose will not appeal the fine, but his team owner Richard Petty isn’t too happy over the whole ordeal.

''No way he should have been fined,'' Petty told the Associated Press. ''What I seen on TV was that he was trying to get away. The boy (Mears) kept pushing and shoving and he (Ambrose) was trying to get away and finally got cornered and had to come out of that. Is NASCAR saying, `OK, just lay there and get the tar beat out of you, we won't fine you, we'll fine the other guy?' I don't know what their rationale was.''

While Ambrose won’t appeal the fine, he’s not going to apologize for popping Mears in the face.

''I don't apologize for my actions,'' said Ambrose. ''I was just standing up for myself and my team and my family and letting people know that you can't get in my private space like that and expect to not have any consequences. ... As soon as he grabbed hold of me there, I knew I was going to have to get a shot in. I was just waiting for the right moment.''

Ambrose finished the race in 18th, Mears 19th.