The competitor who initially called Robby Gordon a low-down, dirty, cheating dog has formally withdrawn the protest filed in the wake of last weekend's Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250. As a result, Gordon retains his stranglehold on First Loser.

On the plus side, Gordon's ... sterling reputation dodges this bullet and he emerges from this unseemly affair roughly intact; unfortunately, the absence of controversy and any publicity resulting therefrom disappears, sending Gordon back to crushing irrelevance.