This was bound to happen. The tight competition, the different winners, the many lead changes, the jockeying for precious real estate – all of it had to come to a head.
So it shouldn’t be all that surprising that in the past two weeks, three different feuds have erupted.
Of course, there’s the biggest – the grudge match between Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick, two combatants unafraid to mix it up.
Busch spun Harvick out during a multi-car accident at Darlington, and post-race words were had. It escalated from there.
This feud’s heavyweight in nature, for a variety of reasons.
Harvick and Busch are both championship contenders. They are also the only drivers to win multiple races this season. And both have a long history of feuds (Harvick vs. Joey Logano, Carl Edwards, Juan Pablo Montoya, etc.; Busch vs. Keselowski, Hamlin, Burton, etc.). It’s just that this one’s the juiciest of the bunch.
Their next race together: the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on Friday. Harvick isn’t racing in Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series event, but his car is – with Clint Bowyer driving. Bowyer was also involved in the accident that started Harvick vs. Busch.
Their post-race actions – which involved a confrontation on pit road – landed each with a $25,000 fine and NASCAR probation for four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points races.
But there are more feuds, huge ones.
Two weeks ago at Richmond International Raceway, Juan Pablo Montoya and Ryan Newman got into it. The fuse was only lit there, and it’s doubtful we’ve seen the end of that grudge match.
And a week later, Montoya again ruffled fenders – this time those belonging to Jimmie Johnson. Montoya spun Johnson out at Darlington, possibly adding to the list of feuding partners. (Montoya immediately apologized.)
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