BROOKLYN, Mich. -- The animosity between Kevin Harvick and Juan Montoya shows no signs of abating, one week after an incident at Watkins Glen that ended with both drivers going helmet-to-helmet in the middle of the track. (read more)

Oh, and they'll be nose-to-tail at the start of Sunday's 3M Performance 400 at Michigan International Speedway, since Montoya qualified 26th and Harvick 28th.

When asked whether he felt Montoya was agressive or reckless, Harvick didn't shy away from his opinion.

"He drives like he doesn't know what he's doing, to be honest with you," Harvick said. "He goes out, he can run fast but he's all over the place and every week it seems like he runs into a different person.

"In four weeks, it's cost us a couple of hundred points and he shrugs it off like he doesn't really care about anybody or anything, that he's just here to race. You make him mad and it's 'Well, I've got a five-year contract and I'll just wreck you every week.' It's hard to talk to him and he doesn't really respect anyone around him."

Montoya was asked whether his relationship with Harvick could be repaired.

"You know, I think he's a great guy, he's a great racer and it's a shame the position he's in," Montoya said. "I've been racing all my life and I learned to get over things like this because we're going to meet again and again on the racetrack and it's a lot nicer and better when you have a good relationship."

So does it bother you when people say you're not real popular?

"No, I think I'm a lot more popular here than I was in Formula 1, so I'm OK," Montoya said, which elicited laugher from those in attendance.

Retirement? It's news to him

Dale Jarrett expects to be back at Michael Waltrip Racing in 2008, despite reports that had him getting out of the driver's seat at the end of the season.

"I don't know where all this other stuff got started," Jarrett said. "No one came and asked me.

"As a matter of fact, I was standing in a restaurant with some friends last week and a guy tapped me on the shoulder and said, 'I didn't realize you were retiring at the end of the year.' "

Jarrett was surprised to hear that.

"I said, 'Well, I didn't either,'" Jarrett admitted. "I had been on the golf course for a couple of days but didn't think things had changed quite that much."

Unfortunately, Jarrett won't be around for the weekend after his lap of 184.063 mph wasn't good enough to make the field. (Continued)