Kurt Busch said before Sunday’s Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway that he and Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kevin Harvick are on good terms after a confrontation following last week’s race at Talladega Superspeedway.
On the cool-down lap after the Hellmann’s 500 a week ago, Busch rubbed doors with Harvick. After they parked, Harvick walked over to Busch, who was still sitting in his race car, leaned inside and had words with his teammates after delivering a jab inside the window.
“Well, I thought there was miscommunication on what was supposed to happen on track,” Busch told NBCSN prior to the Martinsville race. “We would be much better off not having Denny Hamlin and the 22 (of Joey Logano) in the Chase, those are two strong cars. But we had a miscommunication breakdown. Just the way Kevin reacted was not very appropriate, but we talked about it and it’s all good.”
Hamlin narrowly beat Busch to the start/finish line to place third in the race, and advanced to the Round of 8 in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Busch finished fourth and Harvick finished seventh in the race. Both Busch and Harvick are among the eight drivers battling for the championship as the Round of 8 begins.