Distance grows between Bubba Wallace, Denny Hamlin after Daytona dust-up

RELATED: Full schedule for Atlanta | Facebook Watch: Bubba Wallace Darrell Wallace Jr. said Friday that he has not spoken to Denny Hamlin after their altercation in last weekend's Daytona 500, adding that he is no longer a part of Hamlin's recreational golf and basketball leagues. "Both. I've been removed from both, although I didn't get the direct text," Wallace said. "It went through like five or six people, so that's classy, I guess." Wallace's remarks came in Friday morning's driver availabilities before opening Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Wallace finished second to race winner Austin Dillon in last weekend's Daytona 500. His debut in the Great American Race was just his fifth premier series start and the maiden voyage of his first full-time season in the Richard Petty Motorsports No. 43 Chevrolet. RELATED: Petty energized by Bubba's fast start |  At-track photos from Atlanta Wallace avoided trouble throughout the season-opening event, but scraped across the start/finish line in a side-by-side battle with third-place Hamlin at the checkered flag. Wallace had pointed comments for Hamlin in post-race interviews and the two exchanged words in the Daytona International Speedway garage. With the potential for strained relationships, Wallace said he received notice about his dismissal from the golf group, but that he opted to remove himself from the basketball league. He indicated that he had not had further conversations with Hamlin to clear the air. "No. Probably not going to," Wallace said. As for the new vacancies in the extracurricular sports leagues, Hamlin told FOX Sports: "Those positions have been filled." Wallace's Friday comments came three days after both he and Hamlin addressed the incident and aftermath, with Wallace giving his thoughts on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio and Hamlin tweeting.

"We’re actually texting each other right now, we're still not happy," Wallace said on Tuesday. "I’m OK, he’s not. We’re racers, and we’ll go to Atlanta and be battling each other. ... We’ll see how long it takes to officially clear the air."

Hamlin responded later Tuesday evening with a series of tweets: After Friday's first practice at Atlanta, Hamlin elaborated on his stance in the aftermath of Daytona's Speedweeks. "I just use it as motivation," Hamlin told FS1. "I've always been motivated, but it just fires me up more to be more motivated so I have no issue at all. I'm here trying to do the best I can to get a great finish this weekend and put ourselves in position to run well in the regular season, win some races, get ourselves some bonus points so we can march through the playoffs and put ourselves in a championship spot by the end of the year. These little bumps in the road are just … they really are just some speed bumps, and we're going to keep marching forward and see what we've got."