{"id":12522,"date":"2014-03-31T08:52:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T12:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=12522"},"modified":"2014-04-04T12:59:51","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T16:59:51","slug":"brad-keselowski-kurt-busch-have-strong-words-for-each-other-after-martinsville-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2014\/03\/31\/brad-keselowski-kurt-busch-have-strong-words-for-each-other-after-martinsville-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch have strong words for each other after Martinsville race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12524 aligncenter\" alt=\"STP 500\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/03\/kurtbuschbradkeselowski.jpg\" width=\"757\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/03\/kurtbuschbradkeselowski.jpg 2628w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/03\/kurtbuschbradkeselowski-594x396.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/03\/kurtbuschbradkeselowski-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2014\/03\/kurtbuschbradkeselowski-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kurt Busch took the checkered flag, beating Jimmie Johnson on the final laps of the 500 lap race at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday afternoon, snapping a 83-race winless streak that dated back to Dover in 2011.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.avantlink.com\/product_ad_widget\/paw.php?pawid=85603&amp;pw=157431&amp;output=js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It was not without consequences though as one driver was not happy with how Busch raced him early in the race. That driver would be Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Miller Lite Penske Ford.<\/p>\n<p>Keselowski was upset when Busch got into his car on pit road, sending him to the garage for 31-laps while he underwent repairs. \u00a0Keselowski questioned Busch&#8217;s aggression so early into the race.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re going to be aggressive, wreck yourself, don&#8217;t wreck me,&#8221; Keselowski said. &#8220;I&#8217;ll remember that when it&#8217;s Lap 50 and he needs a break, and he&#8217;ll find his ass turned around in the wall. Just like he tore my car up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ssm-KiPaFU8\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After the incident on pit-road, Keselowski was seen on the track targeting the No. 41 Chevrolet of Busch on the track.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t believe he overreacted and he&#8217;s as upset as he is,&#8221; Busch said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 5 car (Kasey Kahne) was trying to pull into his box. Brad ran into the back of him. I steered right to go around Brad and then he clobbers our left-side door, and it&#8217;s like, OK, accidents happen on pit road. It&#8217;s congested. It&#8217;s not a place to race, because of all the pit crew guys down there and I didn&#8217;t think much of it, and then once we were back out running, he targeted us. He was aiming for us. He tried to flatten all four of my tires. That&#8217;s a no-fly zone. That&#8217;s a punk-ass move and he will get what he gets back when I decide to give it back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Both Keselowski and Busch have wins now this season, securing their spots in the season&#8217;s finale Chase.<\/p>\n<p>Is this the start of a new rivalry at the track, or will the drivers cool-down and let it go before the next race?<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR heads to Texas Motor Speedway next weekend for the Duck Commander 500.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kurt Busch took the checkered flag, beating Jimmie Johnson on the final laps of the 500 lap race at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday afternoon, snapping a 83-race winless streak that dated back to Dover in 2011. It was not without consequences though as one driver was not happy with how Busch raced him early in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[786,788],"tags":[87,789,372,409,708],"coauthors":[674],"class_list":{"0":"post-12522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar-topstory","8":"category-news","9":"tag-brad-keselowski","10":"tag-front","11":"tag-kurt-busch","12":"tag-martinsville-speedway","13":"tag-nascar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12522"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=12522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}