‘I don’t give a f**k’: NASCAR drivers punch on in wild post-race brawl

A pair of drivers have kicked off a wild brawl between their teams in wild scenes after the NASCAR All-Stars race in North Carolina.

Kyle Busch had to answer to two Ricky Stenhouses after a controversial start to the NASCAR All-Star race Sunday.

With fireworks lighting up the sky in the background, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. threw a right hook at Busch during a post-race argument after Busch crashed Stenhouse out of the race on just the second lap when Stenhouse tried to pass Busch on the first lap.

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Busch ended up tripping over a tire as he was pushed backward, and when he got up, Stenhouse’s dad, Ricky Stenhouse Sr., was trying to hold Busch back from his son and they scrapped as a larger brawl broke out between the drivers’ teams.

Stenhouse Jr., who was waiting for Busch after the race and claimed he did not touch Busch’s car during the first lap, also fell down during the fracas.

“Dad! Dad!” Stenhouse Jr., 36, shouted after getting knocked down, per The Athletic, before asking a crew member, “Can you get my dad?”

Busch finished in 10th place in the race won by Joey Logano, who started from the pole position and led all but one of the 200 laps at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina.

“Bring it! I don’t give a f**k,” Busch yelled at Stenhouse Jr., according to The Athletic. “I suck just as bad as you! Let’s go!”

Stenhouse Jr. threw the first punch. Photo: Twitter

Kyle Busch and Ricky Stenhouse Sr. brawling after Sunday’s race. Photo: Twitter

Busch is 13th in the NASCAR Cup Series standings, while Stenhouse Jr. is 26th.

Because there’s no tunnel at the track, Stenhouse Jr. had to wait around until the end of the race after crashing out.

Stenhouse Jr. said during an interview on the FS1 broadcast afterwards that Busch has “been badmouthing” him since Stenhouse Jr. wrecked him once at Daytona.

“I felt like Kyle and I have always raced each other really hard back to the Nationwide Series when we were competing for wins week in and week out, never had any issues,” Stenhouse said after the fight.

“I wrecked him one time at Daytona and he’s kind of badmouthed me ever since then.

“I feel like we get along with each other OK outside the racetrack, I talk to him quite a bit and I’m not sure why he was so mad that I shoved it three-wide but he hit the fence and kind of came off the wall and ran into me and I don’t know, when I was talking to him he kept saying that I wrecked him.”

Stenhouse Jr. won the 2023 Daytona 500.

This story first appeared in the New York Post and was republished with permission.