TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Kurt Busch ended up not needing help from Kevin Harvick during the final laps Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, but that doesn't mean Busch expected them to have contact late in the race.
Busch finished fourth after the contact on the two-lap dash to the finish, but he door-slammed Kevin Harvick on the cool-down lap after Harvick didn't work with him.
Harvick, who finished seventh, went over to Busch's car afterward for a brief conversation while Busch was still in the car. Busch still advanced with a 21-point cushion on the cutoff.
"He has a misunderstanding of the call at the end of the race," Busch said. "He will understand it. ... We are great teammates. We are doing good together. We have to work together to beat all these other teams out there, and he knows that."
Harvick said he didn't get much of an explanation from Busch. The two do not have much of a history.
"The final laps, everybody is just pushing and shoving, and then he cleaned the side of our car out after the checkered flag," Harvick said. "I don't really understand that, but all-in-all the ... team did a great job and didn't have a scratch on it until then.
"That is pretty good for Talladega."