Harvick, who finished second, took blame for the accident admitting that he slipped up off the apron and into the side of Stewart’s Toyota.
“You know, it's just the way it goes,” Harvick said. “I mean, he did the same thing in Indianapolis. I did the same thing here. Just made a mistake. They can take it for what it's worth and go on with it.”
Stewart was scored with a 14th-place finish.
"I thought I left him plenty of room, but I don't know," said Stewart. "I was far enough ahead of him that I didn't see where he hit me or when he hit me."
Harvick realized that Stewart would be upset with him after the race, but Harvick never thought that Stewart’s spotter would be.
“Yeah, you know, I told my spotter to go over and tell him what happened,” Harvick said. “The first thing his spotter did was commence to saying he was going to whip somebody's ass. If Tony didn't do it, he was going to do it.”
Both Harvick and Stewart are known for their tempers, but neither driver had any type of confrontation afterwards. Harvick had plenty of anger for Stewart’s spotter however.
“Tony and I are big boys. We can handle that,” Harvick said. “We don't need somebody who doesn't really have anything to do with anything, that really ticked me off. I'm to the point where I can talk about it. But when I got out of my car, I was madder about that than I was anything.”
“Nobody is going to have a good attitude about getting wrecked,” he added. “I understand that from Tony's standpoint. His spotter was a little out of line. I didn't appreciate that part of it.”
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