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We’re only two races into the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has managed to annoy multiple drivers already.

Following the season-opening Daytona 500 a couple weekends ago, NASCAR took off to Atlanta Motor Speedway for Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, which Brad Keselowski in the No. 2 Ford won for his second checkered flag there in three seasons. Keselowski was able to hold off a hard-charging Martin Truex Jr. in the No. 19 Toyota, who finished second.

And that brings us to our NASCAR Feud of the Week: Martin Truex Jr. vs. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

The Buildup

Keselowski took over the lead in the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 on lap 293 of 325 total and never gave it up. But late in the race, Truex — aiming for his first career win at Atlanta — was trying to chase him down. The problem the No. 19 car team faced was passing lapped cars, particularly Stenhouse in the No. 17 Ford.

Stenhouse held off Truex as long as he could before Truex eventually made his way around the 17, but he didn’t have enough time remaining in the race to fully chase down Keselowski on the 1.54-mile track.

After the race, Truex told NBC Sports he “could taste that one” because he “had the best car” and thought that if he had one more lap, he could have passed Keselowski and stolen the win. But he said he couldn’t do it because Stenhouse was holding him back “forever.”

So how did it all end?

Well, again, Keselowski won with Truex finishing second. Behind them, Kurt Busch was in third, Kevin Harvick in fourth and Clint Bowyer in fifth. It was Truex’s fifth straight top-10 finish at Atlanta in his 21st career start.

After starting the race second, Stenhouse — in the first car that was a lap down from the leaders — ultimately finished 18th.

What else did Truex say?

On the radio before the race ended, it seems like Truex realized he didn’t have enough laps left in the race to take the lead. And he voiced his frustrations to his team and crew chief, Cole Pearn, complaining that Stenhouse wasn’t racing anyone but still wouldn’t let Truex pass. He added:

“(Expletive) the 17, man! He’s such a (expletive) (expletive)! … “The (expletive) No. 17 car cost us that race, Cole.”

"The (expletive) No. 17 car cost us that race, Cole." Martin Truex Jr. was not happy with Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who was a lap down, late in the race. #NASCARAmerica reacts. pic.twitter.com/BYshSEYAdO — NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) February 25, 2019

The newest member of the Joe Gibbs Racing team didn’t hold back after the race either, blasting Stenhouse for not having any respect for the drivers on the lead lap trying to win. He told NBC Sports:

“I’m frustrated. Lapped cars — they have no respect for the leaders running for the win. It’s completely uncalled for, ridiculous. It’s a shame. We lined up on that last restart behind all those guys that are a lap down, and I know they’re racing for (a free pass as the first car down a lap), which is all good, but once they got strung out, the 17 had a straightaway and he just wouldn’t let me by. He just kept hugging the bottom, hugging the bottom, hugging the bottom, and knew that’s where I needed to run. My spotter kept telling his we need the bottom. “These cars punch such a big hole and it’s so bad and dirty air that he just completely killed us for 25, 30 laps to the point where my front tires were gone once I finally got by him. And hell, I still run down (Keselowski) from two laps and half a straightaway. So we clearly had the best car and were in position to win. Guys a lap down have to have a little bit more respect than that.”

What about Stenhouse afterward?

As far as we can tell, Stenhouse’s only responses to the situation have been to fans on Twitter.

yup sure do — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (@StenhouseJr) February 26, 2019

Never was waived at me because no one was close enough. When leaders get within 5 car lengths i let them go like i did when the 19 got that close 👍🏼 — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (@StenhouseJr) February 25, 2019

This isn’t the first time Stenhouse has made someone mad this season

Two weekends ago at the Daytona 500, Clint Bowyer’s and Aric Almirola’s teams expressed concern about Stenhouse’s abilities, and Joey Logano was heard saying on the radio:

“Ricky Stankhouse. God, he sucks. He’s awful!”

Especially at a track like Daytona International Speedway, the manufacturer teams were expected to work together, but Stenhouse didn’t feel that his team was on the same page as the other Ford teams. Those three drivers are also in Fords.

So before the Atlanta race, Stenhouse said because of that, he’s no longer interested in working with Logano or any other driver that criticizes him on the radio. He said:

“I definitely away (file criticism on the radio). They won’t get any help from here on out. I think everybody was a little frustrated. We had a plan for all the Fords to work together. Some people that wanted to create that plan kept things a secret and didn’t let us all know exactly what was all going on. … “I don’t really appreciate it. I feel like I do everything that I have to do to make sure our car stays in the front. We led the most laps of any of the other Ford drivers and yet they all want to run their mouths.”

Here’s how Logano reacted to what Stenhouse said on Friday:

“We all say things on the radio. We are in the heat of the moment and sometimes you just press the button and it makes you feel better. That was right after a moment that we about crashed. When I say about crashed, if I didn’t lift, the whole field was gonna crash because of a move that was happening. “That made me pretty mad because I lost 10 spots after that. That was my frustration. Rightfully so. Maybe he doesn’t know what I am frustrated about. You take things out of context a lot, especially in the heat of the moment when there are 100 other things going on in your race car and someone tells you something that someone else says.”

We’ll see how all this plays out next weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.