Last weekend saw the ninth running of the Texas 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race, and, like so many stock car races before it, the night couldn’t end without an ugly brawl between rival race teams.

In the firing line was Brad Keslowski, who bumped into title-winning candidate Jeff Gordon, causing Gordon to spin and suffer a flat tyre. Gordon recovered the car to the pits and soldiered on for a 29th place finish, but his championships were effectively over. Gordon decided to let the hapless Keslowski know his feelings on the matter.

A pit-road bust-up ensued with rival pit crews scuffling and name-calling, all in the view of grandstands full of spectators and an army of TV crew. It made Lewis Hamilton’s US Grand Prix victory less than 200 miles south look about as hair-raising as afternoon tea at the vicar’s.

Truth in, such a brawl was in a weekend’s work for NASCAR, which doesn’t have the cleanest reputation when it comes to racers keeping their cool on and off the circuit. Here’s TG.com’s rundown of our favourite stock car scraps.

And remember, kids, violence isn’t cool.