An alternate angle has surfaced, showing NASCAR's Ricky Stenhouse Jr. sucker punching rival Kyle Busch after a collision in Sunday's All-Star race at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
The skirmish took place during the post-race fireworks, making the conversation leading up to the melee difficult to understand.
What is clear is that Stenhouse was furious with Busch over their second-lap run-in, which resulted in the former crashing into the wall after having the rear of his car bumped by the latter's.
An upset Stenhouse pulled his wrecked car down pit lane and parked in Busch's pit stall, got out and climbed a ladder to yell at Busch's crew, but things were only getting started.
In addition to Stenhouse's sudden right hook to Busch's left cheek, the elder Stenhouse also got into the action by grappling with his son's bitter rival.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (left) waited for Kyle Busch (right) following the All-Star race
Stenhouse unleashes a hook on Busch, which appeared to connect with the driver's face
Ricky Stenhouse Sr. (in grey) is pictured attacking Kyle Busch (far left) after the crash
Stenhouse said that he was tired of Busch 'running his mouth talking about me' after he had wrecked him at Daytona in the past.
'I know he is frustrated because he doesn't run as well as he used to,' Stenhouse said after the race.
John Probst, NASCAR's Senior Vice President of Racing Development, has not announced any specific punishments for the drivers yet.
'Nothing to announce right now,' Probst told NASCAR reporter Alex Weaver. 'I would say that we've already started looking at the tape. We'll take a deep dive into that Tuesday, and certainly there will be some announcements, I would anticipate. There's a lot of folks involved there, that we don't like seeing.'
Joey Logano dominated the short track at North Wilkesboro Speedway leading all but one of 200 laps to win his second All-Star Race on Sunday night and earn $1 million.
Logano started on the pole after posting the fastest time in qualifying on Saturday and was never really challenged, setting a record by leading more laps than any driver has in the race's 40-year history.
'We were so fast,' Logano said. 'We came here before for testing and ran over 800 laps and really figured out what it was going to take to win the race.'
Stenhouse Jr.'s No 47 car was wrecked after a collision with Busch's car during the first lap
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Kyle Busch traded punches after a NASCAR event in North Carolina
Busch arrived in North Carolina not looking for a fight but found one with Stenhouse Jr.
Logano compared it to a scene in the movie 'Miracle' about the 1980 United States Olympic hockey team with crew chief Paul Wolfe making him run lap after lap until he was completely exhausted.
'It's like when the coach is making the team run the suicide drills and he keeps saying, 'Again! Again!,' Logano said. 'That was Paul Wolfe to me with the testing. I ran 800 laps. I was sore and I had enough.'
Logano has not won a points race this season, so he said this was a big boost for his team.
'The first thing that goes through your mind is gosh, I wish this counted for points,' Logano said. 'But let's be honest, a million is a lot of money and counts for something.'
He also won the All-Star Race in 2016.
Denny Hamlin finished second and Chris Buescher third in a race that lacked drama for the second straight year at the renovated track.
Kyle Larson, who arrived about an hour before the race after spending the afternoon qualifying fifth for the Indianapolis 500 and flying to North Wilkesboro, finished fourth and came up short in the quest to tie Jimmie Johnson for the most All-Star Race wins with four after starting at the back of the field.