By Jared Turner The bad blood that has long existed between Kevin Harvick and the Dillon brothers lingers on. Remember the run-in between Harvick and Ty Dillon three years ago that prompted Harvick to level a “silver spoon” accusation against both Dillon boys – Ty and older brother Austin, the grandsons of legendary team owner Richard Childress? At the time, Harvick was a lame-duck driver at Richard Childress Racing and took issue with Childress grooming his grandsons to eventually become full-time Sprint Cup drivers for the organization (Austin is currently in his third year as a full-time Cup driver for RCR; Ty…

By Keith Waltz The AAA Texas 500 on Nov. 7, 2010, at Texas Motor Speedway was a milestone moment in the NASCAR era of “boys, have at it,” as a fight broke out between two normally mid-mannered drivers. The confrontation followed an incident under the yellow flag on lap 192 when Jeff Burton drove into the back of Jeff Gordon’s Chevrolet, punting the four-time Cup Series champion hard into the outside wall. After they had both exited their cars, Gordon approached Burton and shoved him. A hockey-style fight ensued with a lot of pushing, grabbing and swinging, but no serious punches. “If…