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"We'll see what happens here in the future, and if he wants to play those games, he's going to get hurt," Busch said.
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When asked if he would try to discuss things further with him, Busch said: "That's Rusty Wallace's kid, so I'm not sure you're going to be able to talk to him much and get through his head. But we'll see. Probably I won't."
So in one weekend Busch attacked two of the most famous names in NASCAR: Earnhardt and Wallace.
Not that it matters to him.
The only thing Kyle Busch does care about is winning, and it's something he has done on a regular basis this year, with seven victories in NASCAR's top three divisions.
Busch isn't worried about ruffling feathers or being politically correct. In some ways he's a throwback to some of the no-holds-barred drivers who were part of NASCAR's glorious past. Guys like Curtis Turner, Cale Yarborough and even Dale Earnhardt Sr. seem to be a big part of Busch's DNA.
Having this bad boy reputation and villain role doesn't seem to bother him much at all, and he continued to not back down over his tangle with Earnhardt.
"It's nothing new to me anyway," Busch said of the incessant jeers he has received from Junior Nation followers. "I'm used to it. I pretty much told them, 'Grow up, that's racing.' We're racing hard, and I feel like there's a lot more worse cases in this world than someone getting spun out in a race."
While NASCAR surely doesn't condone aggressive driving or dangerous on-track altercations, deep down the sanctioning body has to be pleased with this evolving Busch vs. the world rivalry.
A Busch-Earnhardt Jr. feud would especially generate lots of attention and press, although Junior has downplayed the whole thing.
But in a sport that was founded on bad blood and great rivalries, which in all honesty have been missing for a while, a little controversy like what happened in Richmond isn't a bad thing at all.
I would imagine it helped sell a few more seats in Darlington this weekend, and the folks at Lowe's Motor Speedway, always happy to stir up a little dirt in the name of a good promotion, will do all they can to use the situation to put a few more butts in their bleachers later this month.
You can bet there will be more than a few fans hoping the Nos. 18 and 88 cars find each other on track this Saturday night in Darlington.
Probably a few track promoters, television executives and NASCAR P.R. people as well.
