Following an altercation last week with Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch had a few choice words for the rookie on the radio after the wreck — and on the way to testing on Monday when the two were officially teammates.

"I feel like anytime that you get wrecked and you hit your head hard at 200 mph, it's probably not the best to listen to that guy after he speaks," Busch said. "We're a high-strung bunch and we're out there running at Talladega, frustrated as it is as drivers and the situation that we're in.

"Whoever was in front of Brad was going to get bumped and have the same type of scenario happen. It's not Brad's fault. It's not my fault. It's not NASCAR's fault. It's just a product of the environment that we're all in. You say those things with the fire that's in your belly and the desire that you have to win."

Busch had soldiered through two flat tires and dropped two laps behind the leaders. He fought back to reach the lead lap and had moved up to sixth place for the final green flag run when Keselowski, who was driving his final race for Phoenix Racing, plowed into the back of the No. 2 Dodge. Keselowski finished eighth. Busch was scored 30th.

"It's tough to go through all those emotions through the day," Busch added. "There are a lot of things that are said on the radio that we don't hear from NFL teams and college football teams and the phone call to the dugout in Major League Baseball.

"These things with the radio are definitely getting to a point of being annoying for me as well. Things that are said just need to be brushed off and taken for what they are worth."

To say Busch is on the chip over the radio when things aren't going his way is an understatement. His rants have ranged from begging team owner Roger Penske to allow Busch to park an ill-handling car to demanding that management separate him from Keselowski in the future.