{"id":752189,"date":"2026-06-22T05:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T05:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/752189\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T05:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T05:00:22","slug":"f1-news-kevin-magnussen-in-heated-confrontation-with-nascar-star-noah-gragson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/752189\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 news: Kevin Magnussen in heated confrontation with NASCAR star Noah Gragson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kevin-magnussen-vs-noah-gragson-nascar-san-diego.jpg\" alt=\"Ex-F1 firebrand in heated NASCAR confrontation\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKevin Magnussen (right) speaks with Noah Gragson. Image: Frontstretch<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/298625\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/a\/298625\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Magnussen was roped in for the inaugural Race the Base 250 via Trackhouse Racing\u2019s popular Project91 initiative.<\/p>\n<p>During the 75-lap race, Magnussen and Gragson collided on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n<p>During Stage 1, Gragson appeared to brake-check Magnussen. Two laps later, Magnussen tried to pass Gragson into the chicane but got nudged out of the way on the switchback.<\/p>\n<p>With two laps to go in Stage 2, Magnussen returned serve and tipped Gragson into a spin.<\/p>\n<p>Gragson hit the wall and suffered race-ending damage to the right front corner of the #4 Front Row Motorsports Ford Mustang.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese open-wheel guys, they get fenders on their cars, they get bumpers, and we\u2019re running 30th, and they\u2019re driving up the inside, barrelling it up the inside,\u201d said Gragson.<\/p>\n<p>Get your name on Aaron Seton\u2019s 2026 Supercars wildcard at the Ipswich Super 440 and go in the draw to win his framed, signed race suit.<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4xAOXkY\" style=\"color:#de482e;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here now.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe could all out-brake each other but they\u2019re pinballing it, they\u2019re blasting our inside doors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know why that is, but the #91 kept barreling off in there. Then hit me again late in the race, ending our day. We\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After those comments to the media, Gragson confronted Magnussen.<\/p>\n<p>He repeatedly asked what his problem was, to which the Danish driver replied multiple times, \u201cF*** around and find out. Get out of my face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Noah Gragson confronted Kevin Magnussen post race<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the f*** is your problem?\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/NASCAR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#NASCAR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Anduril250?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#Anduril250<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/owi4olw4Zx\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/owi4olw4Zx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dalton Hopkins (@PitLaneCPT) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PitLaneCPT\/status\/2068862181656166665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They continued to exchange pleasantries before a member of Gragson\u2019s team told their driver they were done with the interaction.<\/p>\n<p>Magnussen later laughed off the confrontation. Asked what was said, he replied, \u201cA whole lot of stuff that I can\u2019t say on camera.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Magnussen said he hadn\u2019t had an experience like that before but knew what to expect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve watched NASCAR before so I know it\u2019s how you guys play it. It is what it is,\u201d he laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was playing a bit stupid out there. He could have had a good race but he chose not to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like I was in a fist fight the whole race through. Honestly, everyone was driving so well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s tough racing, but people are respectful, they\u2019re hard, you can\u2019t mess around, you\u2019ll find out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like that kind of racing and big respect to everyone except that one guy. I\u2019ll deal with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, it was dumb because I think what pissed him off was that I bumped him. I went in, I dived in, and after I dived, he closed the door and bumped him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, okay, fine, but then that ruined his whole race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe basically was messing around under the caution and slamming my door and I thought he could get it out of his system and carry on but he didn\u2019t. He ended up where he ended up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gragson was classified 35th while Magnussen went on to finish 27th in a bruising race for Trackhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the 75-lap epic, Magnussen said he wished he could have had his time all over again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would have been so much better if we could start the race again now, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned so much about the car in the race. I felt so much more confident with everything towards the end of the race. I understood the car.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did the fastest lap of the race by quite a margin. The pace was there, the car was really good. I\u2019m just super happy to get the opportunity to race in NASCAR.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/nascar-news-2026-cup-series-san-diego-coronado-shane-van-gisbergen-crash-video-reaction-comments\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SVG crashes out of San Diego in ugly restart wreck<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Magnussen (right) speaks with Noah Gragson. 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