Kevin Magnussen tells Noah Gragson to “f*** off” in tense NASCAR confrontation

Kevin Magnussen had an eventful NASCAR Cup debut on Sunday, starting 21st and running inside the top 20 for a good portion of the event. He even snagged the bonus point for the fastest lap near the very end of the race.

Magnussen finished 27th in the 39-car field, after staying out late on old tires, saving a fresh set for a caution that never came.

It wasn’t all smooth sailing for K-Mag either, as he also had a mid-race spin, and some run-ins with Front Row Motorsports driver Noah Gragson.

Earlier contact with Gragson and crash

These two first got into it on Lap 25, with Magnussen braking later than Gragson and slamming into the back of them. The two drivers then banged doors on the straight, and Gragson aggressively blocked as they battled it out for 32nd place. This battle went on for several laps, with Gragson moving Magnussen in the final chicane at one point.

“I’m stuck behind this guy. I don’t know who he is,” radioed Magnussen under a caution that followed soon after.

Later in the race, they found each other once again. Gragson got ahead of Magnussen as they tried to avoid a spinning Tyler Reddick. With just a couple of laps to go in Stage 2 and 37 still go in the entire race, Magnussen was right behind Gragson and battling for 15th place on track.

Magnussen got underneath Gragson on the run into the sweeping right-hander known as Turn 4, and made contact with the No. 4 Ford. Gragson spun and slammed the wall, suffering race-ending damage. It appeared that the No. 91 Trackhouse Chevrolet wasn’t keen to give Gragson any breaks after their earlier run-in, and even briefly throttled up in the moment just before hitting Gragson’s right-rear. Magnussen continued on, unaffected by the incident other than losing a spot to Chase Elliott while checking up.

Gragson confronts Magnussen

Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford; Kevin Magnussen, No. 91 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

After the race, Gragson — now wearing street clothes — was waiting for Magnussen on pit road. He confronted the Danish driver, and there was a heated exchange that lasted about 90 seconds.

Frontstretch.com’s Dalton Hopkins caught the entire interaction on video.

“What’s your f****** problem,” said Gragson at one point. “You guys come over here, you f****** drive off into the corner, just because you got fenders on it.”

“Get the f*** out of my face,” Magnussen said in response. He then repeatedly told Gragson to “f*** off” and to “get out of my face.”

Gragson continued to press the issue, saying: “Or what, what are you gonna do?” He repeatedly asked Magnussen what his problem was, and the ex-F1 driver ultimately replied: “My problem is you in my face.”

But Gragson refused to let it go, and continued to argue with Magnussen, who came back with: “You don’t understand English, or what? I’m saying f*** off.”

Nothing productive was said during the exchange, and they went their separate ways at the urging of a PR rep.