Tempers have flared between Supercars rivals Triple Eight and Tickford Racing after a dramatic climax to the Tasmania Supersprint.
Tickford's Thomas Randle was barred by Triple Eight team manager Mark Dutton from entering their garage to apologise to young speedster Broc Feeney after Sunday's race.
Randle, in fourth place, had been trailing Feeney with a handful of laps remaining when he locked his wheels coming into the hairpin at Symmons Plains Raceway and ploughed into the 21-year-old's Camaro.
Both drivers plunged down the grid after the incident and Randle, who started race 18 in pole position, was hit with a 15-second penalty.
"What happened with Feeney, that was totally my fault," Randle said after the race.
"I just wanted to apologise to Broc but I think he'd gone in the truck.
"Dutto's got some invisible line there, (Triple Eight team principle) Jamie (Whincup) was fine. So that's all you can do - apologise and move on."
Randle crossed the finish line in 18th place and Feeney in 15th, with the Tickford man in tears after his hopes for a maiden career race win were dashed.
Triple Eight technical director Jeremy Moore said emotions were running high among all involved.
"We'll look back and see what actually transpired, if it was just a pure mistake or whatever," he said.
"For sure, we get upset when we lose a two-three, regardless of the scenario.
"So we'll go back and see what the cause was. But at the end of the day, we got taken out. We're not happy about that, so it's natural."
The crash crushed Feeney's hopes of closing in on teammate Will Brown at the top of the championship standings, with the gap between the pair blowing out to 198 points.
Randle also got into a tussle with Brown with 11 laps to go and after a back-and-forth battle ended up getting pushed onto the grass.
"I don't actually mind the guy," Brown said.
"It was just one of those things. I turned in at the hairpin, just my normal line, and copped a massive whack."
Tickford supremo Simon Brookhouse said decisions like the one to bar Randle happen in the heat of the moment.
"I'd like to think that we'd be welcoming if someone wants to apologise and own up, but you just don't know until it actually happens," he said.
