NASCAR All-Star Race flashback: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Kyle Busch brawl in 2024

The 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race will go down Sunday night at North Wilkesboro Speedway (8 p.m. ET on FS1 and the FOX Sports App). For the majority of the drivers, the .625-mile-long track represents a night of celebration for racing. On the other hand, for Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Kyle Busch and their respective race teams, the track resembles an octagon.

At last year's All-Star Race, Stenhouse, Busch and their respective teams got into a brawl following the conclusion of the race. 

What caused the fight? How did the situation evolve into a brawl? Here's a recount of everything that happened at North Wilkesboro last May.

On the second lap of the race, Busch made contact with Stenhouse near the end of Turn 2, and Stenhouse eventually went into the wall, bringing out the first caution. After bringing the car onto pit road, Stenhouse decided to park in Busch's pit stall, climb the tower and express his feelings about the accident with Busch's crew chief, Randall Burnett.

Busch went on to finish the race 10th, but there was an individual who wanted to have a word with the two-time Cup Series champion after the race. That individual was Stenhouse, who didn't return to the race after the Lap 2 wreck and remained on the premises, partially due to there being no way to exit the infield during the race.

After conversing with Busch for some time near the hauler, Stenhouse threw a punch at the veteran driver, and a team-wide fight ensued. The two drivers were quickly separated from each other by multiple people, but both drivers' race teams (Busch's Richard Childress Racing team and Stenhouse's JTG Daugherty Racing team) ended up mixing it up, while the initial chaos created FOX Sports Motorsports Insider Bob Pockrass' new X profile