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Papis Pissed At Piquet

Ex-Formula One driver Nelson Piquet made his NASCAR debut in last night’s Camping World Truck Series race at Daytona (a wreck-fest which was won by Timothy Peters) – and it was successful in the eyes of many, especially since it resulted in a sixth-place finish.

↵But the Brazilian quickly made an enemy in Italian driver Max Papis.

↵According to Papis’ Twitter page, “Mad Max” lived up to his nickname after Piquet wrecked him.

↵↵@maxpapis: Run well drove aggressively but found and ass in my way by the name @nelsonpiquet

↵@maxpapis: I spent 10 min talking to @nelsonpiquet about what not to do and that was the thank u ...in this way he will not go much further in NASCAR

↵↵Papis friend and IRL driver Paul Tracy couldn’t help but chime in on the feud.

↵↵@paultracy3: you should just say you want to smash him in the face with a brick !!!

↵↵Piquet had apologized over the team radio for the incident, but there was no Twitter reaction – yet.

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