By alley - Feb 15, 2015, 12:32 PM ET

NASCAR: Harvick slams "dumb driving" in Unlimited

NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Kevin Harvick was anything but Happy Harvick after Saturday night's

Sprint Unlimited

race. A fuming Harvick traded barbs with Joey Logano after the pair tangled on the track and again on pit road after the race.

"Just really dumb driving there at the end," Harvick told NASCAR.com. "Yeah, you've got to be aggressive, but you've still got to use your head. You can't just detach it and lay it on the floorboard..."

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A late-race push from Logano's No. 22 Penske Ford sent Harvick tipped into the wall and removed both drivers from contention for the win in the non-championship event. Logano said that while he understood Harvick's frustration, his aggressive stance was necessary for an all-or-nothing race like the Sprint Unlimited.

"I was just trying to help, really. We had a run and (I) just kept pushing. Apparently his car was tight. I was doing the same thing with the 78 (of Martin Truex Jr.) all night and it was working. No points or anything like that, you know, you go for the win. Second place, third place, fourth place doesn't mean anything."

Logano added a dig of his own at the series champion:

"That is Kevin just being an instigator just like everywhere else, he said. "It's a new year and the same stuff..."