LOUDON, N.H. — Wrecks. Revenge. Name calling.

Sounds like a recipe for a summer blockbuster coming to a theater near you. Instead, it's just another week in the Sprint Cup series where tempers are flaring, drivers are feuding and payback lurks right around the next turn.

Rivalries are heating up with the temperatures as only 10 races remain until the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship field is set.

Jeff Gordon might have to watch his bumper when the flag drops for Sunday's race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He left last week's race at Infineon Raceway as NASCAR's most wanted for a series of overly aggressive moves on the track.

One of those times led to a race-ending wreck for Martin Truex Jr. Truex was running inside the top 10 when Gordon spun him, causing him to drop back into traffic, where he was caught in a multi-car accident.

Gordon took the blame for that one and left an apology this week on Truex's voicemail.

Truex has accepted the apology, and he wants Gordon to accept the fact that he'll change the way he races the four-time champion from here on out.

"The nice guy seems to always get pushed around and I'm tired of being the nice guy," said Truex, who has one career win. "I'm tired of getting pushed around."

Truex might have to take a number. Gordon also angered Elliott Sadler, Kurt Busch and Greg Biffle last week.

While some applaud the reborn aggressive style that came with NASCAR backing off on penalties and trusting the drivers to police themselves, others fear the sport is morphing into an out-of-control demolition derby for no good reason.

"I thought last week was horrendous," Jeff Burton said. "I thought the behavior shown last week from driver to driver was completely unacceptable."