When Carl Edwards took revenge on Brad Keselowski near the end of last Sunday's Sprint Cup race in Atlanta, it did more than just wreck Keselowski's #12 Dodge. It also gave pundits and fans of the sport a lot to talk aꦰbout during the first open wee🌄k in the schedule.

NASCAR may have quashed the feud between Edwards and Keselowski, but that doesn't mean there's not bad blood elsewhere in the garag🔯e. Though Denny Hamlin t𒅌urned Keselowski in the 2009 Nationwide Series season finale at Homestead - and ostensibly settled the score from a week earlier in Phoenix - it's clear that he still bears animosity toward his rival.

Hamlin wrote on his Twitter account that he was dining out on Thursday night a🥃nd, by coincidence, was seated two tables away from Keselowski, whom he referr𝔍ed to as 'Brad Crashalotski'. Keselowski apparently sent a bottle of wine to Hamlin's table, causing Hamlin to relent.

"Okay, okay... I'll take it bacꦆk," Hamlin wrote, "He just bought us a bottle o🧔f wine."

For his part, Keꩲselowski said the gesture w♏on't affect the way he races Hamlin.

"Saw Denny at dinner last night," Keselowski wrote on his Twitt꧅er account on Friday morning, "Sent over a bottle of wine. Don't be confused. Still going to race him hard."

If there's a revenge play at Bristol, however, don't expect NASCAR to show the same degree of leniency toward the next of꧃fender that they showed to Edwards. As important as what E☂dwards did at Atlanta was who the protagonists were.

Rightly or wrongly, the general sentiment in the Cup garage was that Keselowski had it coming, based primarily on th🎀e aggression he showed last year. In letting Edwards take on the vigilante role for the entire garage, NASCAR, as much as anything else, was sending a pointed message to Keselowski.

Here's a guarantee, though. The next deliberate retaliatory act on the track - particularly if it's taken against a veteran who🐼 already has earned respect - won't be greete❀d with a three-race probation.

by Reid Spencer / Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service