Did Kyle Busch actually hit Joey Logano with the punch he threw after the Kobalt 400?

Apparently, Joey Logano has been taking lessons in how to dodge punches from Floyd Mayweather.

It was Obi-Wan Kenobi who once said not to trust your eyes because they can deceive you. In the case of the brawl on pit road after the NASCAR Kobalt 400 on Sunday, they may have led you to believe Kyle Busch connected with the punch he threw at Joey Logano after the two tangled on the track.

Logano begs to differ.

The driver of the No. 22 Ford, who believes he did nothing wrong in the collision that led to Busch in a smoky spinout on pit road at the end of the race, has maintained all along that the punch never hit him. And he’s sticking to that story.

Is he telling the truth, though? Watch the footage of the whole donnybrook again courtesy of JeffGluck.com  and decide for yourself.

It sure looks like Busch lands that punch (and there’s no question he just walks right up and throws it at Logano without so much as a “How do you do?”) at first glance, but Logano also leans back and to the right, so perhaps not. His “ninja-like reflexes” may have bailed him out after all.

What’s even more likely is that one of Logano’s pit crew members landed a punch or three on Busch, not just because he famously emerged with a bloody forehead but also just because of the sheer mass of humanity that converged on him.

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If this rivalry is going to keep going throughout this NASCAR season, maybe we’ll find out if Logano is as good at evading combinations as he is at dodging a single punch. At least for now, he can continue chuckling about it and touting his own defensive boxing skills all he wants.