NASCAR penalizes Carson Hocevar for spinning Harrison Burton under caution at Nashville

NASCAR has penalized Carson Hocevar for intentionally spinning Harrison Burton under caution during Sunday’s Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway. Hocevar has been fined $50,000 and docked 25 driver points for violating the NASCAR Member Code of Conduct, NASCAR announced.

The penalty drops Hocevar from 22nd to 24th in the standings, 181 points behind the playoff cutline.

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The incident occurred with 56 laps remaining in the final stage of the race, Hocevar was bothered by the way Burton had been racing him.

Carson Hocevar SPINS Harrison Burton under yellow. 😳

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“He’s wrecked you under green, he’s wrecked you under caution” Burton was told on the radio.

Burton replied: “I’m f***ing over. I’m done with it. He just wrecked me under caution because I blocked him on the backstretch. He can kiss my ass.”

Burton later wrecked out of the race for good, finishing 28th. Carson Hocevar, meanwhile, came out with a P16 finish. After the race, Burton described the situation from his perspective.

“I don’t know, he blocks everyone every week and I blocked him once and he decided to try and wreck me under yellow,” Burton said. “So, I don’t know. He’s on a lot of people’s lists as guys they don’t like racing. So, it kind of shows you why.”

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