Hocevar, 21, is presently competing in his rookie season as a Cup driver. In the course of the Cup race at Nashville, Brad Keselowski crashed and introduced out a warning on Lap 244.
As the sector slowed down the backstretch, Hocevar began operating into the again of Harrison Burton, who was operating twenty fifth. Hocevar ended up turning Burton to the precise, inflicting a number of drivers [Todd Gilliland and Austin Cindric] to need to take evasive motion with a purpose to keep away from a bigger incident. John-Hunter Nemechek additionally narrowly prevented being collected.
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The No. 21 Wooden Brothers Ford of Burton sustained no notable injury throughout the spin, and the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet of Hocevar carried on with out situation. Hocevar went on to complete sixteenth and Burton twenty eighth.
NASCAR did not take any motion on the time, and nobody was summoned to the hauler to debate the incident. However on Tuesday, NASCAR selected to high-quality Hocevar $50,000 and docked him 25 driver factors. The penalty drops him from twenty second to twenty fourth within the championship standings.
Per NASCAR, Hocevar violated Sections 4.4B of the NASCAR Member Code of Conduct, calling this a behavioral penalty. This isn’t the primary time Hocevar has been given a penalty for intentional contact on the monitor. Final yr, he was held two laps throughout a Truck race at Martinsville after making an attempt to hook Taylor Grey throughout the monitor.
The one different penalties from the weekend concerned two NASCAR Truck Collection groups with unfastened lug nuts. Crew chiefs Jon Leonard (No. 42) and Jeriod Prince (No. 88) have been every fined $2,500.
