Hocevar hit with $50,000 behavioral penalty after Kansas

NASCAR has fined Carson Hocevar $50,000 for a behavioral penalty from Sunday’s Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway.

The penalty is for what NASCAR deemed unsafe actions around safety personnel after his Spire Motorsports Chevrolet became beached on the track due to flat tires following a spin on lap 260. Hocevar spun and slid down the length of the backstretch before his car stopped on the banking in Turn 3. 

Hocevar revved the engine and tried to drive the car back to pit road when safety workers were on the scene. But the car did not move.

Hocevar and the No. 77 team finished 29th. The incident occurred as he was running inside the top 15 with less than 10 laps to go in regulation. Hocevar’s incident set up the first of what would be two overtime attempts to finish the race.