Carson Hocevar’s life in the Cup Series hasn’t been going well in the last few months, with the Spire Motorsports driver quickly becoming the latest ‘villain’ of the sport. Having previously been a significant point of controversy in the regular season owing to his driving tactics, the No. 77 driver is in the news once again, this time for the hefty fine incurred by him from NASCAR.
Owing to his actions in Kansas last weekend, Hocevar was fined $50,000 by NASCAR. Opening up on the same this weekend, the No. 77 driver didn’t hold back in issuing a scathing response to the matter at hand.
Carson Hocevar Rips Into NASCAR’s $50K Fine Call
It all started in the closing stages of the Kansas race, when Hocevar lost control of his car, leading to a couple of flat tires. As the safety officials attended to his car, the 22-year-old appeared to have fired up his engine once again, revving the car in an attempt to rejoin the race.
NASCAR did not take kindly to Hocevar’s actions and deemed him to be in violation of Sections 4.4B&D of the Rule Book. Subsequently, they slapped him with a $50,000 fine, capping of a dismal day at the office for him.
Following the incident, Hocevar faced the cameras during the Roval race weekend, speaking with journalist Bob Pockrass about what happened the previous Sunday.
Reflecting on the incident, Hocevar told Pockrass that he was trying to put his car in neutral for easy towing and was unaware of what caused his tires to spin.
He added, “Obviously, like, there is a tow truck in front of me not going anywhere; it was trying to go places earlier. You know, the tires are off the ground, and they just spin. But they judge off of actions in visibility not intent, right? So, like, I had tires spun black and white. Yeah, next time I might have them rock the car to throw me in neutral. That’s on me.”
Carson Hocevar on the $50,000 fine for spinning his tires by safety workers last week at Kansas. He said he wasn’t trying to spin the tires, just get the car in neutral. But the minimum fine for this safety violation is $50K so he said he understood the fine. pic.twitter.com/lvUeYado7j
— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) October 4, 2025
Hocevar continued that as he sat in his car, his intention was not to do a burnout in third gear. But what happened ended up being educational not only for him, but also for the other drivers.
Nonetheless, NASCAR still found him in violation of two laws, the first of which (4.4B) states that ‘Any actions deemed to compromise the safety of an Event or otherwise pose a dangerous risk to the safety of Competitors, Officials, spectators, or others.’
Meanwhile, 4.4D says ‘Actions by a NASCAR Member that NASCAR finds to be detrimental to stock car racing or NASCAR.’
Given the same, Hocevar’s $50k fine will not be waived, as NASCAR deems it a behavioral infraction.