Carson Hocevar penalized for spinning Harrison Burton at Nashville

Carson Hocevar has been penalized for his actions during the NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. On Tuesday afternoon, NASCAR announced that Hocevar has been docked 25 driver points and fined $50,000 for intentionally spinning Harrison Burton under caution during the Cup Series race at Nashville on Sunday evening.

Hocevar bumped Burton a few times under caution before spinning him out. The penalty from NASCAR means the driver of the No. 77 car falls from 22nd to 24th in the point standings, sitting 181 points behind the playoff cut-line. In the grand scheme of the playoff picture, not much changed as Hocevar was already in a likely must-win situation.

Burton did not suffer damage from the spin but finished in 28th place. Meanwhile, Hocevar brought his No. 77 car to a 16th-place finish and was in a position to compete for the win at the end of the event. The No. 21 car didn’t wreck out of the Cup Series race at Nashville, but NASCAR believed that Hocevar’s actions were out of line and a penalizable offense.

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