Overview

• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has vowed to retaliate for two spins by Hocevar at Nashville and Mexico City, warning that Hocevar will be "looking over his shoulder for a long time."
• Hocevar said he anticipates payback at an unspecified time, acknowledging that “you live in the world you make for yourself” after his aggressive moves on track.
• Spire Motorsports fined Hocevar $50,000 and mandated cultural-sensitivity training when he called Mexico City a "s—thole" during a live stream.
• In Pocono qualifying, Hocevar’s lap of 52.379 seconds earned him third on the grid while Stenhouse managed a 53.661-second effort and will start 30th.
• Hocevar’s on-track aggression sent Stenhouse’s No. 47 into the wall at Nashville and spun him again in Mexico City, leading to heated confrontations on pit road.