Overview

• Carson Hocevar was penalized for a restart violation at Pocono Raceway and responded over team radio by calling the series “a joke.”
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. said he will get payback on Hocevar after their clash in Mexico City, warning that Hocevar “will be looking over his shoulder.”
• Hocevar expects retaliation from Stenhouse but insists he will continue racing aggressively and defend himself on track.
• Spire Motorsports fined Hocevar $50,000 and required him to attend cultural-sensitivity training for derogatory comments about Mexico City on a livestream.
• The rivalry dates to a wreck at Nashville Superspeedway and a pit road confrontation in Mexico City and remains unresolved as the drivers prepare for their next races.