NASCAR Driver Carson Hocevar Fined $50,000 By His Own Team For Calling Mexico City A *hole On Twitch

Spire Motorsports Cup Series driver Carson Hocevar has apologized for making insulting comments about Mexico City during the recent NASCAR race weekend and has been fined by his own team.

Hocevar was sim racing on a Twitch livestream on Friday when he answered a question about his thoughts on the inaugural event.

“This whole experience, if the travel was better, if getting here was easier, if you felt safer getting to and from everywhere, if it wasn’t such a [expletive deleted]hole, if the track limits were a little bit better enforced, if it was going to be a little bit better or a race and it wasn’t so easy… or feel so lockdown like you can’t leave anywhere, it would be a great experience. It would be an absolute great experience,” Hocevar said.

NASCAR didn’t take any action, but Hocevar’s team, Spire Motorsports, issued a statement condemning his comments and said it was fining him $50,000, which would be donated to several Mexican charities.

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“These actions are consistent with Spire Motorsports’ core value of RESPECT, which is something we proudly display on every race car, team uniform, trackside hauler, and digital channel,” the team said in a statement posted to social media. “Respect is not a slogan. It is a daily expectation that we ‘walk the walk’ in how we speak, compete, and serve the communities that welcome our sport.

“Carson’s recent comments made during the livestream fell short of that standard. They did not represent the views of Spire Motorsports, our partners, or NASCAR. Carson has acknowledged his mistake publicly, and his prompt, sincere apology demonstrated personal accountability. We now take this additional step to underscore that words carry weight, and respect must be lived out loud.”

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Hocevar issued an apology following the race, in which he finished 34th after making a sloppy mistake and ran into Ricky Stenhouse Jr. for the second time in three races.

“Maybe a kid that had never been out of the country until Thursday should ever give an opinion about what any place is like other than Portage, Michigan,” Hocevar said. “When I answered that question on a stream, I was skeptical about the trip so far and believed everything I read or heard about Mexico City from people who more than likely also had never been here. Now that I’ve actually left my hotel a couple times and raced here in front of some of the most passionate fans I’ve ever seen, my opinion has changed. I am embarrassed by my comments, by the race I ran, and I may have to move here to hide out from Ricky anyway.”

Hocevar is currently 20th in the Cup Series standings with two top five finishes and also won the Truck Series race at Kansas.