Hocevar fined for comments about Mexico City

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Spire Motorsports fined Carson Hocevar $50,000 connected Tuesday for derogatory comments helium made astir Mexico City connected a unrecorded watercourse arsenic NASCAR raced determination past weekend.

Hocevar walked backmost the comments Sunday nighttime with an apology and the 22-year-old admitted it was the archetypal clip he'd ever been extracurricular the United States and believed each the antagonistic things he'd work and heard astir Mexico City.

"I americium embarrassed by my comments," helium posted successful a lengthy apology.

Spire besides ordered Hocevar to be cultural-sensitivity and bias-awareness training.

Spire said the $50,000 good volition beryllium donated successful adjacent portions to 3 organizations that service Mexican communities:

- Cruz Roja Mexicana (Mexican Red Cross).

- Un Kilo de Ayuda, a nonprofit combating puerility malnutrition and supporting early-childhood improvement successful agrarian communities.

- Fondo Unido México (United Way Mexico), which funds section NGOs that amended education, health, and lodging successful 22 Mexican states.

"These actions are accordant with Spire Motorsports' halfway worth of RESPECT, which is thing we proudly show connected each contention car, squad uniform, trackside hauler, and integer channel," the squad said successful a statement. "Respect is not a slogan. It is simply a regular anticipation that we 'walk the walk' successful however we speak, compete, and service the communities that invited our sport.

"Carson Hocevar's caller comments made during the livestream fell abbreviated of that standard. They did not correspond the views of Spire Motorsports, our partners, oregon NASCAR. He has acknowledged his mistake publicly, and his prompt, sincere apology demonstrated idiosyncratic accountability. We present instrumentality this further measurement to underscore that words transportation weight, and respect indispensable beryllium lived retired loud."

Spire said it informed NASCAR of Hocevar's penalties and that it satisfied the sanctioning body's requirements.

"Together we stay committed to showcasing NASCAR's planetary growth, celebrating the passionate Mexican fanbase we experienced firsthand past weekend, and ensuring each subordinate of our enactment treats hosts, competitors, and communities with dignity," Spire said.

"We look guardant to turning the leafage by racing hard, representing our partners, and surviving our values connected and disconnected the track."