NASCAR issues penalties to Carson Hocevar and Josh Berry for Martinsville brake-checks

Spire Motorsports suspended Carson Hocevar earlier on Tuesday, preventing him from competing in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and now NASCAR itself has added its own punitive actions. In response to the aggressive brake checking against Austin Cindric over the course of multiple laps on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR has fined Hocevar $100,000 and issued a 25-point deduction. Hocevar also spun himself out mid-race in a questionable moment that had rivals suspecting he did it on purpose.