{"id":12039,"date":"2025-06-23T11:58:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/hocevar-fined-for-comments-about-mexico-city-nascar-reacts-2\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T11:58:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:58:03","slug":"hocevar-fined-for-comments-about-mexico-city-nascar-reacts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nascar\/hocevar-fined-for-comments-about-mexico-city-nascar-reacts-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hocevar Fined for Comments About Mexico City: NASCAR Reacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sanction for Carson Hocevar for Comments about Mexico<\/h2>\n\nSpire Motorsports has fined Carson Hocevar $50,000 following derogatory comments he made about Mexico City during a live stream, coinciding with the recent NASCAR race in the Mexican capital.\n\nHocevar, 22 years old, publicly apologized on Sunday night, admitting that his words were the product of his ignorance, as it was the first time he had visited Mexico and he was influenced by previous negative information.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I am ashamed of my comments.<\/p><cite>Carson Hocevar<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nIn addition to the financial penalty, Spire Motorsports has ordered Hocevar to participate in a cultural sensitivity and bias awareness training program.\n\nThe sum of $50,000 will be donated in equal parts to three organizations that provide support to Mexican communities:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Mexican Red Cross.<\/li><li>Un Kilo de Ayuda, a non-profit organization that fights child malnutrition and supports early childhood development in rural communities.<\/li><li>Fondo Unido M\u00e9xico (United Way Mexico), which funds local NGOs that improve education, health, and housing in 22 Mexican states.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nSpire Motorsports issued a statement highlighting the importance of respect, a fundamental value for the team. The statement emphasized that Hocevar&#8217;s words do not reflect the values of the organization, its partners, or NASCAR.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>These actions are consistent with Spire Motorsports&#8217; core value, RESPECT, which is something we proudly display on every race car, team uniform, hauler, and digital channel. Respect is not a slogan. It is a daily expectation that we &#8220;walk the walk&#8221; in the way we speak, compete, and serve the communities that welcome our sport.<\/p><cite>Spire Motorsports<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nSpire Motorsports informed NASCAR about the penalties imposed on Hocevar, ensuring that the requirements of the sanctioning body are met.\n\nThe team committed to continue promoting NASCAR&#8217;s global growth, celebrate the passionate Mexican fanbase, and ensure that all members of the organization treat hosts, competitors, and communities with dignity.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sanction for Carson Hocevar for Comments about Mexico Spire Motorsports has fined Carson Hocevar $50,000 following derogatory comments he made about Mexico City during a live stream, coinciding with the recent NASCAR race in the Mexican capital. Hocevar, 22 years old, publicly apologized on Sunday night, admitting that his words were the product of his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2496,2228,1183,182],"class_list":{"0":"post-12039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-carson-hocevar","9":"tag-fine","10":"tag-mexico","11":"tag-nascar"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}