CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Spire Motorsports fined Carson Hocevar $50,000 on Tuesday for derogatory comments he made about Mexico City on a live stream as NASCAR raced there last weekend.
Hocevar walked back the comments Sunday night with an apology and the 22-year-old admitted it was the first time he’d ever been outside the United States and believed all the negative things he’d read and heard about Mexico City.
kAm“x 2> 6>32CC2DD65 3J >J 4@>>6?ED[Q 96 A@DE65 😕 2 =6?8E9J 2A@=@8J]k^Am
kAm$A:C6 2=D@ @C56C65 w@46G2C E@ 2EE6?5 4F=EFC2=\D6?D:E:G:EJ 2?5 3:2D\2H2C6?6DD EC2:?:?8]k^Am
kAm$A:C6 D2:5 E96 Sd_[___ 7:?6 H:== 36 5@?2E65 😕 6BF2= A@CE:@?D E@ E9C66 @C82?:K2E:@?D E92E D6CG6 |6I:42? 4@>>F?:E:6Dik^Am
kAm— rCFK #@;2 |6I:42?2 W|6I:42? #65 rC@DDX]k^Am
kAm— &? z:=@ 56 pJF52[ 2 ?@?AC@7:E 4@>32E:?8 49:=59@@5 >2=?FEC:E:@? 2?5 DFAA@CE:?8 62C=J\49:=59@@5 56G6=@A>6?E 😕 CFC2= 4@>>F?:E:6D]k^Am
kAm— u@?5@ &?:5@ |éI:4@ W&?:E65 (2J |6I:4@X[ H9:49 7F?5D =@42= }v~D E92E :>AC@G6 65F42E:@?[ 962=E9[ 2?5 9@FD:?8 😕 aa |6I:42? DE2E6D]k^Am
kAm“%96D6 24E:@?D 2C6 4@?D:DE6?E H:E9 $A:C6 |@E@CDA@CED’ 4@C6 G2=F6 @7 #t$!tr%[ H9:49 😀 D@>6E9:?8 H6 AC@F5=J 5:DA=2J @? 6G6CJ C246 42C[ E62> F?:7@C>[ EC24 D2:5 😕 2 DE2E6>6?E] “#6DA64E 😀 ?@E 2 D=@82?] xE 😀 2 52:=J 6IA64E2E:@? E92E H6 ‘H2=< E96 H2=<’ 😕 9@H H6 DA62<[ 4@>A6E6[ 2?5 D6CG6 E96 4@>>F?:E:6D E92E H6=4@>6 @FC DA@CE]k^Am
kAm“r2CD@? w@46G2C’D C646?E 4@>>6?ED >256 5FC:?8 E96 =:G6DEC62> 76== D9@CE @7 E92E DE2?52C5] %96J 5:5 ?@E C6AC6D6?E E96 G:6HD @7 $A:C6 |@E@CDA@CED[ @FC A2CE?6CD[ @C }p$rp#] w6 92D 24@H=65865 9:D >:DE2<6 AF3=:4=J[ 2?5 9:D AC@>AE[ D:?46C6 2A@=@8J 56>@?DEC2E65 A6CD@?2= 244@F?E23:=:EJ] (6 ?@H E2<6 E9:D 255:E:@?2= DE6A E@ F?56CD4@C6 E92E H@C5D 42CCJ H6:89E[ 2?5 C6DA64E >FDE 36 =:G65 @FE =@F5]”k^Am
kAm$A:C6 D2:5 :E :?7@C>65 }p$rp# @7 w@46G2CVD A6?2=E:6D 2?5 E92E :E D2E:D7:65 E96 D2?4E:@?:?8 3@5J’D C6BF:C6>6?ED]k^Am
kAm“%@86E96C H6 C6>2:? 4@>>:EE65 E@ D9@H42D:?8 }p$rp#’D 8=@32= 8C@HE9[ 46=63C2E:?8 E96 A2DD:@?2E6 |6I:42? 72?32D6 H6 6IA6C:6?465 7:CDE92?5 =2DE H66<6?5[ 2?5 6?DFC:?8 6G6CJ >6>36C @7 @FC @C82?:K2E:@? EC62ED 9@DED[ 4@>A6E:E@CD[ 2?5 4@>>F?:E:6D H:E9 5:8?:EJ[” $A:C6 D2:5]k^Am
kAm“(6 =@@< 7@CH2C5 E@ EFC?:?8 E96 A286 3J C24:?8 92C5[ C6AC6D6?E:?8 @FC A2CE?6CD[ 2?5 =:G:?8 @FC G2=F6D @? 2?5 @77 E96 EC24<]”k^Am
k9C ^m
kAmp! 2FE@ C24:?8i k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^9F3^2FE@\C24:?8Qm9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^9F3^2FE@\C24:?8k^2mk^Am