{
  "id": 18027081,
  "title": "NASCAR issues penalties to Carson Hocevar and Josh Berry for Martinsville brake-checks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/nascar-issues-penalties-to-carson-hocevar-and-josh-berry-for",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-03T21:33:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/nascar-issues-penalties-to-carson-hocevar-and-josh-berry-after-martinsville/10871391/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 ...…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Carson Hocevar denies intent in Austin Cindric clash: “We were just having fun”",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/carson-hocevar-denies-intent-in-austin-cindric-clash-we-were-just",
        "published": "2026-11-02T00:20:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}