Phoenix penalties: Zane Smith fined for contact with Carson Hocevar on cool-down lap

Zane Smith has been fined $50,000 following post-race contact with Carson Hocevar after Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway, NASCAR officials announced Tuesday.

Smith is penalized under Section 10.5.2.5a in the NASCAR Rule Book, which states that “any violations compromising Event or participant safety will be addressed on a case-by-case basis with the highest level of seriousness.” Additionally, NASCAR officials cited Section 4.4a in the rule book, which provides potential penalty options and guidelines of “general examples of behavior that may fall into certain Penalty levels.”

— NASCAR.com —

View the penalty report.