Glad He Got Some Karma"- Frustrated Zane Smith Takes Shots at Benched Cup Rival's Severe NASCAR Penalty

Zane Smith said he was “glad” rival Carson Hocevar missed the NASCAR Cup Series finale at Homestead, referring to a severe penalty that Smith has criticized in the past. His comments came in a Jeff Gluck clip, just two weeks after a prior confrontation at Phoenix. After Smith was fined $50,000 for driving into Hocevar’s car on the cool-down lap, NASCAR later imposed a bigger penalty on Hocevar: a dock of 25 driver points, a $100,000 fine for conduct violations, and a separate suspension from Spire Motorsports that kept him out of the Homestead race. Their issues date back to incidents in Iowa 2025 and Chicagoland in July 2026.