Berry spins Hocevar late as tensions boil over at Sonoma

Carson Hocevar appeared to be on his way for a solid top-10 showing Sunday at Sonoma Raceway, steadily wheeling his No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet through the closing laps -- until contact from Josh Berry in Turn 2 changed everything. The bump sent the 22-year-old spinning through the grass and tumbling down the running order, relegating him to a frustrating 32nd-place result while the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford drove on to finish 13th. RELATED: Race results | Crews tussle on pit road The on-track run-in at Sonoma wasn’t Hocevar’s first clash with the organization, as the Michigan native was penalized at Nashville Superspeedway in 2024 for spinning then-No. 21 driver Harrison Burton under caution. The incident was later referenced on X, where the official Wood Brothers Racing account appeared to take a jab at Hocevar following the Sonoma race. Burton, to his credit, seems content to stay out of it. Sunday’s run-in with Josh Berry at Sonoma adds to a growing list of incidents for Hocevar in 2025, including high-profile clashes with Hyak Motorsports’ Ricky Stenhouse Jr. at Nashville and again during the inaugural Cup Series race in Mexico City.