Zane Smith eviscerates spotter after getting wrecked by Carson Hocevar

Carson Hocevar has claimed another victim. This time, it was Zane Smith who got taken out by Hocevar on Lap 229 of Sunday’s Iowa Corn 350 at Iowa Speedway.

Smith didn’t appear to be upset with Hocevar. Instead, he took aim at his spotter.

“Gotta quit telling me how to f*cking drive these things, dude. Every time I poke into the middle, we get f*cking wrecked,” Smith said, via Steven Taranto of CBS Sports.

Smith is frustrated and for good reason. He was running 23rd before Hocevar got loose and wrecked him. Smith has quietly been having a solid first season piloting the No. 38 Ford for Front Row Motorsports but lately, he’s been struggling to finish. In the three races before Iowa, he lost about 50 spots combined in the final laps. He wanted to end that trend at Iowa — his day is now ruined.

Zane Smith taken out by Carson Hocevar, recent struggles continue

“We gotta look at the positives, and our positives are at least we’re running good,” Smith said before the race, via Dustin Long of NBC Sports. “We’ve been pretty strong all year, just hard to get talked about when you run 11th through 15th a lot of the race and sneak your way into top 10. It’s tough, but the past few weeks, nothing has been in our control. Last week was for sure going to be top-10, top-five day and unfortunately, it was taken from us.”

“Same thing at Dover, we were in such a good position. We were 12th or 13th, I was the first one on four tires, a good restart for us the one before that, and I get right hooked at Dover and our day is ruined. It’s been unfortunate, but like I said, the positive for us is at least we’re running good, and we have speed when it happens.”