NASCAR driver Carson Hocevar drew backlash from his fellow racers on Sunday because of his over-aggressive driving during the Ambetter Health 400.

It wasn't just one NASCAR Cup Series driver who was furious with second-year pro Carson Hocevar. After finishing second at the Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hocevar was confronted by both Ross Chastain and Ryan Blaney.

Ryan Blaney and Ross Chastain both approached Hocevar on pit road post-race. Hocevar had made contact with Blaney to send him spinning earlier in the final stage, and the driver of the No. 12 Ford worked his way back to a fourth-place finish.

Carson Hocevar's aggressive moves at Atlanta might have earned him a second-place finish, but they didn't earn him any new friends.

Christopher Bell edged just ahead of Carson Hocevar and Kyle Larson for the lead at the time of a last-lap caution to win the Ambetter Health 400 NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

NASCAR continues to search for a good way to handle last-lap cautions. Atlanta was nearly a 3-wide finish again. Carson Hocevar introduces himself.

Carson Hocevar didn’t win many friends in Atlanta on his way to a second-place finish at the Ambetter Health 400. The likes of Kyke Busch, Ryan Blaney, and Ross Chastain have publicly bashed the Spire Motorsports driver for his reckless stunts at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.

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Carson Hocevar didn’t come to make mates at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The 22-year-old Spire Motorsports wheelman shoved an