Kyle Petty calls Zane Smith crashing Carson Hocevar a 'kamikaze mission'

The No. 1 rule of stock car racing is to learn how to wreck someone without wrecking yourself. Zane Smith forgot on Sunday. 

In Sunday's eero 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, Smith attempted to spin Carson Hocevar in turns 1 and 2. He did, but he also took himself out in the process. 

Hocevar ended up getting the better of Smith, finishing 22nd to Smith's 28th. 

Kyle Petty was particularly peeved at Smith's approach to what appeared to be retaliatory contact. 

Zane Smith's big mistake

"Zane Smith only made one mistake: he took himself out," Petty said on NASCAR's "Inside The Race." "He went on a kamikaze mission. You can't take yourself out. It's a chess move. You gotta make your move and escape. You can't make your move and know you're giving up a man.