Chevrolet Carson Hocevar driver is about to do something huge in the Nascar Cup series, and he would like to do this Sunday at Michigan International Speedway in the Firekeepers Casino 400 in Brooklyn, Michigan.
Hocevar’s goal: to win his first race in the most prestigious series in NASCAR.
The recruit of the year 2024 is 17th in driving points, only two behind the driver of Ford Ryan Preece, which is on the north side of the cup line with 289 points for 287 Hocevar.
Hocevar was the main dog of Spire Motorsports with two first top five in his 14 departures, both of the finalist efforts behind the winners of the Christopher Bell race in Atlanta and Ryan Blaney in Nashville.
Although he is apparently on the verge of being victorious against the best stock as Racing, the native of portage, Michigan, returned home early this week to run to Berlin Raceway, where he erased the money in the super late model of Bank 150 Tuesday evening.
It was his third career victory in the event, which also presented his compatriot Michigander and competitor of the Cup, Erik Jones, ending fourth. He also followed the victory of the Hocevar truck series last month at the Heart of Health Care 200.
“Super voucher to go almost here, with (the 200), now money to the bank and I hope we will do the scan,” said Hocevar.
Now Hocevar will try his luck in Michigan, where Tyler Reddick is the defending champion. Hocevar ranked 10th last year.
Staying skills and getting more track time is essential for the development of Hocevar, 22. Many cup drivers would surely agree with this evaluation.
Hocevar impressed a lot in the company with its speed because it has it squarely. And he flambés tracks across the country in the Chevrolet n ° 77 for Spire, not for elite stables like Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing or Team Penske.
However, its success is at a price.
While Ross Chastain is generally considered to be the most difficult driver to pass, Hocevar certainly holds the current distinction of being the most difficult driver to run, against, alongside or simply all that precedes.
The result was a heterogeneous collection of shipwrecked cars, including Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who did not appeal this Hocevar week after the nose of his Chevrolet launched n ° 47 to a last place in Nashville last Sunday.
“Here is the thing about Carson: Carson’s Fast and is – for me, he is able to continue making these mistakes and not let him be mentally disturbed,” Kevin Harvick said on his Podcast Happy Hour on Tuesday. “(He has) has the mental ability to let him go. It has not brought him the rest of the race. This is not the first time that this has happened this year or last year and it will rush feathers along the way.”
But Harvick, who had many obstinate fights on the track during his 23 -year -old career, had advice for Hocevar.
“These things will eventually come back to bite you because you are going to get shipped when you move (you destroyed), or they will tighten you in the fence or put you in a bad position or block you in the stands,” warned the 2014 Cup champion.
Addition of Dale Earnhardt Jr., “People will probably go crazy about it, but Hocevar, a bit, is a bit like a young Dale Earnhardt in a way. Gives a lot of errors and flyers a lot of feathers, but it is very fast, very aggressive.”
Back home in Michigan this weekend, Hocevar probably has a good chance of crossing this threshold, hitting like a new visitor and waiting for his hometown leaving him in Victory Lane for the first time during his 60th departure from the Cup.
But will the domain of drivers allow it?
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