Carson Hocevar will try to „round the edges off“ after clashing with rivals

As many of the storage appears ahead to Michigan, for some, ideas stay centered on a controversial incident at Nashville when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. went spinning off the nostril of Carson Hocevar, struggling his first DNF of the season.

Stenhouse was clearly pissed off as he was contained in the provisional playoff grid on factors earlier than the wreck. For many drivers, this problem would not elevate many eyebrows, however Hocevar has been ruffling feathers all through the 2025 season. At Nashville, he went on to complete second, knocking on the door of his first NASCAR Cup Collection victory.

Holding the pace whereas smoothing out the sides

Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

Photograph by: Jonathan Bachman – Getty Photographs

On SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, Jeff Dickerson, who co-owns Hocevar’s No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, supplied some perception into the difficulty. 

„Behind the wheel, he is doing every thing that we have requested of him,“ mentioned Dickerson.

„I do not wish to sluggish him down. I imply, we won’t sluggish him down. We really feel like the entire sequence has sort of checked out us for a number of years and been like, ‚what the hell are these guys doing over at Spire?‘ Nicely, now we’re up there. So why would I wish to sluggish that down?“

With that being mentioned, Dickerson admitted that there are some issues Hocevar can clear up behind the wheel, saying, „There are some issues l’d like him to — possibly spherical out a few the sides. However I do not wish to sluggish him down. I do not need him operating into the #47 [Stenhouse] there. I would like them to chop him a break and let him again in and, you realize, sort of present that maturity. However if you take a look at it, you are similar to, man. I imply, he would not have a ton of laps, you realize, nonetheless within the Cup automotive. Over time, he’ll be taught to — he is received to get his nostril out of there, not as a result of it was one thing that he did ‚mistaken.‘ It was simply, why exit of your method to make an enemy that you just needn’t?“

Dickerson went on to reward Stenhouse and the work Hyak Motorsports have finished this 12 months as a single-car effort, calling the driving force of the #47 a „good buddy.“

Hocevar talks about discovering the best steadiness

Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

Photograph by: David Jensen / Getty Photographs

Contemporary off of profitable the Cash within the Financial institution 150 tremendous late mannequin race, Hocevar joined SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on Wednesday, echoing the feedback of his crew boss.

„I take a look at Jeff [Dickerson] for not simply race automotive recommendation, however, like, life recommendation and every thing else in between,“ mentioned Hocevar. „So, like, he is lived it. And he mentioned so many occasions, I feel he mentioned on the DBC [Door Bumper Clear podcast], ‚you’ll be able to determine it out in your timeline, or my timeline, and l’d love to do my timeline, as a result of I feel it’ll be faster.‘ So yeah, we glance, we have finished it quite a bit.  We work quite a bit. Me, Tyler Inexperienced [spotter] and Luke Lambert [crew chief], we all the time sit down. We undergo a lot stuff.

„They offer me all each data they will discover, and we work nonstop about simply our communication, how we will get higher, how we will race others, how we will race ourselves, teammates, every thing, proper?

Hocevar says a number of „large folks within the sport“ have reached out to him to assist the 22-year-old on his journey. He repeated what Dickerson mentioned about wanting to maintain the identical degree of efficiency with out angering as many individuals.

„We do not wish to change … you do not wish to change. And you realize, lose our edge. However, as Jeff had advised me a number of occasions, let’s simply spherical the sides off and have much less moments of that and extra moments of passing the opposite 25 vehicles with out hitting them.“

NASCAR now heads to Michigan — Hocevar’s house observe. He might be competing in each the Truck and Cup Collection races with Spire Motorsports.

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