Carson Hocevar Appreciation Thread

[REBS31]

Couldn’t find where we already had one of these, figured it was time.

Very happy for Carson, after having so many strong performances disrupted by bad luck, it’s feel great to see him get one.

After Newman retired I didn’t have “my driver” for several seasons. I liked Hocevar when he first came into the series and he became my #1 around this time last year. Forgot how fun it was to see “your guy” win a race.

 

[DaleJrFan2003]

I hadn't really had a "favorite" driver since Jr. retired. But once I started getting back into NASCAR in 2024 (I had watched somewhat in the late 2010s and early 2020s, but 2024 is when I came back as a regular) I was drawn to him because of his personality, his talent, and also the fact that he's my same age AND from my exact same area of Southern Michigan. He actually used to race late models at one of my local tracks, Kalamazoo Speedway.

Feels great to finally see him break through after so many close calls, could've and should've races.

 

[kkfan91]

 

[StandOnIt]

Glad Chili's was on the car, they gave him a solid base of sponsorship that fit.

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[Willowisherself]

Conversation me and my girlfriend had after hocevar won.......

god i love this women.

 

[Clutch]

I love his firesuit.

 

[be9ak7ts16]

Local boys does good. Never thought I'd see a victory lap better than the Polish one. Congrats to the first time win and many more to come.

 

[Greg]

I hadn't really had a "favorite" driver since Jr. retired. But once I started getting back into NASCAR in 2024 (I had watched somewhat in the late 2010s and early 2020s, but 2024 is when I came back as a regular) I was drawn to him because of his personality, his talent, and also the fact that he's my same age AND from my exact same area of Southern Michigan. He actually used to race late models at one of my local tracks, Kalamazoo Speedway.

Feels great to finally see him break through after so many close calls, could've and should've races.

Seeing someone going through the growing pains especially in your own backyard; then watching them getting the first big win and breakout success are some of the best times I have ever had as a race fan.

 

[Conover]

He’s a great talent, and a genuinely unique personality! Carson is no “spam in the can” same old same ole interview. Great for the sport!

 

[virtualbalboa]

He provided a human response to his first win and that led me to watch the documentary short that NASCAR produced last season around the Coke 600-Firekeepers 400 stretch. My exposure to him has primarily been seeing him in late model; truthfully when you see these wunderkinds most of them wind up being pushed to racing because it was daddy's special interest or because they're failsons who would otherwise run the family business into the ground and they weren't good enough for travel ball. That's just the expectation I have and so I just kinda assumed that about him too. Nah. That's not the deal. He really isn't another petri dish faith-based twink shoved in a Legends car at 11. He was the one that came to this, not the reverse, and he didn't have money like some others. I saw him in all those late model races when he could squeeze them in because he was really hustling for laps and money, not because he just wanted to style on guys and had the funds. That completely changed my perception of him and honestly makes me a fan.

It's also one thing to be rough with everyone else on the track when you got all of daddy's money to pay for the repairs. It's entirely another thing when you don't.

 

[StandOnIt]

 

[StandOnIt]