Summary
Carson S. Hocevar (born January 28, 2003) is an American professional dirt track and stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports. He made his first NASCAR start at the 2019 Eldora Dirt Derby.[1] [2]
| Carson Hocevar | |||||||
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 Hocevar at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in 2022 | |||||||
| Born | Carson S. Hocevar January 28, 2003 Portage, Michigan | ||||||
| Achievements | 2020 Winchester 400 Winner 2020 Redbud 400 Winner 2020, 2021 Money in the Bank 150 Winner | ||||||
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 48 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 42 (Niece Motorsports) | ||||||
| 2021 position | 10th | ||||||
| Best finish | 10th (2021) | ||||||
| First race | 2019 Eldora Dirt Derby (Eldora) | ||||||
| Last race | 2022 Worldwide Express 250 (Richmond) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of July 29, 2022. | |||||||
Early careerEdit
Hocevar began competing in quarter midgets at the age of 7, winning 79 feature races and 15 national championships.[3] He started racing at Berlin Raceway in 2015 as a 12 year old and won the track's Outlaw Late Model championship.[3] He won his first Super Late Model race at the track in 2016, but NASCAR stopped all drivers under 14 from competing from sanctioned tracks.[3] Hocevar returned in 2017 and won the track's Super Late Model championship.[3]
ARCA Menards SeriesEdit
Hocevar competed in 11 ARCA Menards Series races between 2018 and 2019,[4] with 9 top ten finishes[5] and 2 pole positions.[6]
In 2019, he joined the Driver's Edge Development Program.[7]
NASCAR Truck SeriesEdit
Hocevar made his NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series debut in the 2019 Eldora Dirt Derby driving the No. 3 Chevrolet Silverado for Jordan Anderson Racing.[3][8] He qualified for the main event by finishing third in the third qualifying race.[9] He returned to the series in November at the Lucas Oil 150, driving a No. 56 for JAR in a partnership with Hill Motorsports.[10]
On December 20, 2019, Hocevar joined Niece Motorsports for a nine-race schedule in 2020.[11]
On September 24, 2020, Hocevar and Niece announced a full-season schedule in 2021. During the season, Hocevar would have a very successful rookie season nearly winning multiple races. He finished second at Charlotte and fourth at Las Vegas. He re-signed with Niece in 2022 and lead the most laps of the Spring Vegas race until he was turned with 36 to go.[12]
On June 4, 2022, Hocevar broke his right tibia at the ankle during the final lap of the Gateway race when his truck was t-boned by Tyler Hill.[13] He underwent surgery prior to the Sonoma race.[14] Hocevar took the pole position before wrecking on turn 10.[15] On lap 11, he was relieved by Daniel Suárez, who took the No. 42 to a sixth place finish.[16]
Motorsports career resultsEdit
NASCAREdit
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Camping World Truck SeriesEdit
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Jordan Anderson Racing | 3 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | MAR | TEX | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | IOW | GTW | CHI | KEN | POC | ELD 25 |
MCH | BRI | MSP | LVS | TAL | MAR | 62nd | 29 | [17] | |||||||||||||||||
| 56 | PHO 23 |
HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Niece Motorsports | 40 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | CLT | ATL | HOM | POC | KEN | TEX | KAN | KAN | MCH | DAY 28 |
DOV 12 |
GTW 15 |
DAR | RCH 22 |
BRI 17 |
LVS | TAL | KAN | TEX | 37th | 125 | [18] | |||||||||||||||||
| 42 | MAR 13 |
PHO 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | DAY 5 |
DAY 14 |
LVS 24 |
ATL 12 |
BRI 21 |
RCH 12 |
KAN 23 |
DAR 3 |
COA 7 |
CLT 2 |
TEX 11 |
NSH 16 |
POC 13 |
KNX 16 |
GLN 10 |
GTW 8 |
DAR 11 |
BRI 6 |
LVS 22 |
TAL 25 |
MAR 12 |
PHO 9 |
10th | 2204 | [19] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | DAY 9 |
LVS 13 |
ATL 27 |
COA 8 |
MAR 17 |
BRI 2 |
DAR 2 |
KAN 15 |
TEX 4 |
CLT 16* |
GTW 24 |
SON 6 |
KNX 35* |
NSH 3 |
MOH 3 |
POC 5 |
IRP 21 |
RCH 10 |
KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM | PHO | -* | -* | [20] | ||||||||||||||||||
ARCA Menards SeriesEdit
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | KBR Development | 35 | Chevy | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL 11 |
CLT | POC | MCH | MAD | GTW | CHI | IOW | ELK | BLN 4 |
POC | ISF | DSF | IRP 5 |
SLM | KAN | 31st | 645 | [21] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | 28 | DAY | FIF 17 |
SLM 3 |
TAL | NSH 4 |
TOL 6 |
CLT | POC | MCH | MAD 6 |
GTW 5 |
CHI | ELK 6 |
IOW 4 |
POC | ISF 8 |
DSF 15 |
SLM 7 |
IRP 9 |
KAN | 12th | 2320 | [22] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Niece Motorsports | 50 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | TOL | CLT | MOH | POC | ELK | BLN | IOW | WIN | GLN 4 |
MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | BRI | SLM | KAN | 72nd | 40 | [23] | ||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Carson Hocevar to make NASCAR debut with Jordan Anderson Racing". Speedway Digest. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- ^ "Twitch". Twitch. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ a b c d e Kaminski, Steve (2019-07-30). "2017 Berlin Raceway champ Carson Hocevar to make NASCAR debut". mlive.com. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ "Driver Carson Hocevar's ARCA Menards Series races - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ "Driver Carson Hocevar's ARCA Menards Series top 10s - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ "Driver Carson Hocevar's ARCA Menards Series poles - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ Krall, Charles. "Carson Hocevar Joins Drivers Edge Development Program for 2019". ARCA Racing. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ Pepper, Andy (2019-07-30). "Portage racer prepares for Nascar Truck Series debut". WEYI. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ Waack, Terrin (August 2019). "Eldora qualifying race results, running lineup". Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- ^ Krall, Charles (October 23, 2019). "ARCA Menards Series Driver Carson Hocevar to Make Second NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Start of 2019 at Phoenix". ARCA Menards Series. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ^ "Carson Hocevar Joins Niece Motorsports for Partial Schedule in 2020". Niece Motorsports. December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- ^ Kristl, Mark (September 24, 2020). "Carson Hocevar Joining Niece Full Time for 2021". Frontstretch. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- ^ "Carson Hocevar will attempt to start Saturday's Truck race at Sonoma". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 8, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
- ^ "Carson Hocevar Had Surgery on Right Tibia, Cleared to Practice at Sonoma". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ "Carson Hocevar secures Camping World Trucks pole at Sonoma, crashes". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 11, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ^ "Kyle Busch wins Truck Series race at Sonoma Raceway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 11, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ^ "Carson Hocevar – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- ^ "Carson Hocevar – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
- ^ "Carson Hocevar – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ "Carson Hocevar – 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
- ^ "Carson Hocevar – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "Carson Hocevar – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "Carson Hocevar– 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
External linksEdit
- Carson Hocevar driver statistics at Racing-Reference