1. Carson Scott Hocevar was born on January 28,2003 and is an American professional stock car racing driver.
37 Facts About Carson Hocevar
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Carson Hocevar competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No 77 Chevrolet ZL1 for Spire Motorsports, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No 14 Chevrolet SS for SS-Green Light Racing with BRK Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No 7 Chevrolet Silverado RST for Spire.
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Carson Hocevar is a former member of the Drivers Edge Development driver development system.
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Carson Hocevar started racing at Berlin Raceway in 2015 as a 12-year-old and won the track's Outlaw Late Model championship.
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Carson Hocevar won his first Super Late Model race at the track in 2016, but NASCAR stopped all drivers under 14 from competing at sanctioned tracks.
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Carson Hocevar returned in 2017 and won the track's Super Late Model championship.
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Carson Hocevar competed in 11 ARCA Menards Series races between 2018 and 2019, with 9 top-ten finishes and 2 pole positions.
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Carson 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.
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On December 20,2019, Carson Hocevar joined Niece Motorsports for a nine-race schedule in 2020.
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Carson Hocevar finished second at Charlotte and fourth at Las Vegas.
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Carson Hocevar re-signed with Niece in 2022 and led the most laps of the Spring Vegas race until he was turned with 36 to go.
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On June 4,2022, Carson 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.
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Carson Hocevar took the pole position before wrecking in turn 10.
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Carson Hocevar started the 2023 season with a 12th-place finish at Daytona.
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Carson Hocevar scored his first career win at Texas in double-overtime after race leader Nick Sanchez made contact with Zane Smith on the final lap and Hocevar unintentionally spun Sanchez from behind.
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Carson Hocevar won at Homestead to make the Championship 4.
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Carson Hocevar decided to wreck Corey Heim and Stewart Friesen.
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On March 7,2023, Spire Motorsports announced that they will expand their racing operations to the NASCAR Xfinity Series, with Carson Hocevar running six races in their No 77 car, making his debut in the series at Circuit of the Americas in the No 07 for SS-Green Light Racing before suffering a brake failure leading to a 36th-place finish.
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Carson Hocevar was initially on the entry list for the race at Dover Motor Speedway, but was withdrawn due to the weather providing the risk of qualifying being canceled.
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On February 24,2025, it was announced that Carson Hocevar would drive for SS-Green Light Racing with BRK Racing, replacing Garrett Smithley at COTA.
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Carson Hocevar was involved in an early wreck, earning a 38th place DNF.
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On May 30,2023, Carson Hocevar was named the driver of the No 7 Spire Motorsports Camaro ZL1 for the Enjoy Illinois 300 at Gateway Motorsports Park after Spire's full-time driver Corey LaJoie would fill in the No 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevy while HMS driver Chase Elliott served a one-race suspension.
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Carson Hocevar finished in 36th place after suffering a brake rotor explosion going into turn 1 in the second stage on lap 91 while running in 16th place.
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Carson Hocevar drove the Legacy Motor Club No 42 to a 17th place finish at Darlington.
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Carson Hocevar then scored a career-best 11th place finish at the Bristol night race.
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On October 4, Carson Hocevar was signed to drive the No 42 for the remainder of the season, except at Homestead-Miami where the team's 2024 driver John Hunter Nemechek drove in the No 42 car instead.
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On October 10,2023, Carson Hocevar announced on NASCAR Race Hub that he will bypass the Xfinity Series to join Spire Motorsports in the Cup Series full-time for the 2024 season, driving the No 77 car under a multi-year deal.
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Carson Hocevar started the season with a 40th place DNF at the 2024 Daytona 500.
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Carson Hocevar scored his first career top-10 finish at Texas.
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At Nashville, Carson Hocevar spun out Harrison Burton during a caution lap; as a result, he was fined 50,000 and docked 25 driver points.
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In qualifying for the regular season finale at Darlington, Carson Hocevar put the 77 car on the front row, qualifying second.
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At Watkins Glen on September 15, Carson Hocevar eclipsed his best career NCS finish for the third time in 2024 with a third place finish, leading a triple top 10 for Spire Motorsports and even contending for the win in the final restarts.
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Carson Hocevar started the 2025 season with a 30th place DNF at the 2025 Daytona 500.
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Carson Hocevar was behind Christopher Bell and ahead Kyle Larson at the time of caution coming to the checkered flag during an overtime restart.
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Carson Hocevar has run in Midgets, Micro Sprints, and Dirt Super Late Models on a part-time basis in addition to his full-time rides since 2015.
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Carson Hocevar graduated from Gull Lake High School in 2021.
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Carson Hocevar was in a relationship with Super Late Model driver Peyton Lanphear.