Ever since he arrived on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series scene, Carson Hocevar has been turning heads.
The 20-year-old has not shied away from being himself at the track, and he has proven that he belongs in the sport time and time again. Yet one thing was missing from his record since he joined Niece Motorsports full-time in 2021: a win. No matter how fast he was, something always seemed to prevent the No. 42 driver from breaking through.
That all changed this past weekend at Texas Motor Speedway on April 1, when the race played into Hocevar’s hands on the final lap to earn his first career win.
Hocevar also broke into the NASCAR Xfinity Series this year, making his debut for SS Green Light Racing at Circuit of the Americas. He will also drive six races for Spire Motorsports in the series.
Frontstretch caught up with Hocevar in March to discuss his deal with Spire in Xfinity, where his focus is now and his activities outside the racecar.
Luken Glover, Frontstretch: You have the new Xfinity deal. How excited are you for that and the opportunity with Spire Motorsports?
Carson Hocevar: I’m pretty excited. It’ll just help everything. It will allow me to go race extra and get more laps, being able to work with a different group of guys and getting a little more technical advance to help the day job on Friday. That’s the ultimate priority, to go win a [Truck] championship and go run for a championship with the [No.] 42 team. But having those extra will just kind of help me stay in a racecar and grow as a driver.
Glover: How did that deal come together?
Hocevar: There was a little bit of discussion for a long time, a lot of different Xfinity teams. This deal kind of came together through JRM [JR Motorsports] and Spire. It just helped all parties and allowed me to race a little bit more, and I had some partners that were interested in doing it, and WWEX covering and doing a whole season with me. All the support with Niece Motorsports and Al Niece just kind of allowed me to be able to do this deal. It’s kind of a privilege to be in this opportunity and go out and try to learn, just to have a breath of fresh air while I try and go win a championship.
Glover: When you look at this Xfinity deal, what are the goals for that?
Hocevar: Just running laps; I think we should be able to run in the top 10 every day, that’s kind of how I look at it. If I had top-10 runs in all six [races], I’d be really happy. The…
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