Carson Hocevar
Carson Hocevar (born January 28, 2003) is an American professional dirt track and stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 40 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports. He made his first NASCAR start at the 2019 Eldora Dirt Derby.[1]
Carson Hocevar | |||||||
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![]() Hocevar in 2019 | |||||||
Born | Portage, Michigan | January 28, 2003||||||
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career | |||||||
3 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Truck no., team | No. 40 (Niece Motorsports) | ||||||
2019 position | 62nd | ||||||
Best finish | 62nd (2019) | ||||||
First race | 2019 Eldora Dirt Derby (Eldora) | ||||||
Last race | 2020 Sunoco 159 (Daytona) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of August 16, 2020. |
Early career
Hocevar began competing in quarter midgets at the age of 7, winning 79 feature races and 15 national championships.[2] He started racing at Berlin Raceway in 2015 as a 12 year old and won the track's Outlaw Late Model championship.[2] 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.[2] Hocevar returned in 2017 and won the track's Super Late Model championship.[2]
ARCA Menards Series
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Hocevar competed in 11 ARCA Menards Series races between 2018 and 2019,[3] with 9 top ten finishes[4] and 2 pole positions.[5]
In 2019, he joined the Driver's Edge Development Program.[6]
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
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.[2][7] He qualified for the main event by finishing third in the third qualifying race.[8] He returned to the series in November at the Lucas Oil 150, driving a No. 56 for JAR in a partnership with Hill Motorsports.[9]
On December 20, 2019, Hocevar joined Niece Motorsports for a nine-race schedule in 2020.[10]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
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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 | NGTC | 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 | [11] | |||||||||||||||||
56 | PHO 23 |
HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Niece Motorsports | 40 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | CLT | ATL | HOM | POC | KEN | TEX | KAN | KAN | MCH | DAY 28 |
DOV | GTW | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL | KAN | TEX | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | [12] |
ARCA Menards Series
(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 | [13] | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | KAN | 12th | 2320 | [14] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
- "Carson Hocevar to make NASCAR debut with Jordan Anderson Racing". Speedway Digest. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- 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.
- "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 August 16, 2020.
- "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.
External links
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- Carson Hocevar driver statistics at Racing-Reference