Carson Hocevar

Carson Scott Hocevar (born January 28, 2003) is an American professional dirt track and stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro for SS-Green Light Racing and the No. 77 Camaro for Spire Motorsports. He has also competed in the ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series West in the past.

Carson Hocevar
Hocevar at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in 2022
BornCarson Scott Hocevar
(2003-01-28) January 28, 2003
Portage, Michigan, U.S.
Achievements2020 Winchester 400 Winner
2020 Redbud 400 Winner
2020, 2021 Money in the Bank 150 Winner
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Car no., teamNo. 07 (SS-Green Light Racing)
No. 77 (Spire Motorsports)
First race2023 Pit Boss 250 (Austin)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
58 races run over 5 years
Truck no., teamNo. 42 (Niece Motorsports)
2022 position10th
Best finish10th (2021, 2022)
First race2019 Eldora Dirt Derby (Eldora)
Last race2023 Buckle Up South Carolina 200 (Darlington)
First win2023 Buckle Up South Carolina 200 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 23 1
ARCA Menards Series career
16 races run over 3 years
Best finish12th (2019)
First race2018 Toledo ARCA 200 (Toledo)
Last race2021 Clean Harbors 100 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 13 2
ARCA Menards Series West career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish44th (2022)
First race2022 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of March 25, 2023.

Racing career

Early career

Hocevar began competing in quarter midgets at the age of 7, winning 79 feature races and 15 national championships.[1] He started racing at Berlin Raceway in 2015 as a 12 year old and won the track's Outlaw Late Model championship.[1] He won his first Super Late Model race at the track in 2016, but NASCAR stopped all drivers under 14 from competing at sanctioned tracks.[1] Hocevar returned in 2017 and won the track's Super Late Model championship.[1]

ARCA Menards Series
Hocevar standing next to his No. 28 car in 2019 before the race at Madison

Hocevar competed in 11 ARCA Menards Series races between 2018 and 2019,[2] with 9 top ten finishes[3] and 2 pole positions.[4]

In 2019, he joined the Driver's Edge Development Program.[5]

NASCAR Craftsman 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.[6][1][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]

On September 24, 2020, Hocevar and Niece announced a full-season schedule in 2021.[11] 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 led the most laps of the Spring Vegas race until he was turned with 36 to go.

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.[12] He underwent surgery prior to the Sonoma race.[13] Hocevar took the pole position before wrecking in turn 10.[14] On lap 11, he was relieved by Daniel Suárez, who took the No. 42 to a sixth place finish.[15]

Hocevar started the 2023 season with a 12th place finish at Daytona. He scored his first career win at Texas on double-overtime after race leader Nick Sanchez made contact with Zane Smith on the final lap and Hocevar unintentionally spun Sanchez from behind.[16]

NASCAR Xfinity Series

On March 7, 2023, Spire Motorsports announced that they will expand their racing operations to the NASCAR Xfinity Series, with Hocevar running six races in their No. 77 car, making his debut in the series.[17] He was originally on the entry list for the race at Dover Motor Speedway, but was withdrawn due to the weather providing the risk of qualifying being cancelled. His debut with the team was thus scheduled to the next race at Darlington Raceway

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.)

Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series results
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 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
2023 SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA
38		 RCH MAR TAL -* -* [18]
Spire Motorsports 77 Chevy DOV
Wth		 DAR
6		 CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO

Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
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 NCTC 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 [19]
56 PHO
23		 HOM
2020 Niece Motorsports 40 Chevy DAY LVS CLT ATL HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DRC
28		 DOV
12		 GTW
15		 DAR RCH
22		 BRI
17		 LVS TAL KAN TEX 37th 125 [20]
42 MAR
13		 PHO
32
2021 DAY
5		 DRC
14		 LVS
24		 ATL
12		 BRD
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 [21]
2022 DAY
9		 LVS
13		 ATL
27		 COA
8		 MAR
17		 BRD
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
2		 BRI
19		 TAL
28		 HOM
12		 PHO
10		 10th 2186 [22]
2023 DAY
12		 LVS
7		 ATL
31		 COA
34		 TEX
1		 BRD
17		 MAR
34		 KAN
31		 DAR
5		 NWS
 CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO -* -* [23]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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
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 [24]
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 [25]
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 [26]

ARCA Menards Series West
ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 AMSWC Pts Ref
2022 Niece Motorsports 40 Chevy PHO IRW KCR PIR SON IRW EVG PIR AAS LVS PHO
29		 44th 65 [27]

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