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. 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 Camping World Truck Series career
54 races run over 4 years
Truck no., teamNo. 42 (Niece Motorsports)
2022 position10th
Best finish10th (2021, 2022)
First race2019 Eldora Dirt Derby (Eldora)
Last race2022 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 20 1
Statistics current as of January 2, 2022.

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 from 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 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]

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.)

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 [16]
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 [17]
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 [18]
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 [19]
2023 DAY
 LVS ATL COA TEX BRI MAR KAN DAR NWS CHA GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO -* -*

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 [20]
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 [21]
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 [22]

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 [23]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References
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  4. "Driver Carson Hocevar's ARCA Menards Series poles - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  5. Krall, Charles. "Carson Hocevar Joins Drivers Edge Development Program for 2019". ARCA Racing. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  6. "Carson Hocevar to make NASCAR debut with Jordan Anderson Racing". Speedway Digest. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  7. Pepper, Andy (2019-07-30). "Portage racer prepares for Nascar Truck Series debut". WEYI. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  8. Waack, Terrin (August 2019). "Eldora qualifying race results, running lineup". Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  9. 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.
  10. "Carson Hocevar Joins Niece Motorsports for Partial Schedule in 2020". Niece Motorsports. December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  11. Kristl, Mark (September 24, 2020). "Carson Hocevar Joining Niece Full Time for 2021". Frontstretch. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  12. "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.
  13. "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.
  14. "Carson Hocevar secures Camping World Trucks pole at Sonoma, crashes". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 11, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  15. "Kyle Busch wins Truck Series race at Sonoma Raceway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 11, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
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  17. "Carson Hocevar – 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
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  23. "Carson Hocevar – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
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