The NASCAR Cup Series has attracted some of the top drivers from a different continent, Australia. This week, we’ve seen 2 drivers announce they will make the jump, with the latest being Will Brown for RCR. Here is every Supercars driver who attempted racing in NASCAR.
| Series | Starts | Wins | Top-5s | Top-10s | Avg. Finish | Laps Led |
| Cup | 227 | 2 | 18 | 46 | 20.2 | 347 |
| Xfinity | 77 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 18.2 | 331 |
Marcos Ambrose is easily the most successful Supercar driver in NASCAR. He competed full-time for seven seasons, two in Xfinity and five in the Cup Series. During his career, he won seven times, all on road courses.
While some may remember him for shutting off the car going uphill at Sonoma, Ambrose deserves credit for his performance in the Cup Series. He never raced in top-tier equipment, yet he still found a way to win seven races while finishing top-20 in Cup Series points three times and top-10 in the Xfinity Series twice. It was a solid career for the “Tasmanian Devil.”
| Series | Starts | Wins | Top-5s | Top-10s | Avg. Finish | Laps Led |
| Cup | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14.8 | 13 |
| Xfinity | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16.7 | 21 |
SVG is responsible for the influx of Supercars stars in NASCAR. The Chicago Street race perfectly suited SVG’s skillset, and he used it to take home an improbable win. This inspired him to try out NASCAR full-time.
He’s done a solid job in his first full-time season in the Xfinity Series. He has two top 10s, and he should be a factor to win on any road course. He also has the backing of a top team, Trackhouse.
| Series | Starts | Wins | Top-5s | Top-10s | Avg. Finish | Laps Led |
| ARCA East | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 17.3 | 60 |
| Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 0 |
Brodie Kostecki actually spent time in the NASCAR scene before jumping to Supercars. He made 16 starts in the ARCA East Series, then the K&N Pro Series East, taking home 4 top 10s and 2 poles. He had an okay career here, but he later jumped to Supercars.
He jumped back into NASCAR in 2023 for a one-off race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. He qualified well, in 11th, but the race was not as kind to him as he dropped back to 22nd.
| Series | Starts | Wins | Top-5s | Top-10s | Avg. Finish | Laps Led |
| Trucks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.5 | 0 |
Cam Waters will make his Cup Series debut at Sonoma in June for RFK Racing. This will not be Waters’ first NASCAR rodeo, as he made 2 Truck Series starts this season for ThorSport.
In those races, Waters got a taste of what NASCAR racing is all about. He even got into a shouting match with Layne Riggs after the race at Kansas. His finishes have been rough, however, with a 30th-place effort at Martinsville and a 19th-place run at Kansas.
Supercars drivers come to NASCAR and have varying levels of success. Having them in NASCAR will be a trend for a while.
Following comments about Carson Hocevar on his podcast Actions Detrimental, NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin made an interesting comparison of Hocevar in a social media post late Monday night.
This past weekend, EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta offered fans another classic race weekend full of solid racing and an exciting finish.
While the sport itself had a great weekend, the attention of the NASCAR community was lasered in on one driver, Carson Hocevar, whose aggressive driving, while nothing new, always seems to catch the attention of his peers.
This week, the key incident involving Hocevar was a wreck involving Christopher Bell during an overtime restart, in which Hocevar attempted to shoot for a gap between Bell and race leader Bubba Wallace.
While Hocevar was gunning for the lead, many commenters, such as FOX Sports analyst Kevin Harvick, said the young Spire Motorsports driver had “nowhere to go.”
Much like anything involving Hocevar, there has been a somewhat mixed reaction to this crash, with some praising his unapologetic style of racing and others, such as Bell’s Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Denny Hamlin, disapproving of this decision.
During the latest episode of his podcast Actions Detrimental, Hamlin called the situation “tough to watch,” saying that while the media loves Hocevar’s somewhat brash on-track style, as a competitor, he knows that Spire Motorsports driver’s actions will come back to bite him.
“It’s going to come back around. He’ll be in a position where he thinks he’s about to win, and then someone will decide that he’s not going to, and that’s gonna suck.” — Denny Hamlin
Following this episode, in which Hamlin also said Hocevar lacks the “craftsmanship” needed to win races, “beyond just having a fast car,” fans reacted to Hamlin’s take after Dirty Mo Media uploaded the clip on X.
In response, one user responded by comparing Hocevar’s competitiveness to a changing of the guard, saying, “Same old story, old dog doesn’t like puppy.” Hamlin, the proverbial old dog in this case, using this same symbolism, responded to this fan saying:
“Puppies are great, but if they shit in your bed you gonna just lay in it? Or teach the puppy where to properly take a dump?” — Denny Hamlin via X
The fan reaction to Hamlin’s comment ranged from praise to support for Hocevar, and even questions of past on-track actions made by the future Hall of Famer.
Of course, this comment, paired with the latest episode of Actions Detrimental, paints a broader picture of how Hamlin sees this lesson playing out for Hocevar.
Hamlin said on the podcast that he understands that this is just how Hocevar races, but that style will come with consequences, as the former Rookie of the Year is never going to get a break from the rest of the Cup Series garage.
“You’re just never gonna get anyone to give you a break when you clearly won’t give anyone else a break,” Hamlin said. “His style is his style, and he’s free to be whoever he wants to be.”
Nonetheless, it doesn’t seem that Hocevar has reached a point where Hamlin feels a need to take action into his own hands, with the veteran driver adding, “I don’t think we’re gonna do anything about it. I think you gotta just let it play itself out over time.”
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Road course racing is back, and with the NASCAR Cup Series at Circuit of the Americas up next, it’s the perfect time for a special conversation. Josh Bilicki joins the show to talk COTA prep, a new season with SS-Green Light Racing, why he loves the O’Reilly cars, and his new partnership with Mando.
From winning a recent endurance race at COTA to breaking down the challenge of managing brakes and tires in the O’Reilly car, Josh offers insight into why road courses are such an opportunity for drivers like him. It’s a great look at the grind smaller teams embrace every week and how preparation can make the difference.
Huge thanks to Mando for supporting Josh and the show this season. Don’t just mask it, Mando it. Available at Walmart and Target.
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From instant classic finishes to all three national series delivering intensity, the new configuration has built a reputation quickly. What once looked like a risky overreach now feels like a bold move that paid off in a big way. The bigger debate might be what happens next. If the surface keeps wearing and the style evolves again, Atlanta could shift yet another time. For now, though, this track has gone from controversy to cornerstone.
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