What’s Happening
Carson Hocevar brought out the caution on lap 8 for a brake failure and spun into the gravel pit in turn 11 at COTA. He then pulled his No. 42 Chevrolet behind the wall after breaking an axle trying to get out of the gravel. In the Xfinity Series he brought out the caution on lap 7 for his car stalling just before turn 1. Later reports stated that Hocevar had no gears.
- Hocevar was one of 5 truck series regulars with having top 10 finishes in both races at COTA.
- He only completed a total of 15 laps in his double header today.
- Carson Hocevar finishes in 34th place in the Craftsman truck race and 38th in the Xfinity race.
Hocevar loses his brakes and then gets stuck in the gravel pit bringing out the caution on lap 8 in the Craftsman Truck Series race.
Caution is out for the No. 42. pic.twitter.com/p2DLgYrq8n
— NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Trucks (@NASCAR_Trucks) March 25, 2023
Carson Hocevar’s No. 07 is stalled just before turn 1 at COTA in the Xfinity race.
https://t.co/5XVhACZQ6a pic.twitter.com/jT8knCm3P6
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) March 25, 2023
The Main Characters
Carson shares with us the mechanical problems that he suffered during the race that eventually put him behind the wall.
Lost brakes and tried to spin to avoid contact with the wall and get to pit road to fix the brakes. Broke an axel that won’t allow us to continue.. major bummer. Guys were thrashing to get back out, but just possible. No doubt in this team, had speed all week. pic.twitter.com/8Dv1cOmjO3
— Carson Hocevar (@CarsonHocevar) March 25, 2023
Niece Motorsports had highs and lows at COTA with a top 5 for Ross Chastain and Carson Hocevar out with a 34th place finish.
Fighting adversity was the theme of the day for our teams. @RossChastain – P5@lawlessalan25 – P17@CarsonHocevar – P34 pic.twitter.com/v4S5WYVZ7K
— Niece Motorsports (@NieceMotorsport) March 25, 2023
In The Stands
Alex responds to Bob Pockrass and expected to see a bit more out of the driver of the No. 42.
I thought this guy was supposed to be good lol
— Alex (@alex_dockery97) March 25, 2023
Talha is not thrilled seeing Hocevar throw rocks from the gravel pit.
Being a hocevar fan is pain
— Talha🇨🇦🇵🇰 (@Talha48142) March 25, 2023
Alex Ahlbrand tweets Carson a little confidence boost and believes that the good luck is coming.

Many fans are cheering him on to save his energy for the Xfinity race immediately following his truck outing.


Joe expresses his feelings on Hocevar, despite some of the problems being out of his control.
Carson Hocevar is out? He’s gotta be the most overrated young driver. #NASCAR75
— Joe (@goatlowski) March 25, 2023
Jeremy Bush sad to hear about Hocevar’s bad luck carrying over to the Xfinity race.
Another sad tweet. https://t.co/92ugwCeROm
— Jeremy Bush (@bushwacker_248) March 25, 2023
From The Press
Matt Weaver shares some of the radio communications on the mechanical issues that Carson was dealing with just before he spun.
"Theyre only beating you in 9 and 10. They stay further to the right in 9 and that helps them in 10."
— Matt Weaver (@MattWeaverRA) March 25, 2023
"Have power steering fluid ready. That's what I'm fighting."
"Brake pedal to the floor."
Carson Hocevar updates in P5
Dustin Albino shows Hocevar’s team putting more fluids into his truck during a pit stop. During the Xfinity Series race Dustin lets us know that Carson had no gears when he stalled going up the hill towards turn one.
Carson Hocevar's team went under the hood during his pit stop to put more fluids in the truck. pic.twitter.com/vqc7UsUGwv
— Dustin Albino (@DustinAlbino) March 25, 2023
Caution is out for Carson Hocevar parked in Stage 1. Says he has no gears.#NASCAR
— Dustin Albino (@DustinAlbino) March 25, 2023
Stephan Stumpf got confirmation the brake pedal went to the floor during his spin.
Carson Hocevar’s truck behind the wall. Reported that the brake pedal went to the floor in his spin.#NASCAR #XPEL225 pic.twitter.com/JdG3ffnyEy
— Stephen Stumpf (@stephen_stumpf) March 25, 2023
Matthew Breault gives us some stats on Carson Hocevar’s day at COTA.
I believe Carson Hocevar ran a total of 15 laps during both the Craftsman Truck Series Race (8) and the Xfinity Series Race (7).
— Matthew Breault (@MatthewBreault7) March 25, 2023
His 15 laps completed in Two* races definitely has to be the least amount of laps we’ve seemed completed by a double-duty driver in quite a while.…