Carson Hocevar Wrecks Corey Heim

What’s Happening?

Carson Hocevar wrecked his Championship rival and Championship favorite Corey Heim with 31 laps to go at Phoenix. Heim passed Hocevar a lap prior, but Hocevar bumped Heim just enough in turn one to take the spot. The move was for the top spot amongst the Championship contenders.

COREY HEIM GOES AROUND AFTER A BUMP FROM CARSON HOCEVAR. 👀 #Championship4 https://t.co/pH6caLPYLX pic.twitter.com/7D6kI92H1j

— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) November 4, 2023

You Need to Know:

• Hocevar and Heim were on differing pit strategies before this move happened. Heim pitted under the stage break between stage two and three, and Hocevar pitted near the end of stage two.
• Hocevar and Heim do not have a history, but this is not the first time Hocevar has made a controversial move at the end of a race. He spun out Nick Sanchez from the lead at Texas in what would turn out to be Hocevar’s first win.
• Social media had a field day with this move. Many in the industry and fans themselves made their comments, with the blame basically universally landing on Hocevar.

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On Your Screen

BrakeHard was not buying Hocevar’s excuse.

“I thought he was going to take a bigger arc” – Hocevar

Buddy you dove in three lanes lower and dumped him.

— BrakeHard (@BrakeHardBlog) November 4, 2023

Big oof indeed Eric.

OOF https://t.co/shmz4tBbab

— Eric Estepp (@EricEstepp17) November 4, 2023

David Land saw it coming.

Idk I kinda saw that coming for like two laps lol #Trucks

— David Land™❌ (@DLand91) November 4, 2023

JettMDK says there is no way that was an accidental wreck.

Someone give Carson an Oscar trying to make it seem like it was accidental, that dude kept ramming him for multiple times

— Jett Kraus (@JettMDK) November 4, 2023

Around the Garage

Tyler Reddick was quite critical of Hocevar.

This dumbass will never learn.

— Tyler Reddick (@TylerReddick) November 4, 2023

Indeed Brett Moffitt

Unbelievable.

— Brett Moffitt (@Brett_Moffitt) November 4, 2023

TRICON with a great Twitter response.

You’re not going to ruin our race, are you? pic.twitter.com/p0iAYcsftN

— TRICON (@TRICONGarage) November 4, 2023

Indeed Daniel Hemric

😳😳🥴#Championship4 @NASCAR_Trucks

— Daniel Hemric (@DanielHemric) November 4, 2023

It was a crazy incident Kyle Weatherman, a crazy incident indeed.

Wow… what was that….

— Kyle Weatherman (@KyleWeatherman) November 4, 2023

A perfect way to describe it Ryan Vargas.

the race tonight: pic.twitter.com/X5TZ5m0XGv

— Ryan Vargas (@RyanVargas_23) November 4, 2023

In the Stands

JasonCarter does not believe Hocevar did that by accident.

Carson playing to the camera… That was 100 on purpose! #NASCAR#Championship4

— 𝙅𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧  (@jasoncarterTR) November 4, 2023

Keith Sherman with a Jim Carey gif to depict Hocevar’s move of Heim.

Hocevar in the car after divebombing Heim pic.twitter.com/AZO8uOZ5wA

— Keith Sherman (@Shermanator_15) November 4, 2023

Jordan McGraw says this is just Hocevar being Hocevar.

lol, Hocevar gonna Hocevar

— Jordan McGraw 🌵 (@JordanTMcGraw) November 4, 2023

It’s not over yet Nathan.

Bro that’s terrible. Heim was absolutely the best driver all year and he gets destroyed on something like that.

— Nathan (@b1gnate_11) November 4, 2023

From the Pressbox

Jordan Bianchi lets everyone know what Heim had to say.

"(Hocevar) ain't getting out of here tonight, I promise you that."

Corey Heim

— Jordan Bianchi (@Jordan_Bianchi) November 4, 2023

Oh boy, this race just got very dramatic. Can Heim make the comeback of ages to win the Championship? He has fresher tires than many in the field, and he has time.