Kevin Harvick Declares Carson Hocevar Lacks “All the Common Sense” to Deal with Run-Ins

NASCAR veteran Kevin Harvick has some major criticism about Carson Hocevar as the drama over his aggressive racing continues.

Kevin Harvick Declares Carson Hocevar Lacks “All the Common Sense” to Deal with Run-Ins

Kevin Harvick and Carson Hocevar (Via IMAGO)

Carson Hocevar is currently the problem child of NASCAR. He is getting criticized from left and right due to his over aggressive racing. The cold comments from the driver on the situation on media and well online, attracts more issues. Now 2014 Cup champion Kevin Harvick, who has been a big supporter of the youngster, has made some serious comments about the racer.

Last Sunday at Mexico City, Carson Hocevar was involved in another incident that saw him spin out Ricky Stenhouse Jr., while racing a lap down, resulting a heated post-race confrontation. Talking about all these drama on his podcast, Kevin Harvick asserted that there have been multiple one-way street incidents from the Spire driver and the Hyak Motorsports is drivers seems to have had enough.

It’s been a pretty one-way street as far as these incidents are working out. That means Hocevar into the bumper of Stenhouse, and I think Ricky had had enough. Hocevar was a lap down and that’s really the part Carson has to get better at.

Kevin Harvick said via Happy Hour podcast.

The veteran asserted that the No:77 Chevy driver currently lacks some common sense, regarding how to race the rivals. He warned the youngster that Stenhouse Jr. might wreck him one day when he is close to winning a race, in retaliation for the multiple run-ins they have been part of so far in the 2025 Cup season.

He has to have some common sense about the scenarios he’s dealing with because it’s going to be a day he’s leading the race and going to lap Stenhouse, and Stenhouse is going to wipe his ass out. That’s how these things work.

Kevin Harvick added.

Further talking about the point, the ex-RCR driver boldly stated that Carson Hocevar has the raw speed, which many in the garage can’t match, but doesn’t have the common sense on how to deal with run-ins into situation like the Mexico City crash. To win races, the drivers have to be rational and calculated when taking risks.

Carson’s got the speed, he just doesn’t have all the common sense that goes with dealing with on-track scenarios like this and not getting himself into them.

Kevin Harvick asserted.

Kevin Harvick warns Carson Hocevar about NASCAR politics

In the same conversation, Kevin Harvick exposed the politics of the NASCAR garage among drivers and the team. The drivers will get handled by the rest of the grid, if they continue to overlook the situation and disregard the respect part of racing.

Kevin Harvick and Carson Hocevar
Kevin Harvick and Carson Hocevar (Via Motorsports.com and IMAGO)

You have to play the politics of Cup racing. You can say you don’t care about it, but it will handle itself if you don’t care about it.

Kevin Harvick said.

Further talking about the point, Harvick admitted that there is lot for Hocevar to learn and figure out how to handle the situation. The youngster has to find the balance between when to drive fast and when to remain calm during the events.

He definitely hasn’t figured that out yet. I don’t know if he’s wired to figure that part out because he’s so wired to go full steam every lap. But there is a balance. Speed and brains have to factor together to win at Cup racing.

Kevin Harvick added.

The comments from Kevin Harvick seems to be on point and something the young racer should listen to. He has to find the right balance between aggression and racing to become a NASCAR champion. It would be interesting to see how everything is going to playout for the star driver in the coming months.

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