Carson Hocevar Exposes the Real Reason Behind Bowman Gray NASCAR Clash Chaos

Spire Motorsports’ Carson Hocevar shared his thoughts on why racers were pretty aggressive during the Clash at Bowman Gray.

Carson Hocevar Exposes the Real Reason Behind Bowman Gray NASCAR Clash Chaos

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The NASCAR Cup Series unofficial season opener at the Bowman Gray Stadium was a wild event for many reasons. Rain and snowstorm delayed the race for multiple days and once the race started, aggressive moves from the racers alongside some questionable officiating made the day much more controversial.

Spire Motorsports’ Carson Hocevar, who is infamous for his aggression, was in the midst of some of the wild moments. After the race, he talked about the incidents and shared his thoughts on it. The No:77 Chevy driver pointed out that everyone was on their toes because driving aggressive was the only way to not to finish last once the rain settled and it started to snow again.

I don’t know if some of you saw it, but it would almost be faster to grind against somebody and then literally just throttle around and use them as a cushion. The cars allow it, the dry lane allows it, so it just becomes difficult, like you just have to do it. Otherwise, you’re going to run last, and you kind of want to go forward.

Carson Hocevar said via John Newby.

Most drivers lost their handle in the wet conditions despite the Goodyear wet tires, due to the wild weather condition. The things changed a bit, once the track dried a bit and the racers became comfortable with the cars towards the end of the race.

So, um, yeah, I think that’s where it really lost the handle. There was shockingly more grip than I thought in the first part of the wet, and we were all trying to race our race cars, but once it started becoming dry, you could really get, you know, comfortable.

Carson Hocevar added.

Carson Hocevar is confident after Spire’s performance at Bowman Gray

Later talking about the media, Hocevar talked about his team’s performance in the race that saw them have a solid start before getting caught in messy situation and finish at the back. Evereyone was on their A-game despite it being just an exhibition race.  

Carson Hocevar
Carson Hocevar (Via @CarsonHocevar/X)

Yeah, I mean, it’s a cup race, even though it’s not points, and even though it’s the size of a smaller than a Chili’s. We’re listening to small, almost a restaurant, right, so it’s really short. But still a cup race. Everybody went to the DIL and brought their haulers and unloaded their cars and prepped as if it a points race, so it’s not any different.

Carson Hocevar said.

Furthermore, he pointed out that the race showed his team is making good progress and also showed the things they could work on improving some significant aspect of the team. He expects his team to only trend upwards and be more productive in 2026.

I think for us to unload really fast last year and for us to unload better, I think more so gives us a sign that we can improve on our speed more than like ‘Okay, we’re like with the big three, we got them. Like, I think it just shows we can improve from last year to this year. And hopefully that trend can continue. I think that’s where you’ll see it more.

Carson Hocevar added.

This confidence in his team might be main reason he signed a contract extension with the team that will saw him remain at Spire till the next decade. It shows both the team and racer have a lot of expectations for the coming years, starting with winning their maiden race together.

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