“He Just Annihilates Everybody!” Carson Hocevar’s Admits His Aggressive Racing Style Is Inspired from Ross Chastain

Spire Motorsports’ Carson Hocevar is one of the most divisive figures in the current garage, who earned the infamous persona owing to his aggressive arcing style. Since his debut race he has been one of the no-nonsense guys on the track and doesn’t hesitate to rattle some cages. After all he learned it from one of the best in Ross Chastain.

Trackhouse Racing’s star driver Ross Chastain has been one of the most aggressive Cup racers till Carson Hocevar showed. They were teammates at Niece Motorsports, when the latter was just a rookie and the No:1 Chevy Cup driver acted as a mentor to him. The duo still has good relationship, and races in a pretty similar fashion, though the veteran is more matured at the moment.

It was his maiden Martinsville Truck Series race that inspired a young Carson Hocevar to don’t take bull shit from other drivers. He got backed into the wall earlier in the race and was spun out a second time after he fought his way back into the top-5. The youngster was furious regarding how unfair the situation was for him.

I studied Ross when I was, because we were at Niece. My first time at Martinsville, I got on the front row, spun me out. First corner. Just backed me right in the fence, got back up to fifth, spun me out again.

Carson Hocevar said via Dale Jr. Download podcast.

At the same time, in the other side of his team’s garage, Ross Chastain was having a solid day and the rivals were not messing with him. He realized this was because of the fact that Chastain didn’t hesitate annihilate his rivals’ cars, when they try to race his aggressively. That’s when he realized he will no longer be the victim on the track.

And I left that race track saying, ‘I will never, I’m not going to be the f***ing guy that gets beat around. Especially when I have Ross in the shop, I’m like, ‘He just annihilates everybody. They never give it back to him. They don’t do anything.

Carson Hocevar added.

Carson Hocevar admits he races in autopilot mode most often

In the same conversation, Carson Hocevar explained how he approaches racing and how much he thinks before making the aggressive moves. He admitted that he often goes with the flow and it in auto-piolet mode. It’s both a curse and blessing at the same time.

Yeah, I mean, I mean, I’m 22 now, right? I’ve raced for a long time. I think the biggest thing for me is like I realize that there are certain things you just can’t change. You’re instinctly [sic] – you know, when I race, I don’t, s**t, I don’t half the time, know what I’m doing. It’s just autopilot.

Carson Hocevar said.

Talking about the Chicago Street race from Sunday, he admitted that he could have produced a better qualifying run and qualified close to SVG than the P3 he secured, if he had approached the corner he was most concerned about like he usually do, in auto piolet.

You know, when I ran Chicago last week, we were qualifying and we qualified third, but we actually should have qualified a tenth off SVG. Actually, the only corner I remember and like thought of just like, I had a thought of how I’m going to approach this corner, I lost four and a half tenths. I completely f***ed it up.

Carson Hocevar added.

The comments from young racer shows he makes mistake when he thinks too much or makes too many plans during the race. He is one of the few natural talents in the sports history capable of going with the flow and run the race naturally.

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