(Video) Ryan Blaney brands Carson Hocevar “a moron” over Atlanta antics

2023 Cup champion Ryan Blaney didn’t hesitate to call out Carson Hocevar for the wild racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

(Video) Ryan Blaney brands Carson Hocevar “a moron” over Atlanta antics

Ryan Blaney and Carson Hocevar (Via IMAGO and @FoxSports/X)

Spire Motorsports’ Carson Hocevar is infamous for his over aggressive and risk-taking racing style that not everyone in the garage appreciates. Since his debut 2023, veteran racers have been critical of his actions on the track and on Sunday at Atlanta, he made moves that’s attracted more severe criticism. The Chevy driver created the most chaos in the already wild Atlanta race.

In the third stage of the race, Carson Hocevar was racing upfront in the top 10 behind Ryan Blaney. On lap 234, he made contact with the No:12 Ford from behind and spun him around. The 2023 was able to save the can and avoid a big wreck but was furious with the No:77 Chevy racer. He had a heated conversation with his spotter Tim Fedewa after the spin.

Blaney: I told you, Timmy. The 77 [Hocevar]. Absolute Weapon.
Fedewa: I know, man. I don’t know what we can do about it. F***, we’ve got to race.

Ryan Blaney and Tim Fedewa on Team Radio.

Further talking on the radio, Blaney called Hocevar a moron and declared that the youngsters is clueless regrading where to bump racers. The veteran feels Carson Hocevar was racing without an idea the whole race.

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He’s just a moron. He just runs right into the back of you. Has zero idea of where to bump somebody, where not to, he’s swiping across my bumper as he’s doing it. He just has no idea the whole race.

Ryan Blaney said.

Carson Hocevar breaks silence on the harsh words from the veterans

In his post-race interview, after being confronted by Ryan Blaney and later his mentor Ross Chastain, Hocevar talked to the media. He admitted that though there are some things he needs to clean up about his racing, he isn’t taking all the responsibility for the chaos.

Carson Hocevar
Carson Hocevar (via The Daily Downforce)

I normally ride in the back, and it was trying to get a good, decent finish and for how bad we were at Daytona. … There’s some stuff I gotta clean up a little bit, but I feel like we put ourselves in the perfect opportunity to try to win a race. I’ve never had that opportunity really before — especially on a superspeedway.

Carson Hocevar said.

The comment from the youngster shows he won’t be making any significant changes about his racing style anytime soon and the veteran might get caught up in more incident that features him in the future. But the senior racers alongside Spire should show pertinence and take initiates to help him find his true potential.