Carson Hocevar received within the NASCAR Truck Sequence 4 occasions in 2023. He graduated to the Cup Sequence the next yr and has been racing full-time there since.
He bought behind the wheel of a truck for the primary time since his promotion final week at Texas Motor Speedway and was unable to recapture that profitable feeling, ending seventeenth.
On Saturday at Kansas Speedway, the 22-year-old driver jumped into the No. 7 truck and was dominant, ending fourth within the first stage, profitable the second and main a race-high 75 laps. Regardless of that dominance, there was uncertainty on who the race winner could be up till the checkered flag waved.
Carson Hocevar wins the NASCAR Truck Sequence race at Kansas Speedway.Jamie Squire/Getty Pictures
That’s as a result of Layne Riggs, who began seventh on the race’s remaining restart with 21 laps remaining, made an enormous cost by way of the sector and caught as much as the Spire truck because the pair crossed the start-finish line for the ultimate white flag lap.
Going into Flip 1, the No. 34 driver bought into the left rear of the No. 7, which began getting sideways earlier than contact with the skin wall straightened the truck. Extremely, the Entrance Row truck skilled an analogous slide and speak to with the wall additionally saved him straight. However the momentum was gone.
.@CarsonHocevar flipped the chook as he received the @NASCAR_Trucks race at @kansasspeedway and @LayneRiggs99 referred to as him out for it after the race. pic.twitter.com/fY4IASJPV5
— Kyle Dalton (@kdsportswriter) May 11, 2025
Happening the backstretch, Hocevar maintained the lead and popping out of Flip 4 with Riggs proper behind him caught his center finger out the window as he crossed the end line for the win.
Hocevar didn’t point out the hand gesture in his post-race interview. Riggs did.
“Final lap, I bought to him just a little bit, we each hit the wall,” Riggs stated. “He received the race. I feel he was mad at me. I feel he flipped me off all the way in which down the entrance stretch coming to the checkered. How may you be mad once you win the race, proper? Nevertheless it’s all good.”
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