Carson Hocevar has officially gotten into the heads of his fellow NASCAR Cup Series drivers, and if you ask 2014 Cup champion Kevin Harvick, talking isn’t going to change a single thing. He laid it all out on his podcast, Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, reacting to the absolute chaos after the Bristol Night Race on September 19. It’s clear Hocevar is making waves, and not everyone is thrilled about it.
Bristol Exploded, Then Harvick Dropped the Truth Bomb
The Bristol Night Race ended with an absolute firestorm on pit road. Hocevar and Ryan Blaney were trading punches after Hocevar’s No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet sent Blaney’s No. 12 Team Penske Ford into the wall with just 43 laps left. As if that wasn’t enough, Ryan Preece and Josh Berry were then caught on video exchanging words with Hocevar right after the whole Blaney incident. NASCAR even posted the video on X the next day. The best part? NASCAR CEO Steve O’Donnell confirmed on Harvick’s podcast that neither driver would face any penalties. Harvick, who retired from full-time racing in 2023, didn’t mince words about the situation. He said the scene on pit road showed “how much Hocevar is in everybody’s heads.” According to Harvick, chirping from the wall “isn’t gonna move the needle.” If you want Hocevar’s respect, Harvick’s message is clear: “you’re going to have to wreck him.” That’s a pretty wild take, but it tells you everything about the intensity out there.
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Hocevar’s antics seem to be a pattern, too. Before Bristol, he had a run-in with Brad Keselowski at Darlington on September 6. Both of Hocevar’s latest incidents involved Ford drivers, with Keselowski co-owning Preece’s RFK Racing team and Berry driving the No. 21 Ford for Wood Brothers Racing. Josh Berry, for his part, gave his own wild account of the Bristol showdown on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. He said he was just chilling on the wall, waiting for TV interviews, when Preece showed up “a little animated.” Berry admitted, “Me and Carson didn’t run into each other or anything. I was just kind of just standing there watching it and, kind of truthfully, just egging it on a little bit.” He said he wasn’t even upset with Hocevar, just “trying to add a little fuel onto the fire cause it was a pretty entertaining 10 or 15 minutes.” Preece was less chatty on Door Bumper Clear, but did recall saying to Hocevar, “do you think your car insurance knows what yo.”
This kind of drama is exactly what makes racing incredible. With Hocevar clearly getting under everyone’s skin, and legends like Harvick dropping such blunt advice, you just know the next time these guys hit the track, everyone will be watching Carson Hocevar’s No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet like a hawk. You gotta wonder who’s going to take Harvick’s advice first.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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