A week after the punches, Ryan Blaney and Carson Hocevar are practically BFFs
The black eye is still there, but the anger seems to be gone. Blaney and Hocevar arrive at Kansas with an unexpected commodity: mutual respect.
The black eye is still there, but the anger seems to be gone. Blaney and Hocevar arrive at Kansas with an unexpected commodity: mutual respect.
The wreck was one thing. The fight afterward was another. Carson Hocevar made sure the rest of the NASCAR garage got the message.
Ty Gibbs and Carson Hocevar spent the closing laps beating on each other. Joey Logano waited for the smoke to clear, then drove straight to Victory Lane.
Bristol was always special to Kyle Busch. Saturday night, his family and thousands of fans made sure the legendary short track was special for him one more time.
Rain washed out Bristol qualifying, so NASCAR reached for the rule book and handed Kyle Larson the pole. After Darlington, he was more than happy to take it.
NASCAR has plenty of rules, points and spreadsheets. Carson Hocevar has a much simpler philosophy: race hard, enjoy it and don’t ignore the people who came to watch.
ake Garcia earned his first career Truck Series victory as Layne Riggs and several other Chase drivers endured a miserable night at Bristol.
Denny Hamlin hasn’t exactly set the Chase on fire, but somehow he’s still leading it. After another mediocre Sunday at Gateway, his cushion is down to six points.
Kyle Larson finally found Victory Lane, surviving two overtime restarts and a brake-rotor apocalypse that chewed through NASCAR’s Chase field at Gateway.
Ryan Blaney was eight points from the Chase lead when his brakes failed at Gateway. One trip into the wall later, his championship hopes had taken a massive hit.