Carson S. Hocevar (born January 28, 2003) is an American professional dirt track and stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the

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, driving the No. 42

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for

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. He has also competed in the

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and

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in the past.

Racing career

Early career

Hocevar began competing in quarter midgets at the age of 7, winning 79 feature races and 15 national championships. He started racing at

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in 2015 as a 12 year old and won the track's Outlaw Late Model championship. He won his first Super Late Model race at the track in 2016, but NASCAR stopped all drivers under 14 from competing from sanctioned tracks. Hocevar returned in 2017 and won the track's Super Late Model championship.

ARCA Menards Series

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Hocevar competed in 11

races between 2018 and 2019, with 9 top ten finishes and 2 pole positions. In 2019, he joined the Driver's Edge Development Program.

NASCAR Truck Series

Hocevar made his

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debut in the 2019 Eldora Dirt Derby driving the No. 3

for

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. He qualified for the main event by finishing third in the third qualifying race. He returned to the series in November at the

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, driving a No. 56 for JAR in a partnership with

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. On December 20, 2019, Hocevar joined

for a nine-race schedule in 2020. On September 24, 2020, Hocevar and Niece announced a full-season schedule in 2021. During the season, Hocevar would have a very successful rookie season nearly winning multiple races. He finished second at Charlotte and fourth at Las Vegas. He re-signed with Niece in 2022 and led the most laps of the Spring Vegas race until he was turned with 36 to go. On June 4, 2022, Hocevar broke his right

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at the ankle during the final lap of the Gateway race when his truck was t-boned by Tyler Hill. He underwent surgery prior to the Sonoma race. Hocevar took the pole position before wrecking in turn 10. On lap 11, he was relieved by

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, who took the No. 42 to a sixth place finish.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Craftsman Truck Series

ARCA Menards Series

(

) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series West

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

References

External links

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