Carson Hocevar Is Set To Make His First Cup Start At Dover Motor Speedway On Sunday
8 months agoWhen Carson Hocevar starts 20th in Sunday's Wurth 400 at Dover Motor Speedway, it will be just the second time the 21-year-old races on "The Monster Mile" in any of NASCAR's three major series. With no Cup or Xfinity starts, the only track history that we have to go off of is a 2020 Truck Series start in which he finished 12th place. Given the chaos of the 2020 season, which had no qualifying or practice following the pandemic, it is very difficult to take too much away from that data. Because of his limited experience here, his practice performance becomes more important than usual as it is the only relevant track data that we have to go on. In Saturday's practice, Hocevar was on track for just 15 laps and recorded just the 23rd fastest practice time (22.894) of the day. For a driver with such limited experience on this track to take so few practice laps is puzzling, particularly given that the laps he did post were unimpressive. While last week's 17th-place finish serves as a reminder that there are big things in store for the Spire Motorsports rookie, his limited track history and lackluster practice results suggest that we should not expect to see those big things on Sunday at Dover.
Source: Racing-Reference.info
Source: Racing-Reference.info