Carson Hocevar Won First Pole, but Pit Crew Might Hold Him Back
Source: Racing Reference

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May 4, 2025
Carson Hocevar earned his first pole position for today's Würth 400 at Texas in his 56th career start. Given the speed he has shown and Spire Motorsports' improved qualifying performance, a pole was probably inevitable at some point, but how will he do in the race? Hocevar earned his first top ten in the Cup Series in last year's race and he has already won here in the Craftsman Truck Series (albeit after roughing Nick Sanchez up after Sanchez had led more than the regulation distance). Hocevar's crew chief Luke Lambert also won here in the Xfinity Series with Noah Gragson, so maybe this shouldn't have come as so much of a surprise. Hocevar proved at Bristol that he was good at maintaining his position in a race where it was nearly impossible to pass, but his botched pit stop at Bristol points to what might hold him back here as well. Hocevar is probably an inevitable winner and it could happen today, but more likely he'll lose too many positions to be valuable for DFS.--Sean Wrona - RotoBaller
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