Carson Hocevar will attempt to “spherical the perimeters off” after clashing with rivals

As many of the storage appears to be like ahead to Michigan, for some, ideas stay centered on a controversial incident at Nashville when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. went spinning off the nostril of Carson Hocevar, struggling his first DNF of the season.

Stenhouse was clearly annoyed as he was contained in the provisional playoff grid on factors earlier than the wreck. For many drivers, this subject would not increase many eyebrows, however Hocevar has been ruffling feathers all through the 2025 season. At Nashville, he went on to complete second, knocking on the door of his first NASCAR Cup Sequence victory.

Holding the velocity whereas smoothing out the perimeters

On SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, Jeff Dickerson, who co-owns Hocevar’s No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, supplied some perception into the problem. 

“Behind the wheel, he is doing every thing that we have requested of him,” stated Dickerson.

“I do not wish to sluggish him down. I imply, we will not sluggish him down. We really feel like the entire collection has sort of checked out us for a number of years and been like, ‘what the hell are these guys doing over at Spire?’ Effectively, now we’re up there. So why would I wish to sluggish that down?”

With that being stated, Dickerson admitted that there are some issues Hocevar can clear up behind the wheel, saying, “There are some issues l’d like him to — possibly spherical out a few the perimeters. However I do not wish to sluggish him down. I do not need him operating into the #47 [Stenhouse] there. I need them to chop him a break and let him again in and, you understand, sort of present that maturity. However while you take a look at it, you are similar to, man. I imply, he would not have a ton of laps, you understand, nonetheless within the Cup automobile. Over time, he’ll be taught to — he is bought to get his nostril out of there, not as a result of it was one thing that he did ‘incorrect.’ It was simply, why exit of your strategy to make an enemy that you simply need not?”

Dickerson went on to reward Stenhouse and the work Hyak Motorsports have executed this yr as a single-car effort, calling the motive force of the #47 a “good good friend.”

Hocevar talks about discovering the proper stability

Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

Picture by: David Jensen / Getty Photographs

Contemporary off of profitable the Cash within the Financial institution 150 tremendous late mannequin race, Hocevar joined SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on Wednesday, echoing the feedback of his staff boss.

“I take a look at Jeff [Dickerson] for not simply race automobile recommendation, however, like, life recommendation and every thing else in between,” stated Hocevar. “So, like, he is lived it. And he stated so many instances, I feel he stated on the DBC [Door Bumper Clear podcast], ‘you possibly can determine it out in your timeline, or my timeline, and l’d love to do my timeline, as a result of I feel it should be faster.’ So yeah, we glance, we have executed it lots.  We work lots. Me, Tyler Inexperienced [spotter] and Luke Lambert [crew chief], we all the time sit down. We undergo a lot stuff.

“They provide me all each information they’ll discover, and we work nonstop about simply our communication, how we will get higher, how we will race others, how we will race ourselves, teammates, every thing, proper?

Hocevar says a number of “large individuals within the sport” have reached out to him to assist the 22-year-old on his journey. He repeated what Dickerson stated about wanting to maintain the identical degree of efficiency with out angering as many individuals.

“We do not wish to change … you do not wish to change. And you understand, lose our edge. However, as Jeff had instructed me a number of instances, let’s simply spherical the perimeters off and have much less moments of that and extra moments of passing the opposite 25 vehicles with out hitting them.”

NASCAR now heads to Michigan — Hocevar’s dwelling monitor. He might be competing in each the Truck and Cup Sequence races with Spire Motorsports.