Carson Hocevar Quickest For Spire But Starts 25th Sunday
8 months agoCarson Hocevar was the fastest qualifier of the three Spire Motorsports drivers for Sunday's Cook Out 400 at Martinsville. However, he will be starting one position behind his teammate Zane Smith because Smith finished higher in his qualifying group. Hocevar had an extremely mediocre run at Martinsville last year, finishing 31st four laps down and ranked a miserable 34th in driver rating. When you further consider that he had a speed percentile lower than 30% at both Bristol and Richmond, it seems like it'll still take more time for Hocevar to figure out this track. He's young enough that he could suddenly have a good run at Martinsville. However, Hocevar could again slide in terms of place differential.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference