Carson Hocevar Looks to Clinch Rookie of the Year Award
2 months agoCarson Hocevar has a chance to wrap up the Rookie of the Year award in today's Homestead race as he leads his fellow rookie Josh Berry by 99 points. If he leaves with a 121-point lead after Homestead, Berry can't catch him. He probably won't clinch the award today, but since the Spire Motorsports cars do seem to be picking up speed on intermediates while the Stewart-Haas Racing cars seem to be dreadfully slow on them, he will probably very nearly do so. Hocevar, who qualified 15th at Homestead, has never started a NASCAR Cup Series race there before but did win last year's Craftsman Truck Series race and he is proving to be an exceptionally fast learner while the Spire cars seem to have generally picked up speed throughout the season. Despite his lack of Cup Series experience, Hocevar is a good dark horse candidate for a top ten.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference