Hocevar and Riggs had a hard-fought battle on that ultimate lap at Kansas. At one level, Riggs acquired into the left rear of Hocevar, almost sending him spinning. Hocevar saved it and beat Riggs again to the beginning/end line to safe his fifth-career Vans victory.
Whereas Riggs talked about the center finger post-race, he didn’t appear too bothered by it. However Hocevar nonetheless needed to speak about it when he went to the media middle after his celebration in Victory Lane.
“It was considerably pleasant, proper? It was simply variety … yeah, I don’t, I don’t keep in mind what I actually did to be sincere,” Hocevar mentioned, through Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports activities. “No, if something, I simply needed to remind him, actually, of identical to, hey, I nonetheless received, I assume. I don’t know. However on the finish of the day, he did a very good job.
“He’s tremendous, tremendous gifted. That group constructed a very quick truck. I keep in mind watching Zane [Smith] go on to win in opposition to us in that truck. It’s all hurt, no foul, and I’m certain my chook is actual small to simply hit and get in touch with. So, it’s all pleasant, and after I see him, I’m certain we’ll snort about it.”
NASCAR insider praises Carson Hocevar’s character after Truck Collection theatrics at Kansas
The 22-year-old Hocevar continues to ruffle the feathers of many within the storage. Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic believes he’s good for the game, he mentioned on “The Teardown” podcast.
“It’s what you want. You possibly can’t sit right here and say NASCAR doesn’t have personalities and it doesn’t have younger drivers who’re prepared to do this stuff, after which you have got a younger driver who’s doing the entire issues that you just’re wanting, and then you definitely flip round and say, ‘Oh nicely, not that. No, no, no, no.’ It’s like, he’s what you need,” Bianchi mentioned.
“Now, it’s a must to proceed to again it up on the racetrack, and it’s a must to be prepared to simply accept a few of the backlash you’re going to inevitably get. However yeah, he’s good for the game. If he can begin to string collectively constant outcomes and possibly get into Victory Lane on the Cup aspect, that’s going to be an excellent factor for the game.”
