Celebration Not Full: New Cup Winner Carson Hocevar Having fun with Experience

[ad_1] Texas Motor Speedway (Fort Price, Texas) — Carson Hocevar has had the perfect week.

Celebrating his first Cup victory, Hocevar loved an epic celebration Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, a group celebration that evening at sponsor Chili’s and a full week of interviews and appearances. Then he went out Friday evening 5 days later and gained the truck race at Texas Motor Speedway.

At no level has anybody at Spire Motorsports informed him it was time to cease having fun with the win and give attention to Texas.

Hocevar even tried to duplicate his Talladega celebration Friday evening by sitting on the window sill and utilizing his lengthy legs to hit the throttle and drive the truck.

"I’m not going to do the entire ordeal, ... but it surely’s so recent that I really feel like I'd have dissatisfied individuals if I did not not less than do one thing remotely to that nature," Hocevar stated in his post-race information convention.

Hocevar continued to construct on his first Cup win by capturing the pole Saturday for the Cup race Sunday at Texas. And the 23-year-old Hocevar stated he'll proceed to copy what he did at Talladega — not less than till he catches a beer thrown from the group.

Carson Hocevar received his first win in Cup at Talladega, then gained the race within the Vans Collection 5 days later.

"I have been interested by it, and I used to be like, ‘Man, I'll have to do that each time,’ and I am all in on doing it on Sundays," Hocevar stated. "I am all in till I catch no matter they throw at me, after which I am executed with it.

"As a result of it is not completed, and I feel that may simply be tremendous enjoyable. ... Throw no matter you need, I’ll be ready for it. No less than be artistic about it. Don’t line up and do a chant of 5-4-3-2-1 prefer it’s a hoop toss."

At eighth within the standings, Hocevar is aware of each level is pivotal as he tries to be as excessive in factors as attainable so he can have extra factors for when the top-16 drivers within the standings have their factors reset for the Chase after the common season.

He talked about that, regardless of all of the enjoyable he’s had this week, he has labored on Texas and is ready for the race.

"They know me properly sufficient [to know], I do not drink, in order that they don’t fear about me being hungover strolling into the monitor," Hocevar stated. "So that they have been all good there. However they know that racing means probably the most to me, and I am by no means going to throw away a race.

Hocevar adopted up his win within the Truck Collection at Texas by capturing the pole for the Cup Würth 400.

"I am tall sufficient and uncoordinated sufficient that my head cannot get too huge. In any other case, I am unable to stroll. Assume I am doing OK proper now."

By racing in vans, he had the enjoyable and freedom to make aggressive strikes and never fear about factors.

"I feel we're alleged to win this race for positive, however on the similar time, I am not going to cry myself to sleep if we do not," Hocevar stated. "I would cry myself to sleep if we do not win Sunday and assume worse of myself.

"However these truck races, I simply hope it is a actually, actually enjoyable race and I get to take pleasure in it. And if I make 1,000 strikes, I would make one fallacious, however I am simply glad I've made 1,000 strikes. ... There isn't any excuse. In case you’re a hero, it's best to take no matter they offer you and win with it."

Successful in a truck meant one thing to Hocevar along with the enjoyable.

"I have a look at myself loads completely different," Hocevar defined. "I choose myself loads otherwise, however on the similar time, this implies loads to me, too, as a result of I feel the heroes that I grew up watching, they only win every part. ... In the end, I simply take pleasure in each little little bit of this."