Rising NASCAR driver Carson Hocevar is all set to kickoff his first season as a full-time driver within the NASCAR Cup Collection. The 20-year-old Portage, Michigan native received promotion from Truck Collection to Cup Collection and can drive the #77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Spire Motorsports this season.

Spire Motorsports has perception in Hocevar’s racing abilities, which he confirmed as a part-time driver with Legacy Motor Membership and in a single race with Spire final 12 months.

In an interview with NBC Sports activities, Ryan Sparks, Corey LaJoie’s crew chief and Spire’s director of competitors, considers Hocevar a standout expertise inside his era of drivers.

Sparks recalled Hocevar’s Cup debut race at Gateway the place the driving force showcased exceptional abilities, even overcoming challenges like a brake failure to make a powerful climb from twenty sixth to the highest 15 within the first stage. Nevertheless, Hocevar ended the race in thirty sixth place.

“I think Carson Hocevar is a generational talent. People just haven’t really seen it yet. They saw that 42 car change their performance instantly when he got in it. When he drove the seven car at Gateway — we ended up having a brake failure — but he went from 26th to top 15 in the first stage. Just stuff that doesn’t typically happen. It’s kind of our job to manage him,” Sparks instructed NBC Sports activities.

Carson Hocevar made 9 Cup begins final 12 months primarily with LMC. He impressed everybody along with his efficiency by preserving their automobiles clear and contending for top-10 finishes. His finest end of P11 got here at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Carson Hocevar has nothing to show to anybody within the rookie Cup season

The younger and promising expertise final month on X claimed that he has to show himself and to not anybody else after bagging a full-time drive within the Cup Series.

“Nothing, atleast i don’t suppose so, proved to myself that i may compete with a few of my hero’s and my crew have extra confidence in me then i did earlier than getting extra possibilities final 12 months. unsure what extra to show different then for public opinion, however that’s once you overextend. It’s nearly execution to our potential as a corporation and as a race crew,” Hocevar wrote on X.

Catch Carson Hocevar in motion when the 2024 Cup season kicks-off on the Busch Gentle Conflict on the Coliseum on Feb. 4.