Carson Hocevar rolls to NASCAR Truck Series win at Texas
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FORT WORTH, Texas—The glass slipper still firmly on his foot from last Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series win at Talladega, Carson Hocevar mashed the gas in overtime on Friday night and ran away to victory in the SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Beating runner-up and Spire Motorsports teammate Kyle Busch to the finish line by 0.730 seconds in overtime, Hocevar notched his sixth career NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series victory at the 1.5-mile intermediate track that gave him his first in the series in 2023.
The triumph reversed a 1-2 finish from earlier this season at EchoPark Speedway near Atlanta, where Busch beat Hocevar to the stripe by 0.114 seconds.
“It’s unbelievable—what a fun race,” Hocevar said after climbing from his No. 77 Chevrolet on the frontstretch. “We had to reverse the order, obviously the 1-2 with Kyle. I watched him win a lot of truck races, and it’s finally good to put an end to his Texas streak.”
Busch had won his last four Truck Series starts at Texas, but an early brush with the outside wall forced him to regain a lost lap as the beneficiary under caution for Cole Butcher’s crash in Turn 2 on Lap 51.
Busch fought through the field and challenged for the lead in the late going but failed to add to his record 68 Truck Series wins.
“We had an eventful night,” Busch said. “We didn’t start off very well. We were really, really loose and made a lot of adjustments to get it close. When we put the last set off tires on, we were really fast, felt really good.
“I was struggling with grip all night long, but (crew chief) Brian (Pattie) and the guys made a lot of good calls to get us dialed back in. It would have been nice to be in Victory Lane, but it’s good to have a teammate in there and have him get his shot. I got one, he got one, so now we’re even there.”
After the second stage break, Hocevar thought he might have a loose wheel, but that didn’t prevent him from going all-out during a succession of restarts late in the race.
Gio Ruggiero led the field to the overtime restart on Lap 171, but he lost impetus in the middle of a three-wide situation on the white-flag lap, as Hocevar charged into the lead and opened a gap of 10 car-lengths.
Kaden Honeycutt finished third, right behind Busch’s Silverado, with Brandon Jones and pole winner Ben Rhodes in fourth and fifth, respectively, as Ruggiero fell to 17th. Layne Riggs, Christian Eckes, Daniel Hemric, Ty Majeski and Chandler Smith completed the top 10.
Though Honeycutt left with the series lead—by 14 points over Smith—he remained frustrated with his inability to close out a victory.
“I’m proud to be able to drive a truck like this,” said Honeycutt, who is winless in 66 Truck Series starts. “It’s disappointing that I just keep failing. There’s no excuse for it. As soon as I got the lead (on Lap 149), I didn’t protect it right. I didn’t do the right things and ultimately that’s what led us to lose.
“Just got to figure out how to get restarts done. I’ve got to figure out how to win races. It’s eating me alive, I can promise you that.”
Ruggiero likewise missed an opportunity. He had passed Hocevar for the lead on Lap 165 of a scheduled 167, but a violent, five-truck accident on the frontstretch caused the eighth caution, necessitated a red flag for cleanup and forced the overtime.
Hocevar won the second stage and led a race-high 76 laps to 41 for Rhodes, who won the first stage wire-to-wire.
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 7
Race Results for the SpeedyCash.com 250 - Friday, May 1, 2026
Texas Motor Speedway - Fort Worth, TX - 1.5 - Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 172 Laps - 258. Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 5/1/2026 @ 11:09 PM Eastern
Stage 1 Stage 2
Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Pts Pos Pos Status Tms Laps
1 11 77 Carson Hocevar(i) Chili's Ride the ' Dente Chevrolet 172 2 1 0 Running 5 76
2 6 7 Kyle Busch(i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 172 0 Running
3 10 11 Kaden Honeycutt Safelite/Foster Love Toyota 172 4 2 50 Running 1 3
4 18 1 Brandon Jones(i) Sprecher Toyota 172 0 Running 1 16
5 1 99 Ben Rhodes TYM Ford 172 1 42 Running 1 41
6 34 34 Layne Riggs Aaron's Rent to Own Ford 172 8 34 Running 1 6
7 14 19 Daniel Hemric NAPA Nightvision Chevrolet 172 30 Running
8 12 91 Christian Eckes Columbia Bank Chevrolet 172 29 Running
9 20 88 Ty Majeski Black Label Bacon/Menards Ford 172 9 30 Running
10 8 38 Chandler Smith Speedy Cash Ford 172 5 9 35 Running
11 19 25 Parker Kligerman Nothing Stops Texas Nothing Stops Ram RAM 172 26 Running
12 23 45 Ross Chastain(i) TXAPA Chevrolet 172 10 0 Running
13 17 12 Brenden Queen # Cummins RAM 172 24 Running
14 3 17 Giovanni Ruggiero JBL Toyota 172 3 3 39 Running 2 22
15 13 18 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet 172 5 28 Running
16 22 26 Dawson Sutton Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 172 4 28 Running 2 5
17 21 5 William Sawalich(i) Starkey Toyota 171 0 Running
18 27 27 Toni Breidinger ONE/SIZE Beauty Chevrolet 171 19 Running
19 7 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 171 6 23 Running
20 30 76 Spencer Boyd Desnuda Organic Tequila Chevrolet 170 17 Running
21 28 14 Mini Tyrrell # Ram's Race for the Seat RAM 170 6 21 Running 1 1
22 31 22 Josh Reaume Aerial Titans Ford 169 15 Running
23 32 33 Frankie Muniz Morgan & Morgan Ford 168 14 Running
24 33 93 Caleb Costner Piedmont Outfitters/Realtree Chevrolet 168 13 Running
25 25 10 Corey LaJoie Mopar RAM 165 12 Running
26 29 2 Clayton Green The Turner Company Ford 165 11 Running
27 24 16 Justin Haley Celsius RAM 164 10 Accident
28 5 15 Tanner Gray Place of Hope Toyota 164 8 12 Accident 1 2
29 2 98 Jake Garcia Quanta/Curb Records Ford 163 9 Accident
30 15 44 Andres Perez De Lara Acceptance Insurance Chevrolet 163 10 8 Accident
31 26 81 Kris Wright America's Auto Auction Chevrolet 163 6 Running
32 9 9 Grant Enfinger Grant County Mulch Chevrolet 156 7 7 13 Accident
33 16 42 Conner Jones Comprehensive Logistics Chevrolet 155 4 Accident
34 35 62 Cory Roper Drydene Toyota 123 3 Suspension
35 4 13 Cole Butcher # Atlantic Tilt Load Ford 51 2 Accident
,Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 17 Mins, 5 Secs. Average Speed: 112.924 MPH Margin of Victory: 0.730 Seconds
Stage 1 Top 10: 99, 77, 17, 11, 38, 52, 9, 34, 88, 45
Stage 2 Top 10: 77, 11, 17, 26, 18, 14, 9, 15, 38, 44
Race Comments: Carson Hocevar has won the SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway, his sixth victory in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series.
Prior to the start of the race, the vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty: No. 62 (unapproved adjustments).
Failed to Qualify: None.
Caution Flags: 8 for 39 laps; Laps: 25-29 (#62 Incident Turn 2 [22]); 42-47 (Stage 1 Conclusion [12]); 52-56 (#13 Incident Turn 2 [7]); 75-78 (#81 Incident Turn 3 [91]); 82-86 (Stage 2 Conclusion [33]); 145-148 (#18, 99 Incident Turn 2 [16]); 157-161 (#52, 9 Incident Frontstretch [Red Flag: 00:08:33) [12]); 166-170 (#42, 16, 98, 44, 15 Incident Frontstretch [Red Flag: 00:06:12] [26]).
Lead Changes: 14 among 9 drivers; B. Rhodes 1-41; C. Hocevar(i) 42; B. Jones(i) 43-58; C. Hocevar(i) 59-75; D. Sutton 76-77; M. Tyrrell # 78; C. Hocevar(i) 79-121; L. Riggs 122-127; T. Gray 128-129; D. Sutton 130-132; G. Ruggiero 133-148; K. Honeycutt 149-151; C. Hocevar(i) 152-164; G. Ruggiero 165-170; C. Hocevar(i) 171-172.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: May 8, 2026 - Watkins Glen International
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CURRENT NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES STANDINGS
Through May 1, 2026
UNOFFICIAL UNOFFICIAL
1. Kaden Honeycutt 11 7 1 257 0 0 0 1
2. Chandler Smith 38 7 -1 243 -14 14 1 1
3. Layne Riggs 34 7 1 238 -19 5 1 1
4. Giovanni Ruggiero 17 7 2 226 -31 12 0 0
5. Ben Rhodes 99 7 3 223 -34 3 0 3
6. Christian Eckes 91 7 -1 220 -37 3 0 2
7. Ty Majeski 88 7 0 212 -45 8 0 0
8. Corey Heim 4 -5 204 -53 8 2 3
9. Tyler Ankrum 18 7 3 165 -92 39 0 0
10. Stewart Friesen 52 7 1 163 -94 2 0 1
11. Jake Garcia 98 7 -2 155 -102 8 0 0
12. Justin Haley 16 7 -2 154 -103 1 0 0
13. Daniel Hemric 19 7 3 146 -111 8 0 0
14. Brenden Queen # 12 7 0 144 -113 2 0 0
15. Tanner Gray 15 7 -2 135 -122 9 0 0
16. Grant Enfinger 9 7 -1 132 -125 3 0 0
17. Andres Perez De Lara 44 7 0 123 -134 9 0 0
18. Dawson Sutton 26 7 1 117 -140 6 0 0
19. Cole Butcher # 13 7 -1 106 -151 11 0 0
20. Mini Tyrrell # 14 7 1 99 -158 7 0 0
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