Carson Hocevar owns up to mistake with savage dig at himself after Chicago wreck

Spire Motorsports' controversial young star, Carson Hoceva,r has owned up to his mistake during the Grant Park 165 with a savage dig at himself on social media

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Carson Hocevar's (No. 77) collision with the barrier caught out six other drivers on Sunday (Image: Getty)

The ever-controversial Carson Hocevar has taken to social media to own up to his mistake at the Grant Park 165, after his trip into the barrier on just the third lap of the day on the streets of Chicago wrecked six other cars and red-flagged the NASCAR Cup Series race, which wound up being won by Shane van Gisbergen.

Coming out of turn 10, Hocevar slammed his No. 77 Chevrolet ZL1 for Spire Motorsports into the barrier, leaving him a mere passenger as he lost control of his car, which spun out into the track just moments later.

Unable to avoid the spinning 22-year-old, Austin Dillon crashed straight into the side of him before Brad Keselowski, Daniel Suarez, Todd Gilliland, Will Brown, and Riley Herbst all found themselves joining the mass wreck.

Having had time to reflect on his abysmal afternoon in Illinois, Hocevar shared a photo of himself walking out during a driver parade holding up his hand, with just three fingers on show. “The fingers I am holding up are the amount of laps I completed,” he captioned the post.

“I am reminded, I wasn’t hired because of my road course racing, but still want to improve and p3 in qual showed that. Just taking it easy at the start and turned in too early and caught the barrier on apex.”

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Brad Keselowski's race was ended after Hocevar's crash (Image: Getty)

Hocevar’s disappointment with his weekend in Chicago was evident through not only this post, but also an earlier comment he made regarding his performance in qualifying. “Made a mistake in the last corner and aborted the second lap. Didn’t get another shot to improve, but solid considering it was a little sloppy,” he replied on X to a summary of Spire’s qualifiers.

The youngster’s decision to own up to his latest mistake will likely come as little comfort to Richard Childress Racing’s Dillon, who was heard chastizing Hocevar on his radio after the crash. “Carson Hocevar is the biggest dumb--- in the entire sport,” he claimed.

“Everybody knows it, buddy,” his team replied. “He wiped out into 10 and just wiped out half the field.”

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Meanwhile, Keselowski was a little less emotional when reflecting on the incident with reporters, simply saying, “Wrong spot, wrong time.”

“The 77 spun out, blocked the track, and I was gonna get stopped, not to hit him, or if I were gonna hit him, it would be very light. Then three cars came in from behind and blasted us.” The crash broke the front left suspension on his No. 6 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing, ending his afternoon. “It's a shame because I never really got a chance to show what we had. I thought we were pretty good, but that’s just how it goes,” he added.

As for Brown, the reigning Supercars Championship winner, he was making just his second-ever Cup Series appearance on Sunday, driving the No. 13 Chevrolet ZL1 for Kaulig Racing. Last season he finished 31st at the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.

It may have been a race to forget for one Supercars star, but for three-time champion van Gisbergen, it marked his third Cup Series win in just 33 races, and his second in Chicago. Driving the No. 88 Chevrolet ZL1 for Trackhouse Racing, the New Zealander won from pole just a day after doing the same in the Xfinity Series in The Loop 110.