TC Daily Pit Stop: Hocevar Hasn't Spoken to McDowell Since Watkins Glen Run-Ins, Teammates Plan to Talk Before Richmond
TC Daily Pit Stop: Thursday, August 14th, 2025
Hocevar, McDowell Have Yet to Speak Following Watkins Glen Run-Ins
Late in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at The Glen, Spire Motorsports teammates Carson Hocevar and Michael McDowell made contact several times. The first of which sent Hocevar spinning in Turn 1. After Hocevar clawed his way back to McDowell, the two engaged in a last-lap slugfest for the 18th position, which Hocevar ultimately took.
In a media availability on Wednesday, Hocevar explained that he and McDowell have yet to talk to each other following the incidents at Watkins Glen, but that the two are planning to talk to one another at Richmond. Hocevar also downplayed the situation saying he didn’t feel it was a big deal.
“No, we haven’t talked or whatever. He wanted to sit down and talk at Richmond. I’m gone racing, and he’s gone as well. Maybe it’s the best-case scenario that we’re both gone,” Hocevar said in his media availability. “It didn’t seem like that big of a deal to me. Either he made a mistake, or he misjudged, and you know obviously turned me. Then, we were just fighting for the last lap and last corner. Felt like that was plenty okay to do, considering the contact, that I could play defense for one corner to try to get the spot.”
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