The Latest Breaking News from Carson Hocevar

Hocevar, who has competed fulltime in the Truck Series since 2021 and made his Xfinity Series debut earlier this season, has been tapped by Spire Motorsports to make his Cup debut Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis.

Ryan Blaney snapped a 59-race winless streak with his victory in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He became the tenth different winner of the 2023 season and capped off a huge weekend for Team Penske, who also won the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500 with Josef Newgarden.

What had been a very tame race, turned a bit chaotic down the stretch with six cautions in the final 56 of 158 laps.

Enfinger, whose No. 23 GMS Racing Chevrolet was clearly the best of the field, took the lead for the final time on lap 103 of 134 by passing both Corey Heim and Zane Smith as those two raced side-by-side.

In fact, Spire Motorsports preemptively withdrew from the race knowing they would not make the field if qualifying was rained out. They were set to enter the No. 77 Chevrolet with Carson Hocevar behind the wheel.

Nick Sanchez dominated the race from pole, winning both stages and leading 168 of 171 laps.

Allmendinger, who led 28 of the 46 laps including the first 14, almost saw his path to a win derailed when he got spun on a restart after contact with Aric Almirola on Lap 20.

Busch’s pit strategy got thrown out the window when Parker Kligerman’s stalled truck brought out a caution soon after Busch had claimed the Stage 2 win.

On Monday, three Truck Series drivers – reigning champion Zane Smith, Carson Hocevar and Corey Heim – took part in a one-day Goodyear tire test on the historic 0.625-mile oval.