Carson Hocevar spins after slamming wall, creates massive pileup in Chicago Street Race opening laps

A traffic jam! Carson Hocevar got into the Turn 10 wall, and from there, a wild pileup broke out. That’s driving in the city for you. A red flag was thrown to clear up the track and fix the wall that Hocevar damaged. This NASCAR Chicago Street Race had just gotten underway.

Carson Hocevar, Brad Keselowski, Austin Dillon, Daniel Suárez, Todd Gilliland, Will Brown, and Riley Herbst were all involved in this wreck on Lap 4. A terrible place for this incident to happen. Everyone driving around Turn 10 to Turn 11 had no spotter in the area. So, cars stacked up.

I’m not sure if this will settle things down or make them more intense. Either way, this race has a big one early.

A replay of the incident on Lap 4. pic.twitter.com/4aWkPLGi8U

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Carson Hocevar started this race P3. He was quickly swallowed up on the start by the field. He then fell back through the top-10 before this incident on the fourth lap. It was so early in the race and has now changed how the rest of today will play out.

Austin Dillon was looking fast early on. Will Brown, the Supercars star, was starting to figure things out. This is a huge hit for Brad Keselowski, who is for sure a DNF today. His team didn’t need any more bad finishes this season. However, they have been in a must-win situation pretty much all season long.

So, big damage early on. However, a long way to go in this race. Don’t forget, rain could end up falling at any point. This red flag delay may have put us into the window for bad weather. Let’s see how that plays out and if the field will be challenged with the weather change.

Carson Hocevar continues his ups and downs

This season has been up and down for Carson Hocevar. Mostly week by week. However, today showed that the pattern can happen within the same race weekend. He was fantastic in qualifying and with underrated road course skills, many were interested to see how Hocevar would perform.

On top of losing so many spots early, Hocevar was pushing too hard. He has a habit of doing that, and Chicago is not the kind of race you can get away with it very easily. Some drivers even say you have to drive under the limit, not at or slightly above the limit, like you do at most tracks.

Carson Hocevar has raw speed. He has to know how to control the speed and be patient with himself and his car. Today, it felt like Hocevar was getting too far ahead of himself. He ended up paying the price, too.