Last week, Carson Hocevar told me he didn't expect any drama in The Chase.I asked him, point blank, if he felt like he had any enemies on the track, or if he felt like he was driving around with a target on his back.This, of course, came after months of NASCAR drama — all culminating in a recently launched relationship with a TikTok influencer who was starting to ruffle some feathers around the garage."I think it's good for TV and merch sales at times, but I don't think so," Hocevar told me when I asked him about other drivers coming after him.NASCAR RACE INCLUDES HALF THE FIELD WRECKING, FURIOUS DRIVERS & HOLLYWOOD ACTOR RIPPING A 'LEFTIST, WOKE' MOVE"You know, I've had people try to wreck me and they just end up wrecking themselves lately.So I don't foresee anybody really having to, you know, wanting to do anything like that that where I would have to really be worried about it."So, yeah, I mean, I'm not really worried about."Brad Keselowski, driver of the #6 BuildSubmarines.com Ford, and Carson Hocevar, driver of the #77 Spectrum Chevrolet, race during the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, S.C., on Sept.
6, 2026.(Getty Images)Carson, buddy, it's time to start worrying.
If your head wasn't on a swivel before Darlington, it HAS to be on one now.Welcome to a Labor Day edition of Monday Morning Pit-Stop! We're gonna keep this one brief today because A) it's a holiday, B) it's a holiday, and C) I've got meat to smoke ...because it's a holiday.We're gonna dive into Carson's antics last night at Darlington here in just a minute.We'll also get into Ryan Blaney putting another few dollars in NASCAR's new 'Swear Jar,' Dale Jarrett got a nice little Sunday night wakeup call, and Hooters Gianna Blaney gave us one final summer photo dump from the pool.And what a summer it was!Four tires, enough fuel to get us to Gateway, and maybe some secret service protection for Carson ...
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