If bad luck were a championship, Carson Hocevar would have won it with a record margin. Despite winning the 2024 Rookie of the Year award, the Spire Motorsports’ star’s 2025 campaign was a study of frustrating inconsistency, showing bursts of speed that got overshadowed by a string of misfortunes. Though Hocevar ultimately finished the year 23rd in the driver standings with a 21.5 average finish, these metrics fail to capture the high-wire act the team often performed.

Speaking about the average finishes, a closer look at the analytics starkly shows Hocevar’s struggle to translate fast race cars into final results. It places him among the drivers who suffered the most regressions year-over-year. While some saw marked improvement from 2024-25, such as Chase Briscoe (+6.1) or Ryan Preece (+

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