As the 2025 NASCAR Cup season is wrapped up, the drivers are chilling in their own ways. Some are resting, some are racing. Among the latter is Carson Hocevar, who’s enjoying himself racing with his friends at the Gateway Dirt Nationals in St. Louis, Missouri. The 22-year-old finished 11th in the race, but his post-race happiness showed he didn’t race for the results.

There is something in dirt racing that he doesn’t find in NASCAR, and he casually expressed that after the race.

Carson Hocevar calls dirt events “real racing”

Speaking to FloRacing , he said, “Yeah, it’s just fun to be back here. These are a lot of my NASCAR guys, guys at the shop that grew up doing this. They get to have fun, with Jeff [Jeffrey Ledford] and Tim Kloss, everybody here. It’s a lot of fun, just happy. Just

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