Carson Hocevar gets first NASCAR Cup Series win at Talladega in Jack Links 500
Carson Hocevar gets first NASCAR Cup Series win at Talladega in the Jack Links 500 on Sunday, surviving a late caution and beating Chris Buescher through the trioval.
TALLADEGA — Carson Hocevar is a winner at Talladega Superspeedway . Hocevar picked up his first NASCAR Cup Series win in the Jack Links 500 on Sunday, April 26 at the track in east Alabama over Chris Buescher. A crash from the front with Bubba Wallace on lap 115 took out four contenders and left just 20 cars on the lead lap.
By the end, just 21 cars were on the lead lap and eight cars did not finish the race after a late spin from Erik Jones. NASCAR Cup Series gets back to action on May 3 at 2:30 p. m.
on Fox Sports 1 from Texas Motor Speedway. New stage lengths see new strategies The spring race was the first to see a 98-lap first stage, with the second and third stage moving to 45 laps each. It forced teams to make two stops in the first stage, with some teams using varying strategies on when they came down pit lane.
Some teams split it into even thirds while others tried to gain an advantage later in the race by waiting to make the second stop closer to the end of the stage, getting a shorter pit stop between the stages. The stage went green the whole time but five cautions in the second half of the race didn't allow for the strategies to be fully played out. Jason Kelce: How Jason Kelce ended up in Victory Lane at Talladega with pit crew ARCA racing: Hokes Bluff native Cody Dennison welcomes support at Talladega Superspeedway Lap 115 accident takes out contenders Bubba Wallace got turned from the lead on lap 115 and collected at least eight cars and took out Joey Logano, Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney.