Carson Hocevar Has a Unique Way of Celebrating his First NASCAR Cup Win
The polarizing young gun is going to do it his way, including celebrating his first win.
Carson Hocevar Wins 'Dega for 1st NASCAR Cup Win Sean Gardner - Getty Images After several near-wins, Carson Hocevar wins his first career NASCAR Cup Series at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday evening in the Jack Links 500. Hocevar was one of the 16 cars to leave the stage two big one crash with minimal to no damage and restart on the lead lap. Hocevar and Roush Fenway Keslowski Racing's Chris Buescher battled late, with Hocevar being pushed by Alex Bowman and Austin Dillon.
Coming to the checkered flag, Zane Smith and Dillon got connected, sending Dillon into the wall and causing calamity behind the leaders as Hocevar separated and pulled away to victory. Busecher finished second for his best finish at the track ahead of Bowman, who was happy not to crash and record his best finish of the season following his return two weeks ago from his four-race vertigo-induced hiatus. Iconic.
Carson Hocevar celebrates at Talladega hanging out the window. pic. twitter.
com/Na2Qf3EPuE ā FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) April 26, 2026 Following his win, it looked as if Hocevar was stuck halfway through his window, when in reality he was trying to situate himself to have control of the wheel and pedal while sitting on the windowsill, waving at fans. He got control of the vehicle moments before it was set to slide into the infield wall and started driving back to the start-finish line. After his parade segment, he crashed into the wall and went throttle-down into a burnout as he continued celebrating with fans.