Overview
- Carson Hocevar made contact with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in Stage 2 at Nashville Superspeedway, sending the No. 47 into the wall and ending his race in a first-season DNF.
- Stenhouse Jr. vowed he “definitely will have something to do about it at one point,” signaling his intent to repay the bump in a future Cup event.
- On his Actions Detrimental podcast, Denny Hamlin declared that Stenhouse Jr. “will absolutely wreck” Hocevar when the opportunity arises.
- Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson agreed that Hocevar needs a lesson, saying he wouldn’t oppose Stenhouse Jr. “beating the hell out of him.”
- Despite the controversy, Hocevar secured his third runner-up finish of 2025 and moved to within four points of the playoff cutline.