Ricky Stenhouse Jr. frustrated with Carson Hocevar after Nashville wreck

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. entered the Nashville Cup race thirteenth within the common season standings and 10 factors above the cut-line within the provisional playoff grid. Stenhouse hasn’t been very quick this yr, however he and his single-car crew have been a mannequin of consistency, benefiting from what they’ve. With a mean end of 16.8, he was second of all drivers with laps accomplished.

Sadly, he’ll lose a whole lot of these features at Nashville. Throughout Stage 2, he was working seventeenth when Carson Hocevar hit him from behind, sending Stenhouse’s No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet into the skin wall. Stenhouse’s race was over. He’ll end thirty ninth — final of all drivers and scoring only one level.

“A lap or two earlier than, he [Hocevar] tried to dive in there from about ten automobile lengths again after which that point, I simply opened my entry just a little bit and he over-charged the nook and drilled us within the rear bumper.

“I’d say it’s not out of the norm from him, however I undoubtedly wasn’t anticipating that at that time of the race.  It’s only a bummer for us. The No. 47 Chevrolet wasn’t nice, however we have been making modifications. I felt like after that restart, I used to be just a little bit higher than I used to be the run earlier than. We have been simply burning our right-rear tire off there all through the run.

Stenhouse ended his NASCAR on Prime interview with what appeared like a warning for Hocevar, including: “Bummed our day ended like that, undoubtedly may have one thing to do about it at one level.

Stenhouse’s final DNF got here final September at Watkins Glen. Getting into this race, that 16.8 common end for the season was his greatest since 2019.

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