{"id":43733,"date":"2025-08-04T03:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T03:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/43733\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T03:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T03:58:08","slug":"carson-hocevar-fires-back-at-zane-smith-nascar-critics-with-music-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/43733\/","title":{"rendered":"Carson Hocevar fires back at Zane Smith, NASCAR critics with music selection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carson Hocevar had an eventful day at the Iowa Corn 350, from a wreck himself to a post-race confrontation with another driver\u2019s crew chief. And the driver of the No. 77 car seems completely unfazed by all the noise.<\/p>\n

Hocevar took to his Instagram account following the race to make a post that will likely further infuriate his critics. The song choice for the post? IDGAF by Drake \u2026 which translates to \u2018I don\u2019t give a f***.\u2019<\/p>\n

The post also included a picture of a ticket counter with the message to \u201cplease take a number.\u201d That could be taken any number of ways, but it might just be in reference to a journalist\u2019s tweet after the race. First, though, you can check out the post for yourself below.<\/p>\n

So what was Carson Hocevar referencing with the ticket counter? It would appear to be a riff off the following tweet from journalist Toby Christie.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re going to start having to place a number ticket dispenser on pit road by the No. 77 car after these races,\u201d Christie tweeted<\/a>. \u201cAfter an incident with Zane Smith today, Smith\u2019s crew chief, Ryan Bergenty, sought out Carson Hocevar on pit road for a talk.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, Hocevar would have a post-race interview interrupted by Bergenty. On the video of the interview<\/a>, Bergenty can be heard initiating the conversation.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, when are you going to learn to f****** drive, dude?\u201d Bergenty said, per journalist Stephen Stumpf. \u201cI mean you wiped us the f*** out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stumpf, who was conducting the interview with Carson Hocevar, would add more context, as well. He noted that Bergenty questioned Hocevar\u2019s driving ability.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur car is fucking wrecked because you drive like a f****** r****d,\u201d Bergenty said, per Stumpf. And Smith\u2019s team was not the only one to take issue with Hocevar. Shane van Gisbergen also voiced his displeasure after an incident.<\/p>\n

Van Gisbergen (inside) was driving alongside Joey Logano (outside) when Hocevar flew to the inside of the track, pushing them three-wide. Van Gisbergen made contact with Logano, but luckily neither of the two spun. Still, it left van Gisbergen fuming, at least by his standards.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, go apologize to the 22,\u201d van Gisbergen told his crew chief. \u201cThat wanker in the 77 just shoved it three-wide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will Carson Hocevar tone things down after another contentious weekend on the track? Given his post on Instagram and the tone\u2026 don\u2019t hold your breath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carson Hocevar had an eventful day at the Iowa Corn 350, from a wreck himself to a post-race…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-43733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}