{"id":205061,"date":"2025-10-06T13:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T13:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/205061\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T13:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T13:43:09","slug":"nascar-star-carson-hocevar-opens-up-on-next-facebook-marketplace-purchase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/205061\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR star Carson Hocevar opens up on next Facebook Marketplace purchase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                                                                                                Change your timezone:&#13;<br \/>\n                                                                                                &#13;<br \/>\n                                                &#13;\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>NASCAR Cup Series sensation Carson Hocevar has opened up on his next Facebook Marketplace purchase.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\n22-year-old Hocevar has been the talk of NASCAR this year, with his controversial racing style mixed with obvious talent causing a stir in the Cup Series with Spire Motorsports.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nHe is also known for making purchases on Facebook Marketplace, and now he has opened up on his purchasing of old NASCAR cars on the site.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nHocevar revealed to <a title=\"The Athletic\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6673627\/2025\/10\/01\/carson-hocevar-nascar-car-collection-visualization-12-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Athletic<\/a> that he has a few old stock cars, admitting that he has his eyes on a remake that he saw on social media.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Definitely another NASCAR car,&#8221; Hocevar said when asked what his next Facebook Marketplace purchase would be. &#8220;I\u2019m up to three or four that I own. One\u2019s going to be a remake of a street car I saw in a funny Instagram post. Another is a real Cup car I want to get.&#8221;&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nHowever, he revealed he wasn&#8217;t interested in a legendary Dale Earnhardt Sr car. &#8220;There\u2019s a 1981 Dale Earnhardt car or something on Facebook Marketplace that people DM and text me about all the time,&#8221; Hocevar continued. &#8220;The people even DM\u2019d me specifically asking if I wanted it before they listed it, but I\u2019m like, &#8216;No, I\u2019m good. I have enough Dale stuff.&#8217; &#13;<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Christian Eckes texted me something, Jesse Love sent me something. Even drivers I don\u2019t really talk to that much are sending me stuff.&#8221;&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nNASCAR TODAY: <a title=\"Kyle Busch switch confirmed as Richard Childress Racing release retirement update\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/us\/f1-news\/1063545\/nascar-today-kyle-busch-switch-confirmed-as-richard-childress-racing-release-retirement-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Busch switch confirmed as Richard Childress Racing release retirement update<\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Did Carson Hocevar buy a Chili&#8217;s branch?<\/p>\n<p>\nHocevar recently claimed on social media to have bought his local branch of Chili&#8217;s, but that turned out to not be the whole truth.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nFor a driver notorious for making unusual purchases, Hocevar (who is sponsored by the restaurant chain) making the move seemed unlikely, but not beyond the realm of possibility.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe initial social media post said: &#8220;I BOUGHT MY HOMETOWN CHILI\u2019S LOCATION IN PORTAGE, MICHIGAN. &#13;<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I am excited to announce after seeing this post [from a local radio station claiming the Chili&#8217;s location would be torn down], I made a call and got a hold of my friends at Chili\u2019s. I wanted to be able to save this location as it\u2019s very close to home.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;It shocked me to find out the folks at 107.7 RKR had no base to their claims, and this location was open. I figured it would be worthy investment to still invest and so I am proud to announce that I bought this Chili\u2019s location in my hometown.&#8221;&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nHowever, Hocevar later revealed that he had bent the truth to spite a local radio station. &#8220;So, in Portage some radio station made some clickbait thing about the Chili&#8217;s shutting down,&#8221; he revealed. &#8220;And [Chili&#8217;s] asked me if I would promote it, say it&#8217;s not closed, and I was like&#8230;can I just say I bought it? Until the first payment hits?&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;They loved it, so that&#8217;s kind of how you fight fire with fire nowadays. Clickbait, you gotta fight it with another clickbait. The radio station made a retraction that got about 11 likes, but the original post got about 600 comments and 500 shares or something.&#8221;&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nGET MORE FROM US: <a title=\"Want more NASCAR news? Readers based in the United States can set GPFans.com as a preferred Google source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=gpfans.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Want more NASCAR news? 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