Carson Hocevar shares blunt thoughts on ruining Joey Logano’s race in Atlanta originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Joey Logano was running a great race at the former Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday in the Autotrader 400.
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Carson Hocevar ruined it.
With only 23 laps to go, Hocevar spun out Logano.
Logano’s car wasn’t ruined, but he didn’t have a chance to win any longer after the caution.
Hocevar moved right near the front, and so it ended up being advantageous for him.
The 77 car nicked the 22 car from behind, starting the spin out.
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Hocevar didn’t wait long to share what he thought happened. He came right on his radio and wanted to apologize:
“I didn’t mean to do that. … Apologies. … Tiniest contact, just my fault. I think he got tight. Completely on me.”
Many won’t believe Hocevar after he caused a wreck immediately in overtime, too.
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Logano runs well on this track, and he won’t be thrilled with this ending, regardless of whether Hocevar takes the blame or not.
Especially as Hocevar moved near the front, it quickly became clear that he’d be the main beneficiary no matter his intent.
We’ll see if anything else gets said about this, but it wasn’t ideal for Logano.
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