Entry List : Texas Motor Speedway

• Texas Motor Speedway
• SpeedyCash.com 250
• Pole Winner: Nick Sanchez
• Age: 21
• Team : No. 2 - Gainbridge Chevrolet
• Owner: Max Siegel
• Crew Chief: Danny Stockman, Jr
• Nick Sanchez won the Pole Award for the SpeedyCash.com 250 with a lap of 29.109 seconds, 185.510 mph.
• This is his second pole in five NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
• This is his second pole and fourth top-10 start in 2023.
• This is his first pole in one races at Texas Motor Speedway.
• Jack Wood (second) posted his second top-10 start of 2023 and his first in two races at Texas Motor Speedway.
• Ty Majeski (third) posted his second top-10 start at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his fifth in five races this season.
• Nick Sanchez (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

• Saturday, April 1st, 2023
• NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain

Carson Hocevar Grabs First-Career Win in Double Overtime at Texas Motor Speedway

Nick Sanchez led an absolutely dominant 168 of 172 laps in Saturday's SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway, but the 21-year old rookie and reigning NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Zane Smith collided at the front of the field after taking the white flag and Carson Hocevar instead drove through to take his first career victory in double overtime.

The 20-year old Hocevar led only that last overtime lap in the No. 42 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet to claim his first win by 1.628-seconds over Kyle Busch Motorsports driver Chase Purdy – career best finishes for both drivers.

After slight contact with Smith racing door-to-door for the win, Sanchez got loose and had to regain control of the truck heading to the white flag. Video replays show that as he steadied his truck, he was hit from behind by Hocevar, whose truck was carrying the momentum as Sanchez was recovering from his slight miscue. The contact from behind was just enough to spin Sanchez back across the track and collect Smith's truck, while Hocevar drove forward to the finish line and waited for official word of the win.

"I didn't mean to get into him, I just meant to give him a push and he got sideways the second I hit him, I apologize to them, I'll take the fall for it, I wrecked a Chevy and I'll go talk to him about it – he deserved to win for sure,'' Hocevar said of the contact with Sanchez.

"But all the times we were the fastest car and I don't win, and this team deserves to win more than anything, I can stop getting the same question asked all the time now,'' said Hocevar, who has four career runner-up finishes.

"We didn't deserve to win today but we were in the right spot at the right time.”

Certainly, Sanchez got plenty of practice in mastering re-starts with six of the 12 cautions coming in the final 40 laps of the race. He drove his No. 2 Rev Racing Chevrolet to the front each time, having to duel side-by-side with Smith late in the race.

"Obviously coming to the last lap, me and the 38 [Zane Smith] were playing an aggressive side-drafting game and I got a little too aggressive on him, got loose, went through the grass and saved it,'' Sanchez said. "Just got hit by the 42 [Hocevar]. I don't know what else to say about that.

"It is what it is, that's racing.

"This is what we've been working hard to do,'' continued Sanchez, who swept both Stage wins. "We don't want to just win, we want to dominate. Today we dominated, but we didn't win so just got to go back and see what I can do better. Try to build on strengths. I guess, the positive is we got stage points, that's something to fall back on. But I want to win, that's my goal.''

Veteran Stewart Friesen finished third with Ty Majeski and Jake Garcia rounding out the top-five; Garcia the highest finishing rookie. Hailie Deegan equaled her career best finish with a sixth-place run. Corey Heim, Ryan Vargas, Jack Wood and Ben Rhodes rounded out the top-10.

Smith was scored 14th and Sanchez was scored 16th. The race leaves Majeski now with a three-point edge over Smith atop the championship standings.

• Drivers Entered: 36
• Laps Scheduled: 147
• Laps Actual: 172 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
• Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
• Time of Race: 2 Hours 35 Minutes 45 Seconds
• Average Speed: 99.390
• Cautions: 12 for 36 laps
• Lead Changes: 7
• Green Flag Passes: 1,012 (7.4 passes per green flag lap)

• Texas Motor Speedway
• SpeedyCash.com 250
• Race Winner: Carson Hocevar
• Age: 20
• Team : No. 42 - Worldwide Express Chevrolet
• Owner: Niece Motorsports
• Crew Chief: Phil Gould
• Carson Hocevar won the SpeedyCash.com 250, his first victory in 59 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
• This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in 2023.
• This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in three races at Texas Motor Speedway.
• Chase Purdy (second) posted his first top-10 finish in four races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his third top-10 finish in 2023. This is his best-career finish in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series.
• Stewart Friesen (third) posted his sixth top-10 finish in 11 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
• Jake Garcia (fifth) was the highest finishing rookie.