{"id":259531,"date":"2026-08-25T22:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/25\/and-i-was-like-come-on-man-connor-zilisch-pulls-back-the-curtain-carson-hocevars-antics-pre-race-in-hampshire\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T22:40:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:40:01","slug":"and-i-was-like-come-on-man-connor-zilisch-pulls-back-the-curtain-carson-hocevars-antics-pre-race-in-hampshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/25\/and-i-was-like-come-on-man-connor-zilisch-pulls-back-the-curtain-carson-hocevars-antics-pre-race-in-hampshire\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;And I was like, come on, man\u201d: Connor Zilisch pulls back the curtain Carson Hocevar&#8217;s antics pre-race in Hampshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"5209270\" data-slug-id=\"2827549\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Connor Zilisch has explained how his clash with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/carson-hocevar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Carson Hocevar<\/a> at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last Sunday started during practice.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on the <em>Stacking Pennies<\/em> podcast, the Trackhouse Racing rookie shared that he caught Hocevar&#8217;s No. 77 Chevrolet after coming off Turn 4 and made light contact with the left rear during the practice session.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"template__newsletter-inline-banner-form-combo-widget\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<p><img id=\"subscribe-img\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nThanks for the submission!\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;So in practice, I came off a four in practice and got up to him and touched his left rear. Because I was on new tires, he was racing me a little bit. And I accidentally got up into him. Wasn&#8217;t egregious. It wasn&#8217;t enough to even knock the toe out or anything,&#8221; Connor Zilisch said (8:18 onwards).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;That same lap, I clear him in one and two. And then three and four, he tries to throw this big slider and get to me and wreck me. And I was like, come on, man.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That exchange appeared to carry into Sunday&#8217;s Dollar Tree 301. Zilisch said he caught up to Hocevar&#8217;s No. 77 Chevrolet, making light contact with the left rear.<\/p>\n<p>The contact came off Turn 4 as Hocevar turned left across Zilisch&#8217;s No. 88 Chevrolet and spun on the frontstretch on Lap 84. Joey Logano and Austin Dillon were caught in the incident, but all four cars continued.<\/p>\n<p>During a second incident at the one-mile track, Zilisch claimed Hocevar tried to door-slam him.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;He was just trying to do one of those door slam, like &#8216;f*** you&#8217; door slams. And I mean, I didn\u2019t even have time to check. It just shocked me,&#8221; the 20-year-old said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nascar\/youtube\">\n<div class=\"yt-wrapper\">                    <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Connor Zilisch on Joining Hendrick, Leaving Trackhouse, Cup Struggle and More | Stacking Pennies\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0l6ksFLsjOE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>                    <\/p>\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nascar\/youtube\" data-embed=\"0l6ksFLsjOE\">\n<div class=\"play-button\"><img height=\"370\" width=\"660\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2026\/08\/239e3-17876889563537-1920.jpg\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2026\/08\/239e3-17876889563537-1920.jpg\" class=\"lazy-img\" alt=\"youtube-cover\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hocevar admitted to wrecking himself in a post-race interview.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>&#8220;Why are you screwing with the guy that you turned your nose across&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/denny-hamlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Denny Hamlin<\/a> calls out Carson Hocevar after Connor Zilisch incident<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"image\"><noscript><\/noscript><img class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2026\/08\/c6227-17876881113350-1920.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2026\/08\/c6227-17876881113350-1920.jpg?w=190 190w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2026\/08\/c6227-17876881113350-1920.jpg?w=720 720w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2026\/08\/c6227-17876881113350-1920.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2026\/08\/c6227-17876881113350-1920.jpg?w=1045 1045w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2026\/08\/c6227-17876881113350-1920.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2026\/08\/c6227-17876881113350-1920.jpg?w=1460 1460w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2026\/08\/c6227-17876881113350-1920.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2026\/08\/c6227-17876881113350-1920.jpg 1920w\" alt=\"Denny Hamlin at Richmond Raceway on Aug 15, 2026. Images - Source: Imagn\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2026\/08\/c6227-17876881113350-1920.jpg?w=640\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201280%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><figcaption>Denny Hamlin at Richmond Raceway on Aug 15, 2026. Images &#8211; Source: Imagn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Denny Hamlin also commented on Carson Hocevar&#8217;s incident with Connor Zilisch during his <em>Actions Detrimental<\/em> podcast.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If you know you&#8217;re at fault, why are you screwing with the guy that you turned your nose across,&#8221; Hamlin said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Carson Hocevar had been fifth in the Cup standings after finishing ninth at Indianapolis. He then fell to 11th after a run of poor results. He had two finishes outside the top 30, including a DNF at Richmond. Those results pushed him down to 11th in the standings.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old managed to bounce back with a 19th-place finish at New Hampshire and is 11th in the points standings with one race left in the regular season. Meanwhile, Zilisch was involved in a late incident with Riley Herbst and finished 35th after completing 222 laps.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"publisher-name\">Edited by Palak Gupta<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nascar\/news-and-i-like-come-on-man-connor-zilisch-pulls-back-curtain-carson-hocevar-s-antics-pre-race-new-hampshire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connor Zilisch has explained how his clash with Carson Hocevar at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last Sunday started during practice. During an appearance on the Stacking Pennies podcast, the Trackhouse Racing rookie shared that he caught Hocevar&#8217;s No. 77 Chevrolet after coming off Turn 4 and made light contact with the left rear during the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":259533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6806],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-259531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}