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Texas Motor Speedway Race Results

SpeedyCash.com 250

April 1, 2023

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RESULTS

START POS

FINAL STATUS

LAPS COMPLETED

LAPS LED

POINTS

PLAYOFF POINTS

1

Carson Hocevar

42 |

5

Running

172

1

40

5

2

Chase Purdy

4 |

14

Running

172

0

41

0

3

Stewart Friesen

52 |

7

Running

172

0

36

0

4

Ty Majeski

98 |

3

Running

172

0

40

0

5

Jake Garcia

35 |

9

Running

172

0

32

0

6

Hailie Deegan

13 |

25

Running

172

0

31

0

7

Corey Heim

11 |

4

Running

172

0

38

0

8

Ryan Vargas

30 |

26

Running

172

0

29

0

9

Jack Wood

51 |

2

Running

172

0

28

0

10

Ben Rhodes

99 |

10

Running

172

1

44

0

11

Mason Massey

33 |

27

Running

172

0

26

0

12

Kris Wright

02 |

23

Running

172

0

25

0

13

Matt Crafton

88 |

21

Running

172

0

25

0

14

Zane Smith

38 |

18

Running

172

0

35

0

15

Christian Eckes

19 |

6

Running

172

2

39

0

16

Nicholas Sanchez

2 |

1

Accident

171

168

41

2

17

Grant Enfinger

23 |

13

Running

171

0

21

0

18

Lawless Alan

45 |

19

Running

170

0

19

0

19

Rajah Caruth

24 |

15

Running

169

0

18

0

20

Colby Howard

9 |

24

Running

169

0

17

0

21

Josh Reaume

22 |

29

Running

168

0

16

0

22

Spencer Boyd

12 |

34

Running

168

0

15

0

23

Bret Holmes

32 |

12

Running

167

0

14

0

24

Taylor Gray

17 |

17

Running

166

0

15

0

25

Daniel Dye

43 |

20

Running

165

0

12

0

26

Tyler Ankrum

16 |

8

Running

164

0

11

0

27

Tanner Gray

15 |

11

Accident

161

0

15

0

28

Dean Thompson

5 |

16

Accident

143

0

21

0

29

Armani Williams

46 |

32

Accident

140

0

8

0

30

Trey Hutchens III

14 |

30

Accident

137

0

7

0

31

Matt Mills

20 |

28

Accident

134

0

6

0

32

Matt DiBenedetto

25 |

33

Vibration

122

0

5

0

33

Keith McGee

34 |

31

Vibration

39

0

4

0

34

Chad Chastain

41 |

22

Accident

17

0

3

0

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  • POS 1 | LEADER

    headshot of Carson Hocevar

    POS1

    LEADER

    Carson Hocevar

    Driver badge number 42 |

  • POS 2 | 1.628

    headshot of Chase Purdy

    POS2

    1.628

    Chase Purdy

    Driver badge number 4 |

  • POS 3 | 2.572

    headshot of Stewart Friesen

    POS3

    2.572

    Stewart Friesen

    Driver badge number 52 |

Carson Hocevar finds magic in NASCAR Overtime, wins at Texas

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 showed 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.

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“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,” continued 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 restarts, 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.”

MORE: Hocevar: ‘Didn’t deserve’ Saturday’s win at Texas | ‘It is what it is’: Nick Sanchez wrecks on final restart

Veteran Stewart Friesen finished third, with Ty Majeski and Jake Garcia rounding out the top five; Garcia was 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 scored 14th, and Sanchez was scored 16th. The race leaves Majeski now with a three-point edge over Smith atop the championship standings.

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series returns to action next week in Saturday’s Weather Guard Truck Race on Dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway (8 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Note: Inspection in the Truck Series garage is complete with no issues, confirming Hocevar as the winner.