Young driver Carson Hocevar drew the ire of AJ Allmendinger at the Course of the Americas last week with his signature aggressive driving style.

Carson Hocevar walked away from the season’s second NASCAR Cup race with two things – his best career finish and a line of unhappy fellow competitors. Since the checkered-flag waved on his runner-up finish to Christopher Bell at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the 22-year-old driver has issued apologies to Ryan Blaney and Rick Hendrick.

NASCAR continues to search for a good way to handle last-lap cautions. Atlanta was nearly a 3-wide finish again. Carson Hocevar introduces himself.

Last year's Rookie of the Year has an aggressive on-track personality that most of the field wants cut off at the pass.

Hocevar, 22, made his Xfinity Series debut at the original 3.4-mile layout of Circuit of the Americas. He qualified 17th but a transmission issue after seven laps relegated him to a DNF result in 38th. He earned two top 10 finishes across his other four starts in the series.

The consistently aggressive behavior of Carson Hocevar on the track has drawn some cautionary remarks from NASCAR Cup driver AJ Allmendinger.

Christopher Bell has won three straight races in the first four weeks of the season and appears to be on a hot streak.

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