Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr. send warning to Carson Hocevar after Ricky Stenhouse Jr. incident

If there is anyone who can get Carson Hocevar to listen to reason, it is probably Carl Edwards and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hocevar is the wild child of the NASCAR Cup Series right now, and his comments after the Ricky Stenhouse Jr. incident today are the latest example.

Carson Hocevar is full-throttle 100% of the time. He talked in the pre-race about not wanting to have regrets as a driver. But there is a fine line between having no regrets and creating your own problems.

On the Prime Video post-race show, both Carl Edwards and Dale Earnhardt Jr. issued warnings to Hocevar. They see him going down a path that could lead to unwanted consequences.

“Well, I hear a guy that doesn’t know that he ran into the back of somebody and wrecked them,” Earnhardt said after hearing Hocevar’s comments on the incident. “Hey, I’ll call it like it is. I like Hocevar a lot. Kid’s awesome. Ran second tonight. I like his attitude, I like his personality, and I like his style. But yeah, I think he could have cut the 47 a break, and he chose not to do that.

“That’s his way that he wants to race. He’s not very apologetic about it. A lot of people are going to love that. A lot of people are going to love how he races and how he does his job. From what I saw tonight, I think he probably could have gave Ricky an opportunity there and continued to race. And he’ll have to hear that side from Ricky, and it will be interesting to see how that plays out.”

Carl Edwards agreed. He followed up by echoing many of the same sentiments that Dale Jr. had.

“He sat up here in the pre-race and said, ‘Hey, I’m just going to be aggressive. No regrets, I’m going to go, I’m going to get it.’ And there you see it,” Edwards said. “And I talked about it a little bit, but there’s a price, and it hurts, and I’ve been there, and it’s not fun to be on the receiving end of what’s coming.”

Don’t get it twisted, Dale Jr. enjoys watching Carson Hocevar. He likes the aggression. However, the 22-year-old may be shortsighted in his “no-regrets” outlook on life.

“I like what I see out of Hocevar. As a fan and a broadcaster, it is entertaining,” Earnhardt said. “I just don’t like it when he wrecks the good guy, you know? I know Stenhouse has had his issues, too, but you kinda gotta pick and choose who your enemies are, and you can’t just kind of blanket the garage, right?

“So, I don’t know that I want him to dial it off or dial it back because it’s great as a fan to see him in controversy. We need a little color, we need a little personality, and he brings tons of it. But the garage kind of will police it a little bit. To your point, Corey, nobody’s really stepped to him just yet, but I think he might have messed with the wrong guy tonight.”