| NASCAR Cup SeriesTexas Motor Speedway Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLYTeam Chevy Post-Qualifying Report May 2, 2026 |
| TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10 STARTING LINEUP: 1st – Carson Hocevar2nd – Daniel Suarez6th – Kyle Busch9th – Alex Bowman | MEDIA RESOURCES: Photo Gallery | Race AdvancesChevrolet Newsroom |
· For the second consecutive season, Spire Motorsports’ Carson Hocevar will sit on the pole position to lead the NASCAR Cup Series to the green flag in Sunday’s Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY at Texas Motor Speedway. The pole – Chevrolet’s second of the 2026 season and 768th all-time in the division – came after the Portage, Michigan, native laid down a lap of 28.222 seconds, at 191.34 mph, around the 1.5-mile oval during Saturday’s qualifying session. · Fresh off the organization’s second all-time victory in NASCAR’s top division, Spire Motorsports went on to place two of their Camaro ZL1’s at the top of the qualifying speed chart to set up the starting lineup for tomorrow’s 400-mile race. With his best qualifying effort of the season, Daniel Suarez drove his No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet to second in the session to deliver the manufacturer its first front-row qualifying sweep of the season. |
| NASCAR Cup SeriesTexas Motor SpeedwayWürth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLYTeam Chevy Post-Qualifying ReportMay 2, 2026 |
Hocevar, Suarez Drive Chevrolet to Front-Row Sweepat Texas Motor Speedway |
| TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10 STARTING LINEUP: 1st – Carson Hocevar2nd – Daniel Suarez6th – Kyle Busch9th – Alex Bowman | MEDIA RESOURCES: Photo Gallery | Race AdvancesChevrolet Newsroom |
· For the second consecutive season, Spire Motorsports’ Carson Hocevar will sit on the pole position to lead the NASCAR Cup Series to the green flag in Sunday’s Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY at Texas Motor Speedway. The pole – Chevrolet’s second of the 2026 season and 768th all-time in the division – came after the Portage, Michigan, native laid down a lap of 28.222 seconds, at 191.34 mph, around the 1.5-mile oval during Saturday’s qualifying session. · Fresh off the organization’s second all-time victory in NASCAR’s top division, Spire Motorsports went on to place two of their Camaro ZL1’s at the top of the qualifying speed chart to set up the starting lineup for tomorrow’s 400-mile race. With his best qualifying effort of the season, Daniel Suarez drove his No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet to second in the session to deliver the manufacturer its first front-row qualifying sweep of the season. |
Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet – Pole Win Quotes Now that you have won a Cup race, does it immediately change anything in you, in terms of, does it command additional respect? Do you feel like it establishes you as a legitimate, for real Cup Series driver now that you know you’re a Cup winner?“I think internally, for sure. I think it establishes all of us that we’re all winners. I was 22nd in practice, and I kind of just took it easy because I felt like my car was going to be pretty good. You have a little bit of a risk here, obviously. I thought that we’d be just fine. I just kind of went with a feel where, probably before Talladega, I was trying to win practice, win qualifying, and try to talk myself into the thought that we’re going to win the race. Everybody’s just jollier, I guess. Everybody’s just kind of slower and more relaxed. I could just tell by the way they were pulling the hood pins and little things. They just have a lot of confidence. It’s not that often that I sit there and just go – we’re 22nd in practice and think we’re going to win the pole, as long as I don’t mess this up. Especially when I saw Daniel (Suarez) roll out, our cars are very similar. I thought we’d be really close. I didn’t expect it to be that close, but I’m just glad I was on the front end of it.” When Daniel (Suarez) put his lap up, a lot of cars followed. In looking at the ghost cars, it looked like where he made his speed was off of turn two and carrying the momentum into turn three. Was your lap similar to that, or where do you think you made the difference there, of the three thousandths of a second?“I hadn’t seen the ghost car. Maybe going to Chili’s last night, it weighed the car down just a little bit more. I had a little left-side weight (laughs). I don’t know where those three thousandths are. I’m just glad I had them in the bank. My lap felt pretty good. It wasn’t quite keying up on the radio.I don’t remember who said it, but I remember watching TV of it and they’re like, if they beat that, they can have it. Then they don’t get beat. I wasn’t quite doing that, but I was coming off turn four and I was like, man, if this isn’t fast, I’m going to be so disappointed. But it felt good. That’s the worst, when it feels good and it’s slow. I’m just glad there was a lot of pace in it.” I know you’re not a big data guy, but do you have any sense of whether you’re closer to Daniel (Suarez) or Michael (McDowell), in terms of what you want out of the car? You said you’re and Daniel’s car are pretty close. Does that mean you drive similarly?“Sometimes I ask them, are we similar? They normally go, yeah. I’m like, okay. That’s my data. I think all three of us are very similar. I’m assuming the No. 7 is similar. It would be hilarious if they’re so different and it’s three thousandths different. When I asked about Michael (McDowell), he was similar. Normally they’re pretty different. I was like, if Michael’s similar, then Daniel’s got to be. I think they all try to stay pretty close, with exceptions, but balance-wise, it’s all pretty close.” |