Carson Hocevar was the fastest in practice and followed it by winning his first career Cup pole Saturday at Texas Motor Speedway.
“I’m excited to be able to lead my first-ever Cup race to the green,” the 22-year-old Hocevar told Prime after claiming the pole.
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Hocevar led the way with a lap of 191.659 mph around the 1.5-mile speedway.
He also said he was thrilled with getting the No. 1 pit stall for Sunday’s race (green flag scheduled to wave at 3:43 p.m. ET on FS1) in an event likely to have several pit stops.