These days, every time you open NASCAR news, there’s a new Hocevar story. If there’s one man who’s kept the sport entertaining off the track too, it’s him.

The latest story on him is that he wants to start a racing series. Not with stock cars or trucks, but with ice cream and USPS mail trucks.

Speaking to the media before the Brickyard 400, Hocevar was asked about the rumor of him wanting to buy old ice cream trucks for a unique racing project with his friends.

"Yeah, we want to race them," Hocevar said, as posted on X by reporter Braking Bob. "A lot of my friends and I come up with all kinds of weird ideas, so we have a lot of fun projects planned. I'm trying to find three ice cream trucks so we can race them."

But that’s not it. He also has a separate side project of trying to get a hold on retired USPS mail trucks, something that he’s having a hard time doing so. He clarified that the two projects are separate.

"No, not the same. That's separate," Hocevar said. He then brought his friend Cleetus McFarland into the conversation, saying, "He (Cleetus) has his Crown Vics, and I want to have the mail trucks, that's my thing.”

Cleetus McFarland has a huge collection of over 150 cars, most of which are Crown Vics. He uses those for racing and endurance events and his YouTube content. Similarly, Hocevar wants to do something parallel of his own.

The mail-truck idea isn’t a new one. Back in June, in a different interview with PRN, Hocevar had an idea of racing those on dirt tracks. He even jokingly got ready to drive them backward as they’re right-hand drives.

But the trucks are not easy to fetch, as they are government-owned.

“They're hard to find. It's stupid how difficult it is. You can buy a fire truck, you can buy just about anything in the world, but mail trucks are apparently off limits," Hocevar added.

Back in June, Hocevar spread the word, requesting those trucks that are not government-owned. In an Instagram video he uploaded that month, he animatedly spoke out about how he had to dodge a lot of questions on whether he had issues with the government.

 Meanwhile, speaking of the race itself, Hocevar and Daniel Suarez started high for Spire Motorsports on the front row, but the former finished ninth, as his long-time rival Corey Heim won his second Cup win at Indianapolis.

The Hocevar-Heim rivalry continues

Corey Heim and Carson Hocevar did what they usually do with each other. Which is race hard and be unapologetic about it.

In Stage 2, Hocevar tried to pass Heim, being on fresher tires, but the No. 67 didn’t allow him to. As Heim was coming down to pit, Hocevar came ahead and drove past him, showing him the bird.

After the race, Hocevar was asked about his gesture towards Heim.

“I’m just a fan, wanted to wave. He’s number one. He won,” Hocevar said, as reported by NASCAR.com.

“It’s fine. We don’t like each other, but we race really hard and his stuff’s super fast, obviously. Yeah, the car he’s in, but he does a really, really good job with it. I’m looking forward to, when we get our stuff a little better, being in front of him, and maybe holding him off,” he added.

But it was Heim who had the last laugh, as in his post-race interview, he simply said, “Handed him a big fat L.”

The way it’s going on, it doesn’t seem like this long-time rivalry is going to rest anytime soon.

Whose side are you on?

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Written by

Suyashdeep Sason

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Suyashdeep Sason