Carson Hocevar has basically become the darling of NASCAR since he finally notched his first Cup Series win at Talladega in April. His aggressive driving style, open personality online and in person, savviness with modern media, and commitment to equally-invested sponsor Chili’s all coalesced into making him a fan favorite that arguably hasn’t been seen Dale Earnhardt or Jeff Gordon at the height of NASCAR’s popularity in the 1990s and 2000s.

He’s obviously got a long ways to go if he wants to live up to either comparison, but things are trending up for him recently. On Monday, he became just the second NASCAR driver to attend the Met Gala after Gordon did so twice. His Twitch livestreams have also been garnering tens of thousands of views.

One of his recent streams saw him drive Pro 2 trucks around stock car tracks in iRacing. Cole Mamer, who does the same thing in real life (and on actual off-road circuits, obviously), is more than happy to let Hocevar try the actual truck if he wishes.

“Whenever you are ready to drive one of those trucks in real life, let me know,” Mamer said. “We have a couple Pro 2s.”

Mamer finished seventh in the 2025 Championship Off-Road Pro 4 standings, winning the first round at Wheatland. He missed this past weekend’s season opener, but was dabbling more in desert racing over the spring by running races such as the Mint 400 and Silver State 300.

While Mamer doesn’t race Pro 2, his team builds 2WD trucks for customers and promotional events. Mamer Motorsports also preps Pro Lite trucks, and Trey Gibbs won the 2024 Championship Off-Road class title in one. Mamer himself won Pro Lite at the 2020 Crandon World Championship Races before jumping straight to Pro 4.

Even if Hocevar wants to take up Mamer’s offer, it’ll be hard finding an open date. All eight Championship Off-Road weekends clash with either Cup Series qualifying or race day, meaning Hocevar would likely have to sacrifice a good Cup starting spot to run short course. While not impossible to fly across the country mid-weekend, he’ll be cutting it close.

Should he make it work, Hocevar would join a small but decorated group of drivers to run both disciplines. Such crossovers were common in the 1990s since the Craftsman Truck Series was founded by former desert racers and plenty of off-roaders have migrated to stock cars like Jimmie Johnson and Robby Gordon, but the opposite where established stock car drivers try out short course also holds true.

Matt Crafton and Kyle Busch made one-off starts in TORC in the early 2010s, while Cole Whitt won Crandon’s Class 11 World Championship last year. Current Pro 4 points leader Jimmy Henderson began his career in stock cars and reached as high as the NASCAR Busch Series.

In any case, Mamer just wants Hocevar to know that “I got a truck when he’s ready.”

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