Carson Hocevar Wins 1st Career Cup Race at Talladega, New Crew Chief For Kyle Busch & Texas Preview

Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour presented by NASCAR on FOX

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Leisure, Sports, Automotive

4.8 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Carson Hocevar’s first NASCAR Cup Series win at Talladega, his unforgettable post-race celebration, pit road mistakes, and major NASCAR leadership changes headline a wild weekend of racing action and analysis. On this episode of Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, Kevin Harvick, Kaitlyn Vincie, and Mamba Smith break down Carson Hocevar capturing his first Cup Series victory at Talladega Superspeedway, dive into the costly pit road errors across multiple teams, and react to Andy Street being named the new crew chief for Kyle Busch. The trio also discuss NASCAR announcing that Steve O’Donnell will become the CEO, they highlight Andy Jankowiak winning the ARCA race with Cleetus McFarland finishing second, preview the upcoming race at Texas Motor Speedway as Kevin shares a hilarious Texas story, and they react to the latest Mamba’s Social Sips. 0:00 - Intro 2:30 - Talladega Weekend Recap 23:34 - New Crew Chief For Kyle Busch 34:56 - Texas Preview 40:13 - Mamba’s Social Sips 48:27 - Last Call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.1	And he soaked in every bit of it.
0:34.4	If I had a crew chief that talked about me like that,
0:37.1	I would fire his ass quickly. And it's Tall'Daga. Probably a lot of skid marks happening on people. If you're going to throw stuff like that out there, you need to at least understand what you're talking about. California's Kevin Harvick does it. Welcome to Kevin Harvick's happy art presented by NASCAR Fox. I'm Kevin Harvick. She's Caitlin Vincy and our head dingo, Mama Smith.
0:56.1	Hey.
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0:58.0	Kevin just came up with this new name for you. Yeah, listen, you call me whatever you want. Just don't call me late for dinner, you know what I'm saying? That's right. That's right. That's right. There you go. Yeah, I like that new name for you.
1:07.7	Solid.
1:08.7	Listen, I'm a C-suite executive in a lot of different places.
1:11.9	You know what I mean?
1:12.3	A C-suite?
1:12.9	Well, you just called me chief.
1:14.2	I did. that new name for you. Yeah. Solid. Well, listen, I'm a C-suite executive in a lot of different places.
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