It would have been easy for Carson Hocevar to prevent camera crews from following him around this season as part of the new documentary series, "Rising." However, he chose to put his life on display alongside Rajah Caruth and Jesse Love.
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This makes complete sense for the driver who became a bigger fan of the sport while watching SPEED Channel specials and DVDs focused on icons of NASCAR, such as Dale Earnhardt and Tony Stewart.
"It would be a disservice to 5-year-old me that fell in love with the sport," Hocevar told media members during a Zoom session leading up to the documentary series. "And it'd be a disservice to every fan and kid out there now if I shied away from going in the stands and enjoying it — an Xfinity race or Truck race — or doing anything fun and not posting about it and letting people see what drivers do for fun.
"And I think that would just be such a disservice to all the fans out there, but also the sport as a whole and not hopefully moving the needle because I'm passionate about it. And what makes me super, super passionate is walking around and seeing little kids with their family enjoying it. And it takes me back to how much those feelings I had as a kid."
— Carson Hocevar (@CarsonHocevar) November 20, 2025
Hocevar is no stranger to putting his life on display. This is something he does with regularity while embracing his role as a de facto fan ambassador.
He streams on Twitch when he is not at the track — and occasionally during rain delays — while interacting with fans. He hangs out in the grandstands with fans while watching Truck Series and O'Reilly Auto Parts Series races. He shows off the random Facebook Marketplace purchases, which include an old Kasey Kahne Dodge.
This documentary series is an entirely different beast. It provides far more access, especially during the race weekends.
The team at Full Speed Entertainment curated the big moments for the five-part series on YouTube. It showed Hocevar gifting his parents a brand-new Chevrolet pickup as thanks for them supporting his racing career. It showed him burning trees with a flamethrower and riding around in his No. 3 pickup.
The team at Full Speed Entertainment also did not edit out the difficult moments that Hocevar experienced as he navigated his second full season at Spire Motorsports.
The series showed the near-misses at EchoPark Speedway and Nashville Superspeedway. It showed the mechanical failures at Daytona International Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway. It showed the clashes with other Cup Series competitors and the aftermath of Hocevar losing a loved one.
The Michigan native had some input as Full Speed Entertainment created this series, so he could have realistically requested that they left some things on the cutting room floor. He did not take this approach.
"I think it's healthy for a show to have the good, bad, and the ugly, right," Hocevar said. "And I think it's... for me, I think I'm comfortable being vulnerable on a camera just because I think that's healthy. I mean, every life isn't all sunshine and rainbows.
"And when everything's PR'd, or portrayed that it is all sunshine and rainbows, I think everybody, the way the world is now, can read through that super easily or feel like something's not genuine or something's faked or whatever. So when it is good, bad, or ugly, you could tell, and I think that becomes authentic and real. And that's what I would want to watch."
Hocevar is done filming "Rising," but that doesn't mean he will stop showing these aspects of his life. He will continue giving fans a peek behind the curtain with his social media channels, and he will continue hanging out with them once the 2026 season starts.
For now, the fans can experience some of the moments from the 2025 season while watching "Rising" on YouTube.
