"I was 20 and Dumb Too" | Michael McDowell on Carson Hocevar, Mexico City, Playoff Pressure and More

Why do they have to give up stages? Why is this the case?

Such a great guy. Got to talk with him last year in the lobby of FRM while he signed flags. Super down to earth and happy to talk racing with fans. Great memory for me and my son

Love that you got McDowell on the show. One of my favorite personalities in the sport, always soo humble.

Great Show.
I love your channel ❤️
Keep it up 💯

let’s get er done team Chevy

Eric, i appreciate you asking the hard hitting questions!! Loving these driver interviews, and excited for next Power Hour interview

A lot of people were 20 and dumb, I know I was, I got drafted an ended up in an armed conflict. Some people don’t make it through 20 and dumb!😵

I know Carson is on the cusp of greatness, for one he’s one of the only drivers who LOVE the car and has preformed very well in a mid-pack team who is trying to be a top tier team.

Quote of the day!!! " I was 20 something and dumb too!!"

Go #77 Carson Hocevar,my guy!!!

Rick Hendrick will hire Carson.

I like McDowell

It's crazy how good Hocevar is. He's in midtier quipment and fresh into his cup career. Compare him to, say William Byron, when he was fresh in his cup career and he was in top tier equipment. Byron wasn't running like Hocevar is.

All I'm saying is, comparing the beginning of their cup careers, Hocevar is in mid equipment doing better than Byron was doing in the best equipment. And with how good Byron is now, I can only imagine how good Hocevar will be.

Chevrolet needs to start winning every race.

Great interview with a top notch person and driver.

Hocevar with McDowell mentoring was such a smart move by Spire. Good luck guys

This guy will be a great team owner someday. Just listen to how he talks about his team. Dale Jr. talked about this in the Download too, McDowell is in meetings about hiring and salaries. No wonder Front Row grew so much with him there. Hope he wins this week!

I do love the mentality of a win being 2000 points. A true journeyman veteran

Hopefully the Fans Will be out. Supposed to Pour all Weekend. Chase needs a Win or Top 5 #9

Michael McDowell is just awesome. He has a great personality. I really hope he pulls in some more victories soon. He was so close at Texas too. Hope he can win a race this season.

Nascar could easily fix both tracks by just painting a double yellow line into the corner with a out of bound resulting in drive thru for both tracks for RESTARTS. Same at Indy. A out of bound double yellow that limits cars to only being two wide for restarts. Nascar wants the wrecks and that is why they don't fix the issue. Instead Nascar is a JOKE again. (Nascar could go as far to put a out of bounds double yellow line on both sides of the track for restarts. This would eliminate dive bombing, and 3 to 6 wide racing into the first 90 degree turn.

Justin Haley is the next Jimmie Johnson.

You did a great interview. You did your homework on McDowell.

Soo new stuff we always expect Joey Logan to win right🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Carson is the talent you better give him the best car not Suarez…. We know Suarez will get the best out of anybody and still get beat by Carson.

MCDOWELL SUPREMACY

At Michael McDowell had something that Carson might get…a Daytona 500 win

Good interview.
I know the affiliation, but where is Michael that Hendrick Motorsports is on the wall behind him?

Michael is still dumb lol 😂

Michael McDowell SHOULD BE in The Chase, EVERY YEAR! Spire should make DAMN SURE to give him a championship car EVERY ROAD COURSE! Then, learn how to race in the chase and finish as best you can. 💯✌🏾

Love Michael McDowell. Such a cool dude. Thank you for the interview

How can anyone possibly NOT like Michael McDowell? Good driver. Good guy. Speaks his mind and he knows what he's talking about.

Have we learned nothing from the disaster that turn one Indy was? What if another driver loses their brakes on that straight away like Kyle Larson did and take somebody out at Mach f*ck?

100% agree that Hocevar is a future superstar. He's like a consistently good version of Chastain.

Mike is a great family guy and an honest dude

This is why he's Michael McGoated

Great interview!

The fact that you’re not a writer or at the very least a pit reporter has to be your decision because there’s no way you haven’t had a legit opportunity….Great job 🤘

I didn't realize McDowell raced indycar before nascar.

Here is something that most people don't know about Hocevar. When he was 15 he won the Super Late Model track championship at BERLIN RACEWAY his first year of driving stock cars

Spire is an underdog on the rise. I'm paying attention

I had no idea he ran in CART!

Great interview with a great guy!

From an overall team perspective.. Michael goes for the win.. Carson and Justin should go for stage points. Best for Spire overall

Michael McDowell is underrated.

This was great! Thanks for this!

Had no idea about McDowells background. Now I need to see him on the Dale jr download to learn more.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. NASCAR just needs to make a rule where everyone HAS to come down pit road for 4 tires during the stage break caution. That will eliminate drivers having to sacrifice their stage points that they EARNED