Hamlin Breaks Hocevar's Heart On Path To 50th Career Cup Series Pole

Jim Dedmon-Imagn ImagesCarson Hocevar, who hails from Portage, MI, was so close to securing the pole position for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at his home track, Michigan International Speedway, that he could taste it. Unfourtunately, the taste in Hocevar's mouth spoiled as Denny Hamlin, the final car to go on track in qualifying, bumped him from the pole position.Hamlin, as he had done 49 other times in his illustrious NASCAR Cup Series career, rocketed to the top of the speed charts in qual