Carson Hocevar says his mom was more fired up about him going to the Met Gala than winning at Talladega

It's been a good few weeks to be Carson Hocevar, driver of the No. 77 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports.

Last month, Hocevar won his first career NASCAR Cup Series race when he took the checkered flag in the Jack Link's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, then dropped a celebration for the ages.

Then just days later, he became the first NASCAR driver to hit the Met Gala since Jeff Gordon went in 2010.

Sure, it's usually a parade of people sniffing their own farts in dumb costumes,...