NASCAR Legend Kenny Wallace Names Sport's 'Next Superstar'

After Sunday's race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, former longtime Cup Series driver Kenny Wallace believes NASCAR has found it's "next superstar."

Carson Hocevar definitely got a rise out of more than a few elder NASCAR statesmen with his tactics in this weekend's Ambetter Health 400, but Wallace says he still likes a lot of what he sees from the driver of the No. 77 car.

"Young kid. Roughing the veterans' feathers up and boy they don't like it. Of all people. Of all people, Ross Chastain is going to have a talk with Carson Hocevar. … Remember when Rick Hendrick was mad at Ross and he was having a good old time roughing feathers up?" the three-time Most Popular Driver said. "Now our next superstar is Carson Hocevar."

Kenny then had a message for the 22-year-old Spire team member — with a little bit of advice thrown in.

"My message to Carson is this: this too shall pass, but you gotta listen to them. Because I've pissed people off too. You're new, and you're up front. They're like, 'Who the hell is this 77 he's never up here, why is he up here?'" Wallace explained. "You're running good now Carson, you have arrived, and you're going to piss the front runners [off] because you're taking one of their spots."

"So just be respectful," he added. "Ross is driving good now, he's one of the veterans. So, listen to Ross. They're all going to try to make you feel bad but that's only because you're taking their money from them."