MARTINSVILLE, Va.- Kaden Honeycutt and the No. 45 Niece Motorsports team went on the ultimate racing roller coaster ride Friday night (April 5) at Martinsville Speedway. After multiple on-track incidents and some not-so-happy radio chatter during the 200-lap event, Honeycutt wound up with a top-10 finish, coming home ninth at race’s end.
However, the fun didn’t stop with the checkered flag for Honeycutt, as he was called to the NASCAR hauler post race due to the on-track incident with Bret Holmes and Justin Carroll that saw Carroll’s No. 90 end up in the outside wall.
Along with his limited NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts with Niece, Honeycutt runs full-time in the zMAX CARS Tour Pro Late Model series and part-time in CARS’ Late Model Stock division. When he is in the No. 45, he looks to make the most of every opportunity.
The day started out solid for Honeycutt as he clocked in 10th in practice, just under two tenths off of Ty Majeski who went fastest. The team found themselves slightly down the running order in qualifying, as Honeycutt timed in 17th during the time trial session.
Once the green dropped on the 200-lap main event for the night, Honeycutt began his march forward. Picking off trucks one by one, Honeycutt drove the No. 45 up to ninth by the end of stage one at lap 50.
The climb through the running order didn’t stop there, as Honeycutt again moved up by the lap-100 caution for the end of stage two, finding himself inside the top five in fifth. From that point on, things got messy for Honeycutt.
A pit stop put the No. 45 back in the pack for the stage three restart, which led to some hard racing with Daniel Dye as Honeycutt attempted to drive back through the field. The two swapped paint for multiple laps, with the end result being Honeycutt spun on the back straightaway on lap 134.
With the team now behind the eight ball and running out of laps to make up the lost ground, the aggression began to ramp up as Honeycutt once again tried to drive back to the front of the pack. The only issue was the aggression began to rise for the others around the No. 45.
Push came to shove on lap 158, and a shove from the front bumper of Honeycutt’s No. 45 sent Holmes spinning into Carroll entering turn 1, ending Carroll’s night as his No. 90 slammed the outside wall.
At that point, NASCAR came over the radio and called Honeycutt to the hauler post race.
As mayhem ensued in the…
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