At a glance
- Born: Willow Park, Texas (age 22 as of May 2026)
- 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Full-time, No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota (inherited the chassis from Corey Heim when Heim moved to a partial Cup schedule)
- 2026 CARS Pro Late Model Tour: No. 54 JC Motorsports — selected events
- 2026 CARS Late Model Stock Tour: No. 17 Tom Usry Racing — selected events
- 2026 ARCA Menards Series: Selected starts with Bruce Cook's program
- Series championships: 2024 CARS Pro Late Model Tour champion
2026 milestones
- Friday May 8 — first career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win. Watkins Glen International, Bully Hill Vineyards 176 (overtime, 0.902s over Connor Zilisch). Full recap.
- Friday May 8 — ARCA Menards Series win. General Tire 100 at Watkins Glen, in Bruce Cook's No. 17 entry. Made him the second driver in history to win an ARCA race and a Truck race on the same day, joining Sam Mayer (2020 Bristol).
- Saturday May 9 — CARS Tour weekend sweep at Ace Speedway. Won the 100-lap Pro Late Model feature from the pole in the JC Motorsports No. 54, then won the Late Model Stock feature in the Tom Usry Racing No. 17 — the first driver in CARS Tour history to pull off a weekend sweep. Tacked on to the Watkins Glen sweep, capped a four-win weekend across four disciplines.
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship lead: +29 over Chandler Smith post-Watkins Glen.
- Career CARS Tour wins: 12 total (5 LMSC + 7 PLM) as of 5/9/26.
Career highlights
- 2024 CARS PLM Tour champion.
- 2022 CARS LMSC Tour win at Ace Speedway (with Nelson Motorsports) — his first Ace LMSC trophy; the May 9, 2026 win was his second.
- 2026 CARS PLM Tour wins (through Ace): Caraway 4/26 + Ace 5/9 in JC Motorsports's No. 54.
- Came up through the CARS Tour development pipeline before moving full-time to TRICON Garage in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for 2026.
- Improved his average Truck Series finish year-over-year through six races by +4.3 (16.2 in 2025 → 11.8 in 2026, pre-Watkins Glen).
The "shotgun a beer" promise
Honeycutt said publicly that when he scored his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, he would shotgun a beer with the fans in the grandstands. At Watkins Glen International on May 8, 2026, he kept the promise — though logistical constraints confined the celebration to the frontstretch. At Ace Speedway the next night, he closed the loop with the fans and his team.
Cars and teams (2026)
| Discipline | Number | Team | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | 11 | TRICON Garage | Toyota; chassis inherited from Corey Heim. |
| ARCA Menards Series | 17 | Bruce Cook (Cook Racing Technologies) | Toyota; selected road-course / development starts. |
| CARS Pro Late Model Tour | 54 | JC Motorsports | Selected starts; back-to-back wins Caraway 4/26 + Ace 5/9. |
| CARS Late Model Stock Tour | 17 | Tom Usry Racing | Selected starts; Ace 5/9 was a marquee win. |
Cross-links
- Mason Walters Won His First CARS Tour Race in the Chassis Ben Maier Won the Title In — May 27, 2026 — Walters and the Setzer R&D #6 in the chassis that produced the 2025 PLM title (Maier in JC #54 now Honeycutt's ride).
- Watkins Glen ARCA + Truck sweep — full recap
- The CARS Tour — Complete Guide to Stock Car Racing's Premier Regional Series
- 2026 CARS Tour Schedule
- Treyten Lapcevich — Driver Profile
- Caden Kvapil — Driver Profile
- Connor Zilisch — Driver Profile
- Sam Mayer — Driver Profile
- JR Motorsports — Team Profile
Sources
- CARS Racing Tour press release, May 9, 2026: "Kaden Honeycutt wraps up dream weekend with CARS Tour sweep at Ace Speedway."
- NASCAR Wire Service / Bully Hill Vineyards 176 release, May 8, 2026.
- ARCA Menards Series General Tire 100 release, May 8, 2026.
- CARS Tour standings + season records (as of 5/4/26 official-source fetch + 5/9/26 result confirmation).
Recent Race — Dover, May 15, 2026 (ECOSAVE 200)
Honeycutt finished fourth at Dover after rallying from an early pit-road penalty. He retained his NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series points lead — 29 over Chandler Smith entering the weekend. Kyle Busch won the race for his record fifth Dover Truck victory. Read the recap.