Was there ever any doubt?
Kaden Honeycutt is on the pole for Friday’s Buckle Up South Carolina 200 at Darlington Raceway, after a blazing lap in qualifying to put his TRICON Garage Toyota Tundra TRD Pro out front on the speed charts.
Carson Hocevar, one of many NASCAR Cup Series drivers invading the field for Friday’s event at Darlington, will start on the outside of the front row in the No. 77 for Spire Motorsports.
TRICON Garage then completed the top-five with Tanner Gray in third, Gio Ruggiero in fourth, and defending NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Corey Heim (who brought the truck that Honeycutt is driving to Victory Lane last Fall at Darlington) rounding out the top-five.
Christopher Bell, Ty Majeski, Layne Riggs, Ross Chastain, and Connor Mosack rounded out the top-10.
Photo: Lesley Ann Miller, LAT Images for Toyota Racing
STARTING LINEUP:
| # | Driver | Team | Time | Diff | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Kaden Honeycutt | TRICON Garage Safelite Toyota | 28.848 | 0.000 | 170.466 |
| 2 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet | 28.868 | 0.020 | 170.348 |
| 3 | 15 | Tanner Gray | TRICON Garage Black's Tire Toyota | 28.943 | 0.095 | 169.906 |
| 4 | 17 | Gio Ruggiero | TRICON Garage First Auto Group Toyota | 28.958 | 0.110 | 169.818 |
| 5 | 5 | Corey Heim | TRICON Garage Frontline Enterprises Toyota | 28.971 | 0.123 | 169.742 |
| 6 | 62 | Christopher Bell | Halmar Friesen Racing Pristine Auctions Toyota | 28.978 | 0.130 | 169.701 |
| 7 | 88 | Ty Majeski | ThorSport Racing Menards / ChiChis Ford | 28.992 | 0.144 | 169.619 |
| 8 | 34 | Layne Riggs | Front Row Motorsports Bare Knuckle Boxing Ford | 29.037 | 0.189 | 169.356 |
| 9 | 45 | Ross Chastain | Niece Motorsports Buckle Up South Carolina Chevrolet | 29.153 | 0.305 | 168.682 |
| 10 | 7 | Connor Mosack | Spire Motorsports FOJ Foundation Chevrolet | 29.172 | 0.324 | 168.573 |
| 11 | 9 | Grant Enfinger | CR7 Motorsports Grant County Mulch Chevrolet | 29.199 | 0.351 | 168.417 |
| 12 | 38 | Chandler Smith | Front Row Motorsports QuickTie Ford | 29.234 | 0.386 | 168.215 |
| 13 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing Halmar International Toyota | 29.263 | 0.415 | 168.048 |
| 14 | 19 | Daniel Hemric | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing NAPA Nightvision Chevrolet | 29.282 | 0.434 | 167.939 |
| 15 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing Farm Paint Ford | 29.300 | 0.452 | 167.836 |
| 16 | 91 | Christian Eckes | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing NAPA Nightvision Chevrolet | 29.388 | 0.540 | 167.334 |
| 17 | 13 | Cole Butcher | ThorSport Racing Atlantic Tiltload Ford | 29.435 | 0.587 | 167.066 |
| 18 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing LiUNA! Chevrolet | 29.456 | 0.608 | 166.947 |
| 19 | 42 | Conner Jones | Niece Motorsports DQS Solutions & Staffing Chevrolet | 29.485 | 0.637 | 166.783 |
| 20 | 25 | Corey LaJoie | Kaulig Racing RAM RAM | 29.489 | 0.641 | 166.760 |
| 21 | 44 | Andres Perez de Lara | Niece Motorsports Telcel Chevrolet | 29.501 | 0.653 | 166.693 |
| 22 | 10 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing MOPAR RAM | 29.517 | 0.669 | 166.602 |
| 23 | 98 | Jake Garcia | ThorSport Racing Quanta Services Ford | 29.520 | 0.672 | 166.585 |
| 24 | 26 | Dawson Sutton | Rackley WAR Rackley Roofing Chevrolet | 29.522 | 0.674 | 166.574 |
| 25 | 16 | Justin Haley | Kaulig Racing Declaration of Deals RAM | 29.553 | 0.705 | 166.399 |
| 26 | 56 | Timmy Hill | Hill Motorsports UNITS Storage Toyota | 29.694 | 0.846 | 165.609 |
| 27 | 1 | William Sawalich | TRICON Garage Starkey Toyota | 29.702 | 0.854 | 165.565 |
| 28 | 81 | Kris Wright | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing FNB Corporation Chevrolet | 29.740 | 0.892 | 165.353 |
| 29 | 12 | Brenden Queen | Kaulig Racing Cummins RAM | 29.905 | 1.057 | 164.441 |
| 30 | 14 | Mini Tyrrell | Kaulig Racing RAM RAM | 30.464 | 1.616 | 161.423 |
| 31 | 22 | Josh Reaume | Team Reaume Lucid Trading Ford | 30.955 | 2.107 | 158.863 |
| 32 | 76 | Spencer Boyd | Freedom Racing Enterprises Tohatsu Chevrolet | 31.125 | 2.277 | 157.995 |
| 33 | 2 | Clayton Green | Team Reaume Royals Vista, Inc. Ford | 31.193 | 2.345 | 157.651 |
| 34 | 90 | Justin Carroll | Terry Carroll Motorsports Carroll's Automotive Toyota | 31.319 | 2.471 | 157.017 |
| 35 | 93 | Caleb Costner | Costner Motorsports AutoBank Chevrolet | 31.713 | 2.865 | 155.066 |
| 36 | 33 | Frankie Muniz | Team Reaume Levrack Ford | -- | -- | -- |
