Kaden Honeycutt put down a blistering lap on a fresh set of Goodyear tires in Friday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series practice from Darlingon Raceway, leading the session by a whopping quarter-second over second-place runner Ty Majeski.
Honeycutt, in his first race with crew chief Scott Zipadelli on top of the pit box after breaking his leg late in the off-season, posted a time of 29.459 seconds (166.930mph) to be quickest in practice in the No. 11 Safelite Toyota Tundra TRD Pro for TRICON Garage.
Ty Majeski was second, with defending NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Corey Heim in third-place, driving the No. 5 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro for TRICON. Tanner Gray and Grant Enfinger rounded out the top-10. Gio Ruggiero, Carson Hocevar, Layne Riggs, Connor Mosack, and William Sawalich had laps inside the top-10.
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series had a 50-minute practice session on Friday, their first of such session in the season, leaving a lot of drivers with the opportunity to get lots of laps around one of the hardest racetracks on the circuit — and did it without anybody putting a scratch on their vehicle.
Qualifying is next.
Photo Credit: Jonathan McCoy, TobyChristie.com
PRACTICE RESULTS:
| # | Driver | Team | Time | Diff | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Kaden Honeycutt | TRICON Garage Safelite Toyota | 29.459 | 166.930 | |
| 2 | 88 | Ty Majeski | ThorSport Racing Menards / ChiChis Ford | 29.712 | 0.253 | 165.509 |
| 3 | 5 | Corey Heim | TRICON Garage Frontline Enterprises Toyota | 29.764 | 0.305 | 165.220 |
| 4 | 15 | Tanner Gray | TRICON Garage Black's Tire Toyota | 29.771 | 0.312 | 165.181 |
| 5 | 9 | Grant Enfinger | CR7 Motorsports Grant County Mulch Chevrolet | 29.791 | 0.332 | 165.070 |
| 6 | 17 | Gio Ruggiero | TRICON Garage First Auto Group Toyota | 29.869 | 0.410 | 164.639 |
| 7 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet | 29.935 | 0.476 | 164.276 |
| 8 | 34 | Layne Riggs | Front Row Motorsports Bare Knuckle Boxing Ford | 29.946 | 0.487 | 164.216 |
| 9 | 7 | Connor Mosack | Spire Motorsports FOJ Foundation Chevrolet | 29.953 | 0.494 | 164.177 |
| 10 | 1 | William Sawalich | TRICON Garage Starkey Toyota | 29.974 | 0.515 | 164.062 |
| 11 | 38 | Chandler Smith | Front Row Motorsports QuickTie Ford | 29.987 | 0.528 | 163.991 |
| 12 | 26 | Dawson Sutton | Rackley WAR Rackley Roofing Chevrolet | 30.043 | 0.584 | 163.685 |
| 13 | 62 | Christopher Bell | Halmar Friesen Racing Pristine Auctions Toyota | 30.092 | 0.633 | 163.419 |
| 14 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing Farm Paint Ford | 30.098 | 0.639 | 163.386 |
| 15 | 16 | Justin Haley | Kaulig Racing Declaration of Deals RAM | 30.112 | 0.653 | 163.310 |
| 16 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing Halmar International Toyota | 30.126 | 0.667 | 163.234 |
| 17 | 98 | Jake Garcia | ThorSport Racing Quanta Services Ford | 30.146 | 0.687 | 163.126 |
| 18 | 44 | Andres Perez de Lara | Niece Motorsports Telcel Chevrolet | 30.198 | 0.739 | 162.845 |
| 19 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing LiUNA! Chevrolet | 30.213 | 0.754 | 162.764 |
| 20 | 45 | Ross Chastain | Niece Motorsports Buckle Up South Carolina Chevrolet | 30.230 | 0.771 | 162.673 |
| 21 | 42 | Conner Jones | Niece Motorsports DQS Solutions & Staffing Chevrolet | 30.279 | 0.820 | 162.410 |
| 22 | 19 | Daniel Hemric | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing NAPA Nightvision Chevrolet | 30.368 | 0.909 | 161.934 |
| 23 | 56 | Timmy Hill | Hill Motorsports UNITS Storage Toyota | 30.468 | 1.009 | 161.402 |
| 24 | 91 | Christian Eckes | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing NAPA Nightvision Chevrolet | 30.530 | 1.071 | 161.074 |
| 25 | 25 | Corey LaJoie | Kaulig Racing RAM RAM | 30.716 | 1.257 | 160.099 |
| 26 | 10 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing MOPAR RAM | 30.857 | 1.398 | 159.367 |
| 27 | 13 | Cole Butcher | ThorSport Racing Atlantic Tiltload Ford | 30.865 | 1.406 | 159.326 |
| 28 | 81 | Kris Wright | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing FNB Corporation Chevrolet | 30.899 | 1.440 | 159.151 |
| 29 | 12 | Brenden Queen | Kaulig Racing Cummins RAM | 30.907 | 1.448 | 159.110 |
| 30 | 14 | Mini Tyrrell | Kaulig Racing RAM RAM | 31.478 | 2.019 | 156.223 |
| 31 | 2 | Clayton Green | Team Reaume Royals Vista, Inc. Ford | 31.740 | 2.281 | 154.934 |
| 32 | 22 | Josh Reaume | Team Reaume Lucid Trading Ford | 32.114 | 2.655 | 153.129 |
| 33 | 76 | Spencer Boyd | Freedom Racing Enterprises Tohatsu Chevrolet | 32.140 | 2.681 | 153.006 |
| 34 | 90 | Justin Carroll | Terry Carroll Motorsports Carroll's Automotive Toyota | 32.504 | 3.045 | 151.292 |
| 35 | 33 | Frankie Muniz | Team Reaume Levrack Ford | 32.851 | 3.392 | 149.694 |
| 36 | 93 | Caleb Costner | Costner Motorsports AutoBank Chevrolet | 33.362 | 3.903 | 147.401 |