ron.brown11 Posted May 5 Author Report Share Posted May 5 Kaden raced the #45 Niece truck at Kansas tonight. He finished 4th!!! Somebody's going tp put him a steady ride if he keeps this up. I think that if he could win 3 races in either of the series (Pro or LMSC) will get him a shoot at either a truck or Xfinity ride.The Niece team is the best chance because he has history there already, Hammer Down Mr Honeycutt!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realfast Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 The last time he raced the niece truck. He was getting booed and people were saying to get him off the track. He hit everything but the pace car. I’m glad he had a better run this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted May 7 Author Report Share Posted May 7 On 5/4/2024 at 10:26 PM, Realfast said: The last time he raced the niece truck. He was getting booed and people were saying to get him off the track. He hit everything but the pace car. I’m glad he had a better run this time. And he's not done getting better either. Sometimes it just takes a minute to get used to running up front, with people he hasn't been used to racing around. With last year's 02 team, he was carrying the truck. Now he's got a truck that can be upfront consistently, he doesn't need to take as many chances just to gain a spot or two. I'm no racecar driving savant by any stretch, but he has the talent. I will truly be surprised if he doesn't get a win in that truck this season. I expect him to also get more wins in both CARS tour divisions. I've said it on here a couple of times now. If I had the funds, he'd have a good, full-time ride in the CARS LMSC division. Because, even if the Niece deal doesn't get him full time, the LMSC wins will get him looked at by other teams in truck & Xfinity series'. Al Niece has built quite the business, and I'm glad the he loves racing like he does. But I don't think that he has Gene Haas money, so it hurts me every time I see him having to self sponsor. Hopefully Kaden or Niece can find enough sponsorship money to get him in the seat for a full season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted May 10 Author Report Share Posted May 10 Kaden will be running this coming Wed at North Wilkesboro Speedway. He will be running for Tom Usury's team again (in the Wood Brothers red & white lookalike #17). He will have a teammate for that race too. Layne Riggs, the 2022 National Champion. I don't know what car number Riggs will be in, but I'll venture a guess that it will be painted like the 17. That would be a phenomenal win for Kaden, as there will be lots of eyes from the top 3 series watching. Because the full entry list isn't available, I don't know yet if he's going to race the Pro race in the #51 that he's been driving for. I hope he is able to run both. There is going to be several Cup & Xfinity drivers there as well. The full entry list isn't out for either the Pro Late Models or the LMSC events. The Pros will race a 100 lapper on Tues, (the winner last year was Angie Grill). The LMSCs will run for 125 laps on Wed, (Butterbean Queen was last year's winner). Both days will be on FloRacing live. It's going to be fun, with the new asphalt that was laid down since last year. Makes me wonder which is more strove after, a Martinsville Grandfather clock, or an elevator ride to the roof at NW? Queen was so happy last year that I thought he was going to float up there, and carry his car with him. Hoping for some great racing both nights, and not a crash fest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted May 10 Author Report Share Posted May 10 Kaden will practice & qualify Kyle Weatherman's #91 at Darlington today. Kyle had a family emergency but is supposed to be back for tomorrow's Xfinity race at Darlington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted May 14 Author Report Share Posted May 14 Well, due to weather, Kaden will be pulling the double on Wed. Everything that was supposed to be run tomorrow at North Wilkesboro has been pushed to Wed. I can also tell you there will be cars that probably won't make the race. There are 44 LMSC cars entered, and 33 Pro LMs entered. Steven Nasse will also do the double. Peyton Sellers is going to make a start in the LMSC race. There's a lot of very good cars entered in both races. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted May 15 Author Report Share Posted May 15 Well, rain is still messing with everything at N Wilks. About half of the Pro LMs got qualified, then the rain started. Then CARS management canceled their qualifying, and the race will go off 2023 & 2024 owners points (not enough race dates in 2024, so they added the 2023 owners points). They still haven't said if they will start all od the Pro LMs that showed up. But because of all of this, Kaden Honeycutt will start from the pole position. There was 1 car, that was driven by a guy that I hadn't seen/heard of before. I might not have even noticed, until the announcer said his hometown. It was Clayton Green of Marble Falls, TX. It looked like he would have started in the top 15 before the rains came. They announced that he would start 27th. Maybe someone on this site can add some more about Mr Green's racing history. They are still drying the track, but are hopeful to get the LMSC qualifying in. I have no idea how many cars the plan to allow to start the LMSC main. If it gets washed out, there will be some really good cars/drivers that are going to start way in the back, to include the NASCAR top 3 division drivers that are entered. The big problem for the CARS Tour is that they are up against an immovable drop dead time line. All of the All Star weekend races will own Thur- Sunday. So either they will need to get these races in tonight, or push everything out past Sunday. That would really hurt those smaller teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted May 16 Author Report Share Posted May 16 They just gave another update. The qualifying for the LMSC series has been canceled, and they too will go off of owners points. They also said that they will start 40 cars for the LMSC race. They haven't given a starting lineup yet, so I don't know where Kaden will start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted May 16 Author Report Share Posted May 16 Honeycutt will start 21st, if/when they run the LMSC race. Still raining there at 9pm local time there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 On 5/15/2024 at 7:55 PM, ron.brown11 said: There was 1 car, that was driven by a guy that I hadn't seen/heard of before. I might not have even noticed, until the announcer said his hometown. It was Clayton Green of Marble Falls, TX. It looked like he would have started in the top 15 before the rains came. They announced that he would start 27th. Maybe someone on this site can add some more about Mr Green's racing history. Clayton is Steve Green's son. Steve raced for several years in Central/South Texas a decade or two ago. Ten years ago I wrote about Clayton's debut in an HMP press release. "Last time out (July 5) race fans witnessed the long-awaited debut of a “new style” NASCAR American Muscle Car (AMCAR) in the newly-created NASCAR division at HMP. Clayton Green, in a sharp-looking new Camaro built by his father and veteran-driver Steve Green, finished third in the feature behind points-leader David Webster and Nathan Demski. Green was battling Demski for second at one point and the car looked fast down the straights. “'That was our first time out with the car and we need to work on the setup a little more,” the 17 year-old Green said. “I know it’s going to be plenty fast once we get it dialed in and we’re looking to win with it this week.”' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 I understand that Clayton Green will be driving the #04 Roper Racing Team truck at North Wilkesboro Speedway tomorrow (May 18). BTW, Steve's wife, Dana, would help out behind the scenes for whatever Texas series Steve was running at the time. Very personable and competent lady. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted May 17 Author Report Share Posted May 17 1 hour ago, NickHolt said: I understand that Clayton Green will be driving the #04 Roper Racing Team truck at North Wilkesboro Speedway tomorrow (May 18). BTW, Steve's wife, Dana, would help out behind the scenes for whatever Texas series Steve was running at the time. Very personable and competent lady. That's good to hear Nick. Hopefully he'll have a good run there. I figured that you'd be the one to respond. Thanks for the info sir.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted May 23 Author Report Share Posted May 23 (edited) Great run by Kaden at Kansas!! So far this season, he has that top 5, 3 top 10s, over 4 starts. So happy for him to get a ride in a decently funded team. Hopefully this will lead to a full-time ride next season. Unfortunately he didn't get to run the 2 CARS Tour races last week at N Wilkesboro. However, he is doing the double on Sat @ Tri-County Speedway in NC. He will again pilot the #17 in the LMSC race, and the #51 in the Pro LM race. I hope that he has great results in both. Edited May 23 by ron.brown11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24nomo Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 He runs well in both classes there. Will be fun to watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted May 23 Author Report Share Posted May 23 4 hours ago, 24nomo said: He runs well in both classes there. Will be fun to watch Yes he does. I looked at the CARS Tour site earlier, they still don't have a make up date for either series races for N Wilkesboro. I hope that they will get a chance to run those races. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted May 26 Author Report Share Posted May 26 Kaden didn't have a good qualifying speed for the Pro late model, and started outside the top 10. He was unable to practice the car yesterday due to him running the truck race last night. He had a great night going until a bad pit stop. He still managed a 7th place finish. In the 100 lap race, Kaden ended up 5th. He was running 3rd with about 20 laps to go, and Spencer Davis decided to move him. It was a great save, but it dropped him back to 5th. Kaden was tied for the points lead with Davis, coming into this race. As with this race, Kaden wasn't able to practice his LMSC car either, and qualified 21st. Hopefully he will have a great run in that race. They only started 16 cars in the Pro race. That is by far the smallest field this season. And with what happened on lap 20, I don't think that Nick Loden will make it to the race at Langley Speedway next week. He got taken out by 13 year old Tristen McKee, while leading the race. Loden's car will need at least a rear clip. He races for his family owned team. Last year he had a violent crash at North Wilkesboro, and was once able to make a couple more starts. He's been really fast at every races so far this season. Hopefully that can get the car back together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted May 26 Author Report Share Posted May 26 The LMSC race will start 30 cars for the 125 lap race. They're 35 laps in, and Kaden sits 19th as the track goes yellow for a solo spin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted May 26 Author Report Share Posted May 26 Fifty laps in and Kaden is in 17th, and under another yellow for a solo spin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted May 26 Author Report Share Posted May 26 WOW, Honeycutt went form 17th to 13th in 3 laps after the restart.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted May 26 Author Report Share Posted May 26 Not sure if Kaden has an issue, or used up his tires. But with 40 laps to go, he sits 18th. Under yellow for a flat tire on Landon Huffman. Brendan Butterbean Queen has led every lap so far. This was the same race that he led so many laps, only to run out of fuel, and he wasn't the only one. Hopefully everyone has the fuel situation handled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted May 26 Author Report Share Posted May 26 Well, with 23 laps to go, on the restart from another spin, Kaden dove to the bottom 3 wide. It didn't work. I don't think he has much/any damage, but at least a half dozen cars got torn up from that. He's showing as being in 13th again. Hopefully he'll have a good finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted May 26 Author Report Share Posted May 26 After another solo spin after 2 laps, Kaden was kicked back to 18th. The race is finished, and Queen led every lap. But I'll tell you this, Chase Burrow sure made it difficult. He was going for his first win in the CARS Tour. He ran Kaden really hard, but he also raced him clean. I think that Kaden finished 14th, but that's a guess because they stopped showing the ticker at the end, and they didn't announce the final finishing order. But the announcer stated that Spencer Davis now holds a 3 point lead over Kaden in the Pro series. They race at Langley next weekend. Queen won the track championship 2020, 2021 & 2022. Conor Jones won every race held there last season, on his way to the national title. Those 2 really know how to win there, at it is both of them's home track. The Pro series isn't running at Langley next week. I don't know yet if Honeycutt in running Mr Usruy's LMSC car next week either. I wonder what Kaden would have done to Spencer Davis if he could gotten back to him in the Pro race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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