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Kaden Honeycutt Wins Truck Series Race at Phoenix, Stretches Chase Lead to 39 Points
Kaden Honeycutt took a giant step toward the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship on Friday at Phoenix Raceway, winning the Zero Carbon Bioethanol 150 Powered by POET and stretching his Chase lead to 39 points.
Honeycutt took control in the third stage behind a flawless night from his pit crew, came out of the final stops as the first Chase contender, and led a race-high 53 laps — every one of them on the final green-flag run. He beat Christian Eckes to the line by 1.556 seconds for his first win at Phoenix and the fourth of his career, all of them coming this season.
There is a nice symmetry to it: Honeycutt did it in the No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota, the same ride Corey Heim drove to the Truck Series title at Phoenix last year.
Layne Riggs, who has won seven times this season, finished third and sits second in the standings. “It’s anybody’s game still at this point,” Riggs said, with Talladega, Martinsville and Homestead-Miami left on the schedule.
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South Carolina-Made GT Radial Tires Win Second Straight Formula DRIFT Tire Cup Championship
Tires made in Richburg, South Carolina, have powered GT Radial to its second consecutive Formula DRIFT Tire Cup Championship.
GT Radial clinched the 2026 title with a dominant performance in Las Vegas on September 26, where teammates Conor Shanahan and Matt Field finished first and second. The 1-2 result gave GT Radial an insurmountable 180-point lead with one event remaining in the season.
At the center of the championship is the GT Radial Champiro SX2 RS, the only Formula DRIFT competition tire manufactured in the United States, built at the company’s Richburg facility, which combines manufacturing with research, development and testing.
“What we learn in competition doesn’t stay at the racetrack,” said Mike Meeiem, GT Radial’s motorsports manager. “Formula DRIFT pushes tires to extremes that everyday drivers will never experience, and that gives our engineers valuable information about compounds, construction, grip, durability and heat management. Those lessons help us continue developing better-performing tires for consumers.”
The same Las Vegas weekend also crowned a champion in Formula DRIFT’s developmental PROSPEC series: Dmitriy Brutskiy became the first three-time PROSPEC champion in series history, while 16-year-old rookie Braden Lons won the final round and took third in the championship. The top three PROSPEC finishers earn a license to move up to the PRO championship next year.
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