Honeycutt Inherits Pro Truck Win To Open Derby Week

Kaden Honeycutt poses in victory lane Thursday night at Five Flags Speedway. (Daniel Vining photo)

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Kaden Honeycutt never led a lap in Thursday night’s Pro Truck headliner at Five Flags Speedway, but he still left the half-mile oval with his first trophy of Snowball Derby week.

Honeycutt inherited the victory after the No. 79 of Steven Davis, who crossed the finish line first in the 50-lap main event, failed post-race technical inspection.

It gave the 21-year-old Texan his first Pro Truck win with Bryson Lopez Racing and marked the first step toward his goal of sweeping four races in four days at the historic Pensacola short track.

“This isn’t ever the way you want to win a race, but we had a solid truck all night long,” noted Honeycutt.

In a race that featured nine cautions for incident, two red flags, and a myriad of retirees due to crash damage, Honeycutt kept his nose clean and never ran lower than sixth all night.

“I hated we had all those yellows, man,” he lamented. “This race has gone green the past three years, but I think with the (afternoon) rain delay, everyone was antsy and unfortunately that led to a lot of chaos. I needed a little bit more on fire-off to stay with Steven on track, but we’ll never pass up a victory as a team no matter how it happens.

“I hadn’t run a truck here since 2017 before tonight, so I had a lot of fun and glad it ended well.”