Kaden Honeycutt won Friday’s Craftsman Truck Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway to solidify the 2026 championship — his first in national-series competition.
Honeycutt led the final 15 laps, passing Christian Eckes on a late restart to earn his fifth victory of the season and win the championship fairly uncontested. He entered Homestead with a 20-point lead over Layne Riggs, shaping up for a heavyweight title match to decide the championship. But Riggs cut a right-rear tire on Lap 15 and never recovered, eventually suffering a second failure in Stage 2 and falling several laps off the pace.
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Eckes finished second, followed by Daniel Hemric, Ty Majeski and Stewart Friesen to round out the top five. Corey Heim, Chandler Smith, Jake Garcia, Grant Enfinger and Corey LaJoie completed the top 10.
Polesitter and Miami native Nick Sanchez had his engine expire at Lap 105, resulting in a 35th-place finish.
On the ensuing restart, Landen Lewis, Tyler Akrum, Tanner Gray and others were involved in a Turn 3 crash after a four-wide stackup went wrong.
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Smith finished the season third in points, with Majeski and Eckes completing the top five.
The 2027 NASCAR FedEx Freight Truck Series season begins Friday, Feb. 13 at Daytona International Speedway with both Honeycutt and Riggs returning for full-time campaigns – and for Honeycutt, championship defense on his mind.
This story will be updated.