{"id":60749,"date":"2025-08-05T18:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/60749\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T18:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:19:09","slug":"kaden-honeycutt-to-to-drive-no-52-truck-for-injured-stewart-friesen-beginning-at-richmond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/60749\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaden Honeycutt to to drive No. 52 truck for injured Stewart Friesen beginning at Richmond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kaden Honeycutt will drive in place of an injured Stewart Friesen for the balance of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series beginning next weekend at Richmond, the team announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Friesen suffered a fractured right leg and an unstable\/open-book pelvic fracture in a July 28 dirt modified race in Canada. He has since been transferred to a New York hospital and continues to make progress after undergoing multiple surgeries, according to the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I continue to recover, it was important for us to put someone in our truck that can help us compete at the highest level,\u201d said Friesen in a statement from the the team. \u201cI know Kaden will deliver strong performance in our truck and allow us to continue to run for the owner\u2019s championship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"Here\u2019s which Cup drivers also will compete in the Xfinity or Truck race at Watkins Glen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nascar\/news\/heres-which-cup-drivers-also-will-compete-in-the-xfinity-or-truck-race-at-watkins-glen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Fr8 208\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754417949_266_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Multiple Cup drivers will do double duty this weekend at Watkins Glen International. <\/p>\n<p>Honeycutt holds the next-to-last playoff spot with two races left in the regular season for the Truck Series. He is 73 points above the cutline heading into Friday\u2019s race at Watkins Glen and next weekend\u2019s regular season finale at Richmond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be able to fill in for Stewart for the rest of the season and help give his team a chance at the owner\u2019s championship, which they earned. I\u2019m excited to compete in contending, race-winning equipment as I pursue a title this season,\u201d said Honeycutt in a statement from the team. \u201cWe are going to work hard to have a solid final eight races of the season and continue to deliver great results for Stewart, his family and this organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cup driver Christopher Bell will drive the No. 52 for Friesen on Friday at Watkins Glen before Honeycutt takes over at Richmond. Honeycutt will drive the No. 02 Young\u2019s Motorsports at Watkins Glen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kaden Honeycutt will drive in place of an injured Stewart Friesen for the balance of the NASCAR Craftsman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[425,99],"class_list":["post-60749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}