{"id":77446,"date":"2025-08-12T15:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/77446\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T15:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:40:10","slug":"kaden-honeycutt-replacing-corey-heim-in-truck-series-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/77446\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaden Honeycutt Replacing Corey Heim in Truck Series Next Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NASCAR\u00a0silly season\u00a0for the Cup Series\u00a0has been very\u00a0quiet this year, with a majority\u00a0of the drivers\u00a0either already\u00a0under contract\u00a0or signing extensions\u00a0earlier this\u00a0year. However, the Truck Series\u00a0is delivering\u00a0a lot of movement, including a\u00a0potential shakeup involving Corey\u00a0Heim and Kaden Honeycutt.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday\u2019s episode of\u00a0the\u00a0Door, Bumper, Clear<\/a>\u00a0podcast, host and spotter Freddie Kraft\u00a0said that Honeycutt is signing\u00a0with Toyota and\u00a0it\u2019s obvious\u00a0that he\u2019ll be\u00a0driving the No. 11 for Tricon Garage\u00a0next season.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (Honeycutt) is leaving Niece Motorsports. He is signing with a Toyota team. You can probably put two and two together that he\u2019s going to be the one to replace Heim in the 11.\u201d<\/p>\n

Freddie Kraft on Kaden Honeycutt\u2019s Truck Series team in 2026<\/p>\n

Related: NASCAR Standings, including Truck Series<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaden Honeycutt stats (Truck Series<\/a>): 525 points, two top 5s, nine top 10s, 11.6 average starting position, 14.4 average finishing position, 44 laps led in 17 races<\/p>\n

On Aug. 4, Niece\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0it was parting ways\u00a0with Honeycutt just\u00a0weeks before\u00a0the Truck Series\u00a0playoffs. The\u00a0move was made, per\u00a0Bob Pockrass<\/a>, because\u00a0Honeycutt signed\u00a0a deal to race\u00a0for a new manufacturer\u00a0in 2026.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for Honeycutt, he found a short-term stop to continue his pursuit of a Truck championship. The Stewart Friesen injury opened up a spot in the No. 52 car and Honeycutt was brought in as a substitute driver<\/a> for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n

Read More: NASCAR Schedule, Next Truck Series Race<\/a><\/p>\n

Honeycutt is now poised to join Tricon\/Toyota next season, taking over the No. 11 truck driven by Heim. It\u2019s a great opportunity for the 22-year-old, joining a No. 11 team that has the highest average starting position (4.9) and the most poles (seven) in the Truck Series this season.<\/p>\n

Where will Corey Heim race in 2026?<\/p>\n

Heim\u2019s landing spot in 2026 is unclear.\u00a0The Daily Downloads<\/a>\u00a0claimed on Monday that Spire Motorsports has made a \u201csignificant push\u201d to get Heim for the No. 7 car in the Cup Series next season. The current driver of the No. 7, Justin Haley, is reportedly\u00a0on the hot seat<\/a>\u00a0and Heim is the best driver among very limited options this offseason.<\/p>\n

While Heim is a development driver for 23XI Racing, a Toyota-backed team, there\u2019s no car available to him right now at the Cup level. Tyler Reddick and Bubba Wallace are under contract and, as an unchartered team in a legal battle with NASCAR that is costing tens of millions of dollars, 23XI Racing can\u2019t afford to lose the financial backing that Riley Herbst brings.<\/p>\n

Read More: Legacy Motor Club Could Add Third Charter as Part of Merger<\/a><\/p>\n

One alternative for both Heim and 23XI Racing could be to work something out with Legacy Motor Club, which is trying to secure a third charter in 2026, one way or another. Heim has driven part-time for LMC in the past and could be an option if one of their pursuits works out. 23XI could also try and find a way to move Heim into the Xfinity series, but even a part-time role in Xfinity and Cup with a Toyota team might not be enough if another team is willing to offer him a full-time Cup ride next season.<\/p>\n

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\t\tNFL, MLB & college football writer for Sportsnaut. Graduated from San Diego State University with BA in Journalism, 2019. … More about Matt Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NASCAR\u00a0silly season\u00a0for the Cup Series\u00a0has been very\u00a0quiet this year, with a majority\u00a0of the drivers\u00a0either already\u00a0under contract\u00a0or signing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[425,99],"class_list":["post-77446","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\/77446","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=77446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}