Kaden Honeycutt - LiUNA! 175 Race Preview
Race: LiUNA! 175 (175 laps / 177.625 miles) | Race 17 of 23
Track: Milwaukee Mile Speedway
Location: West Allis, Wisconsin
Date & Time: Sunday, August 25th | 4:00 PM ET
Tune-In: FOX Sports 1 | Motor Racing Network (MRN) | Sirius XM Ch. 90
No. 45 Moore's Venture Foods Chevrolet Silverado RST
Driver: Kaden Honeycutt | Crew Chief: Phil Gould
- Honeycutt's Milwaukee Stats: Kaden Honeycutt will make his first start at the Milwaukee Mile in Sunday's LiUNA! 175.
- Gould's Milwaukee Stats: Phil Gould has made two starts as a crew chief at the Milwaukee Mile - one in ARCA and one in the Truck Series. In 2022, while working with his son, Matt Gould, in his ARCA debut, Gould finished in 10th. Last year, while working with Carson Hocevar in the NCTS race, Gould's team came home runner up.
- On the Truck: Honeycutt's No. 45 Chevrolet Silverado RST will race with support from Venture Foods, a family-owned grocery store chain located in Oklahoma. 2024 marks the company's 50th anniversary of the first store opening, and has been operated by the Moore family for three generations. Honeycutt will debut a new paint scheme which will give the truck a fresh look compared to last race.
- Recapping Richmond: Kaden Honeycutt secured the No. 45 team's spot in the NCTS Owner's Playoffs following the regular season finale at Richmond Raceway. Honeycutt qualified a strong eighth-place, and just missed out on stage points with an eleventh-place finish in stage one. He dropped to 22nd in stage two, and was eventually spun due to contact with another competitor, but rebounded for a top-15 finish in 14th.
- Owner Points Outlook: This week marks the opening round of the NCTS Playoffs, and after the points reset, the No. 45 team is seeded ninth overall. The next three races - Milwaukee, Bristol, and Kansas, will determine the teams who will move onto the Round of 8. Entering Milwaukee, Honeycutt and the No. 45 team are tied for the cutoff line with Spire Motorsports' No. 7 team; 39 markers behind the leading No. 11 team from TRICON Garage.
- Quoting Honeycutt: You've never raced at Milwaukee before, so what has been the biggest help in preparing you for Sunday?
“Really, for me, it’s mainly about the sim time. We’re working on running the right lane in the corners to maximize our drive-off. It seemed like last year, Carson (Hocevar) struggled to have turn in the center to get drive off. So, that’s been our biggest focus in the sim the past couple of weeks. I’m pretty optimistic that we have that dialed in for this weekend.”
- Quoting Gould: Have you ever been in position to race 'against' your son, Matt before?
“Well, I guess if you consider racing go karts at Trackhouse Motorplex, that might be our only time competing against each other. That didn’t go well; I remember driving off into the carousel and someone hit me from behind at a high rate of speed, and I turned around and it was him. (Laughs) We’ve all seen the memes that say, ‘Show me a race car driver and I’ll show you a dad who believed in him first’, and I’m that dad. It’s going to be a super cool week for us.”
About Niece Motorsports: Niece Motorsports is owned by United States Marine Corps Veteran Al Niece. In 2024, Niece Motorsports enters its ninth season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Niece also owns Niece Equipment, which has for over 40 years provided clients with reliable products at competitive prices. Niece Equipment’s reputation is built on service, integrity and dependability. The company provides water and fuel/lube trucks that are engineered with quality and durability in mind for the construction and mining industry. Follow the team on Facebook and Instagram @NieceMotorsports as well as X @NieceMotorsport.
About Moore's Venture Foods: Moore's Venture Foods is a family-owned grocery store chain located in Oklahoma. The chain has brick-and-mortar stores in Alva, Fairfax, Shattuck, and Tonkawa, Oklahoma, and has been operated by the Moore family for three generations. To learn more, please visit www.MooresVentureFoods.com.
