Kaden Honeycutt won the Race to Stop Suicide 200 at Kansas Speedway, leading 111 of 134 laps and winning both stages, and took a 37-point lead over Layne Riggs in the Chase, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series playoff, with five races left. Riggs had led Honeycutt by three points coming in.
It was a long night to get there. Rain stopped the race after lap 69 for 4 hours and 47 minutes. Riggs started 22nd, lost track position when a wheel was not tightened on a pit stop, led again late, then went into the wall chasing Honeycutt in the closing laps and finished 19th. Christian Eckes came from 25th on the grid to finish second.
Dylan "Mamba" Smith hosts with Chris Wilner, and Eric Brennan sits in. They work through Riggs' mistakes, whether NASCAR was right to wait out the rain, and how Honeycutt handles being the driver everyone is chasing. Then the panel takes on the post-race fight involving Corey Heim at the hot dog stand after the ValleyStar Credit Union 300, Martinsville's late model stock race, before making their picks for the next Truck Series race, at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday, October 9: Christian Eckes, Giovanni Ruggiero and Layne Riggs.
Chapters
| 00:00 | Open |
| 00:16 | Welcome: Chris Wilner and Eric Brennan |
| 01:28 | Kaden Honeycutt takes over Kansas |
| 03:58 | Talladega looms over the title fight |
| 05:27 | Layne Riggs and the mistakes |
| 08:33 | The Chase after Kansas |
| 09:39 | Eckes, Chandler Smith and Enfinger |
| 11:55 | Getting the race in under the lights |
| 14:20 | The hunter or the hunted |
| 17:34 | Honeycutt and Riggs, two approaches |
| 20:39 | Martinsville: the ValleyStar 300 |
| 23:09 | The fight at the hot dog stand |
| 28:04 | Scoring the Kansas picks |
| 28:48 | Charlotte picks |
| 32:50 | See you after Charlotte |
You'll hear from
Dylan "Mamba" Smith hosts. NASCAR analyst, TNT and B/R Racing. YouTube
Chris Wilner is a pit reporter associated with MRN, NBC Sports and IMSA. X
Eric Brennan is a broadcaster for the CARS Tour late model series on FS1 and worked the Kansas Truck Series race for FOX.
Related
- Craftsman Truck Series guide
- Craftsman Truck Series standings
- Craftsman Truck Series schedule
- Charlotte Motor Speedway track guide
- Truck Series Episode 2: Jake Garcia breaks through at Bristol
The Grand National Show: Truck Series is a Queen City Garage production for Grand National Today. Episode 3 runs 33 minutes.