#11-Kaden Honeycutt took the lead following an overtime restart to claim the win in the Bully Hill Vineyards 176 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Watkins Glen International. The win was the first of his career.
Honeycutt took the lead from #71-Connor Zilisch after the overtime restart. Up to that point, Zilisch had led the most laps of the day with 28 out front. Honeycutt led the most important one.
#4-Shane VanGisbergen was third, followed by #19-Daniel Hemric, #38-Chandler Smith, #25-AJ Allmendinger, pole-sitter, #1-Brent Crews, #14-Mini Tyrrell, #12-Brenden Queen, and #16-Justin Haley were the remainder of the top-10.
There were 10 lead changes among six drivers and six caution flags for 15 yellow flag laps.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report
Race Fast Facts – Watkins Glen
Kaden Honeycutt won the Bully Hill Vineyards 176 at The Glen, his first victory in 67 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in two races at Watkins Glen International.
Connor Zilisch(i) (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Watkins Glen International. It is his first top-10 finish in 2026.
Shane Van Gisbergen(i) (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Watkins Glen International.
Brenden Queen (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kaden Honeycutt leads the point standings by 29 points over Chandler Smith
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Paint Schemes
Truck Series Driver Point Standings after Watkins Glen:
Race 8 of 18 in the regular season:
1) #11-Kaden Honeycutt, 312, +131
2) #38-Chandler Smith, 283, +102
3) #34-Layne Riggs, 269, +88
4) #17-Gio Ruggiero, 257, +76
5) #91-Christian Eckes, 241, +60
6) #99-Ben Rhodes, 228, +47
7) #88-Ty Majeski, 225, +44
8) #18-Tyler Ankrum, 194, +13
9) #19-Daniel Hemric, 189, +8
10) #52-Stewart Friesen, 182, +1
Outside of the top-10:
11) #98-Jake Garcia, 181,-1
12) #12-Brenden Queen, 172, – 10
13) #16-Justin Haley, 168, -14
14) #44-Andres Perez de Lara, 157, -25
15) #15-Tanner Gray, 145, – 37
See the Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings
Race Updates:
Honeycutt pulls away to get his first career win. Zilisch, Van GisBergen, Hemric, Smith, Allmendinger, Crews, Tyrrell, Queen, Mosack
Last lap: Honeycutt leads with two truck lengths over Zilisch
Honeycutt with the lead. VanGisbergen eyeing Zilisch for the second spot.
Restart: Zilisch leads the inside, Honeycutt outside
Under yellow, Ruggero pits.
Lap 71: Race will go into overtime. Zilisch leads Ruggiero, Honeycutt, Crews, Allmendinger, Hemric.
Lap 70: CAUTION Hill and Chastain with heavy damage in separate incidents. Both appear to have gotten turned.
Lap 69: Restart – Zilisch to the lead right after they pick up speed under the flag. Crews quickly eyeing Ruggiero for second
Lap 67: Restart waved off. Another go around as Ruggiero chooses the outide. Zilisch, Queen, Crews, Honeycutt has rebounded from his earlier penalty
Lap 65: CAUTION on the restart. Zilisch the leader as he chooses the low lane. Ruggiero outside with Crews behind Ziisch. Contact with the leaders. Zilisch and Crews lock up the brakes and Ruggiero keeps it open on the outside to get the lead. As that went on up front, melee in the middle of the field. Riggs turned around. Wright collected.
Lap 62: Chastain with a restart violation for starting too soon. Zilisch now the leader.
Lap 61: CAUTION As the trucks accelerate to the flag, Hocevar gets turned and bounces off of the wall.
Lap 51: Zilisch with the pass on Crews. Chastain by nearly a second.
Lap 50: Zilisch looking for Crews to slip up for the second spot as he closes in
Lap 48: Chastain, Crews, Zilisch running in line with a truck length spaced between each.
Lap 47: Chastain continues to lead with Crews now up to second, a half second behind. Hemric, Zilisch, Ruggiero follow
Lap 44: Restart as Chastain leads Hemric.
Lap 42: Honeycutt penalized as they may have pit after pit road was closed before the end of the stage
Lap 40: CAUTION Zilisch with the stage 2 win. Hocevar, Smith, Riggs, Perez, VanGisbergen follow.
Lap 37: Honeycutt surrenders second to pit before the end of the stage.
Lap 34: VanGisbergen and Riggs battling for the fifth spot
Lap 33: Crews trying to get back to the lead. He now sits 3rd, 1.5-seconds behind Honeycutt. Slimp has troubles but field stays green.
Lap 32: Zilisch still leads by nearly 3 seconds. Wright spin after contact from Tyrrell. Somehow he keeps it out of the gravel.
Lap 26: Zilisch has over a second lead on Honeycutt. Hocevar third. Crews has fallen to 4th and Smith rounds out the top-5
Lap 24: Zilisch to the lead
Lap 23 Crews back to the front over Zilisch as the stops cycle through under yellow. As the field gets up to speed Butcher bounces off of the outside wall. Field stays green. Majeski on pitroad with the hood up as the green waves.
Lap 20: CAUTION Hemric wins stage 1 as he and other leads stayed out. Ruggiero, Riggs, Allmendinger, Ankrum, Chastain, Perez, Gray, LaJoie and Crews the top-10. Crews led most of stage 1 before he pit. Now the others should pit during the stage break.
Lap 17: Crews surrenders the lead to Hemric as he pits before the end of the stage. Eckes spins around the course but regroups.
Lap 16: Majeski and Zilisch pit before the end of the stage
Lap 14: Crews leads Majeski and Zilisch over 6 seconds. Best battle on track is for VanGisBergen and Ruggiero for 8th
Lap 10: Crews, Majeski, Zilisch, Honeycutt and Hemric. Honeycutt won the ARCA race earlier in the day
Lap 9: Trouble for Rhodes as he goes behind the wall; transmission
Lap 6: Crews has over a 2-second lead on Majeski and 7-seconds on Zilisch
Lap 1: Pole-sitter Crews maintains the lead over Majeski.
4:57pm/et: Green flag
4:44pm/et: Engines fired at The Glen
The adverse conditions time for today’s NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race will be 8:05 p.m. ET. (Note: Once the Race leader has crossed the start/finish line after this time has expired, the next lap will be the white flag, followed by the black and white checkered flag, with no overtime.)
Race Information:
Broadcast: FS1, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 72 laps / 176.4 miles
Stages: 20 / 45 / 72
Average time of race: 2:34:56
Pit road speed: 40 mph
Caution car speed: 45 mph
Fuel window: 32 laps
Timing (all times local & subject to change)
Driver Introductions: 4:10 p.m.
Invocation: 4:33:20 p.m.
Canadian Anthem: 4:34:00 p.m.
National Anthem: 4:35:15 p.m.
Command: 4:42:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 4:53pm/et
Trucks to the rear: #26-Dawson Sutton, #42-Tyler Reif, #81-Kris Wright(unapproved adjustments)
Pitstall Selections
#1-Brent Crews won the pole for the Bully Hill Vineyards 176 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Watkins Glen International with a speed of 125.602mph for his first pole of the season, first at Watkins Glen, and the first pole of his career.
#88-Ty Majeski will start second, followed by #19-Daniel Hemric, #7-Connor Mosack, #71-Connor Zilisch, #17-Gio Ruggiero, #11-Kaden Honeycutt, #4-Shane Van Gisbergen, #99-Ben Rhodes, and #77-Carson Hocevar in the top-10.
Did not qualify: #20-Toni Breidinger and #69-Dystany Spurlock.
See the complete Bully Hill Vineyards 176 Starting Lineup and check out the complete Qualifying Results.
Qualifying Fast Facts – Watkins Glen:
Brent Crews(i) won the Pole Award for the Bully Hill Vineyards 176 at The Glen with a lap of 70.222seconds, 125.602 mph.
This is his first pole in 11 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his first pole and first top-10 start in 2026.
This is his first pole in two races at Watkins Glen International.
Ty Majeski (second) posted his sixth top-10 start of 2026 and his first in two races at Watkins Glen International.
Daniel Hemric (third) posted his first top-10 start at Watkins Glen International. It is his first in eight races this season.
Cole Butcher (24th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
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Practice for the Bully Hill Vineyards 176 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race from Watkins Glen International; the top-five, slowest and notes:
#1-Brent Crews 123.045
#71-Connor Zilisch 122.645
#11-Kaden Honeycutt 122.623
#4-Shan Van Gisbergen 122.047
#7-Connor Mosack 122.027
Slowest: #69-Dystany Spurlock, 106.509
Most laps run: 21, #7-Connor Mosack
See the complete Practice Speeds page.
Pre-race inspection: Pre-race inspection in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series garage is complete. There were no multiple failures.
Qualifying Order
Crew Rosters
Goodyear Tire Notes: NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series teams will also run on familiar Goodyear Racing Eagle tires this weekend. Teams in both series will use identical tire setups; O’Reilly Auto Parts Series teams ran this setup at COTA in March, while Craftsman Truck Series teams used it the same weekend when they raced on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida.
The entry list for the Bully Hill Vineyards 176 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Watkins Glen International has been released. There are 38 drivers/teams for 36 spots.
Some notes: #1-Brent Crews, #4-Shane Van Gisbergen, #5-Adam Andretti, #20-Toni Breidinger, #25-AJ Allmendinger, #62-Wesley Slimp, #69-Dystany Spurlock, #71-Conor Zilisch, #76-Nathan Nicholson.
See the complete Bully Hill Vineyards 176 entry list page.
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Race rules and information:
