Leland Honeyman Jr. (born February 23, 2005) is an American professional

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driver who competes part-time in the

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, driving the Nos. 43/44/45 Chevrolet Camaros for

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, the No. 35 Chevrolet Camaro for

Emerling-Gase Motorsports Emerling-Gase Motorsports (formerly Joey Gase Racing) is an American stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team was founded in November 2021 with NASCAR owner-driver Joey Gase, then called Joey Gase Racing. In Decem ...

and the No. 66

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for

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as well as part-time in the

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, driving the No. 02

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for

Young's Motorsports Young's Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the ARCA Menards Series. In the Truck Series, they field three full-time Chevrolet Silverados: the No. 02 for Jesse Li ...

. He previously competed full-time in the

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and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and the

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for Young's Motorsports.

Racing career

Early career

Honeyman would first get his start racing quads at the age of two and would rise through the ranks to International Trophy Karts at the age of four. For three years, he would then make starts in Jr. Trucks and Off Road Jr. Trucks, winning three championships in the off-road series. On his eighth birthday, he would race his first go-kart race, winning three championships. In 2017, he would win the Bandolero championship in INEX. In 2021, he would finish runner up to Nick Loden for the championship in the Carolina Pro Late Model Series. He also competed in the

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ARCA Menards Series East

On January 28, 2022, Honeyman was announced to race full-time for

in the

that year, driving the No. 02. He earned five top tens throughout the season, and finished 3rd in the points standings.

NASCAR Truck Series

Along with the January 28 announcement, he announced that he would attempt to make his first start in the

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in late 2022. He made his debut at

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, starting 31st and finishing 29th.

NASCAR Xfinity Series

On December 30, 2022,

announced that Honeyman will join the organization part-time in the 2023 season, driving the 45 car. He made his debut at

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, qualifying 23rd and finished 27th. He followed with two 25th-place finishes at

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and Martinsville. At

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, Honeyman qualified 21st, but was replaced mid-race by Brad Perez, after suffering from food poisoning during the first stage. Perez ran inside the top 15 until the final corner, after getting punted into tire barriers by Josh Williams, resulting in a 28th place finish. Since Honeyman started the race, he is officially credited with the finish. At Sonoma, Honeyman drove the 35 for

, in which he failed to qualify. In the race at

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in September, Honeyman failed to qualify driving Alpha Prime's No. 44 car, but the team worked a deal with

to replace

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in their No. 66 car, which did qualify for the race.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

Camping World Truck Series

ARCA Menards Series

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series West

References

External links

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