Driver: Leland Honeyman Jr. Primary Partner(s): Ohio Logistics Manufacturer: Chevrolet Camaro Crew Chief: Andrew Abbott 2024 Driver Points Position: 19th 2024 Owner Points Position: 22nd Engine: Earnhardt-Childress Racing Notes of Interest: Stretch Drive: In January, Young’s Motorsports announced it would graduate from the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN® Truck Series to the NASCAR Xfinity Series full-time in 2024 with rising star Leland Honeyman Jr. behind the wheel of the team’s No. 42 Young’s Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro for the entire 33-race season continuing with Saturday afternoon’s Food City 300 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. About Leland: The Phoenix, Ariz. native began honing his racing skills at the tender age of two racing Quads. By four years old, he moved into Trophy Karts and then collected three series championships in off-road racing Trophy Karts. After an instrumental tenure in Go Karts, he moved into the Bandolero competition in 2015 and was crowned a Bandolero National Champion two years later. From there, he moved into Limited Late Models before graduating to the Carolina Pro Late Model Series division in 2021, where he earned championship-runner-up honors and picked up an astounding victory in the annual Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway Fall Brawl. Honeyman, 19, returns to the Mooresville, N.C.-based organization, where he ran an impressive ARCA Menards Series East Series campaign, finishing third in the 2022 championship standings. During the 2023 season, he made eight NASCAR Xfinity Series starts, highlighted by a 21st-place finish at the Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway Road Course. All-Aboard!: For the 26th of 33 NASCAR Xfinity Series races this season, Young’s Motorsports welcomes back Ohio Logistics to the Mooresville, N.C.-based team as the primary partner on the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro for the 300-lap race on Friday night. Ohio Logistics provides all of the assets and operational support necessary to meet your most sophisticated logistics requirements. · Its mission is to provide its customers with the best possible warehousing and transportation services while maintaining competitive and fair prices. They accomplish this through the creative involvement of their most excellent resource, their associates. Ohio Logistics also partnered with the team in February for the season-opening Fresh From Florida 250 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. Leland Honeyman Jr. NASCAR Xfinity Series Bristol Motor Speedway Stats: Friday night’s Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway will mark Honeyman’s inaugural Xfinity Series debut at the Last Great Colosseum. This weekend is part of a quadruple weekend with the ARCA Menards Series and the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN® Truck Series in action on Thursday night. Honeyman and the Young’s Motorsports team have one more opportunity to be a part of the Xfinity Series Playoffs with an upset win in Friday night’s Food City 300. On Saturday, the NASCAR Cup Series will have their shot in Thunder Valley to conclude the opening round of 16 of their Playoffs for 500 grueling laps in the Bass Pro Shops Night Race on Saturday, Sept. 21. The Xfinity Series rookie driver will look to improve his overall short track average Xfinity finish of 22.8. Leland Honeyman Jr. NASCAR Xfinity Career Stats: Entering Bristol, Honeyman has 33 career NASCAR Xfinity Series races to his credit, earning a career-best fourth-place finish at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway after starting 33rd in the Ag-Pro 300 for Young’s Motorsports in April 2024. Since 2023, he has carried an average finish of 22.6. Watkins Glen International | Mission 200 Race Recap: In the 25th race of the 2024 Xfinity Series season, Young’s Motorsports and Honeyman searched for another solid finish in the team’s inaugural Xfinity Series trip to the Finger Lakes of New York for the penultimate road course race of the season at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International. Qualifying for the race on his qualifying speed, Honeyman started his No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro from the 32nd position and methodically began patiently working his way through the field. His time and effort, though, would be detoured after a mid-race spin, which forced the Young’s Motorsports team to take a risk on a strategy that ultimately prevailed for Honeyman to fire back and earn a respectable 16th-place finish at the checkered flag. The effort marks five top-20 finishes for the Mooresville, N.C.-based team in the last six races, dating back to July at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Calling the Shots: Guiding Honeyman Jr. as crew chief of the No. 42 Young’s Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro is longtime crew chief Andrew Abbott. On Saturday, he will be crew chief in his 123rd NASCAR Xfinity Series race. In his previous 122 races, he has four top-five and 13 top-10 finishes. The season’s 26th race will be his sixth tango at Bristol Motor Speedway as crew chief in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Young’s Motorsports’ NASCAR Xfinity Series at Bristol Motor Speedway: This weekend will mark Young’s Motorsports’ inaugural NASCAR Xfinity Series start at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. However, Since 2012, the Mooresville, N.C.-based Young’s Motorsports team has had an average starting position of 24.2 and an average finish of 24.9 in 23 Bristol Motor Speedway NASCAR CRAFTSMAN® Truck Series starts overall. Young’s Motorsports’ NASCAR Xfinity Series History: Since entering the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2024, the family-owned organization has logged 25 starts and maintains an average starting position of 27.1 and an average finish of 21.7. Follow on Social Media: For more on Leland Honeyman Jr., please visit LelandHoneymanRacing.com, like him on Facebook (Leland Honeyman Racing) and follow on Instagram (@lelandhoneymanjr) and X |Twitter (@lelandhoneyman3). For more on Young’s Motorsports, please visit YoungsMotorsports.com, like them on Facebook (Young’s Motorsports), and follow them on Instagram (@youngsmotorsports) and X |Twitter (@youngsmtrsports). Leland Honeyman Jr. Pre-Race Quote: On Bristol Motor Speedway: “Bristol Motor Speedway! What a unique and incredible place. To be back at the Last Great Colosseum in 2022 is gonna be exciting, especially in the Xfinity car. “We are back to an oval this weekend and a short track, so that should be fun. I’m looking forward to having a good race with my Young’s Motorsports team.” |