Leland Honeyman | |||||||
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![]() Honeyman at Sonoma Raceway in 2024 | |||||||
Born | Leland Dillon Honeyman Jr. February 23, 2005 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | ||||||
Achievements | 2021 Fall Brawl Winner (PLM) | ||||||
Awards | 2021 Carolina Pro Late Model Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
42 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Car no., team | No. 70 (Cope Family Racing) | ||||||
2024 position | 22nd | ||||||
Best finish | 22nd (2024) | ||||||
First race | 2023 United Rentals 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||
Last race | 2025 United Rentals 300 (Daytona) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
2022 position | 71st | ||||||
Best finish | 71st (2022) | ||||||
First race | 2022 UNOH 200 (Bristol) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
5 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 43rd (2022) | ||||||
First race | 2022 Calypso Lemonade 150 (Iowa) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 Hard Rock Bet 200 (Daytona) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
7 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 3rd (2022) | ||||||
First race | 2022 Race to Stop Suicide 200 (New Smyrna) | ||||||
Last race | 2022 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 45th (2023) | ||||||
First race | 2023 General Tire 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of February 15, 2025. |
Leland Dillon Honeyman Jr. (born February 23, 2005) [1] is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 70 Chevrolet SS for Cope Family Racing. He previously competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and the ARCA Menards Series West.
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. [2]
In 2017, he would win the Bandolero championship in INEX. [3]
In 2021, he would finish runner up to Nick Loden for the championship in the Carolina Pro Late Model Series. [4]
He also competed in the CARS Tour.
On January 28, 2022, Honeyman was announced to race full-time for Young's Motorsports in the ARCA Menards Series East that year, driving the No. 02. [5] He earned five top tens throughout the season, and finished 3rd in the points standings.
Along with the January 28 announcement, he announced that he would attempt to make his first start in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in late 2022. [6] He made his debut at Bristol Motor Speedway, starting 31st and finishing 29th.
On December 30, 2022, Alpha Prime Racing announced that Honeyman would join the organization part-time in the 2023 season, driving the 45 car. [7] He made his debut at Phoenix Raceway, qualifying 23rd and finished 27th. He followed with two 25th-place finishes at Richmond and Martinsville. At Portland, 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 Emerling-Gase Motorsports, in which he failed to qualify. In the race at Kansas in September, Honeyman failed to qualify driving Alpha Prime's No. 44 car, but the team worked a deal with MBM Motorsports to replace Timmy Hill in their No. 66 car, which did qualify for the race. [8]
On January 3, 2024, it was announced that Young's Motorsports would expand to the Xfinity Series in 2024, fielding the No. 42 with Honeyman driving the car full-time. [9] At Talladega, Honeyman scored a top 5, his first, with a 4th place finish.
On January 2, 2025, it was announced that Honeyman would move to the newly rebranded Cope Family Racing team to drive the No. 70 Chevrolet Camaro part-time, sharing the ride with Thomas Annunziata. Honeyman will drive in 17 races and Annunziata will drive in 16 races.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | Ref | ||
2023 | Alpha Prime Racing | 45 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | PHO 27 | ATL | COA | RCH 25 | MAR 25 | TAL | DOV | DAR | CLT | ROA 28 | MCH | IRC | GLN | DAY | DAR | ROV 21 | LVS | HOM 23 | MAR | 40th | 93 | [10] | |||||||||||||
43 | PIR 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Emerling-Gase Motorsports | 35 | Chevy | SON DNQ | NSH | CSC | ATL | NHA | POC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alpha Prime Racing | 44 | Chevy | KAN DNQ | PHO DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MBM Motorsports | 66 | Ford | KAN 26 | BRI | TEX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Young's Motorsports | 42 | Chevy | DAY 30 | ATL 21 | LVS 18 | PHO 11 | COA 20 | RCH 20 | MAR 31 | TEX 31 | TAL 4 | DOV 21 | DAR 30 | CLT 23 | PIR 26 | SON 29 | IOW 13 | NHA 37 | NSH 25 | CSC 31 | POC 25 | IND 20 | MCH 12 | DAY 9 | DAR 23 | ATL 17 | GLN 16 | BRI 31 | KAN 25 | TAL 14 | ROV 28 | LVS 37 | HOM 30 | MAR 35 | PHO 31 | 22nd | 457 | [11] | ||
2025 | Cope Family Racing | 70 | Chevy | DAY 21 | ATL | COA | PHO | LVS | HOM | MAR | DAR | BRI | CAR | TAL | TEX | CLT | NSH | MXC | POC | ATL | CSC | SON | DOV | IND | IOW | GLN | DAY | PIR | GTW | BRI | KAN | ROV | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | [12] |
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
2022 | Young's Motorsports | 20 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA | MAR | BRI | DAR | KAN | TEX | CLT | GTW | SON | KNO | NSH | MOH | POC | IRP | RCH | KAN | BRI 29 | TAL | HOM | PHO | 71st | 8 | [13] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
2022 | Young's Motorsports | 02 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | IOW 6 | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW 11 | DSF | KAN | BRI 28 | SLM | TOL | 43rd | 87 | [14] |
2023 | DAY | PHO 8 | TAL | KAN | CLT | BLN | ELK | MOH | IOW | POC | MCH | IRP | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 79th | 36 | [15] | |||
2024 | DAY 31 | PHO | TAL | DOV | KAN | CLT | IOW | MOH | BLN | IRP | SLM | ELK | MCH | ISF | MLW | DSF | GLN | BRI | KAN | TOL | 112th | 13 | [16] |
ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref | |
2022 | Young's Motorsports | 02 | Chevy | NSM 4 | FIF 2 | DOV 8 | NSV 5 | IOW 6 | MLW 11 | BRI 28 | 3rd | 296 | [17] |
ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
2023 | Young's Motorsports | 02 | Chevy | PHO 8 | IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW | SHA | EVG | AAS | LVS | MAD | PHO | 45th | 37 | [18] |