LUCAMA, NC – Once Kaden Honeycutt passed Keelan Harvick for the lead, he never looked back en route to victory in the 125-lap I-95 Showdown Late Model Stock Car portion of Saturday night’s Dogwood 250 at Southern National Motorsports Park.

Honeycutt, who had come to Southern National fresh off a runner-up finish in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Rockingham Speedway on Friday, was the fastest car in qualifying. However, after a redraw, he had to start in the second position and was relegated to third in the opening laps. Honeycutt was able to bide his time and work past both Matt Cox and Keelan Harvick to take the lead – and the win.

“I wouldn’t be able to do this without all my guys who helped,” Honeycutt said. “Great adjustments. Josh [Yeoman] did a great job on the package this weekend. I think it really helped out for sure. I thought it was a lot better than Speed Week so we’re going to keep on building it and apply it to our second car. Matthew [Leprade] did a really good job tonight. Was happy to see his progress. We’ll keep on digging. It’s a great start for this team and we’ll see if we can get some more.”

Harvick, who is the son of 2014 NASCAR Cup Series champion and FOX Sports broadcaster Kevin Harvick, led 35 of the race’s opening 40 laps before surrendering the lead to Honeycutt. After fading to third, Harvick raced his way to a runner-up finish when Cox was sidelined due to a faulty plug wire less than 10 laps from the finish.

“Kevin Harvick, Inc. brought me a really good car,” Harvick said after the race. “There are a couple things on my part that I need to clean up for next time. The car was a little too free for my liking but I probably should have saved a little more tire. [Honeycutt] was really fast. Really good job all weekend.”

Casey Kelly finished in the third position while Matthew Laprade was fourth and Hunter Brown, in his first Late Model Stock Car appearance, rounded out the top-five.

Justin Mitchell led wire-to-wire in the 35 lap KONI Charger feature, winning by 2.673 seconds over runner-up Tyler Chapman while Rusty Daniels, who had to start at the rear due to a minor tire infraction which was rectified before the race, stormed his way up through the field to finish in third.

“We’ve been off and on,” Mitchell said. “Last race was really bad for us. I was trying stuff, swinging, missed it by a mile. We changed everything in practice this week. It’s nice to come run good and have something to build off of the rest of the year.”

After starting in third, Michael Bivens raced his way to the lead in the 25 lap Legend Car feature to score his first career win at Southern National and his first win in a Legend Car.

“It feels really good man,” Bivens said in victory lane. “We’ve had a little bit of problems here and there but we got it figured out. Our car is perfect, I’d say.”

Wayne Lawson and Johnny Johnson staged a classic duel in the East Coast Flathead Fords feature race, swapping the lead back-and-forth multiple times. When the checkered flag flew, Lawson was the driver in victory lane. After the race, both drivers praised each other and the clean racing for the win.

Michael Sliger picked up his first victory of 2026 in the Any Car feature while Kevin Floars and Steve Mendenhall won in their respective divisions in the SNMP Vintage Series race.

Prior to Saturday’s racing program, Southern National had an Easter Egg hunt in the main concourse, grandstands and the track’s playground for youths. Easter eggs included candy, cash prizes, certificates for free Southern National Motorsports Park apparel, and coupons for food and beverages from the speedway concessions stand.

Southern National Motorsports Park returns to action on Saturday, April 18 with the Springtime Showdown featuring doubleheaders for KONI Chargers and Legends, plus Any Cars and the SNMP Vintage Series. Southern National will also be holding a 50/50 fundraiser for Springfield Middle School, which is located nearby in Lucama, North Carolina.

Results

Late Model Stock Car (125 Laps): 1. 17-Kaden Honeycutt[2]; 2. 62-Keelan Harvick[3]; 3. 5-Casey Kelley[7]; 4. 27-Matthew Laprade[6]; 5. 11-Timothy Brown[8]; 6. 29-Paul Williamson[4]; 7. 51-Matt Cox[1]; 8. 15-Clay Jones[5]

KONI Chargers (35 Laps): 1. 10-Justin Mitchell[2]; 2. 51-Tyler Chapman[5]; 3. 16-Rusty Daniels[1]; 4. 61-Michael O’Brien[6]; 5. 71W-Gator Williams[7]; 6. J12-Wesley Johnson[11]; 7. 3-Landon Burbage[4]; 8. 51B-Scotty Benford[12]; 9. 14-Davis Renfrow[3]; 10. 71-Aiden McConnaughey[9]; 11. 21-Gerald Benton[13]; 12. 10S-Landon Strickland[15]; 13. 84-Delaney Gray[10]; 14. 54-Thomas Lee[14]; 15. 41-Austin Ferrell[16]; 16. 22-PJ Flowers[17]; 17. 7W-Louis White[8]

Any Car (15 Laps): 1. 45-Mike Sliger[5]; 2. 91-Timothy Medeiros[3]; 3. 75-James Barbour[1]; 4. 99-Gabe Purcella[4]; 5. 07-Jonathan Thompson[6]; 6. (DNS) 11-MIchael Ferrell

Legend Car (25 Laps): 1. 97-Michael Bivens[4]; 2. 00-Aaron Crumpler[1]; 3. 19-Jacob Gustin[2]; 4. 14W-Brody Shortino[5]; 5. 6-Kallie Stewart[3]

SNMP Vintage (30 Laps): 1. 1-Kevin Floars[1]; 2. 2-Steve Mendenhall[2]; 3. 0-Billy Ray Lucas[3]; 4. 61-Joe Seeger[4]

East Coast Flathead Fords: 1. #45 – Wayne Lawson – Sportsman; 2. #99 – Johnny Johnson – Modified; 3. #18 – Richard Wikle – Modified ; 4. #14 – Kerri Wikle – Sportsman; 5. #37 – Luis Quinones – Sportsman