Landen Lewis outlasts Kaden Honeycutt to claim victory in Jerry Moody Memorial
LUCAMA, NC – Landen Lewis and Kaden Honeycutt staged a classic duel in the closing stages of the 125-lap Jerry Moody Memorial I Dig Pigs 125 at Southern National Motorsports Park on Wednesday night.
After the two drivers exchanged the lead seven different times, it was Lewis who took home the $5,000 check and a very unique trophy.
“Definitely lapped traffic helped,” Lewis said after the race. “I felt like me and him were honestly pretty even when it came to speed. Lapped traffic played a factor during the race and moved around. Just super proud of this Kevin Harvick Inc. group and excited to keep this going.”
The trophy featured a pig and several images of Jerry Moody’s racecars over the years in a race that paid homage to the longtime car owner who passed away in victory lane.
“This definitely ranks up there close to the top,” Lewis remarked. “I never thought I’d win a pig in victory lane so that’s pretty neat.”
Honeycutt was able to hold on to finish second.
“I think we had a really good car,” Honeycutt said. “I don’t really know. Whenever he got to me, he flat drove straight through me so I said ‘alright, this is the way we’re gonna have to race him.’ I get it from the perspective of he’s just trying to win the race. It was just us two out there. He definitely could’ve done it a little better than that but don’t expect anything different. Just sucks. I think I made a mistake there, think I put rear break in it too many times.”
Matt Cox finished in third while Doug Barnes, Jr. and Chase Burgeson rounded out the top-five.
Spencer Bradshaw took the victory in a thrilling Legends feature over Levi Canup, making a pass in the closing laps and driving away with the win. Paxton Smith took home the win in Bandolero competition.
Before the race, the Moody family was honored. At the start of the Legends race, the field was lined up in missing man formation to pay tribute to former Legends driver Chase Pistone, who passed away earlier this week. Doug Barnes, Jr., who Pistone was a crew chief for, led the formation. A missing man formation was also done before the Late Model Stock Car race with Haley Moody leading the field, while Jamey Caudill and Matt McCall rode behind her.
During pre-race ceremonies, track owner Michael Diaz confirmed the Jerry Moody Memorial would return to the same date from now on.
Speed Week 2026 continues on Thursday night with Chassis Builder Night presented by PWR Chassis, Hedgock Racing and RRC Race Team. Late Model Stock Cars will compete in twin 30-lap races while Legends and Bandoleros will again be in action. The green flag will fly at 6:00pm.
Unofficial Results
Jerry Moody Memorial (125 Laps): 1. 29-Landen Lewis[1]; 2. 17-Kaden Honeycutt[2]; 3. 51-Matt Cox[3]; 4. 88-Doug Barnes JR[6]; 5. 22C-Chase Burgeson[7]; 6. 8-Conner Weddell[10]; 7. 51M-Matt McCall[8]; 8. 50C-Jamey Caudill[20]; 9. 1-Caleb Johnson[14]; 10. 19-Kaeden Ballos[5]; 11. 90-John Goin[12]; 12. 2-Ryan Wilson[16]; 13. 08-Deac McCaskill[15]; 14. 95-Sam Yarbrough[4]; 15. 50V-Daniel Vuncannon[11]; 16. 27M-Helio Meza[19]; 17. 78-Atley Wiese[23]; 18. 15-Clay Jones[13]; 19. 73-Wyatt Miller[18]; 20. 27-Matthew Laprade[17]; 21. 54-Michael Fose[9]; 22. 50-Haley Moody[22]; 23. 44-Dylan Newsome[21]
Legend Car (25 Laps): 1. 99-Spencer Bradshaw[3]; 2. 7-Levi Canup[1]; 3. 21-Mitch Wright[4]; 4. 15-Case James[5]; 5. 9-Brody Rhodes[7]; 6. 2W-Peyton Worm[6]; 7. 5E-Eli Black[9]; 8. 38C-Cameron White[8]; 9. 67-Arto Ojaranta[11]; 10. 11-Marcus Wolfe[10]; 11. 48-Parker Ives[16]; 12. 9B-Kaden Bradshaw[14]; 13. 77-Jackson Fooks[15]; 14. 6-Keagan Abrams[13]; 15. 75-Allee Johnson[12]; 16. 18-Knox Bryant[17]; 17. 100-Kaedin Ridenhour[18]; 18. 32-Brady Price[22]; 19. 48W-Mason Weakley[20]; 20. 38W-Gerald White III[23]; 21. 28-Oliver Missner[21]; 22. 006-Landon Barefoot[24]; 23. 96-JP Pisle[25]; 24. 4-Ryan Zima[2]; 25. (DNS) 15H-Rhylee Hutchins; 26. (DNS) 11C-Cody Carlton; 27. (DNS) 33-Joe DeGracia; 28. (DNS) 12-Colton Hale; 29. (DNS) 2-Riley Halverson; 30. (DNS) 52-Keith Weatherly
Bandolero (15 Laps): 1. 46-Paxton Smith[1]; 2. 1-Jackson Collier[2]
