A week after criticizing himself at Texas for not being able to close out NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races, Kaden Honeycutt delivered the biggest win of his career Friday at Watkins Glen International.

Honeycutt passed Connor Zilisch entering Turn 1 on the opening lap of overtime and pulled away to win the Bully Hill Vineyards 176. The victory marked Honeycutt’s first career Truck Series win and came against two of the top road course racers in NASCAR.

Earlier in the day, Honeycutt also won the ARCA Menards Series race at the 2.45-mile road course. He became just the second driver ever to win both an ARCA race and a Truck Series race on the same day, joining Sam Mayer, who accomplished the feat at Bristol in 2020.

“It’s just amazing,” Honeycutt said after climbing from his No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota. “I can’t believe I just won on a road course. It’s just unbelievable.”

Honeycutt celebrated the win by shotgunning a beer beneath the flag stand as fans cheered from the frontstretch.

The road to victory was anything but easy. Honeycutt received a penalty near the end of Stage 2 for pitting while pit road was closed, forcing him to restart the final 32-lap stage at the back of the field. Multiple cautions and restart penalties for Ross Chastain and Gio Ruggiero helped Honeycutt work his way back toward the front.

Ruggiero’s restart violation while leading on Lap 69 placed Honeycutt on the front row beside Zilisch for the overtime restart. Zilisch chose the outside lane, but Honeycutt powered ahead entering the first corner.

“On the restart, I think Zilisch missed a shift a little bit coming off of Turn 7, and I was tight to him,” Honeycutt explained. “The only option I had, we were three-wide going into Turn 1, and I barely got to his right rear and touched him a little bit.

“It was just enough to scoot by him. As soon as I got the lead, I pulled my visor up, and I was full-blown focused after that.”

Zilisch, meanwhile, was left wondering if he made the wrong choice on the restart.

“It was just an unfortunate way to end that race,” Zilisch said. “I chose the top, hoping we could get through there without making contact. I knew the bottom would probably be better if that happened, but I didn’t want to be that guy.

“I just wish I could go back and pick the inside.”

Five-time 2025 NASCAR Cup Series road course winner Shane van Gisbergen finished third after charging through the field on the late restarts. Daniel Hemric finished fourth, while Chandler Smith rounded out the top five.

Ram continued to show progress in its return to NASCAR competition, placing three trucks inside the top 10 with AJ Allmendinger, Mini Tyrrell, and Brenden Queen.

Honeycutt officially led only the final two laps of the race, while Zilisch paced the field for a race-high 28 laps and won Stage 2. Brent Crews led the opening stage after dominating the early portion of the event.

The late-race drama also included Ross Chastain being penalized for jumping a restart with eight laps remaining in regulation. Chastain argued over the radio after NASCAR issued the call.

“What?!” Chastain shouted. “You can’t get a penalty when you’re the control car.”

Replay footage showed Chastain accelerating before reaching the restart zone, resulting in the penalty. He later became involved in a wreck in Turn 5 and finished 28th.

Connor Hocevar, who won the Truck Series race at Texas the previous week, spent most of the afternoon inside the top 10 before contact on a Lap 62 restart sent him into the inside wall.

“I’m sure AJ didn’t plan on me lifting,” Hocevar joked afterward. “I just enjoyed getting my butt kicked by the teenagers.”

Hocevar is 23 years old.

With the victory, Honeycutt leaves Watkins Glen as the Truck Series points leader, holding a 29-point advantage over Chandler Smith heading into the next race weekend.