2023 South Carolina 400 at Florence Motor Speedway

Results: Kade Brown Scores South Carolina 400 Victory At Florence

Results: Kade Brown Scores South Carolina 400 Victory At Florence

Results, highlights, and more from the 2023 South Carolina 400 at Florence Motor Speedway.

Nov 20, 2023 by Rob Blount
Results: Kade Brown Scores South Carolina 400 Victory At Florence

At just 17 years old, Kade Brown has quickly established himself among the elite in Late Model Stock Car racing. Just this year alone he became a track champion at Hickory Motor Speedway, he won the Bobby Isaac Memorial and the Fall Brawl, and on Saturday night he added a crown jewel win in the South Carolina 400 to his list of accomplishments.

Brown dominated the second half of the 250-lap race, but had to hold off the likes of Kaden Honeycutt and Carson Kvapil, and a hard-charging Brenden Queen and Dale Earnhardt Jr. to get the victory. But it was the battle with Honeycutt that had the attention of the capacity crowd and the FloRacing viewers at home.

On a late restart Honeycutt threw his black No. 10 to the inside of Brown in turn one and gave Brown a door-slam, sending Brown up the race track in turn two. Ironically, that higher lane gave Brown the momentum down the backstretch and he sailed his white No. 23 into turn three and returned the favor to Honeycutt, retaking the lead in the process. From there, Brown was able to hold on for one more lap to score his first South Carolina 400 victory.

The win is the second in as many weeks for Brown who also won the Fall Brawl 200 at Hickory just one week earlier.

Winning Quote From Kade Brown

"We knew we needed clean air. Just like Hickory. I wanted to get clean air and set the pace for everyone. I'm just happy it worked out. It means so much. I mean, going back to the Myrtle Beach days, Sam Yarbrough would be my hero just watching him go out there and dominate. Josh Berry and all these guys, it's an honor to even race with them. So to be able to compete against all those guys for wins, it means so much."

South Carolina 400 Highlights
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South Carolina 400 Results

Pos.

No.

Driver

1

23

Kade Brown

2

10

Kaden Honeycutt

3

8

Carson Kvapil

4

62

Josh Berry

5

03

Brenden Queen

6

28H

Landon S. Huffman

7

57H

Jacob Heafner

8

3

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

9

57Z

Conor Zilisch

10

5L

Carter Langley

11

51N

Stephen Nasse

12

16K

Casey Kelley

13

21B

Lanie Buice

14

1

Trent Barnes

15

95

Sam Yarbrough

16

04

Ronnie Bassett Jr.

17

13

Cody Kelley

18

71

Katie Hettinger

19

09

Riley Gentry

20

30

Paul Owens

21

29

Casey Wyatt

22

18A

Anthony Adams

23

88

Doug Barnes Jr.

24

18R

David Roberts

25

75H

Landon Huffman

26

5B

Bryant Barnhill

27

11

Josh Williams

28

18M

Truett Miranda

29

51

Matt Cox

30

02

Justin Milliken

31

43

William Sawalich

32

7

Tristan McKee

33

20

Josh Dickens

34

16M

Adam McCumbee

35

2

Brandon Pierce

36

32

Zack Miracle

37

70

Stuart Ricks

38

T2

Travis Truett

39

99

Stacy Puryear

40

50

BooBoo Dalton

41

55

Mark Wertz