CARS Tour Entry Lists Released For Much Anticipated Return To Orange County
CARS Tour Entry Lists Released For Much Anticipated Return To Orange County
Event preview, entry lists, and more for the CARS Tour's return to Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, North Carolina.
A week after the zMAX CARS Tour Late Model Stock Car division finished off a rousing return to New River All-American Speedway in Jacksonville, N.C., both the LMSC and Pro Late Model divisions will travel to Orange County Speedway in North Carolina for the Orange Blossom 250, the second dual-series weekend of the year. It will be the first time the zMAX CARS Tour Late Model Stock Cars will attack the tough .400-mile track in Rougemont, N.C. since April 25, 2021, when Josh Berry earned the $30,000-to-win Old North State Nationals winner’s check. Berry led 154 of the 200 laps that day on the way to the big payday. This weekend marks the 12th appearance at OCS for the Late Model Stock Car division, while the Pro Late Model class will make its debut.
Event Notes:
Track: Orange County Speedway
Location: Rougemont, North Carolina
Length: .400 mile
Laps: 125
CARS LMSC Tour races: 11
LMSC Orange County winners: Josh Berry (3), Deac McCaskill (2), Bobby McCarty, Lee Pulliam, Layne Riggs, Tommy Lemons Jr., Timothy Peters, Brayton Haws.
Orange County Return Favors Experience
In the three seasons since the zMAX CARS Tour last raced at historic Orange County Speedway, there’s been a lot of turnover in the driver ranks. Josh Berry has gone on to the NASCAR Cup Series, Lee Pulliam is now a team owner and several other Tour mainstays have moved up the ladder or stepped away from competition. Just two drivers that have OCS victories will compete this weekend: last week’s New River All-American Speedway winner Bobby McCarty and Deac McCaskill. McCarty, who held off Mini Tyrrell last week at New River, won in 2019, and McCaskill, one of the CARS Tour originals, took the races in 2017 and 2018.
Campbell Seeks Three-Peat in Pro Late Models
The story this season in the Pro Late Model ranks has been Kyle Campbell. The 19-year-old driver has won both the PLM races so far this season, taking the top spot at Southern National in March and at Hickory Motor Speedway on April 6. The young driver’s first win came in just his 12th start, and his family-owned team, consisting of himself and his father, bought a new car in the offseason and spent the winter getting it ready. How ready? The Conover, N.C. native has led 131 of the 200 laps the PLM series has completed so far this season.
Lapcevich Hitting His Stride in Rookie LMSC Campaign
Young Treyten Lapcevich, who turned 20 years old on race day (April 6) at Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway, has made quite an impression on the zMAX CARS Tour Late Model Stock Car field so far this season. The Grimsby, Ontario native won the NASCAR PInty’s Series championship in 2023 and made the move to the zMAX CARS Tour LMSC division for 2024. In his three starts so far this season, Lapcevich has impressed, finishing ninth at Southern National, 10th at Hickory and fourth at New River, earning Rookie of the Race honors. His speed has been evident from the beginning, as he qualified fifth at SNMP last month, turning heads with his progress in just three events with one of the most competitive Late Model sanctioning bodies in the country.
Honeycutt Does Double-Duty at OCS
Kaden Honeycutt is a busy man. The 20-year-old Texas native will do double duty this weekend at Orange County in the Pro Late Model and Late Model Stock Car classes. This comes on the heels of a March 30 victory in the Orange Krush 200, holding off veteran Deac McCaskill for the $15,000 winner’s check. The extra laps add to Honeycutt’s already crowded racing schedule, as he also competes in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series for JR Motorsports in addition to stints in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series. Honeycutt impressed in his lone start so far this season at Southern National Motorsports Park, starting fourth and finishing fifth in the LMSC feature. He has three career victories in the CARS Tour, taking the top spot at Ace Speedway, Florence (S.C.) Motor Speedway and Langley Speedway in Virginia.
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The green flag for the Orange Blossom 250 zMAX CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour race is set to wave over the Pro Late Model field at 7 p.m. ET, with FloRacing providing coverage of LMSC qualifying beginning at 4 p.m. The racing program also includes 25 laps of racing for the Virginia Mini Cup cars in between the100-lap Pro Late Model and 125-lap zMAX CARS Late Model Stock Car features. All feature races will be televised by FloRacing.
Online advanced tickets for the Orange Blossom 250 are available with the Ticket Hoss mobile app and will be available at the gate as well. For more information on the zMAX CARS Late Model Stock Tour and the zMAX CARS Pro Late Model Tour, visit www.carsracingtour.com. Be sure to stay active and social with the tour by liking “CARS Tour” on Facebook, following @CARSTour on X (formerly known as Twitter) and scrolling through photos on Instagram cars_tour.
Late Model Stock Car Entry List
Car No. | Driver | Hometown |
00 | Chase Burrow | King George, Virginia |
01 | Camden Gullie | Durham, North Carolina |
08 | Deac McCaskill | Raleigh, North Carolina |
06 | Terry Dease | Oxford, North Carolina |
04 | Ronnie Bassett Jr. | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
03 | Brenden Queen | Chesapeake, Virginia |
1 | Andrew Grady | Youngsville, North Carolina |
1J | Clay Jones | Goldsboro, North Carolina |
2 | Brandon Pierce | Oak Ridge, North Carolina |
6 | Bobby McCarty | Madison, North Carolina |
8 | Carson Kvapil | Mooresville, North Carolina |
11 | Buddy Isles Jr. | Littleton, North Carolina |
15c | Logan Clark | Mechanicsville, Virginia |
16 | Chad McCumbee | Supply, North Carolina |
17 | Kaden Honeycutt | Alexo, Texas |
22 | Connor Hall | Hampton, Virginia |
23 | Kade Brown | Conover, North Carolina |
24 | Cody Dempster | Parker, Colorado |
28 | Connor Zilisch | Mooresville, North Carolina |
29 | Brent Crews | Hickory, North Carolina |
37 | Landon Huffman | Claremont, North Carolina |
44 | Conner Jones | Fredericksburg, Virginia |
45 | Bryce Applegate | High Point, North Carolina |
51 | Timothy Peters | Providence, North Carolina |
55 | Isabella Robusto | Fort Mill, South Carolina |
62 | Layne Riggs | Bahama, North Carolina |
71 | Katie Hettinger | Dryden, Michigan |
74 | Ronald Hill | Rougemont, North Carolina |
77 | Treyten Lapcevich | Grimsby, Ontario |
81 | Mini Tyrrell | Manassas, Virginia |
95 | Jacob Heafner | Dallas, North Carolina |
Pro Late Model Entry List
Car No. | Driver | Hometown |
03 | Kyle Campbell | Conover, North Carolina |
00 | Jimmy Renfrew | Candia, New Hampshire |
6 | Tristan McKee | Hampton, Virginia |
6B | Brandon Lopez | Woodstock, Georgia |
7 | Justin Crider | Statesville, North Carolina |
9 | Ashton Higgins | Weaverville, North Carolina |
15 | Aiden King | Mooresville, North Carolina |
19 | Jessica Cann | Monroe, North Carolina |
24 | Jake Bollman | Huntington Beach, California |
29 | Spencer Davis | Dawsonville, Georgia |
35 | Caden Kvapil | Mooresville, North Carolina |
43 | Nick Loden | Stanley, North Carolina |
43H | Joshua Horniman | Claremont, North Carolina |
44 | Conner Jones | Fredricksburg, Virginia |
49 | Jeff Batten | Nashville, North Carolina |
51 | Kaden Honeycutt | Aledo, Texas |
65 | Tyler Tanner | Auburn, Washington |
71 | Katie Hettinger | Dryden, Michigan |
77 | Logan Jones | Fredricksburg, Virginia |
88 | Max Reaves | Trinity, North Carolina |
96 | TJ DeCaire | Mooresville, North Carolina |
97 | Dylan Garner | Mooresville, North Carolina |