Rajah Caruth had been one of the breakout stories of the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs. The young driver for Spire Motorsports entered Martinsville in a strong position, 14 points above the elimination line, easily seen by anyone as a strong Championship 4 contender. But all those championship dreams came undone in a flash at Martinsville.

A tangle with Kaden Honeycutt cut Caruth’s left-rear tire and sent him hard into the wall, ending what had been a promising night and his playoff run. All those strings of consistent finishes, all that cool composure, gone in vain. As for Honeycutt, he did the least he could do, post the race.

Honeycutt’s heartfelt sorry

Post-race, Kaden Honeycutt owned the agony: “They tried to and Chris told me just to log back in and I’m not going t

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