After a month-long hiatus, the zMAX CARS Tour is back in action Saturday, Aug. 2, for round 10 of the 2025 season, running Hickory Motor Speedway.
With $50,000 to the Late Model Stock car winner along with $30,000 for the Pro Late Models, there are a combined 67 cars entered between the two divisions.
The purse adds to the prestige of what has always been CARS throwback weekend, now named the Throwback Classic. Teams and drivers are allowed to run any kind of throwback they’d like, and there are no rules within the series against changing car numbers for the event.
Thomas Beane will make his first CARS start of the season, driving the No. X for Jody Chandler Racing.
Alpha Sports and Mason Bailey return with the No. 05 for their fifth start of the 2025 season.
2016 CARS champion Deac McCaskill is back for his third race of the year, driving his own No. 08.
Fresh off his second NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win of the year, Layne Riggs will pilot the No. 2 for Tom Usry Motorsports.
Sam Butler is back for his second start of 2025 and his first in the Nelson Motorsports No. 2.
Aiden King will make his 2025 CARS debut, driving the No. 5 for Lee Faulk Racing.
Chase Janes is set to make his first CARS start, driving the No. 5 for Hettinger Racing.
Blayne Harrison makes his first appearance of 2025 behind the wheel of the Wilson Racing Corporation No. 17.
Caden Kvapil returns to the JR Motorsports No. 8 after picking up his first career LMSC win in the Jack Ingram Memorial.
After multiple races away from the series, Ryan Millington and the No. 15 team return to the series at Hickory.
Vicente Salas is set to make his CARS debut in the AK Performance No. 16.
Hickory regular Graham Hollar makes his 2025 series debut in his own No. 25.
Landon S. Huffman returns for his seventh start of the year, driving the Pinnacle Racing Group No. 28.
Pro Late Model regular Brody Monahan makes his first Late Model Stock start with the Tour, driving the Matt Piercy Racing No. 31.
Jordan Elias makes his CARS debut in the No. 32 for MKM Racing Development.
2023 Hickory Throwback winner Mason Diaz looks to repeat that success, driving the No. 41 for Hedgecock Racing.
Zack Wells makes his CARS debut via the No. 66 for McElligott Performance and Design.
Jake Bollman teams up with Mike Darne Racing for his seventh start of 2025 in the No. 71.
Defending track champion Michael Bumgarner will drive the No. 95 for MKM Racing Development.
Former North Wilkesboro Speedway winner Treyten Lapcevich returns to the Tour, driving the No. 98 for AK Performance.
2025 Throwback Classic Entry List
Late Model Stock
No. X: Thomas Beane (Jody Chandler Racing)
No. 00: Chase Burrow (Chase Burrow Motorsports)
No. 03: Lanie Buice (Lee Pulliam Performance)
No. 05: Mason Bailey (Alpha Sports)
No. 08: Deac McCaskill (McCaskill Motorsports)
No. 2: Layne Riggs (Tom Usry Motorsports)
No. 2P: Brandon Pierce (Carrol Speedshop)
No. 2W: Ryan Wilson (Ryan Wilson Motorsports)
No. 2B: Sam Butler (Nelson Motorsports)
No. 2E: Parker Eatmon (Hettinger Racing)
No. 3: Doug Barnes Jr. (Lee Pulliam Performance)
No. 4: Donovan Strauss (Hettinger Racing)
No. 5: Aiden King (Lee Faulk Racing)
No. 5J: Chase Janes (Hettinger Racing)
No. 7: Tristan McKee (Matt Piercy Racing)
No. 8: Caden Kvapil (JR Motorsports)
No. 12: Trevor Ward (Nelson Motorsports)
No. 14: Jared Fryar (JM Racing)
No. 15: Ryan Millington (Saville Millington Motorsports)
No. 16: Chad McCumbee (McCumbee Elliott Racing)
No. 16S: Vicente Salas (AK Performance)
No. 17H: Kaden Honeycutt (Tom Usry Motorsports)
No. 17: Blayne Harrison (Wilson Racing Corporation)
No. 19: Kade Brown (R&S Race Cars)
No. 22: Carson Loftin (Nelson Motorsports)
No. 25: Graham Hollar (Graham Hollar Racing)
No. 28: Landon S. Huffman (Pinnacle Racing Group)
No. 31: Brody Monahan (Matt Piercy Racing)
No. 32: Jordan Elias (MKM Racing Development)
No. 39: Landon Huffman (Carroll Speedshop)
No. 41: Mason Diaz (Hedgecock Racing)
No. 44: Ronnie Bassett Jr. (Bassett Racing)
No. 44J: Conner Jones (Mike Darne Racing)
No. 66: Zack Wells (McElligott Performance and Design)
No. 71: Jake Bollman (Mike Darne Racing)
No. 81: Mini Tyrrell (Timmy Tyrrell Racing)
No. 88: Connor Hall (JR Motorsports)
No. 95: Michael Bumgarner (MKM Racing Development)
No. 97: Landen Lewis (KHI Racing)
No. 98: Treyten Lapcevich (AK Performance)
Pro Late Model
No. 1X: Brandon Lopez (Bryson Lopez Racing)
No. 6: Ben Maier (Setzer Racing and Development)
No. 7: Tristan McKee (Low Country Motorsports)
No. 7C: Justin Crider (Robin Crider Racing)
No. 7S: Seth Christensen (JC Motorsports)
No. 11: Dylan Cappello (RBK)
No. 15: Sheflon Clay (Clays Motorsports)
No. 15D: Rodney Dowless (Walker Motorsports)
No. 17: Dawson Sutton (Rackley WAR)
No. 21: Mason Diaz (Fathead Racing)
No. 24: Brody Gunter (Fab Specialties)
No. 32: Caden Kvapil (Travis Kvapil Racing)
No. 32: Keelan Harvick (Rackley WAR)
No. 35: Cameron Clifford (CBM Motorsports)
No. 43: Nick Loden (Loden Motorsports)
No. 44: Conner Jones (Conner Jones Racing)
No. 47: Kaden Honeycutt (Bryson Lopez Racing)
No. 49: Jeff Batten (B&J Racing)
No. 51: Luke Baldwin (Rick Ware Racing)
No. 54: TJ DeCaire (Walker Motorsports)
No. 61: Austin MacDonald (Setzer Racing and Development)
No. 62: Casey Roderick (Ty King Motorsports)
No. 71: Katie Hettinger (Hettinger Racing)
No. 76: Isaac Kitzmiller (Rackley WAR)
No. 92: Jace Hale (Hale Racing)
No. 96: Spencer Davis (Ben Kennedy Racing)
No. 97: Dylan Garner (Dylan Garner Racing)
Qualifying for the Throwback Classic is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 1 at 7:40 p.m. ET. Saturday’s (Aug. 2) on-track action, including last-chance qualifier races if needed, is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET, with all on track action live on FloRacing.
Chase began working with Frontstretch in the spring of 2023 as a news writer, while also helping fill in for other columns as needed. Chase is now the main writer and reporter for Frontstretch.com's CARS Tour coverage, a role which began late in 2023. Aside from racing, some of Chase's other hobbies include time in the outdoors hunting and fishing, and keeping up with all things Philadelphia sports related.