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Layne Riggs Leads 160 Laps in Dominant Night at Indianapolis Raceway Park
UPDATE: Stewart Friesen has been disqualified from his third-place finish for failing to meet minimum height. He has been retroactively put back to 35th-place.
BROWNSBURG, Ind. – Lights-out Layne Riggs was the story of Friday night at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. From the drop of the green flag, the short track ace moved forward, gained the lead, and hardly ever looked back. Totaling 160 of 200 laps led, the second-generation driver put together a championship-caliber showing.
After starting 11th, Layne Riggs methodically worked his way forward to win Stage 1. It only took the Front Row Motorsports Ford 23 laps to find the lead. Riggs went on to sweep both stages as the No. 34 continued to show its dominance.
Mixed up pit strategies saw Riggs line up seventh to start the final stage. New tires soon showed their worth on the 34, however. Riggs came storming back by Stewart Friesen to retake command with 55 laps left. Thanks to fresher tires and a fast Ford, Riggs held off all challenges over this final run.
“Oh man my team,” Riggs said. “This truck was badass man, it was so great. I was just out front saving my tires at the end. Man I was just waiting for a late race caution, trying to run the bottom and run the least amount of distance to keep distance off my tires. Just so great to get Clew Nicotine Pouches in victory lane, it’s only their second race with us. We’re just super excited to have them as a part of this.”
“Thanks to everyone at Front Row [Motorsports], I’m out of breath. That was a pretty cool celebration. Thanks to everybody at home, all the guys in the fab shop, body shop, I did it for you guys. This thing was really really fast, it made my job easy today.”
Riggs’ aforementioned celebration was enough to trigger a fire underneath his truck. He literally burned the house down at the bullring in a statement-worthy performance.
Rallying to second in the closing laps was teenage racing prodigy Corey Day. The Hendrick development driver earned his career-best showing. He beat out Corey Heim, Grant Enfinger, and Ty Majeski. Third was enough for Heim to clinch the 2025 Regular Season Championship two races early. The rest of the top-10 were: Chandler Smith, Daniel Hemric, Tyler Ankrum, Ross Chastain, and Rajah Caruth.
Now only two races remain before the Truck Series Playoff grid is set. Three drivers are still in on points, with their respective gaps growing slightly over the cut line.
Following an off week, the Truckers return to action at Watkins Glen. Marking road course number two of the year, Corey Heim will go for a historic fourth-straight road win. The New York green flag will fly Friday, August 8 at 5 p.m. ET on FS1, NRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
Written by Peter Stratta
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