September 19, 2024 | By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service

Layne Riggs goes back-to-back with Bristol Truck Series win

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Layne Riggs relished his role as spoiler so much that he returned for an encore Thursday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Riggs isn’t competing for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship, but that didn’t prevent him from winning the playoff opener Aug. 25 at the Milwaukee Mile.

“Oh, my gosh, we’ve just learned so much with the trucks,” said the driver of the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford. “My team, [crew chief] Dylan (Cappello), he’s bad-ass…

“To be running fifth, 10th and all of a sudden to go back-to-back in the playoffs-man, I wish I was in the playoffs so bad. I think we’d be a real threat to win the championship.”

Heim had to settle for second place, but there was a silver lining for the driver of the No. 11 Tricon Garage Toyota. Heim scored enough points on Thursday to advance to Round of 8, as did fourth-place finisher Christian Eckes and fifth-place Nick Sanchez.

“Every time we got a heat cycle on the tires, it seemed like we got tighter and tighter,” said Heim, who fell one spot short in his defense of last year’s victory at Thunder Valley. “Just didn’t quite have it, but solid points day in the playoffs-that’s what you need, so I will keep moving forward.

“I’m looking forward to my favorite place [Kansas Speedway] next week.”

Heim won a drag race for the runner-up spot over Rajah Caruth, who elevated his standing in the playoffs with a win in the first stage and a solid run the rest of the way.

Caruth vaulted from 10th to fifth in the standings with the third-place run and now stands 35 points above the current cut line with next Friday’s elimination race at Kansas (8:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) left to determine which eight drivers advance to the next round.

“We executed the race-just two spots short,” said Caruth, who glanced toward Riggs’ truck doing celebratory burnouts on the frontstretch. “Man, I wish that was us,” Caruth added wistfully.

Reigning series champion Ben Rhodes fought an ill-handling truck and finished 27th, two laps down, and fell to 10th in the standings, 12 points behind Grant Enfinger in eighth.

Daniel Dye tangled with Kaden Honeycutt on the frontstretch on Lap 157 and finished 37th, six laps down. Dye heads for Kansas seven points behind Enfinger.

Eighteen-year-old Sprint Car star Corey Day finished 18th in his Truck Series debut. After winning his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut last Saturday at Watkins Glen, polesitter Connor Zilisch spun in Turn 4 on Lap 109 and came home 19th.

Matt Crafton ran sixth, followed by Chase Purdy and playoff driver Ty Majeski, who started from the rear after his team made unapproved adjustments to the No. 98 Ford. Stewart Friesen and playoff driver Tyler Ankrum completed the top 10.

NOTE: Post-race inspection was completed without issue in the Craftsman Truck Series garage, confirming Layne Riggs as the winner.


NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 18
Race Results for the UNOH 200 presented by Ohio Logistics - Thursday, September 19, 2024
Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol, TN - 0.533 - Mile Concrete

Total Race Length - 200 Laps - 106.6 Miles

Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Thursday, 9/19/2024 @ 09:59 PM Eastern

Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Stage 2 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 18 38 Layne Riggs # Love's Travel Stops Ford 200 8 4 50 Running 1 80 5
2 2 11 Corey Heim (P) Safelite Toyota 200 2 1 54 Running 4 65 1
3 3 71 Rajah Caruth (P) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 200 1 3 52 Running 2 9 1
4 8 19 Christian Eckes (P) Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet 200 3 2 50 Running  
5 6 2 Nick Sanchez (P) Gainbridge Chevrolet 200 5 5 44 Running  
6 11 88 Matt Crafton Planters/Menards Ford 200  8 34 Running  
7 9 77 Chase Purdy Bama Buggies Chevrolet 200 9 10 33 Running  
8 19 98 Ty Majeski (P) Road Ranger/Grinds Coffee Pouches Ford 200   29 Running  
9 5 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 200 6 6 38 Running  
10 14 18 Tyler Ankrum (P) LiUNA! Chevrolet 200   27 Running  
11 4 1 William Sawalich Starkey/Soundgear Toyota 200 7 7 34 Running  
12 16 17 Taylor Gray (P) Place of Hope Toyota 200   25 Running  
13 28 32 Bret Holmes Precision Garage Door Chevrolet 200   24 Running  
14 17 5 Dean Thompson Thompson Pipe Group Toyota 200  9 25 Running  
15 26 44 Bayley Currey DQS Chevrolet 200   22 Running  
16 13 75 Stefan Parsons popsells.com Chevrolet 200   21 Running  
17 15 9 Grant Enfinger (P) Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet 200   20 Running  
18 22 81 Corey Day HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 200   19 Running  
19 1 7 Connor Zilisch(i) (P) Silver Hare Racing Chevrolet 200 4  0 Running 1 41
20 20 41 Connor Mosack Crazy Al's Wine and Spirits Chevrolet 200   17 Running  
21 21 13 Jake Garcia Quanta Services Ford 200   16 Running  
22 27 56 Timmy Hill Shophillmotorsports.com Toyota 200   15 Running 1 5
23 10 15 Tanner Gray Dead On Tools Toyota 200   14 Running  
24 29 33 Lawless Alan AUTOChargit Ford 199   13 Running  
25 30 42 Matt Mills J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet 199   12 Running  
26 24 91 Jack Wood Mongoose Chevrolet 199   11 Running  
27 25 99 Ben Rhodes (P) Bommarito Automotive Group Ford 198   10 Running  
28 35 02 Justin Mondeik El Bandito Yankee Tequila Chevrolet 198   9 Running  
29 31 76 Spencer Boyd Michael Waltrip Brewing Co Chevrolet 198   8 Running  
30 12 25 Ty Dillon Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 198   7 Running  
31 32 21 Mason Maggio Rock Hill ACE Hardware Ford 196   6 Running  
32 7 43 Daniel Dye (P) Champion Container Chevrolet 194 10  6 Running  
33 34 22 Keith McGee Nugget Trap Ford 194   4 Running  
34 33 46 Tyler Tomassi RANDCO Industries Chevrolet 192   3 Running  
35 36 45 Kaden Honeycutt (P) Moore's Venture Foods Chevrolet 157   2 Accident  
36 23 66 Conner Jones # FarmPaint.com/Quarter Horse Congress Ford 126   1 Overheating  

Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 20 Mins, 24 Secs. Average Speed: 79.552 MPH Margin of Victory: 1.096 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 71, 11, 19, 7, 2, 52, 1, 38, 77, 43
Stage 2 Top 10: 11, 19, 71, 38, 2, 52, 1, 88, 5, 77

Failed to Qualify: (2) 04 Marco Andretti, 90 Justin Carroll.

Caution Flags: 4 for 39 laps; Laps: 57-65 (Stage 1 Conclusion [32]); 110-120 (No. 7 Incident Turn 4 / Stage 2 Conclusion [33]); 158-171 (Nos. 43, 45 Incident
Frontstretch [41]); 183-187 (Nos. 91, 99 Incident Turn 4 [7]).

Lead Changes: 8 among 5 drivers; C. Zilisch(i) (P) 1-41; C. Heim (P) 42-51; R. Caruth (P) 52-59; C. Heim (P) 60; T. Hill 61-65; C. Heim (P) 66-99; R. Caruth (P) 100; C. Heim (P) 101-120; L. Riggs # 121-200.

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

Next Race: September 27, 2024 - Kansas Speedway

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