June 20, 2025 | By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service

Layne Riggs seizes Pocono NASCAR Trucks victory following Corey Heim’s tire trouble

LONG POND, Pa.—Layne Riggs capped one of the best race weekends of his young career, claiming his first ever pole position then leading the final 20 laps of Friday’s MillerTech Battery 200 to take his first NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series victory of the season in the opening race of a NASCAR tripleheader weekend at Pocono Raceway.

Riggs’ No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford beat TRICON Garage driver Tanner Gray to the checkered flag by a healthy 3.64-seconds delivering the young star his third career series win.

Riggs had been fast all day and was running second to championship leader Corey Heim coming to a restart with 19 laps to go only to have Heim’s No. 11 Toyota suffer a flat tire just as the field was about to take the green flag.

Just after Heim pulled off the track for a quick tire change, NASCAR Cup Series driver and former Truck Series regular Carson Hocevar moved his No. 7 truck forward and into the lead on the restart – but was handed a penalty for the move.

Riggs as the second place car, was the “control” car when Heim pit – not Hocevar – and Riggs assumed the lead for good when Hocevar pit with 18 laps remaining to serve the stop-and-go penalty for his restart violation.

“That’s just a testament to this team, that thing was bad fast especially that last run right there,” said Riggs, the 23-year-old son of former NASCAR Cup Series standout Scott Riggs.

“I really hate the 11 [Heim] fell out and not sure what the seven [Hocevar] was doing on the restart there, but made sure to take advantage of it.

“But, hey, I’m a happy man right now. … this is not what I had circled. Last year we wrecked in practice, didn’t qualify and ran dead last all day. And today we were the best. It’s amazing.”

For much of the early race – before the tire problem – it appeared the season’s four-race winner Heim would essentially turn in a repeat performance of his work a year ago at the 2.5-mile Pocono track when he swept both stages and won the race. Heim did lead a race best 48 of the 90 laps and set an all-time series record claiming his 12th stage win.

But to his credit, Riggs – who also took a stage win – kept Heim honest all day. And that’s what put him in position to capitalize.

Kaden Honeycutt, who started on the front row alongside Riggs, finished third in the No. 45 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet. Brandon Jones in the No. 1 TRICON Garage Toyota and former NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Daniel Hemric in the No. 19 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet rounded out the top-five.

Rookie Connor Mosack, Riggs’ teammate Chandler Smith, Stewart Friesen, reigning series champion Ty Majeski and Rajah Caruth completed the top-10.

Heim rallied to a 23rd-place finish and leads Riggs’ teammate, Chandler Smith by 124 points in the championship standings.

With the victory, Riggs claims the seventh Playoff position based on race wins. Only four more regular season races remain to decide which 10 drivers will compete for the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series championship.

The series heads to the historic Lime Rock Park road course in Connecticut for next Saturday’s inaugural LIUNA 150 (1 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).


NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 14
Race Results for the MillerTech Battery 200 - Friday, June 20, 2025
Pocono Raceway - Long Pond, PA - 2.5 - Mile Paved

Total Race Length - 80 Laps - 200. Miles

Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 6/20/2025 @ 07:18 PM Eastern

Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Stage 2 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 1 34 Layne Riggs Bare Knuckle Brawl Ford 80 1 3 59 Running 2 25 6
2 5 15 Tanner Gray Place of Hope Toyota 80  5 41 Running  
3 2 45 Kaden Honeycutt DQS Solutions & Staffing Chevrolet 80 2 6 48 Running  
4 9 1 Brandon Jones(i) Spectracide Toyota 80 7  0 Running  
5 19 19 Daniel Hemric NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet 80   32 Running  
6 12 81 Connor Mosack # NAPA Nightvision Chevrolet 80 3 10 40 Running  
7 15 38 Chandler Smith Long John Silver's Ford 80 8  33 Running  
8 13 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 80 6  34 Running 1 4
9 16 98 Ty Majeski Soda Sense/Curb Records Ford 80   28 Running  
10 8 71 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 80   27 Running 1 3
11 6 17 Giovanni Ruggiero # First Auto Group Toyota 80   26 Running  
12 17 66 Luke Baldwin Farm Paint Ford 80   25 Running  
13 4 7 Carson Hocevar(i) Delaware Life Chevrolet 80  2 0 Running  
14 24 91 Jack Wood Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet 80   23 Running  
15 10 07 Patrick Emerling Goat Power Bikes Chevrolet 80   22 Running  
16 7 77 Andres Perez De Lara Telcel Chevrolet 80 4 9 30 Running  
17 14 9 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet 80   20 Running  
18 34 99 Ben Rhodes Campers Inn RV Ford 80 10 8 23 Running  
19 27 33 Frankie Muniz # Black Cat Fireworks Ford 80   18 Running  
20 21 42 Matt Mills J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet 80   17 Running  
21 23 02 Nathan Byrd RCA/Sonesta Chevrolet 80   16 Running  
22 29 5 Toni Breidinger # Sunoco 94 Octane Toyota 80   15 Running  
23 3 11 Corey Heim Safelite Toyota 80  1 24 Running 3 48 1
24 28 69 Tyler Tomassi(i)  Ford 80   0 Running  
25 26 76 Spencer Boyd CSI Asphalt/Malta Dynamics Chevrolet 80   12 Running  
26 18 18 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet 78 9 7 17 Running  
27 20 88 Matt Crafton Ideal Door/Menards Ford 78   10 Running  
28 11 13 Jake Garcia Quanta Services Ford 76 5 4 22 Running  
29 35 26 Dawson Sutton # Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 48   8 DVP  
30 33 22 Clayton Green Vyper/Levrack Ford 47   7 Accident  
31 22 44 Conner Jones Bill's Appliance Center Chevrolet 47   6 Accident  
32 30 74 Dawson Cram(i) Mike Harmon Racing Toyota 33   0 Clutch  
33 25 2 Cody Dennison Flux Ford 18   4 Accident  
34 31 6 Norm Benning MDIA Inc. Chevrolet 10   3 Too Slow  
35 32 28 Bryan Dauzat FDNY Chevrolet 9   2 Too Slow  

Fastest Lap Bonus:  34                                                                     63 / 54.338
# lap

Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 43 Mins, 18 Secs. Average Speed: 116.167 MPH Margin of Victory: 3.640 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 34, 45, 81, 77, 13, 52, 1, 38, 18, 99
Stage 2 Top 10: 11, 7, 34, 13, 15, 45, 18, 99, 77, 81

Race Comments: Layne Riggs has won the MillerTech Battery 200 at Pocono Raceway, his third victory in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty: Nos. 22, 26, 28 (Unapproved Adjustments).

Failed to Qualify: None.

Caution Flags: 4 for 24 laps; Laps: 20-26 (Debris Turn 2 / Stage 1 Conclusion [71]); 42-46 (Stage 2 Conclusion [9]); 49-55 (#18, 9, 99, 22, 44, 26 Incident Turn 2 [None]); 57-61 (#13, 98 Incident Turn 1 [9]).

Lead Changes: 7 among 4 drivers; C. Heim 1-17; L. Riggs 18-22; S. Friesen 23-26; C. Heim 27-43; R. Caruth 44-46; C. Heim 47-60; L. Riggs 61-80.

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

Next Race: June 28, 2025 - Lime Rock Park

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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Points Report
Pocono Raceway
MillerTech Battery 200

UNOFFICIAL Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 6/20/2025 @ 08:59 PM Eastern UNOFFICIAL

Rank Driver Car Starts GL Points Ldr Nxt Race Wins Stage Wins Playoff Pts
1. Corey Heim 11 14 0 629 0 0 4 12 32
2. Chandler Smith 38 14 0 505 -124 124 2 1 11
3. Daniel Hemric 19 14 0 486 -143 19 1 0 5
4. Layne Riggs 34 14 2 483 -146 3 1 4 9
5. Grant Enfinger 9 14 -1 461 -168 22 0 2 2
6. Kaden Honeycutt 45 14 1 456 -173 5 0 0 0
7. Tyler Ankrum 18 14 -2 441 -188 15 1 1 6
8. Ty Majeski 98 14 0 421 -208 20 0 1 1
9. Jake Garcia 13 14 0 411 -218 10 0 0 0
10. Stewart Friesen 52 14 0 381 -248 30 1 0 5
11. Rajah Caruth 71 14 2 363 -266 18 1 0 5
12. Giovanni Ruggiero # 17 14 0 363 -266 0 0 1 1
13. Ben Rhodes 99 14 -2 361 -268 2 0 1 1
14. Tanner Gray 15 14 0 338 -291 23 0 0 0
15. Matt Crafton 88 14 0 291 -338 47 0 1 1
16. Connor Mosack # 81 14 2 287 -342 4 0 0 0
17. Andres Perez De Lara 77 14 0 277 -352 10 0 0 0
18. Jack Wood 91 14 -2 272 -357 5 0 1 1
19. Matt Mills 42 14 0 262 -367 10 0 0 0
20. Dawson Sutton # 26 14 0 249 -380 13 0 0 0
21. Spencer Boyd 76 14 0 208 -421 41 0 0 0
22. Bayley Currey  8 0 185 -444 23 0 1 0
23. Toni Breidinger # 5 14 1 181 -448 4 0 0 0
24. Frankie Muniz # 33 14 1 173 -456 8 0 0 0
25. Luke Fenhaus  9 -2 168 -461 5 0 0 0
26. Nathan Byrd 02 12 0 134 -495 34 0 0 0
27. Josh Reaume  5 0 78 -551 56 0 0 0
28. Luke Baldwin 66 4 4 71 -558 7 0 0 0
29. Cody Dennison 2 6 2 62 -567 9 0 0 0
30. Parker Kligerman  4 -2 61 -568 1 0 0 0
31. Timmy Hill  3 -2 60 -569 1 0 0 0
32. Stefan Parsons  3 -2 59 -570 1 0 0 0
33. Justin Carroll  5 0 46 -583 13 0 0 0
34. Lawless Alan  2 0 40 -589 6 0 0 0
35. Patrick Emerling 07 2 6 40 -589 0 0 0 0
36. Norm Benning 6 7 -1 40 -589 0 0 0 0
37. Corey Lajoie  1 -1 32 -597 8 0 0 0
38. Jason White  1 -1 29 -600 3 0 0 0
39. Johnny Sauter  1 -1 29 -600 0 0 0 0
40. Bj Mcleod  1 -1 22 -607 7 0 0 0
41. Morgen Baird  2 -1 20 -609 2 0 0 0
42. Brent Crews  1 0 18 -611 2 0 0 0
43. Clayton Green 22 2 5 17 -612 1 0 0 0
44. Conner Jones 44 2 3 16 -613 1 0 0 0
45. Stephen Mallozzi  4 -2 15 -614 1 0 0 0
46. Matthew Gould  1 -2 14 -615 1 0 0 0
47. Keith Mcgee  2 -2 12 -617 2 0 0 0
48. Akinori Ogata  2 -2 11 -618 1 0 0 0
49. Jayson Alexander  1 0 7 -622 4 0 0 0
50. Ryan Roulette  2 0 7 -622 0 0 0 0
51. Michel Disdier  1 0 6 -623 1 0 0 0
52. Alan Waller  1 0 6 -623 0 0 0 0
53. Clay Greenfield  1 0 4 -625 2 0 0 0
54. Derek White  1 0 4 -625 0 0 0 0
55. Bryan Dauzat 28 1 15 2 -627 2 0 0 0
56. Kyle Busch(i)  4 -1 0 -629 2 1 1 0
57. Kyle Larson(i)  2 -1 0 -629 0 1 0 0
58. Carson Hocevar(i) 7 4 -1 0 -629 0 1 1 0
59. William Byron(i)  2 -1 0 -629 0 0 0 0
60. Ross Chastain(i)  3 -1 0 -629 0 0 0 0
61. Brandon Jones(i) 1 7 1 0 -629 0 0 0 0
62. Justin Haley(i)  2 -2 0 -629 0 0 0 0
63. Corey Day(i)  6 -2 0 -629 0 0 0 0
64. William Sawalich(i)  4 -1 0 -629 0 0 0 0
65. Sammy Smith(i)  2 -1 0 -629 0 0 0 0
66. Michael Mcdowell(i)  2 -1 0 -629 0 0 0 0
67. Nicholas Sanchez(i)  1 -1 0 -629 0 0 0 0
68. Mason Maggio(i)  2 -1 0 -629 0 0 0 0
69. Patrick Staropoli(i)  2 -1 0 -629 0 0 0 0
70. Tyler Tomassi(i) 69 4 -1 0 -629 0 0 0 0
71. Dawson Cram(i) 74 1 -71 0 -629 0 0 0 0

-Ldr/-Nxt = Points behind Leader/Next higher, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series