Layne Riggs dominates NASCAR Truck Series race at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park
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BROWNSBURG, Indiana—The post-race celebration said it all.
Layne Riggs planted the nose of his No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford firmly against the outside of the pit row wall and lit up his tires as members of his team stood on the barrier and pumped their fists repeatedly.
The elation was well-deserved after Riggs scored his first NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series victory at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in Friday night’s TSport 200.
With his second victory of the season and a sweep of the first two stages, Riggs cut into the dominating lead of Corey Heim with two races left in the regular season.
Nevertheless, Heim, who ran third in a balky No. 11 Toyota, clinched the regular-season title.
“I’ll tell you, this truck was bad-ass, man,” Riggs said after climbing from the F-150 on pit road. “It was so great. I was just out front saving my tires at the end. Then I was just waiting for a late-race caution (which never came), trying to run the bottom and trying to keep the least amount of distance to keep the distance off my tires.
“It’s so great to get (sponsor) Clew Nicotine Pouches in Victory Lane. That’s only their second race with us, and we’re super excited to have them. That was a pretty cool celebration.”
Riggs led 160 of the 200 laps at the 0.686-mile short track and beat Corey Day to the finish line by 1.864 seconds. The runner-up result was a career-best for Day, who had run fifth at Nashville Superspeedway in his most recent Truck Series outing.
“It was good to back up Nashville,” said Day, 19, who is running part-time schedules with Spire Motorsports in the Truck Series and Hendrick Motorsports in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. “I was telling everyone it clicked, and it felt like it clicked, but unless I come here and back it up, it means nothing.
“I’m really glad to finally be delivering results. I’ve been working really, really hard at this to be delivering results, and I really want to be doing the burnout up there.”
Stewart Friesen parlayed an early pit stop in the second stage into an ostensible third-place finish but was disqualified after failing height requirements in post-race inspection. The disqualification ruined an astute strategic call by the No.52 team.
Grant Enfinger ran fourth. Reigning series champion Ty Majeski, currently the last driver above the elimination line for the 10-driver Playoffs, came home fifth after Friesen’s disqualification and extended his advantage over ThorSport racing teammate Jake Garcia (15th Friday) from 38 to 61 points.
Chandler Smith, Daniel Hemric, Tyler Ankrum, Ross Chastain and Rajah Caruth completed the top 10.
Though he scored no Playoff points on Friday, Heim, who set the fastest lap on his second circuit, already has banked 39 this season. With the seven he added in the TSport 200, Riggs now has 16, second most among Truck Series drivers, with the Playoffs set to begin Aug. 30 at Darlington Raceway after the two final regular-season events at Watkins Glen International (Aug. 8) and Richmond Raceway (Aug.15).
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 16
Race Results for the TSport 200 At IRP - Friday, July 25, 2025
Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park - Indianapolis, IN - 0.686 - Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 200 Laps - 137.2 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Saturday, 7/26/2025 @ 12:01 AM Eastern
Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Stage 2 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 11 34 Layne Riggs Clew Ford 200 1 1 60 Running 2 160 7
2 16 7 Corey Day(i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 200 8 0 Running
3 1 11 Corey Heim Safelite Toyota 200 5 7 45 Running 1 20
4 8 9 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet 200 4 3 48 Running
5 2 98 Ty Majeski Soda Sense/Curb Records Ford 200 2 6 46 Running
6 3 38 Chandler Smith Rural King Ford 200 3 4 46 Running
7 6 19 Daniel Hemric NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet 200 30 Running
8 7 18 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet 200 6 34 Running
9 12 44 Ross Chastain(i) Illiana Watermelon Association Chevrolet 200 0 Running
10 19 71 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 200 7 31 Running
11 5 99 Ben Rhodes Bommarito Automotive Group Ford 200 9 2 37 Running
12 9 66 Luke Fenhaus Soda Sense Ford 200 8 28 Running
13 15 15 Tanner Gray Adv Business Communications Toyota 200 10 25 Running
14 10 45 Kaden Honeycutt DQS Solutions & Staffing Chevrolet 199 5 29 Running
15 22 13 Jake Garcia Quanta Services Ford 199 10 23 Running
16 14 07 Brenden Queen Best Repair Company Chevrolet 199 21 Running
17 17 81 Connor Mosack # NAPA Nightvision Chevrolet 199 9 22 Running
18 20 88 Matt Crafton Pasiode/Menards Ford 199 19 Running
19 29 26 Dawson Sutton # Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 199 18 Running
20 24 91 Jack Wood Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet 199 17 Running
21 25 42 Matt Mills J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet 198 16 Running
22 18 77 Andres Perez De Lara # Telcel Chevrolet 198 15 Running
23 13 1 Brent Crews Mobil 1 Toyota 198 14 Running
24 30 76 Spencer Boyd My Auto Store Chevrolet 198 13 Running
25 4 17 Giovanni Ruggiero # JBL Toyota 198 12 Running
26 28 5 Toni Breidinger # Sunoco 94 Octane Toyota 198 11 Running
27 26 33 Frankie Muniz # Morgan & Morgan Ford 197 10 Running
28 35 35 Greg Van Alst Top Choice Fence Toyota 194 9 Running
29 32 20 Jordan Anderson(i) Bommarito.com Chevrolet 194 0 Running
30 23 02 Jayson Alexander Constant Contact Chevrolet 193 7 Running
31 33 6 Norm Benning MDIA Inc Chevrolet 99 6 Handling
32 31 22 Alan Waller EPIC Health & Fitness Ford 65 5 Accident
33 34 74 Boston Oliver Mike Harmon Racing Toyota 39 4 Handling
34 27 2 Cody Dennison TIMCAST Ford 8 3 Electrical
35 21 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 200 2 Running 1 20
Fastest Lap Bonus: # lap 2 / 23.338
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Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 40 Mins, 14 Secs. Average Speed: 82.128 MPH Margin of Victory: 1.864 Seconds
Stage 1 Top 10: 34, 98, 38, 9, 11, 18, 71, 7, 99, 15
Stage 2 Top 10: 34, 99, 9, 38, 45, 98, 11, 66, 81, 13
Race Comments: Layne Riggs has won the TSport 200 At IRP and Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, his fourth career victory in the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series.
Failed to Qualify: None.
Caution Flags: 3 for 24 laps; Laps: 62-70 (Stage 1 Conclusion [88]); 100-106 (Incident No. 22 Turn 3 [44]); 122-129 (Stage 2 Conclusion [42]).
Lead Changes: 3 among 3 drivers; C. Heim 1-20; L. Riggs 21-125; S. Friesen 126-145; L. Riggs 146-200.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: August 8, 2025 - Watkins Glen International
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