Layne Riggs wins Truck Series OT thriller at Qualcomm Circuit
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CORONADO, Calif.—Short on fuel and long on perseverance and good fortune, Layne Riggs won Friday’s inaugural NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Naval Base Coronado on the Qualcomm Circuit.
It wasn’t until the final two corners of NASCAR Overtime that Riggs was able to claim his fourth Truck victory of the season and the ninth of his career. The No. 34 Front Row Racing Ford pilot was running second behind Tyler Reif entering the chicane that precedes the final corner on the 3.4-mile, 16-turn street circuit.
Under pressure from Riggs, Reif blew the chicane, steered to the inside of the tire barriers defining the racing line and came to a stop after exiting. Riggs grabbed the lead and reached the finish line 1.332 seconds ahead of runner-up Daniel Hemric, who ran the final circuit with a tire losing air.
“Layne van Riggsbergen came to play today, man,” Riggs chortled after climbing from his truck — a facetious reference to road-course superstar Shane van Gisbergen in the NASCAR Cup Series. “We’re undefeated in street course races — much respect, Shane. I hope I can be as good as you one day, man. I’m going to take all my glory here in the Truck Series.
“I don’t even know what happened at the end — sparks flying, people wrecking, staying in the throttle. I was running out of fuel the entire last lap. It was like St. Pete all over again (an earlier Riggs victory this season, also a street race).”
Entering the chicane on the final lap, Riggs was trying to force Reif into a mistake — and succeeded.
“I faked left to scare him, and he missed the corner,” Riggs said. “I really wasn’t going to dive it in there, and it worked for me … an amazing, historic win.”
Reif was trying to win in only his seventh start in the series. He finished 19th after being assessed a 30-second penalty for short-cutting the course on the final lap.
“I hear (Riggs was) one (car-length) back from me, and I didn’t want to give him a chance to get to me,” Reif said. “It was my mistake. It’s very unfortunate that I did that. I don’t know how many more chances I’ll have like this, but I’m sure there’ll be more, and I’m going to make sure not to make that mistake again.”
The final two laps featured a surfeit of twists and turns. Superior strategy put Chandler Smith at the front of the field for the overtime restart on Lap 52, with fresher tires and more fuel than Riggs, his teammate.
Smith led the field to green with Kaden Honeycutt beside him, but Honeycutt brushed the wall on the downhill run toward Turn 2, and Smith crashed trying to avoid him. As cars bounced off each other behind them, Hemric briefly took the lead, only to be challenged and passed by Reif, who blocked Hemric’s Chevrolet into the wall approaching the chicane on the white-flag lap.
Reif held the lead from that point on until his mistake in the tight, freshly-paved chicane. In the overtime melee, Kaz Grala finished third, followed by Landen Lewis (a career best) and Ty Majeski.
Smith and Honeycutt ran 22nd and 23rd, respectively. Seven-time Cup Series champion and NASCAR Hall of Famer Jimmie Johnson led two laps but finished 30th after spinning twice and losing power in the final stage. Johnson was making his second start in the series, 18 years removed from his first.
The race featured 16 lead changes among six drivers, with Riggs leading a race-high 21 circuits and Smith 13. There were seven cautions for 13 laps.
Riggs, who won Stage 1, increased his series lead to 65 points over Honeycutt, with Smith trailing by 128 points in third place with five events remaining in the Truck Series regular season. Parker Kligerman won Stage 2 before finishing 18th.
The Truck Series returns to action on July 11 at Lime Rock Park (1 p.m. ET, FS1, NASCAR Racing Network Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
NOTE: Post-race inspection was completed in the Craftsman Truck Series garage, confirming Layne Riggs as the winner. The Nos. 88 and 99 ThorSport Racing trucks had one missing lug nut and will lose pit-stall selection for Lime Rock Park.
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 13
Race Results for the Navy 250 - Friday, June 19, 2026
San Diego Street Course - San Diego, CA - 3.4 - Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 53 Laps - 180.2 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 6/19/2026 @ 10:46 PM Eastern
Stage 1 Stage 2
Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Pts Pos Pos Status Tms Laps
1 2 34 Layne Riggs Mattermost Ford 53 1 65 Running 5 21
2 32 19 Daniel Hemric NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet 53 35 Running
3 16 62 Kaz Grala Fire Dept Coffee Toyota 53 34 Running
4 9 45 Landen Lewis J.F. Electric Chevrolet 53 9 35 Running
5 8 88 Ty Majeski SPAM/Menards Ford 53 2 41 Running
6 17 16 Justin Haley RAM RAM 53 31 Running
7 34 12 Brenden Queen # Cummins RAM 53 30 Running
8 13 99 Ben Rhodes Campers Inn Ford 53 7 33 Running
9 30 91 Christian Eckes Columbia Bank Chevrolet 53 10 29 Running
10 6 17 Giovanni Ruggiero JBL Toyota 53 27 Running
11 23 14 Mini Tyrrell # RAM RAM 53 26 Running
12 35 15 Tanner Gray Place of Hope Toyota 53 25 Running
13 24 81 Kris Wright NASCAR USA 250 Chevrolet 53 24 Running
14 33 5 Adam Andretti TopLiner Toyota 53 23 Running
15 25 13 Cole Butcher # Atlantic Tilt Load Ford 53 22 Running
16 28 20 Brendan Gaughan South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet 53 21 Running
17 29 22 Austin Varco Tacos El Franc/Dave's Hot Chicken Ford 53 20 Running
18 10 75 Parker Kligerman FMS Solutions Chevrolet 53 1 29 Running 2 6
19 14 42 Tyler Reif Niece Equipment/Foundation for Pops Chevrolet 53 10 6 24 Running 1 1
20 27 33 Frankie Muniz Lakeside Construction Ford 53 17 Running
21 7 44 Andres Perez De Lara Acceptance Insurance Chevrolet 53 8 5 25 Running
22 3 38 Chandler Smith Hard Rock Casino Tejon/Hard Rock Cafe Ford 53 4 7 27 Running 4 13
23 1 11 Kaden Honeycutt Safelite Toyota 52 2 8 26 Accident 4 10
24 11 7 Connor Mosack Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Chevrolet 52 13 Running
25 31 77 Justin Marks Jockey 150th Anniversary Chevrolet 51 12 Running
26 18 26 Dawson Sutton Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 51 11 Running
27 26 2 Jackson Lee California Closets Ford 50 10 Running
28 20 76 Nathan Nicholson Whelen Aerospace Technologies Chevrolet 48 9 Accident
29 5 9 Grant Enfinger Grant County Mulch Chevrolet 48 5 3 22 Running
30 4 1 Jimmie Johnson(i) Carvana Toyota 47 3 9 0 Electrical 1 2
31 12 18 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet 46 6 4 18 Accident
32 19 98 Jake Garcia Quanta/Curb Records Ford 40 5 Transmission
33 22 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 29 4 Power
34 21 25 Jamie McMurray The USO RAM 22 3 Accident
35 15 10 Corey LaJoie Mopar RAM 14 2 Accident
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 48 Mins, 13 Secs. Average Speed: 64.274 MPH Margin of Victory: 1.332 Seconds
Stage 1 Top 10: 34, 11, 1, 38, 9, 18, 99, 44, 45, 42
Stage 2 Top 10: 75, 88, 9, 18, 44, 42, 38, 11, 1, 91
Race Comments: Layne Riggs won the Navy 250 at Naval Base Coronado, his ninth NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following trucks dropped to the rear for the reasons indicated: Nos. 5, 12, 19, 20, 17, 45, 25, 99 (unapproved adjustments); Nos. 77, 15, 91, 52 (backup truck).
Failed to Qualify: None.
Caution Flags: 7 for 13 laps; Laps: 5-6 (#26 stalled on track [None]); 14-14 (Stage 1 Conclusion [26]); 26-28 (Stage 2 Conclusion [7]); 34-35 (Debris [20]); 41-42 (#98 stalled on track [33]); 48-48 (#18 incident turn 16 [Red Flag: Lap 47, 8:39] [20]); 50-51 (#76 stalled on track [33]).
Lead Changes: 16 among 6 drivers; K. Honeycutt 1-2; L. Riggs 3-5; K. Honeycutt 6; L. Riggs 7-12; K. Honeycutt 13-16; J. Johnson(i) 17-18; C. Smith 19; P. Kligerman 20; L. Riggs 21; P. Kligerman 22-26; C. Smith 27; K. Honeycutt 28-30; C. Smith 31-33; L. Riggs 34-43; C. Smith 44-51; T. Reif 52; L. Riggs 53.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: July 11, 2026 - Lime Rock Park
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CURRENT NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES STANDINGS
Through June 19, 2026
UNOFFICIAL UNOFFICIAL
1. Layne Riggs 34 13 0 562 0 0 4 5
2. Kaden Honeycutt 11 13 0 497 -65 65 1 1
3. Chandler Smith 38 13 0 434 -128 63 1 1
4. Giovanni Ruggiero 17 13 0 410 -152 24 0 0
5. Christian Eckes 91 13 0 408 -154 2 0 3
6. Ty Majeski 88 13 1 353 -209 55 0 0
7. Ben Rhodes 99 13 -1 349 -213 4 0 3
8. Daniel Hemric 19 13 1 313 -249 36 0 1
9. Tyler Ankrum 18 13 -1 301 -261 12 0 0
10. Jake Garcia 98 13 0 283 -279 18 0 0
11. Grant Enfinger 9 13 2 278 -284 5 0 0
12. Corey Heim 5 -1 274 -288 4 3 3
13. Stewart Friesen 52 13 -1 273 -289 1 0 1
14. Brenden Queen # 12 13 0 272 -290 1 0 0
15. Justin Haley 16 13 0 261 -301 11 0 0
16. Andres Perez De Lara 44 13 0 250 -312 11 0 0
17. Tanner Gray 15 13 0 246 -316 4 0 0
18. Mini Tyrrell # 14 13 1 201 -361 45 0 0
19. Dawson Sutton 26 13 -1 197 -365 4 0 0
20. Cole Butcher # 13 13 1 177 -385 20 0 0
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