Layne Riggs capped among the best race weekends of his younger profession, claiming his first ever pole place then main the ultimate 20 laps of Friday’s MillerTech Battery 200 to take his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence victory of the season within the opening race of a NASCAR tripleheader weekend at Pocono Raceway.
Riggs’ No. 34 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford beat Tricon Storage driver Tanner Grey to the checkered flag by a wholesome 3.64 seconds, delivering the younger star his third profession collection win.
Riggs had been quick all day and was working second to championship chief Corey Heim coming to a restart with 19 laps to go solely to have Heim’s No. 11 Toyota undergo a flat tire simply as the sphere was about to take the inexperienced flag.
Simply after Heim pulled off the monitor for a fast tire change, NASCAR Cup Sequence driver Carson Hocevar moved his No. 7 Spire Motorsports truck ahead and into the lead on the restart — however was handed a penalty for the transfer.
Riggs, because the second-place automobile, was the “management” automobile 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 is only a testomony to this group, that factor was unhealthy quick particularly that final run proper there,” stated Riggs, the 23-year-old son of former NASCAR Cup Sequence standout Scott Riggs.
“I actually hate the 11 (Heim) fell out and unsure what the seven (Hocevar) was doing on the restart there, however made positive to reap the benefits of it.
“However, hey, I am a contented man proper now. … this isn’t what I had circled. Final 12 months we wrecked in apply, did not qualify and ran lifeless final all day. And in the present day we had been the most effective. It is superb.”
For a lot of the early race — earlier than the tire downside — it appeared the season’s four-race winner Heim would primarily flip in a repeat efficiency of his work a 12 months in the past on the 2.5-mile Pocono monitor when he swept each levels and gained the race. Heim did lead a race-best 48 of the 90 laps and set an all-time collection file claiming his twelfth stage win.
However to his credit score, Riggs — who additionally took a stage win — stored Heim sincere all day. And that is what put him in place to capitalize.
Kaden Honeycutt, who began on the entrance row alongside Riggs, completed third within the No. 45 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet. Brandon Jones within the No. 1 Tricon Storage Toyota and Daniel Hemric within the No. 19 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet rounded out the highest 5.
Rookie Connor Mosack, Riggs’ teammate Chandler Smith, Stewart Friesen, reigning collection champion Ty Majeski and Rajah Caruth accomplished the highest 10.
Heim rallied to a Twenty third-place end and leads Smith by 124 factors within the championship standings.
With the victory, Riggs claims the seventh playoff place primarily based on race wins. Solely 4 extra regular-season races stay to determine which 10 drivers will compete for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence championship.
The collection heads to the historic Lime Rock Park street course in Connecticut for subsequent Saturday’s inaugural LIUNA 150 (1 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Sequence Race — MillerTech Battery 200
Pocono Raceway
Lengthy Pond, Pennsylvania
Friday, June 20, 2025
1. (1) Layne Riggs, Ford, 80.
2. (5) Tanner Grey, Toyota, 80.
3. (2) Kaden Honeycutt, Chevrolet, 80.
4. (9) Brandon Jones(i), Toyota, 80.
5. (19) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 80.
6. (12) Connor Mosack #, Chevrolet, 80.
7. (15) Chandler Smith, Ford, 80.
8. (13) Stewart Friesen, Toyota, 80.
9. (16) Ty Majeski, Ford, 80.
10. (8) Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 80.
11. (6) Giovanni Ruggiero #, Toyota, 80.
12. (17) Luke Baldwin, Ford, 80.
13. (4) Carson Hocevar(i), Chevrolet, 80.
14. (24) Jack Wooden, Chevrolet, 80.
15. (10) Patrick Emerling, Chevrolet, 80.
16. (7) Andres Perez De Lara, Chevrolet, 80.
17. (14) Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, 80.
18. (34) Ben Rhodes, Ford, 80.
19. (27) Frankie Muniz #, Ford, 80.
20. (21) Matt Mills, Chevrolet, 80.
21. (23) Nathan Byrd, Chevrolet, 80.
22. (29) Toni Breidinger #, Toyota, 80.
23. (3) Corey Heim, Toyota, 80.
24. (28) Tyler Tomassi(i), Ford, 80.
25. (26) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 80.
26. (18) Tyler Ankrum, Chevrolet, 78.
27. (20) Matt Crafton, Ford, 78.
28. (11) Jake Garcia, Ford, 76.
29. (35) Dawson Sutton #, Chevrolet, DVP, 48.
30. (33) Clayton Inexperienced, Ford, Accident, 47.
31. (22) Conner Jones, Chevrolet, Accident, 47.
32. (30) Dawson Cram(i), Toyota, Clutch, 33.
33. (25) Cody Dennison, Ford, Accident, 18.
34. (31) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, Too Sluggish, 10.
35. (32) Bryan Dauzat, Chevrolet, Too Sluggish, 9.
Common Pace of Race Winner: 116.167 mph.
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 43 Minutes, 18 Secs. Margin of Victory: 3.640 Seconds.
Warning Flags: 4 for twenty-four laps.
Lead Adjustments: 7 amongst 4 drivers.
Lap Leaders: 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.
Leaders Abstract (Driver, Instances Lead, Laps Led): Corey Heim 3 occasions for 48 laps; Layne Riggs 2 occasions for 25 laps; Stewart Friesen 1 time for 4 laps; Rajah Caruth 1 time for 3 laps.
Stage #1 High Ten: 34,45,81,77,13,52,1,38,18,99
Stage #2 High Ten: 11,7,34,13,15,45,18,99,77,81
–By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service. Particular to Subject Stage Media.
