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Layne Riggs wins NASCAR Truck race at IRP in dominant showing

Layne Riggs led 159 of 200 laps in a stunningly dominant showing at Indianapolis Raceway Park. The Front Row Motorsports driver seemed untouchable for most of the race, cruising to the checkered flag.

Corey Day earned a career-best finish of second, while Stewart Friesen managed to hang on to a podium result on older tires in his 200th start. Unfortunately, Friesen was later stripped of his third-place finish when his No. 52 truck failed post-race inspection.

"Oh man, my team -- this truck was badass," said Riggs, who now has four career wins in the NASCAR Truck Series. "It was so great. I was just out front saving my tires at the end, and I was just waiting for a late-race caution. Trying to run the bottom and trying to run the least amount of distance for my tires ... Thanks to everybody at Front Row. I'm out of breath. That was a pretty cool celebration. The guys in the fab shop, body shop -- I did it for you guys. This thing was really fast and made my job easy today."

Riggs actually started the final stage in seventh, as the six trucks in front of him stayed out on old tires in a track position gamble. He quickly made his way back to the front, but Corey Heim, who was on the same strategy as Riggs, actually passed him at one point. 

The season-long rivals battled fiercely before Riggs ultimately prevailed, going on to snatch the lead away from Friesen with just over 50 laps to go. The rest of the field (outside of those he was lapping) never saw Riggs again, as he cruised to the checkered flag.

As a result of Friesen's disqualification, Heim finished third, which was just enough to clinch the regular season championship early. Grant Enfinger finished fourth, Ty Majeski fifth, Chandler Smith sixth, Daniel Hemric seventh, Tyler Ankrum eighth, Ross Chastain ninth, and Rajah Caruth tenth.

Stages 1 and 2

The race got underway with Heim starting from pole position after qualifying was cancelled due to thunderstorms earlier in the day.

The first stage went completely caution-free, which made Riggs' charge from 11th on the grid even more impressive. He cut a path forward, taking the lead and winning the opening stage of the race.

During the stage break, NASCAR Cup star Chastain had a wheel come off on pit road. His truck actually climbed up over the loose wheel, losing a lap for repairs in the process.

The race remained clean and green throughout most of the second stage, but Josh Reaume slammed the wall at one point, triggering the first natural yellow. Chastain got back on the lead lap via the free pass, while a handful of drivers chose to pit for a fresh set of tires.

This alternate strategy allowed them to scoop up some track position with Friesen benefitting the most, charging all the way up to second. However, he was not able to deny Riggs a sweep of the two stages.

   
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Cla Driver # Manufacturer Laps Time Interval Pits Points Retirement
1
L. Riggs Front Row Motorsports
34 Ford 200

1:40'14.353

  4 60  
2
C. Day Spire Motorsports
7 Chevrolet 200

+1.864

1:40'16.217

1.864 5    
3 United States S. Friesen Halmar Friesen Racing 52 Toyota 200

+3.580

1:40'17.933

1.716 5 43  
4
C. Heim TRICON Garage
11 Toyota 200

+5.463

1:40'19.816

1.883 5 43  
5 United States G. Enfinger CR7 Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 200

+6.448

1:40'20.801

0.985 5 46  
6 United States T. Majeski ThorSport Racing 98 Ford 200

+7.036

1:40'21.389

0.588 5 44  
7
C. Smith Front Row Motorsports
38 Ford 200

+9.555

1:40'23.908

2.519 5 44  
8 United States D. Hemric McAnally Hilgemann Racing 19 Chevrolet 200

+11.778

1:40'26.131

2.223 5 29  
9 United States T. Ankrum McAnally Hilgemann Racing 18 Chevrolet 200

+16.051

1:40'30.404

4.273 5 33  
10 United States R. Chastain Niece Motorsports 44 Chevrolet 200

+18.052

1:40'32.405

2.001 6    
11
R. Caruth Spire Motorsports
71 Chevrolet 200

+18.347

1:40'32.700

0.295 7 30  
12 United States B. Rhodes ThorSport Racing 99 Ford 200

+19.868

1:40'34.221

1.521 6 35  
13
L. Fenhaus ThorSport Racing
66 Ford 200

+24.018

1:40'38.371

4.150 5 26  
14 United States T. Gray TRICON Garage 15 Toyota 200

+24.547

1:40'38.900

0.529 5 24  
15
K. Honeycutt Niece Motorsports
45 Chevrolet 199

+1 Lap

1:40'16.888

1 Lap 6 27  
16
J. Garcia ThorSport Racing
13 Ford 199

+1 Lap

1:40'17.011

0.123 5 21  
17
B. Queen Spire Motorsports
07 Chevrolet 199

+1 Lap

1:40'24.790

7.779 5 20  
18
C. Mosack McAnally Hilgemann Racing
81 Chevrolet 199

+1 Lap

1:40'33.535

8.745 5 20  
19 United States M. Crafton ThorSport Racing 88 Ford 199

+1 Lap

1:40'35.936

2.401 7 18  
20
D. Sutton Rackley W.A.R.
26 Chevrolet 199

+1 Lap

1:40'37.122

1.186 6 17  
21
J. Wood McAnally Hilgemann Racing
91 Chevrolet 199

+1 Lap

1:40'39.681

2.559 5 16  
22 United States M. Mills Niece Motorsports 42 Chevrolet 198

+2 Laps

1:40'20.290

1 Lap 6 15  
23
A. Pérez de Lara Spire Motorsports
77 Chevrolet 198

+2 Laps

1:40'31.827

11.537 5 14  
24
B. Crews TRICON Garage
1 Toyota 198

+2 Laps

1:40'32.913

1.086 5 13  
25 United States S. Boyd Freedom Racing Enterprises 76 Chevrolet 198

+2 Laps

1:40'34.503

1.590 8 12  
26
G. Ruggiero TRICON Garage
17 Toyota 198

+2 Laps

1:40'35.377

0.874 5 11  
27
T. Breidinger TRICON Garage
5 Toyota 198

+2 Laps

1:40'40.863

5.486 6 10  
28
F. Muniz Reaume Brothers Racing
33 Ford 197

+3 Laps

1:40'15.658

1 Lap 4 9  
29
G. Van Alst Van Alst Motorsports
35 Chevrolet 194

+6 Laps

1:40'30.011

3 Laps 10 8  
30 United States J. Anderson Young's Motorsports 20 Chevrolet 194

+6 Laps

1:40'35.444

5.433 10    
31
A. Jayson Young's Motorsports
02 Chevrolet 193

+7 Laps

1:40'40.362

1 Lap 6 6  
32 United States N. Benning Norm Benning Racing 6 Chevrolet 99

+101 Laps

1:05'13.620

94 Laps 13 5 Handling
33
A. J. Waller Reaume Brothers Racing
22 Ford 65

+135 Laps

47'10.062

34 Laps 7 4 Accident
34
B. Oliver Mike Harmon Racing
74 Chevrolet 39

+161 Laps

17'25.872

26 Laps 7 3 Handling
35
C. Dennison Reaume Brothers Racing
2 Ford 8

+192 Laps

4'19.241

31 Laps 3 2 Electrical
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