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Layne Riggs rallies to win NASCAR Truck race at Bristol, advances in Playoffs

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By Reid Spencer

NASCAR Wire Service

 

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Layne Riggs recovered from a first-lap spin at Bristol Motor Speedway and rallied to win Thursday night’s UNOH 250 Presented by Ohio Logistics, the second race in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoffs.

 

Grabbing the lead after a restart on Lap 142 of 250, Riggs held off a determined charge by two-time series champion Ben Rhodes to win this third race of the season, second at Bristol and fifth of his career.

 

“You don’t get two mulligans in the Playoffs, and I got two,” said Riggs, who salvaged a 17th-place finish after slamming the outside wall in the first Playoff race Aug. 30 at Darlington. “The first lap of the race to spin out, it’s a blow to your confidence, for sure, but I’ve got faith in this team, and I’ve got faith in everybody here…”

 

With the victory, Riggs earned a berth in the Round of 8 of the Playoffs and won’t have to worry about the Sept. 20 Round of 10 elimination race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

 

“I think this shows that we’re right there, we’re in contention, we can do it,” said Riggs, who ran the final 109 green-flag laps with scuffed qualifying tires on his No. 34 Ford, having used a set of stickers after the spin on Lap 1. “That’s three in a row at Bristol for Front Row Motorsports. It’s a big testament to all these guys. We’ve got a really good package here.

 

“Man, I’m excited for New Hampshire. I’ve never even been there, and I already love that race track.”

 

Riggs’ victory ended a three-race winning streak for series leader Corey Heim and kept the driver of the No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota from equaling Greg Biffle’s series record of nine wins in a single season.

 

Heim won Stage 2 but lost three spots on pit road under caution during the break and lined up third for the Lap 142 restart behind Cole Butcher, who stayed out on old tires. Butcher backed up the bottom lane on the restart and Heim fell to seventh in the running order.

 

All the winner of the first Playoff race could do was claw his way back to a distant third at the finish.

 

“It was a debatable choose on that last restart, lining up behind the truck that stayed out—I think it was the 62 (Butcher),” said Heim, who led a race-high 122 laps to Riggs’ 110. “He spun the tires really bad, and we fell back to seventh or eighth, and it was just a super track-position-dependent race.

 

“I thought our truck was good. I think the best team won for sure. Those guys were lights-out.”

 

Playoff drivers Ty Majeski and Daniel Hemric ran fourth and fifth, respectively, and take comfortable points positions into the elimination race at New Hampshire.

 

Riggs’ teammate, Chandler Smith, winner of the spring race at Bristol, wasn’t as fortunate. Smith fell off the pace with what he described as a power steering issue on Lap 32 and lost 12 laps on pit road during repairs.

 

Smith finished the night 10th in the standings, 24 points below the current elimination line for the next round.

 

Similarly, pole winner Jake Garcia, who captured the first stage win of his career in Stage 1, lost power on Lap 84, took his No.13 Ford to the garage for repairs and finished 33rd—three spots behind Smith and 31 laps down.

 

Garcia is 14 points below the cut line entering the Round of 10 elimination race.

 

Non-Playoff drivers Tanner Gray, Connor Mosack, Andres Perez de Lara, Corey LaJoie and Matt Crafton completed the top 10.

 

NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race – UNOH 250 presented by Ohio Logistics

Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol, Tennessee

Thursday, September 11, 2025

 

  1. (7)  Layne Riggs (P), Ford, 250.
  2. (19)  Ben Rhodes, Ford, 250.
  3. (2)  Corey Heim (P), Toyota, 250.
  4. (6)  Ty Majeski (P), Ford, 250.
  5. (11)  Daniel Hemric (P), Chevrolet, 250.
  6. (17)  Tanner Gray, Toyota, 250.
  7. (23)  Connor Mosack #, Chevrolet, 250.
  8. (16)  Andres Perez De Lara #, Chevrolet, 250.
  9. (18)  Corey LaJoie, Chevrolet, 250.
  10. (20)  Matt Crafton, Ford, 250.
  11. (5)  Corey Day(i) (P), Chevrolet, 250.
  12. (4)  Kaden Honeycutt (P), Toyota, 250.
  13. (14)  Giovanni Ruggiero #, Toyota, 250.
  14. (25)  Parker Kligerman, Chevrolet, 249.
  15. (10)  Rajah Caruth (P), Chevrolet, 249.
  16. (24)  Matt Mills, Chevrolet, 249.
  17. (12)  Dawson Sutton #, Chevrolet, 249.
  18. (27)  Conner Jones, Chevrolet, 249.
  19. (13)  Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, 249.
  20. (3)  Tyler Ankrum (P), Chevrolet, 249.
  21. (9)  Grant Enfinger (P), Chevrolet, 249.
  22. (22)  Jack Wood, Chevrolet, 249.
  23. (21)  Cole Butcher, Toyota, 248.
  24. (15)  Brent Crews, Toyota, 247.
  25. (26)  Stefan Parsons, Chevrolet, 245.
  26. (31)  Toni Breidinger #, Toyota, 243.
  27. (33)  Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 242.
  28. (32)  Josh Reaume, Ford, 241.
  29. (30)  Greg Van Alst, Toyota, 239.
  30. (8)  Chandler Smith (P), Ford, 236.
  31. (29)  Mason Maggio(i), Ford, 232.
  32. (28)  Treyten Lapcevich, Chevrolet, Power Steering, 227.
  33. (1)  Jake Garcia (P), Ford, 219.
  34. (34)  Norm Benning, Chevrolet, Too Slow, 21.
  35. (36)  Caleb Costner, Toyota, Too Slow, 19.
  36. (35)  Clayton Green, Ford, Transmission, 9.

 

Average Speed of Race Winner:  91.163 mph.

Time of Race:  1 Hrs, 27 Mins, 42 Secs. Margin of Victory:  0.759 Seconds.

Caution Flags:  4 for 31 laps.

Lead Changes:  5 among 4 drivers.

Lap Leaders:   C. Heim (P) 1-56;J. Garcia (P) 57-70;C. Heim (P) 71-136;C. Butcher 137-140;L. Riggs (P) 141-250.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Corey Heim (P) 2 times for 122 laps; Layne Riggs (P) 1 time for 110 laps; Jake Garcia (P) 1 time for 14 laps; Cole Butcher 1 time for 4 laps.

Stage #1 Top Ten: 13,11,52,18,98,71,7,17,34,45

Stage #2 Top Ten: 11,34,98,52,99,17,81,19,7,44

 

 

Corey Heim opens NASCAR Truck Playoffs with eighth win of season

 

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August 30, 2025

 

By Reid Spencer

NASCAR Wire Service

 

DARLINGTON, S.C.—Even though the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series changed the clock from the regular season to the Playoffs, it was still “Heim Time” on Saturday at Darlington Raceway.

 

Pulling away after a restart on Lap 134 of 147, Heim won the Playoff-opening Sober or Slammer 200 at the challenging 1.366-mile track. The win was Heim’s eighth of the year, one short of Greg Biffle’s record nine-victory season in 1999.

 

Heim crossed the finish line 0.766 seconds ahead of fellow Playoff driver Daniel Hemric to collect his first victory at the Lady in Black and the 19th of his career. With the win, Heim earned automatic advancement to the Playoffs’ Round of 8.

 

The break at the end of Stage 2 proved fortunate for the race winner. Heim felt a tire losing air shortly before the end of the stage, but he survived the stage in second place and brought the No. 11 TRICON Garage Tundra to pit road before the tire went flat.

 

“Lucky it wasn’t a complete blowout—otherwise we would have been in trouble,” Heim said. “I could make a little bit of speed on the wall, but it was such a high-risk play if you scrubbed it. You saw so many people have those right-front issues.”

 

One of those was Stage 2 winner Layne Riggs, Heim’s primary competition for the win. Moments before a collision between the trucks of Playoff driver Kaden Honeycutt and Andres Perez de Lara brought out the third and final caution of the race on Lap 128, Riggs slammed the outside wall with a right-front tire down. 

 

Riggs, who finished 17th, led 71 laps to Heim’s 65.

 

“I put a little pressure on the 34 (Riggs), and he got into it, and we were able to take advantage of it,” said Heim, . “…It feels like I’m in a dream. Eight wins this year is phenomenal, man. It’s great to look back on, but we’ve also got so much to look forward to.”

 

Playoff drivers Grant Enfinger and Ty Majeski, the defending series champion, finished third and fourth, respectively—Enfinger with a consistent problem-free performance, Majeski after overcoming a flat right front tire with a wave-around.

 

Trevor Bayne, running his first NASCAR race since 2023, came home fifth, followed by rookie Tanner Gray, Playoff driver Tyler Ankrum, Timmy Hill, Corey Day and Playoff driver Jake Garcia.

 

The complexion of the series Playoffs took a dramatic turn early in the race. Starting next to pole-winning Front Row Motorsports teammate Riggs, Chandler Smith led the first 10 laps, but on the 11th circuit he slapped the outside wall and cut his right front tire.

 

Attempts to repair serious damage to the No. 38 Ford proved futile, and Smith retired from the race in 30th place after completing 14 laps.

 

“Made a mistake on my end today,” Smith acknowledged. “Just got a little too greedy trying to run the fence a little too hard… When you get into that hard, it suckers you in, you cut a tire, and you’re done for the day.”

 

The early exit left Smith two points behind Garcia for the last spot in the Round of 8. 

 

“We’ve got two races left,” Smith said. “(We’re) going back to Bristol, where we won earlier in the year. Then we’re going to New Hampshire for the last race in this round where I’ve been really strong in the past as well.”

 

Honeycutt fell to 10th in the standings, seven points below the current elimination line.

 

Hemric, on the other hand, leaves Darlington 33 points to the good.

 

“We’ve been wanting so badly to have execution like that,” Hemric said. “That was our cleanest race of the season.”

 

 

NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race - Sober or Slammer 200

Darlington Raceway

Darlington, South Carolina

Saturday, August 30, 2025

 

                1. (3)  Corey Heim (P), Toyota, 147.

                2. (7)  Daniel Hemric (P), Chevrolet, 147.

                3. (4)  Grant Enfinger (P), Chevrolet, 147.

                4. (8)  Ty Majeski (P), Ford, 147.

                5. (16)  Trevor Bayne, Toyota, 147.

                6. (12)  Tanner Gray, Toyota, 147.

                7. (10)  Tyler Ankrum (P), Chevrolet, 147.

                8. (23)  Timmy Hill, Toyota, 147.

                9. (15)  Corey Day(i) (P), Chevrolet, 147.

                10. (13)  Jake Garcia (P), Ford, 147.

                11. (21)  Ben Rhodes, Ford, 147.

                12. (11)  Rajah Caruth (P), Chevrolet, 147.

                13. (14)  Connor Mosack #, Chevrolet, 147.

                14. (25)  Jack Wood, Chevrolet, 147.

                15. (24)  Stefan Parsons, Chevrolet, 147.

                16. (20)  Andres Perez De Lara #, Chevrolet, 147.

                17. (1)  Layne Riggs (P), Ford, 147.

                18. (5)  Kaden Honeycutt (P), Toyota, 147.

                19. (19)  Dawson Sutton #, Chevrolet, 147.

                20. (9)  Corey LaJoie, Chevrolet, 146.

                21. (22)  Matt Crafton, Ford, 146.

                22. (6)  Giovanni Ruggiero #, Toyota, 146.

                23. (26)  Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 145.

                24. (29)  Toni Breidinger #, Toyota, 143.

                25. (17)  Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, 140.

                26. (27)  Mason Maggio(i), Ford, Handling, 128.

                27. (28)  Nathan Byrd, Chevrolet, 113.

                28. (30)  Caleb Costner, Toyota, Handling, 25.

                29. (18)  Matt Mills, Chevrolet, Accident, 21.

                30. (2)  Chandler Smith (P), Ford, Accident, 14.

                31. (32)  Stephen Mallozzi, Ford, Rear Gear, 4.

                32. (31)  Clayton Green, Ford, Transmission, 3.

 

Average Speed of Race Winner:  121.514 mph.

Time of Race:  1 Hrs, 39 Mins, 9 Secs. Margin of Victory:  .766 Seconds.

Caution Flags:  3 for 19 laps.

Lead Changes:  9 among 4 drivers.

Lap Leaders:   C. Smith (P) 1-10;L. Riggs (P) 11-30;C. Heim (P) 31-59;L. Riggs (P) 60-94;C. Heim (P) 95-97;G. Enfinger (P) 98;C. Heim (P) 99-111;L. Riggs (P) 112-127;C. Heim (P) 128-147.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Layne Riggs (P) 3 times for 71 laps; Corey Heim (P) 4 times for 65 laps; Chandler Smith (P) 1 time for 10 laps; Grant Enfinger (P) 1 time for 1 lap.

Stage #1 Top Ten: 11,34,9,19,17,18,15,77,7,71

Stage #2 Top Ten: 34,11,9,19,17,77,18,15,1,7

 
 

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CRAFTSMAN truck series

2025 craftsman truck series schedule
No Race Name Track Date Time TV
1 Fresh From Florida 250 Daytona International Speedway February 14 7:30 PM FS1
2 Fr8 208 Atlanta Motor Speedway February 22 2:00 PM FS1
3 Victoria’s Voice Foundation 200 Las Vegas Motor Speedway March 14 9:00 PM FS1
4 Baptist Health Cancer Care 200 Homestead-Miami Speedway March 21 8:00 PM Fox
5 Long John Silver’s 200 Martinsville Speedway March 28 7:30 PM FS1
6 Weather Guard 250 Bristol Motor Speedway April 11 7:30 PM FS1
7 Black’s Tire 200 Rockingham Speedway April 18 5:00 PM FS1
8 SpeedyCash.com 250 Texas Motor Speedway May 2 8:00 PM FS1
9 Heart of America 200 Kansas Speedway May 10 7:30 PM FS1
10 Wright Brand 250 North Wilkesboro Speedway May 17 1:30 PM FS1
11 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 Charlotte Motor Speedway May 23 8:30 PM FS1
12 Rackley Roofing 200 Nashville Superspeedway May 30 8:00 PM FS1
13 Michigan 200 Michigan International Speedway June 7 12:00 PM Fox
14 CRC Brakleen 175 Pocono Raceway June 20 5:00 PM FS1
15 TBA Lime Rock Park June 28 1:00 PM Fox
16 TSport 200 Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park July 25 8:00 PM FS1
17 Jack Daniels 175 Watkins Glen International August 8 5:00 PM FS1
18 Clean Harbors 250 Richmond Raceway August 15 7:30 PM FS1
NCTS Playoffs          
Round of 10          
19 Buckle Up South Carolina 200 Darlington Raceway August 30 12:00 PM FS1
20 UNOH 200 Bristol Motor Speedway September 11 8:00 PM FS1
21 New England 200 New Hampshire Motor Speedway September 20 12:00 PM FS1
Round of 8          
22 TBA Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval) October 3 3:30 PM FS1
23 Love’s RV Stop 225 Talladega Superspeedway October 17 4:00 PM FS1
24 Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 200 Martinsville Speedway October 24 6:00 PM FS1
Championship 4          
25 Craftsman 150 Phoenix Raceway October 31 7:30 PM

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