NASCAR Truck Series driver Corey Heim (11) and Layne Riggs (34) race during the Rackley Roofing 200 at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tenn., Friday, May 30, 2025. Layne Riggs capped one of the best race weekends of his young career, claiming his first ever pole position then leading the final 20 laps of Friday’s MillerTech Battery 200 to take his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory of the season in the opening race of a NASCAR tripleheader weekend at Pocono Raceway.
Riggs’ No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford beat Tricon Garage driver Tanner Gray to the checkered flag by a healthy 3.64 seconds, delivering the young star his third career series win.
Riggs had been fast all day and was running second to championship leader Corey Heim coming to a restart with 19 laps to go only to have Heim’s No. 11 Toyota suffer a flat tire just as the field was about to take the green flag.
Just after Heim pulled off the track for a quick tire change, NASCAR Cup Series driver Carson Hocevar moved his No. 7 Spire Motorsports truck forward and into the lead on the restart — but was handed a penalty for the move.
Riggs, as the second-place car, was the “control” car 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’s just a testament to this team, that thing was bad fast especially that last run right there,” said Riggs, the 23-year-old son of former NASCAR Cup Series standout Scott Riggs.
“I really hate the 11 (Heim) fell out and not sure what the seven (Hocevar) was doing on the restart there, but made sure to take advantage of it.
“But, hey, I’m a happy man right now. … this is not what I had circled. Last year we wrecked in practice, didn’t qualify and ran dead last all day. And today we were the best. It’s amazing.”
For much of the early race — before the tire problem — it appeared the season’s four-race winner Heim would essentially turn in a repeat performance of his work a year ago at the 2.5-mile Pocono track when he swept both stages and won the race. Heim did lead a race-best 48 of the 90 laps and set an all-time series record claiming his 12th stage win.
But to his credit, Riggs — who also took a stage win — kept Heim honest all day. And that’s what put him in position to capitalize.
Kaden Honeycutt, who started on the front row alongside Riggs, finished third in the No. 45 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet. Brandon Jones in the No. 1 Tricon Garage Toyota and Daniel Hemric in the No. 19 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet rounded out the top five.
Rookie Connor Mosack, Riggs’ teammate Chandler Smith, Stewart Friesen, reigning series champion Ty Majeski and Rajah Caruth completed the top 10.
Heim rallied to a 23rd-place finish and leads Smith by 124 points in the championship standings.
With the victory, Riggs claims the seventh playoff position based on race wins. Only four more regular-season races remain to decide which 10 drivers will compete for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship.
The series heads to the historic Lime Rock Park road course in Connecticut for next Saturday’s inaugural LIUNA 150 (1 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race — MillerTech Battery 200
Pocono Raceway
Long Pond, Pennsylvania
Friday, June 20, 2025
1. (1) Layne Riggs, Ford, 80.
2. (5) Tanner Gray, 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 Wood, 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 Green, 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 Slow, 10.
35. (32) Bryan Dauzat, Chevrolet, Too Slow, 9.
Average Speed of Race Winner: 116.167 mph.
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 43 Mins, 18 Secs. Margin of Victory: 3.640 Seconds.
Caution Flags: 4 for 24 laps.
Lead Changes: 7 among 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 Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Corey Heim 3 times for 48 laps; Layne Riggs 2 times for 25 laps; Stewart Friesen 1 time for 4 laps; Rajah Caruth 1 time for 3 laps.
Stage #1 Top Ten: 34,45,81,77,13,52,1,38,18,99
Stage #2 Top Ten: 11,7,34,13,15,45,18,99,77,81
–By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service. Special to Field Level Media.
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