Layne Riggs captures his first NASCAR Truck Collection victory on the Milwaukee Mile on Sunday afternoon within the LiUNAI 250!
MILWAUKEE, Wi. – For the second straight day, a second-generation rising NASCAR racing star earned his first profession win. This time it was 22-year-old Layne Riggs claiming the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Collection victory in Sunday’s Playoff-opening LiUNAI 175! on the historic Milwaukee Mile.
Layne Riggs Captures His First NASCAR Truck Collection Victory at Milwaukee
Riggs, son of former NASCAR competitor Scott Riggs, took the lead from Ty Majeski with 53 laps remaining and pulled away to a stable 1.547-second victory over the Wisconsin native and a super-motivated group of Playoff drivers, making the rookie driver’s effort all of the extra spectacular.
Rigg’s victory within the No. 38 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford comes a day after 23-year-old Harrison Burton – son of former NASCAR star Jeff Burton – earned his first-career win within the NASCAR Cup Collection race at Daytona Worldwide Speedway.
“I don’t even know tips on how to describe it,’’ mentioned an emotional Riggs, making solely his twenty third begin within the sequence, saying he knew in observe his truck was going to be in competition. “It’s superior.’
“We’ve had a horrible 12 months, it’s been an terrible 12 months, however I’ve discovered a lot although in my rookie season. After the beginning I believed there’s no manner we’re going to get a win, we’ll do the perfect we will and simply study for subsequent 12 months. However I knew in observe this factor [today] was superior.’’
Riggs was so glad and demonstrative that he dislocated his shoulder pumping his arms excessive in celebration – his workforce rushed over to assist. And it definitely appeared Riggs was okay by the point he hugged his dad, Scott trackside.
“Dislocated my shoulder I used to be celebrating so arduous, however it was price it,’’ Riggs mentioned smiling.
Eight of the ten Playoff drivers completed simply behind Riggs, together with Majeski, the defending race winner and polesitter who led 45 of the 175 laps within the No. 98 ThorSport Racing Ford. McAnally-Hilgemann Racing’s Christian Eckes was third – main a race-high 71 laps in his No. 19 Chevrolet. REV Racing’s Nick Sanchez and TRICON Storage’s Taylor Grey full the highest 5 finishers.
McAnally-Hilgemann’s Tyler Ankrum, TRICON Storage’s Corey Heim, McAnally-Hilgemann’s Daniel Dye, and reigning sequence champion, ThorSport Racing’s Ben Rhodes spherical out the top-nine finishers – all Playoff drivers. Three-time sequence champion Matt Crafton was tenth.
“I used to be main on the underside and it shot up the race monitor and simply couldn’t recuperate, I used to be manner too tight’’ mentioned Eckes, who paced the sector for a lot of the afternoon and picked up a series-best ninth stage win.
Eckes now holds a 16-point benefit over Majeski atop the Playoff standings. Heim is third, solely 19 factors again.
“Pleased with everyone however a fairly large missed alternative,’’ Eckes mentioned.
The opposite two Playoff drivers, Grant Enfinger, driver of the No. 9 CR7 Motorsports Chevy, completed thirteenth and Rajah Caruth, driver of the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevy rallied to an 18th place end after ranging from the rear of the grid.
With two extra races remaining on this opening spherical and eight of the ten drivers advancing, Rhodes is 2 factors behind Enfinger for that all-important eighth Playoff place and Caruth is barely 4 factors again.
Up Subsequent
Spherical 2 of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection season championship takes place Sept. 19 in a particular Thursday evening version (8 p.m. ET, FS1, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), from Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway the place Heim is the defending race winner.
