Layne Riggs wins the second-straight NASCAR Truck Collection playoff race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Thursday night time within the UNOH 200.
BRISTOL, Tenn.—Relishing his position as spoiler, Layne Riggs returned for an encore Thursday night time at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Layne Riggs Wins the Second-Straight NASCAR Truck Collection Playoff Race at Bristol
Riggs isn’t competing for the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Collection championship, however that didn’t stop him from profitable the Playoff opener Aug. 25 on the Milwaukee Mile.
On Thursday, Riggs handed runner-up Corey Heim for the lead on lap 121 of 200 within the UNOH 200 Introduced by Ohio Logistics and held it the remainder of the best way to attain his second profession victory and fourth straight top-five.
“Oh, my gosh, we’ve simply discovered a lot with the vans,” mentioned the driving force of the No. 38 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford. “My workforce, Dylan (Cappello), he’s bad-ass…
“To be working fifth, tenth and unexpectedly to go back-to-back within the Playoffs—man, I want I used to be within the Playoffs so dangerous. I believe we’d be an actual menace to win the championship.”
A Playoff Advance for Corey Heim, Christian Eckes, and Nick Sanchez
Heim needed to accept second place, however there was a silver lining for the No. 11 TRICON Storage Toyota driver. Heim scored sufficient factors on Thursday to advance to the Spherical of 8, as did fourth-place finisher Christian Eckes and fifth-place Nick Sanchez.
“Each time we bought a warmth cycle on the tires, it appeared like we bought tighter and tighter,” mentioned Heim, who fell one spot quick in his protection of final yr’s victory at Thunder Valley. “Simply didn’t fairly have it, however stable factors day within the Playoffs—that’s what you want, so I’ll maintain transferring ahead…
“I’m wanting ahead to my favourite place (Kansas Speedway) subsequent week.”
Heim received a drag race for the runner-up spot over Rajah Caruth, who elevated his standing within the Playoffs. Caruth had a win within the first stage and a stable run the remainder of the best way.
Caruth vaulted from tenth to fifth within the standings with the third-place run. He now stands 35 factors above the present reduce line. Subsequent Friday’s elimination race at Kansas will decide which eight drivers advance to the subsequent spherical.
“We executed the race—simply two spots quick,” mentioned Caruth, who glanced towards Riggs’ truck doing celebratory burnouts on the entrance stretch. “Man, I want that was us,” Caruth added wistfully.
Reigning sequence champion Ben Rhodes fought an ill-handling truck and completed twenty seventh, two laps down. Consequently, Rhodes fell to tenth within the standings, 12 factors behind Grant Enfinger in eighth.
Daniel Dye tangled with Kaden Honeycutt on the entrance stretch on lap 157 and completed thirty seventh, six laps down. Dye heads for Kansas seven factors behind Enfinger.
Eighteen-year-old Dash Automobile star Corey Day completed 18th in his Truck Collection debut. After profitable his NASCAR Xfinity Collection debut final Saturday at Watkins Glen, polesitter Connor Zilisch spun within the fourth activate l109 and got here dwelling nineteenth.
Matt Crafton ran sixth, adopted by Chase Purdy and Playoff driver Ty Majeski, who began from the rear after his workforce made unapproved changes to the No. 98 Ford. Stewart Friesen and Playoff driver Tyler Ankrum accomplished the highest ten.
Up Subsequent
The NASCAR Truck Collection elimination race is subsequent at Kansas Speedway on Friday, September twenty seventh. The Kubota Tractor 200 begins at 8:30 pm ET. Protection is accessible on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. The present factors chief, Christian Eckes is the defending winner.
