Layne Riggs may simply be the most well liked driver in any division of NASCAR in the intervening time.
The 22-year-old took the checkered flag at Bristol Motor Speedway on Thursday night time, profitable his second consecutive Truck Sequence race after taking the sequence’ final occasion at Milwaukee on Aug. 25.
Thursday’s win gave Riggs 4 straight top-five finishes, all of which have come at brief tracks.
Riggs completed tenth at Bristol in March and whereas he began 18th on Thursday night time, he was capable of claw his technique to an eighth-place end in Stage One. The No. 38 truck solely obtained stronger because the race went on, ending fourth in Stage Two.
Riggs took the lead from Corey Heim on lap 120 and regardless of a few late-race restarts, held on to say the win on the Final Nice Colosseum.
Heim completed within the runner-up spot, with Rajah Caruth, Christian Eckes and Nick Sanchez finishing the top-five. Matt Crafton, Chase Purdy, Ty Majeski, Stewart Friesen and Tyler Ankrum rounded out the top-10.
Different notable finishers from Thursday’s race embody Taylor Grey in twelfth, Grant Enfinger in seventeenth, Corey Day in 18th, Connor Zilisch in nineteenth and Ben Rhodes in twenty seventh.
The subsequent race of the Truck Sequence season will come on Sept. 27 at Kansas Speedway. The race would be the last race of the Truck Sequence’ Spherical of 10, after which two drivers shall be eradicated from championship competition.