Layne Riggs dominated Friday’s NASCAR Truck Series race at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park to secure back-to-back victories at this racetrack and his fifth win of the season. Speaking to media after the race, the Front Row Motorsports driver reflected on his dominant victory, saying the victory was more than just another race win.
Riggs, who is competing in his third season with FRM, started on the pole, led a race-high 198 of 200 laps, swept both stages, and remained unchallenged to take the checkered flag at the 0.686-mile short track.
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In a post-race interview with FOX Sports, Layne Riggs spoke about back-to-back dominant performances at IRP and shared what made him hard to beat here.
“They are just statement wins. I mean, man, what a truck. I was on cruise control for so much for the race. The #7 kept me honest there. The last 15 laps of the race with the traffic there, I was running as hard as I could and I couldn’t get away from him. I knew we had a pretty good gap.” Riggs said.
The 24-year-old driver from North Carolina crossed the finish line 1.148 seconds ahead of runner-up Connor Mosack to earn his 10th career win in the Truck Series.
“He did a great job today navigating me through traffic”: Layne Riggs credits his spotter for overcoming the minor blunder
Layne Riggs’ only flaw came during a Lap 72 restart when he spun his tires in the top lane, briefly giving up the lead to teammate Chandler Smith for two laps before aggressively taking it back. For overcoming this blunder, he praised his spotter Josh Williams after the race.
“Great job to my spotter, Josh. He did a great job today navigating me through traffic. Had that one mishap on the restart, just spun my tires really, really bad. When you get these tires spinning, they are so hard to recover, so thank you to the guys behind me for not turning me around. I know that could have easily happened. I’m not sure where Chandler finishes, but he had a good run as well. He got it last week, but we had to flip the script and do it again this weekend.” Riggs said.
Layne Riggs is the clear favorite to win the NASCAR Truck Series regular season title, as he has extended his lead to 100 points over Kaden Honeycutt, with two races left before the Chase begins.
Edited by Yash Soni