Layne Riggs wins wreck-filled NASCAR Truck race at Charlotte

Layne Riggs won the time-constrained NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, after three postponements due to rain pushed the Friday night event to Sunday morning.

This is Riggs' seventh career win and his second of the 2026 season, driving the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Kaden Honeycutt finished second, Connor Zilisch third, Ben Rhodes fourth, and Gio Ruggiero fifth. Christian Eckes, Brandon Jones, Taylor Gray, Ricky Stenhous Jr., and William Sawalich filled out the reaminder of the top ten. 

The entire team bowed in honor of fallen NASCAR legend Kyle Busch, who always bowed to the crowd after his many wins. Riggs did the same after climbing from the truck, tears in in his eyes.

"Just our hearts are really heavy this weekend, kind of struggling with it a little bit," said Riggs. "Great job to everybody at Front Row Motorsports, thanks so much to my teammate Chandler Smith. He stuck with me on that restart there."

Despite not even reaching the full distance, eleven cautions in Sunday's Truck race was a record for the series at Charlotte.

Stage 1

The race got off to a hectic start early Sunday morning. Day was leading the race from pole, driving the truck meant for Busch. Day ended up slipping up the track and Honeycutt had to lift, allowing Riggs to slip into the lead.

Luke Baldwin had to pit after getting into the wall, but the first caution was for Van Gisbergen, who spun sideways.

Day was falling back mightily, struggling with the handling as the battle for the lead continues to be intense. Eckes muscled his way into the lead after contact with Riggs, and the next caution flew for Ty Majeski limping around on the apron of the track. Cole Butcher also needed a push back to the pits due to fuel pressure issues.

During the yellow, a large chunk of the field pitted with plans to flip the stage. In a mad-dash to the green-and-white checkered, Eckes won over B. Jones, Riggs, Enfinger, Honeycutt, Sawalich, Day, Stenhouse, Garcia, Ruggerio.

Stage 2

Damage to the truck of Corey Day, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

Eckes continues to lead into Stage 2, and the next caution was for Luke Baldwin, whose truck went up in flames. He drove it over to the wet grass to help smother the flames.

Riggs fought his way back to the lead, but a terrifying crash soon followed. Driving the truck meant for Busch this weekend, Day spun off the nose of Ruggiero and went airborne.

Thankfully, it sat back down before reaching the wall, but he still crashed heavily, ending his day.

Riggs went on to win the stage over Eckes, Chastain, Hemric, B. Jones, Honeycutt, Friesen, Rhodes, Garcia, and Ankrum.

Stage 3

Around nine trucks stayed out, and on the restart, Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly race winner Chastain got pushed onto the apron in the ensuing chaos.

A spinner at the back came at the perfect moment for Chastain, who cut a tire down and needed to pit to repair fender damage. However, the incident sent him back outside the top 30.

As the race got back rolling, Ruggiero was leading Eckes at the front of the field.

Yet another caution flew about 35mins from the cutoff for this race due to time constraints as Leland Honeyman spun and hit the wall.

Most of the field pitted, but not everyone. Ankum now led over Sutton as the clock ticked away in what essentially became a timed race.

The cautions worked out well for Chastain, who was suddenly back inside the top five. On the restart, he charged up to second with Riggs taking the lead. Eckes passed Chastain for second soon after.

Zilisch got a pass-through for a restart violation, derailing his top ten run. The next caution was for Brenden Queen and Kris Wright colliding on the frontstretch, getting pinned against the wall. Wright moved up the track into Queen thinking he was clear, but he was not.

The race resumed with just 15 minutes left on the clock. Eckes powered into the lead, but the battle was far from over. 

Friesen spun through the field, but the race remained green. But when Andres Perez spun soon after, that did force a caution with eleven minutes to go.

The race resumed with five minutes on the clock. Chandler Smith crashed battling Zilisch for third and slammed the wall, triggering another yellow. Chastain then stalled on track and needed a push back to the pits.

The race never resumed, and Riggs was declared the race winner under caution. Read Also: Ross Chastain wins strange NASCAR O'Reilly Charlotte race, marred by rain, fog, oil slick Jesse Love hits out at NASCAR race control: "I think it's a complete joke" Coca-Cola 600 starting lineup: NASCAR Cup qualifying canceled due to rain

1	34	Layne Riggs	Ford	110	1:57'52.836			52
2	11	Kaden Honeycutt	Toyota	110	1:57'53.220	0.384	0.384
3	77	Connor Zilisch	Chevrolet	110	1:57'53.733	0.897	0.513	1
4	99	Ben Rhodes	Ford	110	1:57'54.192	1.356	0.459
5	17	Gio Ruggiero	Toyota	110	1:57'54.712	1.876	0.520	12
6	91	Christian Eckes	Chevrolet	110	1:57'55.461	2.625	0.749	33
7	1	Brandon Jones	Toyota	110	1:57'56.065	3.229	0.604	1
8	15	Tanner Gray	Toyota	110	1:57'56.769	3.933	0.704
9	4	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	110	1:57'57.523	4.687	0.754
10	5	William Sawalich	Toyota	110	1:57'58.021	5.185	0.498
11	19	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	110	1:57'58.539	5.703	0.518
12	10	Corey LaJoie	RAM	110	1:57'59.549	6.713	1.010
13	98	Jake Garcia	Ford	110	1:58'00.377	7.541	0.828
14	42	Conner Jones	Chevrolet	110	1:58'00.910	8.074	0.533
15	71	Shane van Gisbergen	Chevrolet	110	1:58'02.170	9.334	1.260
16	9	Grant Enfinger	Chevrolet	110	1:58'02.533	9.697	0.363	4
17	16	Justin Haley	RAM	110	1:58'03.161	10.325	0.628	3
18	56	Timmy Hill	Toyota	110	1:58'04.073	11.237	0.912
19	44	Andres Perez de Lara	Chevrolet	110	1:58'05.311	12.475	1.238
20	18	Tyler Ankrum	Chevrolet	110	1:58'05.804	12.968	0.493	3
21	25	Travis Pastrana	RAM	110	1:58'06.375	13.539	0.571
22	26	Dawson Sutton	Chevrolet	110	1:58'06.376	13.540	0.001
23	62	Leland Honeyman Jr.	Toyota	110	1:58'07.919	15.083	1.543
24	33	Frankie Muniz	Ford	110	1:58'08.438	15.602	0.519
25	76	Spencer Boyd	Chevrolet	110	1:58'08.993	16.157	0.555
26	52	Stewart Friesen	Toyota	110	1:58'09.955	17.119	0.962
27	13	Cole Butcher	Ford	110	1:58'09.956	17.120	0.001
28	22	Josh Reaume	Ford	109	1:58'09.520	1 Lap	1 Lap
29	45	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	107	1:54'42.930	3 Laps	2 Laps
30	38	Chandler Smith	Ford	106	1:52'34.389	4 Laps	1 Lap
31	81	Kris Wright	Chevrolet	87	1:31'40.882	23 Laps	19 Laps
32	12	Brenden Queen	RAM	87	1:31'41.069	23 Laps	0.187
33	88	Ty Majeski	Ford	51	1:58'12.161	59 Laps	36 Laps
34	14	Mini Tyrrell	RAM	47	48'15.679	63 Laps	4 Laps
35	7	Corey Day	Chevrolet	46	47'19.670	64 Laps	1 Lap	1
36	2	Luke Baldwin	Ford	37	36'22.533	73 Laps	9 Laps

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