| Layne Riggs | |||||||
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 Riggs atLas Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024 | |||||||
| Born | Layne Griffin Riggs (2002-06-11)June 11, 2002 (age 22) Bahama, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
| Achievements | 2022NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Champion 2019, 2022Rodney Cook Classic Winner | ||||||
| Awards | 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck SeriesRookie of the Year | ||||||
| NASCARXfinity Series career | |||||||
| 3 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2023 position | 44th | ||||||
| Best finish | 44th (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2023Andy's Frozen Custard 300 (Texas) | ||||||
| Last race | 2023Dead On Tools 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 29 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 34 (Front Row Motorsports) | ||||||
| 2024 position | 11th | ||||||
| Best finish | 11th (2024) | ||||||
| First race | 2022TSport 200 (IRP) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025Baptist Health 200 (Homestead) | ||||||
| First win | 2024LiUNA! 175 (Milwaukee) | ||||||
| Last win | 2024UNOH 200 (Bristol) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of November 8, 2024. | |||||||
Layne Griffin Riggs (born June 11, 2002) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He competes full-time in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving for No. 34Ford F-150 forFront Row Motorsports. He is the 2022NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series national champion and is the son of formerNASCAR driverScott Riggs.
Growing up in a racing family, Riggs began driving at the age of 10, racing inLimited Sportsman events atOrange County Speedway. He raced there for several seasons, eventually earning the track championship.[1]
On June 11, 2016, his 14th birthday, Riggs made his debut in theCARS Late Model Stock Tour, driving for his family team,Riggs Racing. In his first start atTri-County Motor Speedway, he would qualify an impressive 2nd. He would finish in 20th after being involved in a wreck on lap 59.[1] He would run the final five races of the season, recording his best finish of 2nd atSouthern National Motorsports Park.[2] That same year, he would race in theThanksgiving All-Star Classic, recording a finish of 8th.[3]
He would run the full schedule in 2017, earning two wins atDominion Raceway and Orange County Speedway.[4][5] He ended the season with two wins, five top 5's, and ten top 10's, finishing 3rd in the final standings.[6]
Riggs started the 2018 season on a low note, finishing outside the top 10 in the first two races. He rebounded with a ninth place finish atHickory Motor Speedway, along with a streak of top three finishes in the next three races. He would earn his first win of the season atKingsport Speedway.[7]
In October 2019, Riggs would win theRodney Cook Classic atAce Speedway, after the leaders wrecked on lap 114.[8]
2020 would be a breakout season for Riggs, finishing inside the top ten in all but two races, and capturing two wins atLangley Speedway andCarteret Motor Speedway.[9][10] At the end of the season, he finished a career-high 2nd in the final point standings.[11]
Riggs had a struggling season in 2021, finishing outside the top 15 in most of the races. He scored one win,[12] five top fives, and five top tens, ranking him 10th in the final point standings.[13]
For 2022, Riggs would scale to a part-time schedule, to focus on winning the national championship in theNASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series.
In 2022, Riggs would join theNASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series, and compete for the national championship, racing atDominion Raceway,Hickory Motor Speedway,South Boston Speedway, andWake County Speedway.[14] After winning 16 races, 29 top fives, and 35 top tens, Riggs was declared as the 2022 national champion. He finished just four points ahead of 2021 champion,Peyton Sellers. At 20-years old, he is also the youngest driver to win the championship, beating out Sellers' 2005 championship, when he won it at 21-years old.[15]
On July 19, 2022,Halmar Friesen Racing announced that Riggs would make hisNASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at theLucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, finishing 7th driving their No. 62Toyota Tundra, at the next race atRichmond Raceway in August and would qualify 4th for the race but would ultimately finish 19th 2 laps down.[16] Riggs would make his final start of the year at the season finale atPhoenix Raceway where he would qualify 2nd and lead five laps early in the race. After being involved in a wreck during the middle of the race, he would rebound and finish 13th.[17][18]
On December 12, 2022,Stewart Friesen stated onSiriusXM NASCAR Radio that Riggs would return to his team for another part-time schedule in2023. Friesen also stated that if Layne can find full sponsorship, he would most likely run full-time in the 62 truck.[19] However, sponsorship for a full-time season was not found. On March 15, 2023,Tricon Garage announced that Riggs would drive their No. 1 truck inthe race at Atlanta.[20] Riggs also drove the No. 02 truck forYoung's Motorsports inthe race at Nashville.[21] On July 27, it was announced that Riggs would drive the No. 7 truck forSpire Motorsports at theLucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in August.[22] Riggs would qualify 12th and run inside the top ten for the entire race, and ultimately scored his best-career finish of third.[23]
On December 14, 2023, it was announced that Riggs had signed a multi-year deal withFront Row Motorsports to drive the No. 38 truck full-time starting in 2024.[24] Riggs started the2024 season with a 33rd place DNF atDaytona. A week later, he finished 24th atAtlanta, but was disqualified after a post-race inspection revealed improperly installed windshield fasteners.[25] Despite failing to make the playoffs, Riggs scored his first two career wins atMilwaukee andBristol.[26][27] He finished 11th in points and wonRookie of the Year honors.[28]
Riggs moved to the No. 34 for 2025, after FRM expanded to two full-time trucks.[29]
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On September 18, 2023, it was announced that Riggs would make hisNASCAR Xfinity Series debut forKaulig Racing in thefall race atTexas in the team's No. 11 car and would also run the races atLas Vegas andMartinsville.[30] He would finish 19th at Texas, 10th at Las Vegas and 11th at Martinsville.[31]
Riggs is the son of formerNASCAR driver,Scott Riggs. He graduated fromUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2024 with a degree inmechanical engineering.[32][33]
March 3 inDurham County, North Carolina is celebrated as Layne Riggs Day.[34]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
| NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | Kaulig Racing | 11 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL | COA | RCH | MAR | TAL | DOV | DAR | CLT | PIR | SON | NSH | CSC | ATL | NHA | POC | ROA | MCH | IRC | GLN | DAY | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX 19 | ROV | LVS 10 | HOM | MAR 11 | PHO | 44th | 71 | [35] |
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2022 | Halmar Friesen Racing | 62 | Toyota | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA | MAR | BRD | DAR | KAN | TEX | CLT | GTW | SON | KNX | NSH | MOH | POC | IRP 7 | RCH 19 | KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM | PHO 13 | 38th | 76 | [36] | ||
| 2023 | Tricon Garage | 1 | Toyota | DAY | LVS | ATL 28 | COA | TEX | BRD | MAR | KAN | DAR | NWS | CLT | GTW | 90th | 01 | [37] | |||||||||||||
| Young's Motorsports | 02 | Chevy | NSH 27 | MOH | POC | RCH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spire Motorsports | 7 | Chevy | IRP 3 | MLW | KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM | PHO | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Front Row Motorsports | 38 | Ford | DAY 33 | ATL 33 | LVS 22 | BRI 10 | COA 27 | MAR 15 | TEX 31 | KAN 18 | DAR 21 | NWS 3 | CLT 28 | GTW 5 | NSH 25 | POC 30 | IRP 5 | RCH 5 | MLW 1 | BRI 1* | KAN 2 | TAL 28 | HOM 22 | MAR 6 | PHO 10 | 11th | 595 | [38] | ||
| 2025 | 34 | DAY 13 | ATL 20 | LVS 5 | HOM 2 | MAR | BRI | CAR | TEX | KAN | NWS | CLT | NSH | MCH | POC | LRP | IRP | GLN | RCH | DAR | BRI | NHA | ROV | TAL | MAR | PHO | -* | -* | [39] | ||
* Season in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
Big win for us last night at our home track. We started 2nd and Immediately got the lead and were able to lead every lap until the 🏁
WE'RE GOING NASTRUCK RACING AGAIN BOYS‼️ I will be racing the 02 truck for @youngsmtrsports this Friday at @NashvilleSuperS! I can't thank Tyler Young, Young's Motorsports, and all of the participating partners for giving me an opportunity to get back on the track!