Layne Riggs seizes Pocono victory following Corey Heim’s tire trouble: Layne Riggs capped one of the best race weekends of his young career, claiming his first ever pole position then leading the final 20 laps of Friday’s MillerTech Battery 200 to take his first NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series victory of the season in the opening race of a NASCAR tripleheader weekend at Pocono Raceway.(Read More)(6-20-2025)
#34-Layne Riggs won the MillerTech Battery 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway on Friday. The win was his first of the season, first at Pocono, and the third of his career.
#15-Tanner Gray tied his career best in second, 3.640-seconds behind Riggs, who started from the pole.
Riggs led 25 laps throughout the 80-lap race and won the opening stage. He took the lead for the final time following a restart on lap 61. #11-Corey Heim led at the time of caution, but coming to the restart, he was forced to surrender the lead and pit due to a flat tire. He had dominated the race up to that point, leading a race high 48 laps and winning stage two.
Once the flag dropped, Riggs, and #7-Carson Hocevar led the field, but Hocevar was later black flagged after the restart was reviewed. Riggs inherited the lead unchallenged and held it for the duration.
Though his race ended in disappointment with a 23rd place finish, Heim moved into 10th in series history for most laps led. He also set a record for winning the most stages (12) in a season.
#45-Kaden Honeycutt, #1-Brandon Jones, #19-Daniel Hemric, #81-Connor Mosack, #38-Chandler Smith, #52-Stewart Friesen, #98-Ty Majeski, and #71-Rajah Caruth were the remainder of the top-10.
There were seven lead changes among four drivers and four cautions for 24 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 116.167mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report
Race Fast Facts – Pocono
Layne Riggs won the MillerTech Battery 200, his third victory in 43 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his first victory and eighth top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in two races at Pocono Raceway.
Tanner Gray (second) posted his second top-10 finish in six races at Pocono Raceway. It is his third top-10 finish in 2025.
Kaden Honeycutt (third) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Pocono Raceway.
Connor Mosack (sixth) was the highest finishing rookie.
(NASCAR)(6-20-2025)
Paint Schemes
Truck Series Driver Point Standings after Pocono:
Race 14 of 18 in the regular season:
1) #11-Corey Heim, 4 wins
2) #38-Chandler Smith, 2 win
3) #19-Daniel Hemric, 1 win
4) #34-Layne Riggs, 1 win
5) 18-Tyler Ankrum, 1 win
6) #52-Stewart Friesen, 1 win
7) #71-Rajah Caruth, 1 win
8) #9-Grant Enfinger, 461, +50
9) #45-Kaden Honeycutt, 456, +45
10) #98-Ty Majeski, 421, +10
Outside of the Round of 10
11) #13-Jake Garcia, 411, -10
12) #17-Gio Ruggiero, 363, -58
13) 99-Ben Rhodes, 361, -60
14) #15-Tanner Gray, 338, -83
15) #88-Matt Crafton, 291, -130
See the Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings
Race Updates:
Lap 80: Riggs with the win. First of the season. Gray, Honeycutt, Jones, Hemric, Mosack, Smith, Friesen, Majeski, Caruth.
Lap 70: Riggs leads with a 2.5-second lead over Gray, Honeycutt, Jones and Hemric. Heim is stuck in 25th after his tire issue. Hocevar 17th after his penalty.10 to go.
Lap 64: Hocevar now pits. Heim is 26th, last car on led lap after his service for the flat.
Lap 63: Black flag for Hocevar as he hasn’t pit yet. Riggs, Gray, Honeycutt, Jones, Hemric
Lap 62: Restart under review. Hocevar issued a pass through. Riggs will lead.
Lap 61: Coming to the restart, leader Heim has to pit for a flat tire. Riggs , Hocevar now lead as Heim tries to limp around to pitroad as the green flag waves.
Lap 56: CAUTION Garcia gets spun in the hornets nest following the restart. His Ford has heavy damage.
Lap 55: Restart as Heim leads t he outside, Riggs to the inside. Hocevar follows.
Lap 48: CAUTION multi-truck wreck. Enfinger, Ankrum, Rhodes, Sutton, Jones involved. Ankrum, Rhodes and Enfinger were 3-wide.
Lap 46: Caruth leads the restart. Heim promptly takes the position. Majeski follows for second.
Lap 45: Many drivers opt for extra fuel under this yellow.
Lap 43: Heim leads them down pitroad – and leads them on exit. Riggs follows in second, Majeski up 12 in third.
Lap 40: Heim wins stage 2. Hocevar, Riggs, Garcia, Gray, Honeycutt, Ankrum, Rhodes, Perez and Mosack in the top-10. Heim now has 12 stage wins so far this season, the most anyone has had in a season.
Lap 26: Friesen leads them to green. Heim takes advantage and reclaims the lead
Lap 23: Pitstops under the stage yellow. Riggs leads them down but loses a spot as Mosack with fuel only is fastest on exit. Friesen stayed out and now leads for the restart.
Lap 20: Stage 1 complete under yellow. Riggs out front over Honeycutt, Heim, Hocevar, Gray
Lap 19: CAUION Dennison hard hit off of the wall
Lap 18: Heim surrenders the lead and drops to pitroad
Lap 15: Heim, with over a 2-second lead over Riggs, has now moved into 10th on the all-time series list for laps led
Lap 2: Heim takes the lead from Riggs after the 3-wide start
Lap 1: Riggs leads from the pole with Honeycutt pulling ahead as they enter 2.
5:14pm/et: Engines fired.
Trucks to the rear: Trucks to the rear: #22-Clayton Green, #26-Dawson Sutton, #28-Bryan Dauzat(unapproved adjustments)
Race Information:
Broadcast: FS1, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 80 laps / 200 Miles
Stages: 20 / 40 / 80
Average time of race: 1:48:00 est.
Pit road speed: 55 mph
Caution car speed: 70 mph
Fuel window: 31 laps
Invocation: 5:03:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 5:04:00 p.m.
Command: 5:11:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 5:22:00 p.m.
Pitstall Selections
#34-Layne Riggs won the pole for the MillerTech Battery 200, the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway with a speed 169.409 mph for his first pole of the season, and of his career.
#45-Kaden Honeycutt will start second. #11-Corey Heim, #7-Carson Hocevar, #15-Tanner Gray, #17-Gio Ruggiero, #77-Andres Perez, #71-Rajah Caruth, #1-Brandon Jones and #07-Patrick Emerling complete the top-10.
See the complete MillerTech Battery 200 Starting Lineup and check out the complete Qualifying Results.
Qualifying Fast Facts – Pocono:
Layne Riggs won the Pole Award for the MillerTech Battery 200 with a lap of 53.126 seconds, 169.409 mph.
This is his first pole in 43 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his first pole and eighth top-10 start in 2025.
This is his first pole in two races at Pocono Raceway.
Kaden Honeycutt (second) posted his ninth top-10 start of 2025 and his first in three races at Pocono Raceway.
Corey Heim (third) posted his third top-10 start at Pocono Raceway. It is his 11th in 14 races this season.
Giovanni Ruggiero (sixth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR)
Practice for the MillerTech Battery 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway is over; the top-five, slowest and notes:
#81-Connor Mosack 164.853
#38-Chandler Smith 164.790
#11-Corey Heim164.745
#34-Layne Riggs 164.693
#98-Ty Majeski 164.537
Slowest: #26-Dawson Sutton 143.403 – Sutton hit the wall during the second session and sustained right side damage.
Most laps run: 21, #71-Rajah Caruth and #33-Frankie Muniz.
See complete results on the Practice speeds page.(6-20-2025)
Crew Rosters
Qualifying Order
Goodyear Tire Notes: NASCAR Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series teams will run a different tire set-up than those in the Cup Series at Pocono this weekend . . . this is the same left-side tire that these teams have run at Pocono since 2022 with a right-side tire that was added to the set-up in 2024.
The entry list for the MillerTech Battery 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway has been released. There are 34 drivers/teams for 36 spots.
See the complete Pocono Entry List page.
At Track Schedule
Race rules and information:
