Layne Riggs delivers a masterclass with last-lap pass for Truck Series victory at Nashville: Layne Riggs set the pace early in Friday night’s rain-delayed NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway then rallied to a dramatic final lap pass when it mattered most to claim the track’s iconic “Victory Guitar” trophy in the Allegiance 200.(Read More)(5-30-2026)
#34-Layne Riggs pulled off a stellar comeback to win the Allegiance 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway Friday night. The win is his first at Nashville, third of the season, and the eighth truck win of his career.
Riggs started from the pole after rain forced the field to be set by the rulebook. He dominated early and swept the first two stages, but varying pit strategy on lap 99 dropped him in the running.
A caution flag fell on lap 120 after #11-Kaden Honeycutt stopped at the entrance of pitroad with a battery issue. Riggs took advantage of the yellow and made another stop for an adjustment and fresh tires.
The final caution flag of the night fell on lap 130, lining the field up for a restart with just over 15 laps remaining in the race.
Defending race winner #7-Rajah Caruth was behind the wheel of the Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, a race originally scheduled for the late Kyle Busch. Caruth was one of four teams that opted for track position following the stage two caution flag. He held his own and led 44 laps before Riggs charged back with fresher tires as they battled for the race win.
The two made contact on the white flag lap, with Riggs prevailing as he drove by in the high lane.
#38-Chandler Smith was third, followed by #45-Ross Chastain, #18-Tyler Ankrum, #52-Stewart Friesen, #9-Grant Enfinger, #91-Christian Eckes, #17-Gio Ruggiero and #20-Daniel Dye in the top-10.
There were five lead changes among three drivers and eight caution flags for 48 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 99.958mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report
Race Fast Facts – Nashville
Layne Riggs won the Allegiance 200, his eighth victory in 65 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his third victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in four races at Nashville Superspeedway.
Rajah Caruth(i) (second) posted his third top-10 finish in four races at Nashville Superspeedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2026.
Chandler Smith (third) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Nashville Superspeedway.
Cole Butcher (16th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Truck Series Driver Point Standings after Nashville:
Race 11 of 18 in the regular season:
1) #34-Layne Riggs, 458, +210
2) #11-Kaden Honeycutt, 421, +173
3) #91-Christian Eckes, 365, +117
4) #38-Chandler Smith, 362, +114
5) #17-Gio Ruggiero, 352, +104
6) #88-Ty Majeski, 309, +61
7) #99-Ben Rhodes, 300, +52
8) #18-Tyler Ankrum, 256, +8
9) #52-Stewart Friesen, 254, +6
10) #19-Daniel Hemric, 254, +6
Outside of the top-10:
11) #98-Jake Garcia, 248, -6
12)) #9-Grant Enfinger, 228, -26
13) 16-Justin Haley, 221, -33
14) #12-Brenden Queen, 219, -35
15) #44-Andres Perez de Lara, 207, -47
See the Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings
Race Updates:
Lap 150: Riggs with the impressive win when it looked like he didn’t have enough time to pull it off. Caruth second over Smith, Chastain, Ankrum, Friesen, Enfinger, Eckes, Ruggiero and Dye
Lap 149: Riggs to the outside of Caruth and they make contact but continue with Caruth out front. Riggs regroups and powers by with the pass in the next turn.
Lap 148: Riggs has caught Smith, drops to the inside and gets second
Lap 143: Riggs overtakes Chastain for 3rd but the laps will run out unless a caution falls. He ran 2mph faster than Caruth last lap.
Lap 139: Smith with 15 lap fresher tires than Caruth. Smith has only cut a tenth off his lead. Riggs moves to 4th after a dicey 3-wide battle
Lap 136: Smith makes the move for second. Caruth now leads him by .65-second
Lap 134: Restart. Chastain noses ahead temporarily with Caruth pulling back inside as they come to the line
Lap 133: Caruth, Ankrum, Enfinger restart on the low side. Chastain will lead the high lane with Smith and Perez behind him.
Lap 130: CAUTION Rhodes was on his way to pitroad for a loose wheel, but the wheel didn’t hold on. Caruth leads Chastain, Ankrum, Smith, Perez, Enfinger
Lap 126: Chastain second, quickly falls a second behind.
Lap 125: Restart as Caruth leads with Ankrum pushing.
Lap 121: Pitstops – Riggs drops down for a stop. Friesen, Hemric, some of the others to pit. Caruth leads Chastain, Ankrum, Perez, Enfinger, Eckes, LaJoie, Rhodes, Smith and Majeski in the top-10.
Lap 119: CAUTION for Honeycutt, stalled at the entrance of pitroad. Needs a push. He makes it to his pitstall; had radioed his dash went out, lost power. Team installing a new battery.
Lap 117: Honeycutt slows from second, pulls to the access road, barely moving at the entrance of pitroad.
Lap 115: Honeycutt eyeing second but Chastain putting the block. Caruth has pulled over a second ahead.
Lap 105: Caruth to the lead. Honeycutt moves his way back up; he’s now 3rd. Riggs is not so lucky. He’s now 12th.
Lap 104: Restart as Chastain holds the lead but drifts high. Caruth pokes his nose to the inside.
Lap 101: Chastain leads and chooses the inside. Caruth outside. Restart mixed up with no stop, no tires, two tires… first 4 stayed out.
Lap 99: Pitstops – Riggs in first but loses the lead on the exit. Honeycutt’s crew beats them off of the teams that took 4 tires, but other strategies across pitroad as well. Retzlaff picks up 12 spots and is the first off. LaJoie, Ruggiero come out first as well.
Lap 95: Stage 2 is a wrap. Riggs grabs his second win with every lap led so far. Honeycutt, Smith, Eckes, Enfinger, Rhodes, Dye, Majeski, Hemric follow
Lap 93: Eckes, running 4th, dropped a few spots after the restart. His radio communicates possible motor sound but he’s still running 4th
Lap 87: Riggs has a second lead as Honeycutt holds second with Smith and Eckes now in 4th
Lap 85: Restart – Riggs maintains his solid jump.
Lap 83: Riggs keeps with the low lane as Eckes moves outside. Honeycutt will line up behind Riggs with Smith behind Eckes
Lap 81: Some trucks pit under yellow, including Chastain, who was 6th. Ruggiero penalized for too fast entering.
Lap 79: CAUTION debris
Lap 76: Restart and much the same, Riggs jumps out with a solid lead. Eckes holds second over Honeycutt
Lap 70: CAUTION numerous trucks involved; Gray, Garcia, Love
Lap 69: Eckes to the inside of Honeucytt for second as a wrecks breaks out behind them
Lap 68: Restart with the same lineup; Riggs inside, Honeycutt outside.
Lap 62: CAUTION Heavy damage to the Ferguson truck.
Lap 61: Riggs again chooses the inside. Honeycutt pulls to the rear of Riggs but the yellow out again.
Lap 56: CAUTION Reif had hit; broke loose inside of Parsons. Riggs had pulled ahead on the start. Trouble for Friesen who has to pit for a left front issue. Sparks flying on his truck.
Lap 55: Riggs chooses the inside lane with Honeycutt outside for the restart.
Lap 52: Retzlaff gets turned on pitroad by Tyrrell.
Lap 51: Pitstops: Riggs is in and out first. Honeycutt follows, with Eckes, Jones, Enfinger out first.
Lap 45: Stage 1 complete. Riggs leads every lap so far. Honeycutt, Love, Eckes, Ruggiero, Smith, Rhodes, Gray, Garcia, Hemric the top-10. Riggs had lapped up to the 22nd position under that green flag stretch.
Lap 30: 15 to go in the stage. Riggs has a 3-second lead over Honeycutt now. Love sits 3rd, 6-seconds behind Honeycutt. Eckes, 4th, is 2 seconds behind Love. Quite the spread up front as trucks are lapped to the 25th spot.
Lap 10: 45 laps make up stage 1. Pretty solid gaps in the top-10 as most battles are further in the field.
Lap 5: Riggs leads Honeycutt with a 1-second cushion. Love, Eckes, Ruggiero follow.
Lap 1: Riggs pulls ahead as Honeycutt falls behind, 3 truck lengths back.
11:06pm/et: Green flag as Riggs leads from the inside with Honeycutt in the high lane.
10:40pm/et: Engines fired.
10:20pm/et: After a lengthy rain delay, engines are expected to be fired at 10:40pm/et.
8:30pm/et: Rain picked up during pre-race ceremonies. Trucks were covered and the race is in a holding pattern until the rain moves out. Track drying time can take up to 90 minutes at Nashville once it stops raining.
Race Information:
Broadcast: FS1, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 150 laps / 199.5 miles
Stages: 45 / 95 / 150
Average time of race: 1:52:30
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 55 mph
Fuel window: 58 laps
Invocation: 7:03:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 7:04:00 p.m.
Command: 7:11:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 7:21:00 p.m.
Trucks to the rear: #14-Mini Tyrrell (unapproved adjustments), #44-Andres Perez(inspection penalty)
Pitstall Selections
#34-Layne Riggs will start from the pole for the Allegiance 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. With 12 trucks remaining in the session, rain began to fall, forcing the cancellation of on track activity, setting the field by metrics for the second week in a row.
#11-Kaden Honeycutt will start alongside in row one, followed by #77-Jesse Love, #17-Gio Ruggiero, #91-Christian Eckes, #99-Ben Rhodes, #1-Brandon Jones, #5-William Sawalich, #15-Tanner Gray and #19-Daniel Hemric in the top-10.
Did not qualify: #27-Toni Breidinger and #69-Jonathan Shafer.
See the complete Allegiance 200 Starting Lineup.
Practice for the Allegiance 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race from Nashville Superspeedway; the top-five, slowest and notes:
#34-Layne Riggs 164.034
#98-Jake Garcia 162.377
#9-Grant Enfinger 162.344
#26-Dawson Sutton 161.315
#18-Tyler Ankrum 161.261
Slowest: #33-Frankie Muniz 152.908
Most laps run: 45, #52-Stewart Friesen
See the complete Practice Speeds page.
Crew Rosters
Qualifying Order
Goodyear Tire Notes: Teams in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will run the left-side tire used at Charlotte last weekend, paired with the right-side tire used two weeks ago at Dover Motor Speedway. As is standard on tracks one mile and longer, the 15-inch tires will also feature inner liners.
The entry list for the Allegiance 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway has been released. There are 38 drivers/teams for 36 spots.
Some notes: #4-Stefan Parsons, #7-Rajah Caruth, #12-Brendan Queen, #20-Daniel Dye, #25-Carson Ferguson, #27-Toni Breidinger, #62-Parker Retzlaff, #77-Jesse Love.
See the complete Allegiance 200 entry list page.
At Track Schedule
Race rules and information:
