Layne Riggs claims first ever NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series street course win in St. Petersburg: In a thrilling final run to the checkered flag, Layne Riggs bobbed and weaved, saving just enough fuel to keep a pair of hard-charging fellow Ford drivers in Ty Majeski and Ben Rhodes behind him – ultimately earning his first trophy of the season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series inaugural race on the streets of downtown St. Petersburg.(Read More)(2-28-2026)
#34-Layne Riggs won the OnlyBulls Green Flag 150 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at the St. Petersburg Street Course. The win is his first at St. Petersburg, first of the season, and the sixth win of his career.
#34-Riggs led 41 laps and won stage two. He took the lead for the final time on lap 62 after #88-Ty Majeski overshot the turn and drove off course while leading. He lost numerous spots but was able to reclaim all but one at the end. He finished second.
#99-Ben Rhodes led 23 laps and won the opening stage before finished third.
#38-Chandler Smith, #11-Kaden Honeycutt, #45-Landen Lewis, #44-Andres Perez, #19-Daniel Hemric, #25-Colin Braun, and #77-James Hinchcliffe in the top-10.
Pole-sitter #7-Connor Mosack led seven laps and finished 13th.
There were nine lead changes among five drivers and six caution flags for 17 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 58.756 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report
Race Fast Facts – St. Petersburg
Layne Riggs won the OnlyBulls Green Flag 150 at St. Petersburg, his sixth victory in 57 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
Ty Majeski (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. It is his second top-10 finish in 2026.
Ben Rhodes (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
Cole Butcher (14th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Chandler Smith leads the point standings by 34 points over Ben Rhodes.
(NASCAR)(2-28-2026)
Truck Series Driver Point Standings after St. Petersburg:
Race 3 of 18 in the regular season:
1) #38-Chandler Smith, 152, +86
2) #99-Ben Rhodes, 118, +52
3) #88-Ty Majeski, 102, +36
4) #17-Gio Ruggiero, 98, +32
5) #34-Layne Riggs, 96, +30
6) #11-Kaden Honeycutt, 87, +21
7) #44-Andres Perez de Lara, 85, +19
8) #52-Stewart Friesen, 70, +4
9) #91-Christian Eckes, 69, +3
10) #16-Justin Haley, 67, +1
Outside the Round of 10
11) #12-Brenden Queen, 66, -1
12) #18-Tyler Ankrum, 64, -3
13) #10-Daniel Dye, 64, -3
14) #98-Jake Garcia, 58, -9
15) #13-Cole Butcher, 52, -15
See the Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings
Race Updates:
Lap 80: Riggs with the win while shaking the truck back and forth to pick up as much fuel as he could at the end. Majeski, Rhodes, Smith, Honeycutt, Lewis, Perez, Hemric, Braun, Hinchcliffe the top-10.
Lap 79: Last lap/white flag. Riggs leads as teammates Majeski and Rhodes battle for second.
Lap 77: Contact with Riggs and lapped Friesen. Slight damage and allows Rhodes to close slightly. Majeski tight on Rhodes’ heels too.
Lap 75: 5 to go in St. Pete. Riggs leads Rhodes, Majeski, Smith and Honeycutt.
Lap 70: Riggs maintains the lead with 10 to go over Rhodes. Majeski, Smith, Honeycutt the top-5.
Lap 65: Franchitti on pitroad. Eckes spins but regroups.
Lap 62: Majeski loses the lead, misses the turn on overdrive, drives off track. Loses 5 spots. Riggs back to the front.
Lap 61: Back to green. Riggs leads Majeski side by side as theyt restart. Majeski to the front as Riggs drives over the curb and loses momentum.
Lap 58: CAUTION White spins again, stopped on track.
Lap 57: Ruggiero spins, straightens it out and continues. Later that lap, Hinchcliffe spins. He’s stalled.
Lap 55: Back to green; 25 to go. Riggs gets by after contact over Majeski(left front damage now).
Lap 51: CAUTION for Derek White.
Lap 49: Riggs, Majeski, Smith, Rhodes, Lewis the top-5.
Lap 48: Butcher spins but doesn’t hit anything. Field stays green.
Lap 44: Majeski makes a move to get second. Ankrum’s nose gets wadded up in the restart circus.
Lap 42: Back to green for stage 3. Riggs leads Smith.
Lap 40: Riggs wins stage 2 over Smith, Lewis, Majeski, Rhodes, Ruggiero, Ankrum, Franchitti, Enfinger and Perez. Another pit cycle coming up. No positions lost or gained.
Lap 38: Riggs with the lead over Smith. The two made contact more than once on the exchange.
Lap 36: Riggs on the heels of Smith for the lead as stage 2 winds down. Lewis, Rhodes, Majeski top-5.
Lap 30: Back to green with Rhodes and Smith side by side for the start. Layne Riggs dive bombs it three-wide. Smith wasn’t having it and took the lead. Rhodes drops to third.
Lap 26: CAUTION Mult-truck wreck. Andretti, Eckes, Hemric involved. Looks like Eckes got into Andretti and Hemric got caught up. Rhodes continues to lead; Smith, Lewis, Riggs, Ruggiero. Mosack ahs dropped to 8th with no new tires. There will be a 3-minute break on pitroad. If you pit, you will line up behind those who do not, but no positions lost on exit of pitroad with others that also pit.
Lap 20: Back to green. Rhodes leads Mosack, with the older tires. Honeycutt misses a turn, flips the truck around to get back in the right direction of the course.
RED: Stage break/pitstops. Mosack stays on track, where it’s pretty lonely. Just him and the pace truck. All other lead lap trucks pit. No positions lost/gained on pitroad.
Lap 20: Stage 1 complete. Rhodes (5th road course stage win), Mosack, Lewis, Smith, Ruggiero, Franchitti, Riggs, Ankrum, Honeycutt and Perez.
Lap 18: Tanner Gray spins and hard into the tire barrier. Track still green. Rhodes and Mosack maintain the lead. Mosack a second back.
Lap 17: Braun with some contact and he goes sideways, but straightens it out and field stays green.
Lap 15: 5 to go in stage 1. Mosack closing in on Rhodes in the lead. Lewis, Smith, Ruggiero follow.
Lap 10: Halfway in stage 1. Rhodes, Mosack, Ruggiero, Smith, Lewis, Franchitti, Ankrum, Hinchecliffe, Honeycutt, Perez
Lap 8: Some contact on Franchitti from Hinchcliffe. Both continue on.
Lap 6: Back to green. Rhodes jumps on position to the lead.
Lap 3: CAUTION for the 16 of Haley who spun after contact from Friesen. Mosack leads the way over Ruggiero, RHodes, Hinchcliffe, Smith, Franchitti, Lewis, Andretti, Garcia and Ankrum. Stage 1 is 20 laps.
Lap 1: Pole-sitter Mosack leads lap 1. Rhodes tried to pass Ruggiero for 2nd but no luck.
12:25pm/et: Green flag as Mosack leads
12:23pm/et: Tyler Reif needing a push to get the engine fired under the pace laps
12:11pm/et: Engines fired in St. Pete.
Race Information:
Broadcast: FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 80 laps / 144 miles
Stages: 20 / 40 / 80
Average time of race: 2:00:00 est.
Pit road speed: 35 mph
Caution car speed: 45 mph
Fuel Window: 42 laps
Invocation: 12:03:25 p.m.
National Anthem: 12:04:10 p.m.
Command: 12:11:10 p.m.
Green Flag: 12:18:00 p.m. est.
Trucks to the rear: #13-Cole Butcher(backup truck), #14-Mini Tyrrell(unapproved adjustments).
Pitstall Selections
#7-Connor Mosack will start from the pole for the OnlyBulls Green Flag 150 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at the St. Petersburg Street Course. Practice barely got underway before it began to rain and NASCAR was forced to cancel the session and set the field based on metrics for the series’ debut run.
#17-Gio Ruggiero will start second, followed by #77-James Hinchcliffe, #99-Ben Rhodes, #38-Chandler Smith, #1-Dario Franchitti, #62-Wesley Slimp, #45-Landen Lewis, #98-Jake Garcia, and #5-Adam Andretti in the top-10.
Did not qualify: none.
See the complete OnlyBulls Green Flag 150 Starting Lineup.
Practice for the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series OnlyBulls Green Flag 150 from the St. Petersburg Street Course was cut short due to rain; the top-five, slowest and notes:
#11-Kaden Honeycutt 82.106
#4-Ben Maier 81.264
#99-Ben Rhodes 81.232
#77-James Hinchcliffe 81.175
#88-Ty Majeski 81.024
Slowest: #13-Cole Butcher 55.967
Most laps run: 8, #1-Dario Franchitti, #44-Andres Perez, #52-Stewart Friesen.
Notes: #13-Cole Butcher wrecked into the barriers with less than five minutes on the board causing heavy damage to his Ford.
See the complete OnlyBulls Green Flag 150 Practice Speeds page.
Qualifying Order
Crew Rosters
The entry list for the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at St. Petersburg has been released. There are 36 drivers/teams for 36 spots.
Some notes: #1-Dario Franchitti, #2-Carter Farluch, #4-Ben Maier, #5-Adam Andretti, #22-Jackson Lee, #25-Colin Braun, #45-Landen Lewis, #62-Wesley Slimp, #69-Derek White, #76-Nathan Nicholson, #77-James Hinchcliffe. See the complete OnlyBulls Green Flag 150 Entry List page.
Goodyear Tire Notes: The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will compete Saturday afternoon on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, where the series will race on the street course for the first time. Craftsman Truck Series teams will run the same tire as the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series at COTA, a setup they used last season at Watkins Glen and the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL.
At Track Schedule
Race rules and information:
