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Layne Riggs capitalized on others' misfortune to win Pocono race
NASCAR Truck Series driver Layne Riggs (34). Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

How Layne Riggs capitalized on others' misfortune to win NASCAR Truck Series race at Pocono

LONG POND, Pennsylvania — Layne Riggs took advantage of others' misfortunes and drove off into the Pennsylvania sunset to earn his first win of the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season on Friday. 

After Corey Heim had a right-rear tire go flat coming to the race's final restart and Carson Hocevar incurred a restart violation, Riggs had the lead and the fastest truck in the waning laps. 

When it was all said and done, Riggs scored his third career victory by 3.640 seconds over Tanner Gray. 

Gray, Kaden Honeycutt, Brandon Jones and Daniel Hemric rounded out the top-five, with Connor Mosack, Chandler Smith, Stewart Friesen, Ty Majeski and Rajah Caruth completing the top-10. 

Other notable finishers included Hocevar in 13th, Grant Enfinger in 17th, two-time Truck Series champion Ben Rhodes in 18th, Heim in 23rd and Matt Crafton in 27th. 

Dawson Sutton, Clayton Green, Conner Jones, Dawson Cram, Cody Dennison, Norm Benning and Bryan Dauzat all retired from the race, finishing 29th through 35th, respectively. 

The 15th race of the 2025 Craftsman Truck Series season will take place at Lime Rock Park on June 28. The LIUNA 150 will go green shortly after 1 p.m. ET, with coverage on Fox, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. 

Samuel Stubbs

Hailing from the same neck of the woods as NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin, Samuel has been covering NASCAR for Yardbarker since February 2024. He has been a member of the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) since October of 2024. When he’s not writing about racing, Samuel covers Arkansas Razorback basketball for Yardbarker

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