HEIM, HOCEVAR’S MISFORTUNES HAND RIGGS HIS FIRST WIN AT POCONO

LAYNE RIGGS NEEDS HELP LIFTING ONE OF THE COOLEST TROPHIES IN THE NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES!

Layne Riggs seizes Pocono win after Corey Heim’s late race tire trouble

 

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Please enjoy these exclusive photos of the MillerTech 200 Truck Series race from Motorsport America publisher & photographer Fred Hanyon!

by Derek Jackson

Layne Riggs won Friday’s NASCAR Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway to claim his first win of the year, after Corey Heim had a flat tire on a restart with 19 laps to go in the race.

Riggs was not the dominant driver of the day, only winning Stage 1 because Corey Heim and Carson Hocevar who were both running ahead of him chose to short-pit late in stage one.

Heim went on to win the second stage and it looked like no one was going to be able to deny him victory on Friday, because as is usually the case on race day Heim’s TRICON Garage Toyota Tundra was the dominate truck on the track. Heim led the race high 48 laps out of 80, but that all changed on the lap 61 restart.

Stage three of the race opened up with a pair of cautions as a three-wide battle between Grant Enfinger, Ben Rhodes and Tyler Ankrum went haywire and collected a host of trucks.

The following restart on lap 56, Monroe, Georgia’s Jake Garcia got spun in the hornet’s nest and his Quanta Services Ford sustained heavy damage sending a shower of sparks from his damaged front end as he limped around the track back to pit road.

Riggs found himself in the lead after Corey Heim’s flat tire before the race’s final restart and the No. 7 Spire Motorsports truck of Carson Hocevar was handed a black flag restart violation.

Tanner Gray finished 2nd, Kaden Honeycutt claimed 3rd, Atlanta, Georgia’s Brandon Jones 4th, and Daniel Hemric rounded out the top five. Talking Rock, Georgia’s Chandler Smith claimed the 7th spot at the finish.

Heim dominated the majority of the event around the “Tricky Triangle,” and finished 23rd after his late race misfortune. Though his race ended in disappointment, the Marietta, Georgia native set a record for winning the most stages (12) in a season.

LAYNE RIGGS CHATS WITH FRONT ROW MOTORSPORTS TEAMMATE CHANDLER SMITH OF TALKING ROCK, GEORGIA.
STARTING LINEUP FOR THE MILLER TECH BATTERY 200 AT POCONO RACEWAY IN PENNSYLVANIA!
THE NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES FIELD IN FRONT OF THE PACKED CROWD ON THE POCONO FRONTSTRETCH!
LAP 23 PIT STOP AS THE FIELD PULLS IN FOR SUNOCO RACING FUEL AND GOODYEAR EAGLES PRIOR TO THE START OF STAGE TWO OF THE RACE.
THE NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES FIELD ON THE POCONO RACEWAY FRONTSTRETCH LATE IN THE RACE!
JAKE GARCIA’S QUANTA SERVICES SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE ON THE LAP 56 RESTART, SENDING A SHOWER OF SPARKS AS HE MADE HIS WAY AROUND THE TRACK!
COREY HEIM OF MARIETTA, GEORGIA LED A RACE HIGH 48 OF 80 LAPS, BEFORE A LATE RACE FLAT TIRE FOLLOWING JAKE GARCIA’S CRASH ON LAP 56.
2025 HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR FOR CARSON HOCEVAR, AS THE SPIRE MOTORSPORTS DRIVER NAME HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS ALL YEAR FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS.
LAYNE RIGGS CELEBRATES HIS FIRST WIN THIS YEAR WITH A BURNOUT AT POCONO.
WITHOUT QUESTION, COREY HEIM’S TRICON GARAGE TOYOTA HAS BEEN THE DOMINATE TRUCK OF THE NASCAR SEASON FOR THE SERIES POINTS LEADER. BUT LIKE IN MIAMI AND NORTH WILKESBORO, MISFORTUNE REARED ITS UGLY HEAD FOR THE MARIETTA, GEORGIA NATIVE LATE IN THE RACE AT POCONO.

Next Saturday, the series makes its first trek up to Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut for the LIUNA 150 (1 p.m. ET, FOX, NASCAR Racing Network Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

 

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