LAKEVILLE, Conn. — The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series heads to its final road course competition of the season in Saturday’s Liuna 150 at Connecticut’s historic Lime Rock Park — the 1.478-mile, seven-turn course one of the most famous circuits in American racing.
Fittingly enough, championship leader Layne Riggs is coming off his fourth win of the season at the San Diego street course – a career single-season high mark – as the driver of the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford hopes to continue proving himself one of the best road course racers in the series.
He’s won on two – St. Petersburg and San Diego – of the three road courses and joins a short and impressive list of previous series drivers to win multiple times in a single season on a road course – NASCAR Hall of Famer Ron Hornaday Jr., Joe Ruttman and reigning Truck Series champ – and defending Lime Rock race winner Corey Heim.
The second-generation NASCAR star – son of former NASCAR Cup Series driver Scott Riggs – took the championship lead from Kaden Honeycutt three races ago and has extended it to 65 points – the largest advantage for anyone in the championship this season. His Front Row Motorsports teammate Chandler Smith – like Riggs and Honeycutt a talented road course racer – is third in the title chase, 128 points off the lead.
Those are the only three drivers to lead the championship this season. Riggs is currently on a series-best five-race streak of top-10 finishes – including three wins (Charlotte, Nashville and San Diego) in that stretch.
ThorSport Racing’s Ty Majeski was the top-finisher among this year’s championship contenders, finishing runner-up to Heim in 2025. His teammate Ben Rhodes was fourth. Chandler Smith was sixth, Honeycutt 12th and Riggs 13th.
There is an impressive list of road course “ringers” this week including former series regular – and race winner – Colin Braun in the No. 25 RAM truck, IndyCar star Louis Foster and IMSA star Graham Doyle.
Of note: McAnally-Hilgemann driver Daniel Hemric is the only driver to finish top-10 in all three road course races this season. … Five of the last seven road course races ended in overtime. … The driver who has led the most laps has won nine of the last 11 road course races. …and five drivers have earned their first career series win on a road course – the last to do so was Honeycutt at Watkins Glen, N.Y. in May.
