Layne Riggs

Layne Griffin Riggs (born June 11, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 34 Ford F-150 for Front Row Motorsports. He is the 2022 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series national champion and is the son of former NASCAR driver Scott Riggs.

Racing career Early career Growing up in a racing family, Riggs began driving at the age of ten, racing in Limited Sportsman events at Orange County Speedway. He raced there for several seasons, eventually earning the track championship.

CARS Tour On June 11, 2016, his fourteenth birthday, Riggs made his debut in the CARS Late Model Stock Tour, driving for his family team, Riggs Racing. In his first start at Tri-County Motor Speedway, he would qualify an impressive second. He would finish in twentieth after being involved in a wreck on lap 59.

Riggs would run the full schedule in 2017, earning two wins at Dominion Raceway and Orange County Speedway. He ended the season with two wins, five top-fives, and ten top-tens, finishing third in the final standings.

In October 2019, Riggs would win the Rodney Cook Classic at Ace Speedway, after the leaders wrecked on lap 114.

2020 would be a breakout season for Riggs, finishing inside the top ten in all but two races, and capturing two wins at Langley Speedway and Carteret Motor Speedway. At the end of the season, he finished a career-high second in the final point standings. five top fives, and five top tens, ranking him 10th in the final point standings. After winning sixteen races, 29 top-fives, and 35 top-tens, Riggs was declared as the 2022 national champion. He finished just four points ahead of 2021 champion, Peyton Sellers. At 20 years old, he is also the youngest driver to win the championship, beating out Sellers' 2005 championship, when he won it at 21 years old.

Craftsman Truck Series 2022 On July 19, 2022, Halmar Friesen Racing announced that Riggs would make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at the Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, finishing seventh driving their No. 62 Toyota Tundra, at the next race at Richmond Raceway in August and would qualify fourth for the race but would ultimately finish nineteenth, two laps down. Riggs would make his final start of the year at the season finale at Phoenix Raceway where he would qualify second and lead five laps early in the race. After being involved in a wreck during the middle of the race, he rebounded and finished thirteenth.

2023 On December 12, 2022, Stewart Friesen stated on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that Riggs would return to his team for another part-time schedule in 2023. Friesen also stated that if Layne can find full sponsorship, he would most likely run full-time in the 62 truck. However, sponsorship for a full-time season was not found. On March 15, 2023, Tricon Garage announced that Riggs would drive their No. 1 truck in the race at Atlanta. Riggs also drove the No. 02 truck for Young's Motorsports in the race at Nashville. On July 27, it was announced that Riggs would drive the No. 7 truck for Spire Motorsports at the Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in August. Riggs would qualify twelfth and run inside the top-ten for the entire race, and ultimately scored his best-career finish of third.

Front Row Motorsports

2024 On December 14, 2023, it was announced that Riggs had signed a multi-year deal with Front Row Motorsports to drive the No. 38 truck full-time starting in 2024. Riggs started the 2024 season with a 33rd place DNF at Daytona. A week later, he finished 24th at Atlanta, but was disqualified after a post-race inspection revealed improperly installed windshield fasteners. Despite failing to make the playoffs, Riggs scored his first two career wins at Milwaukee and Bristol and also had seven top-fives and ten top-ten finishes, and had an average finish of 16.6. He finished 11th in points and won Rookie of the Year honors.

Riggs' with his crew after winning his first truck series race at Milwaukee.

2025

Riggs moved to No. 34 for 2025 after FRM expanded to two full-time trucks. He started the 2025 season with a thirteenth-place finish at Daytona. Riggs scored his first win of the season at Pocono and would lock himself into the playoffs for the first time. One month later, he won at IRP after passing Stewart Friesen and holding off Corey Day. In the playoffs, he won at Bristol, moving himself into the Round of 8. He missed the Championship 4 in a tiebreaker with Kaden Honeycutt after the Martinsville race. The following week he finished fourth at Phoenix, and fifth in the final point standings with three wins and sixteen top tens.

2026 Riggs started the 2026 season with a 31st place DNF at Daytona. He scored his first win of the season in the inaugural street race at St. Petersburg. He also won back-to-back weeks at Charlotte and Nashville, before winning the inaugural race at the Coronado Street Course and a second-consecutive win at IRP.

Xfinity Series Riggs (No. 11) racing Cole Custer (No. 00), Blaine Perkins (No. 02) and Jeb Burton (No. 27) in the Xfinity Series race at Martinsville in October 2023

2023 On September 18, 2023, it was announced that Riggs would make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut for Kaulig Racing in the fall race at Texas in the team's No. 11 car and would also run the races at Las Vegas and Martinsville. He would finish nineteenth at Texas, tenth at Las Vegas and eleventh at Martinsville.

Personal life Riggs is the son of former NASCAR driver, Scott Riggs. He graduated from University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2024 with a degree in mechanical engineering.

March 3 in Durham County, North Carolina, is celebrated as Layne Riggs Day.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Pts Ref 2023 Kaulig Racing 11 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX19 ROV LVS10 HOM MAR11 PHO 44th 71

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 2022 Halmar Friesen Racing 62 Toyota DAY LVS ATL COA MAR BRD DAR KAN TEX CLT GTW SON KNX NSH MOH POC IRP7 RCH19 KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO13 38th 76 2023 Tricon Garage 1 Toyota DAY LVS ATL28 COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW 90th 01 Young's Motorsports 02 Chevy NSH27 MOH POC RCH Spire Motorsports 7 Chevy IRP3 MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM PHO 2024 Front Row Motorsports 38 Ford DAY33 ATL33 LVS22 BRI10 COA27 MAR15 TEX31 KAN18 DAR21 NWS3 CLT28 GTW5 NSH25 POC30 IRP5 RCH5 MLW1 BRI1* KAN2 TAL28 HOM22 MAR6 PHO10 11th 595 2025 34 DAY13 ATL20 LVS5 HOM2 MAR11 BRI6 CAR11 TEX28 KAN31 NWS2 CLT4 NSH3 MCH10 POC1 LRP13 IRP1* GLN10 RCH3 DAR17* BRI1 NHA3 ROV21 TAL5 MAR3 PHO4 5th 2297 2026 DAY31 ATL27 STP1* DAR12 CAR3 BRI22 TEX6 GLN21 DOV3 CLT1* NSH1* MCH4 COR1* LRP23* NWS2 IRP1* RCH15 NHA1* BRI KAN CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

Season in progress Ineligible for series points

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pts Ref 2016 Riggs Racing 99 Ford SNM ROU HCY TCM20 GRE ROU4 CON17 MYB10 HCY18 SNM2 13th 127 2017 CON3 DOM1 DOM2 HCY6 HCY6 BRI14 AND8 ROU1** TCM11 ROU5 CON8 SBO21 3rd 342 11 HCY10* 2018 99 TCM14 MYB11 ROU HCY9 BRI2 ACE3 CCS2* KPT1* WKS3 ROU14 SBO28 6th 281 10 HCY5 2019 99 SNM6 HCY24 ROU25 ACE20 MMS20 LGY5 DOM5 CCS4 ROU17 SBO4 7th 231 10 HCY4 2020 99 SNM5 ACE2 HCY5 HCY22 DOM5 FCS7 LGY1 CCS1** FLO15 GRE3 2nd 279 2021 DIL2* HCY18 OCS21 ACE1* CRW19 LGY4 DOM19 MMS17 TCM19 FLC5 WKS2 SBO16 10th 278 11 HCY15 2022 99 CRW26 HCY3 GRE4* AAS FCS LGY DOM HCY ACE MMS NWS TCM ACE SBO2 CRW 22nd 101 2023 Toyota SNM FLC HCY27 LGY5 DOM 20th 166 Ford ACE9 NWS6 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 62 Toyota CRWDSQ* HCY10 ACE TCM9 WKS AAS SBO2 TCM CRW 2024 Ford SNM11 HCY AAS OCS8 ACE TCM LGY DOM CRW6 HCY N/A 0 Tom Usry Racing 00R Ford NWS22 ACE WCS FLC SBO4 TCM NWS 2025 17 AAS WCS CDL OCS4* ACE 40th 56 00 NWSWth LGY DOM CRW 2 HCY27 AND FLC SBO TCM NWS