Layne Riggs
American racing driver (born 2002)
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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.
June 11, 2002
Bahama, North Carolina, U.S.
2019, 2022 Rodney Cook Classic Winner
| Layne Riggs | |||||||
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Riggs at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024 | |||||||
| Born | Layne Griffin Riggs June 11, 2002 Bahama, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
| Achievements | 2022 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Champion 2019, 2022 Rodney Cook Classic Winner | ||||||
| Awards | 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
| NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||
| 3 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2023 position | 44th | ||||||
| Best finish | 44th (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2023 Andy's Frozen Custard 300 (Texas) | ||||||
| Last race | 2023 Dead On Tools 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 58 races run over 5 years | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 34 (Front Row Motorsports) | ||||||
| 2025 position | 5th | ||||||
| Best finish | 5th (2025) | ||||||
| First race | 2022 TSport 200 (IRP) | ||||||
| Last race | 2026 Buckle Up South Carolina 200 (Darlington) | ||||||
| First win | 2024 LiUNA! 175 (Milwaukee) | ||||||
| Last win | 2026 OnlyBulls Green Flag 150 (St. Petersburg) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of March 20, 2026. | |||||||
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.[1]
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.[1] He would run the final five races of the season, recording his best finish of second at Southern National Motorsports Park.[2] That same year, he would race in the Thanksgiving All-Star Classic, recording a finish of eighth.[3]
Riggs would run the full schedule in 2017, earning two wins at Dominion Raceway and Orange County Speedway.[4][5] He ended the season with two wins, five top-fives, and ten top-tens, finishing third in the final standings.[6]
Riggs started the 2018 season on a low note, finishing outside the top-ten in the first two races. He rebounded with a ninth-place finish at Hickory Motor Speedway, along with a streak of top-three finishes in the next three races. He would earn his first win of the season at Kingsport Speedway.[7]
In October 2019, Riggs would win the Rodney Cook Classic at Ace Speedway, after the leaders wrecked on lap 114.[8]
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.[9][10] At the end of the season, he finished a career-high second in the final point standings.[11]
Riggs had a struggling season in 2021, finishing outside the top-fifteen in most of the races. He scored one win,[12] five top fives, and five top tens, ranking him 10th in the final point standings.[13]
For 2022, Riggs would scale to a part-time schedule to focus on winning the national championship in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series.
Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series
In 2022, Riggs would join the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series, and compete for the national championship, racing at Dominion Raceway, Hickory Motor Speedway, South Boston Speedway, and Wake County Speedway.[14] 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.[15]
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.[16] 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.[17][18]
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.[19] 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.[20] Riggs also drove the No. 02 truck for Young's Motorsports in the race at Nashville.[21] 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.[22] Riggs would qualify twelfth and run inside the top-ten for the entire race, and ultimately scored his best-career finish of third.[23]
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.[24] 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.[25] 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.[26][27] He finished 11th in points and won Rookie of the Year honors.[28]
2025
Riggs moved to No. 34 for 2025 after FRM expanded to two full-time trucks.[29] 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.[30] One month later, he won at IRP after passing Stewart Friesen and holding off Corey Day.[31] In the playoffs, he won at Bristol, moving himself into the Round of 8.[32] He missed the Championship 4 in a tiebreaker with Kaden Honeycutt after the Martinsville race.[33] 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.[34]
Xfinity Series
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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.[35] He would finish nineteenth at Texas, tenth at Las Vegas and eleventh at Martinsville.[36]
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.[37][38]
March 3 in Durham County, North Carolina, is celebrated as Layne Riggs Day.[39]
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 | NXSC | 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 | TEX 19 |
ROV | LVS 10 |
HOM | MAR 11 |
PHO | 44th | 71 | [40] |
Craftsman Truck Series
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2022 | Halmar Friesen Racing | 62 | Toyota | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA | MAR | BRD | DAR | KAN | TEX | CLT | GTW | SON | KNX | NSH | MOH | POC | IRP 7 |
RCH 19 |
KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM | PHO 13 |
38th | 76 | [41] | ||
| 2023 | Tricon Garage | 1 | Toyota | DAY | LVS | ATL 28 |
COA | TEX | BRD | MAR | KAN | DAR | NWS | CLT | GTW | 90th | 01 | [42] | |||||||||||||
| Young's Motorsports | 02 | Chevy | NSH 27 |
MOH | POC | RCH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spire Motorsports | 7 | Chevy | IRP 3 |
MLW | KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM | PHO | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Front Row Motorsports | 38 | Ford | DAY 33 |
ATL 33 |
LVS 22 |
BRI 10 |
COA 27 |
MAR 15 |
TEX 31 |
KAN 18 |
DAR 21 |
NWS 3 |
CLT 28 |
GTW 5 |
NSH 25 |
POC 30 |
IRP 5 |
RCH 5 |
MLW 1 |
BRI 1* |
KAN 2 |
TAL 28 |
HOM 22 |
MAR 6 |
PHO 10 |
11th | 595 | [43] | ||
| 2025 | 34 | DAY 13 |
ATL 20 |
LVS 5 |
HOM 2 |
MAR 11 |
BRI 6 |
CAR 11 |
TEX 28 |
KAN 31 |
NWS 2 |
CLT 4 |
NSH 3 |
MCH 10 |
POC 1 |
LRP 13 |
IRP 1* |
GLN 10 |
RCH 3 |
DAR 17* |
BRI 1 |
NHA 3 |
ROV 21 |
TAL 5 |
MAR 3 |
PHO 4 |
5th | 2297 | [44] | ||
| 2026 | DAY 31 |
ATL 27 |
STP 1* |
DAR 12 |
CAR | BRI | TEX | GLN | DOV | CLT | NSH | MCH | COR | LRP | NWS | IRP | RCH | NHA | BRI | KAN | CLT | PHO | TAL | MAR | HOM | -* | -* | [45] | |||
* Season in progress
1 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | CLMSCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2016 | Riggs Racing | 99 | Ford | SNM | ROU | HCY | TCM 20 |
GRE | ROU 4 |
CON 17 |
MYB 10 |
HCY 18 |
SNM 2 |
13th | 127 | [2] | |||||||
| 2017 | CON 3 |
DOM 1 |
DOM 2 |
HCY 6 |
HCY 6 |
BRI 14 |
AND 8 |
ROU 1** |
TCM 11 |
ROU 5 |
CON 8 |
SBO 21 |
3rd | 342 | [6] | ||||||||
| 11 | HCY 10* |
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| 2018 | 99 | TCM 14 |
MYB 11 |
ROU | HCY 9 |
BRI 2 |
ACE 3 |
CCS 2* |
KPT 1* |
WKS 3 |
ROU 14 |
SBO 28 |
6th | 281 | [46] | ||||||||
| 10 | HCY 5 |
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| 2019 | 99 | SNM 6 |
HCY 24 |
ROU 25 |
ACE 20 |
MMS 20 |
LGY 5 |
DOM 5 |
CCS 4 |
ROU 17 |
SBO 4 |
7th | 231 | [47] | |||||||||
| 10 | HCY 4 |
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| 2020 | 99 | SNM 5 |
ACE 2 |
HCY 5 |
HCY 22 |
DOM 5 |
FCS 7 |
LGY 1 |
CCS 1** |
FLO 15 |
GRE 3 |
2nd | 279 | [11] | |||||||||
| 2021 | DIL 2* |
HCY 18 |
OCS 21 |
ACE 1* |
CRW 19 |
LGY 4 |
DOM 19 |
MMS 17 |
TCM 19 |
FLC 5 |
WKS 2 |
SBO 16 |
10th | 278 | [13] | ||||||||
| 11 | HCY 15 |
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| 2022 | 99 | CRW 26 |
HCY 3 |
GRE 4* |
AAS | FCS | LGY | DOM | HCY | ACE | MMS | NWS | TCM | ACE | SBO 2 |
CRW | 22nd | 101 | [48] | ||||
| 2023 | Toyota | SNM | FLC | HCY 27 |
LGY 5 |
DOM | 20th | 166 | [49] | ||||||||||||||
| Ford | ACE 9 |
NWS 6 |
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| Kevin Harvick Incorporated | 62 | Toyota | CRW DSQ* |
HCY 10 |
ACE | TCM 9 |
WKS | AAS | SBO 2 |
TCM | CRW | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Ford | SNM 11 |
HCY | AAS | OCS 8 |
ACE | TCM | LGY | DOM | CRW 6 |
HCY | N/A | 0 | [50] | |||||||||
| Tom Usry Racing | 00R | Ford | NWS 22 |
ACE | WCS | FLC | SBO 4 |
TCM | NWS | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 17 | AAS | WCS | CDL | OCS 4* |
ACE | 40th | 56 | [51] | ||||||||||||||
| 00 | NWS Wth |
LGY | DOM | CRW | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | HCY 27 |
AND | FLC | SBO | TCM | NWS | |||||||||||||||||