After two feet of rain quite literally washed tires down Pit Road at North Wilkesboro after just 81 laps, the Truck Series race was rescheduled for Sunday, May 19th, 2024 – and Layne Riggs drove his No. 38 NASCAR Ford F-150 race truck to the best finish of the 2024 season.
Riggs hasn’t had a stellar season. He’s wrecked out of the few races he did qualify for this year, and when he hasn’t ended up in the garage, he’s outright struggled to find speed. There’s hope, though, as Riggs drove the No. 38 NASCAR Ford to a third-place finish on Sunday, tailing race winner Corey Heim’s No. 11 Toyota TRD Tundra and second-place Grant Enfinger, driver of the No. 9 Chevy Silverado RST.
“It was so tough to make a good guess on what adjustments to make,” Riggs said after the race. “You pit so early on in the race and you’ve just got to predict what the track’s going to change like.”
Despite having to stop the race and begin again on a completely fresh track, Riggs muscled his way toward the front to pull of his podium finish.
“We really, really needed this finish,” Riggs said. “It was a great day for us, and I hope we can continue to build on this momentum.”
The next-best Blue Oval team, the No. 98 NASCAR Ford F-150 of Ty Majeski, finished all the way down in 11th.
| Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 11 | Corey Heim | Safelite Toyota | 250 | 66 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 2 | 9 | 9 | Grant Enfinger | Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet | 250 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 3 | 23 | 38 | Layne Riggs # | Infinity Communications Group Ford | 250 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 4 | 26 | 1 | Brenden Queen | Best Repair Company Toyota | 250 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 5 | 31 | 7 | Sammy Smith(i) | Pilot Flying J Chevrolet | 250 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 6 | 1 | 19 | Christian Eckes | Instacoat Premium Products Chevrolet | 250 | 62 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Nick Sanchez | Gainbridge/NASCAR Foundation Chevrolet | 250 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 8 | 21 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum | LiUNA! Chevrolet | 250 | 26 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 9 | 18 | 43 | Daniel Dye | Champion Container Chevrolet | 250 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 10 | 11 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar International Toyota | 250 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 11 | 4 | 98 | Ty Majeski | Road Ranger Ford | 250 | 50 | Ford F-150 |
| 12 | 17 | 91 | Jack Wood | Cometic Gasket/Klotz Chevrolet | 250 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 13 | 5 | 17 | Taylor Gray | SEM Products Toyota | 250 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 14 | 24 | 71 | Rajah Caruth | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 250 | 6 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 15 | 3 | 45 | Ross Chastain(i) | NC Governor's Hwy Safety Program Chevrolet | 250 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 16 | 8 | 15 | Tanner Gray | Dead On Tools Toyota | 250 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 17 | 33 | 75 | Stefan Parsons | Food Country USA Chevrolet | 250 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 18 | 15 | 42 | Matt Mills | J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet | 250 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 19 | 19 | 41 | Bayley Currey | AutoVentive/Precision Chevrolet | 250 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 20 | 25 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Jack Links/Menards Ford | 250 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 21 | 14 | 13 | Jake Garcia | Quanta Services Ford | 250 | 40 | Ford F-150 |
| 22 | 6 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | Campers Inn RV Ford | 250 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 23 | 22 | 02 | Mason Massey | RANDCO Industries Chevrolet | 250 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 24 | 7 | 77 | Chase Purdy | Bama Buggies Chevrolet | 250 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 25 | 10 | 25 | Ty Dillon | Rackley Roofing Chevrolet | 250 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 26 | 13 | 56 | Timmy Hill | Coble Enterprises/UNITS Toyota | 250 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 27 | 28 | 5 | Dean Thompson | Thompson Pipe Group Toyota | 249 | 0 | Toyota TRD Tundra |
| 28 | 36 | 26 | Dawson Sutton | Rackley Roofing Chevrolet | 248 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 29 | 20 | 32 | Bret Holmes | Best Value Carriers Chevrolet | 247 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 30 | 16 | 33 | Lawless Alan | AUTOChargit Ford | 246 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 31 | 29 | 46 | Thad Moffitt # | Window World Chevrolet | 245 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 32 | 27 | 76 | Spencer Boyd | Latitude Aero Chevrolet | 245 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 33 | 32 | 22 | Josh Reaume | Matrix CAD Design Ford | 245 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 34 | 34 | 4 | Clayton Green | CarQuest Chevrolet | 245 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
| 35 | 30 | 66 | Conner Jones # | Farm Paint Ford | 179 | 0 | Ford F-150 |
| 36 | 35 | 14 | Trey Hutchens | Quality Roof Seamers Chevrolet | 128 | 0 | Chevrolet Silverado RST |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
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