Layne Rigggs Wins First Craftsman Truck Race at Milwaukee

FRM Racing

WEST ALLIS,, WI – Lance Riggs won his first Craftsman Truck Series race on Sunday at the Milwaukee Mile.  Ty Majeski finished second.  Both were racing Ford F-150’s.

 Riggs, son of former NASCAR competitor Scott Riggs, took the lead from Ty Majeski with 53 laps remaining and pulled away to a solid 1.547-second victory over the Wisconsin native and a super motivated group of playoff drivers, making the rookie driver’s effort all the more impressive

“I don’t even know how to describe it, Riggs said “The biggest thing I can do is thank Zorn that was on the truck this weekend. It was the first race and it’s awesome for them, and Love’s Travel Stops. It’s awesome. Thank you to Bob Jenkins and Jerry Freeze for letting me drive this truck. We’ve had a terrible year. “

Riggs had an injury in the victory celebration.         

“ I dislocated my shoulder I was celebrating so hard. It hurts, but it was worth it. It’s not the first time it’s happened to me, but it ain’t gonna slow me down.”

McAnally-Hilgemann’s Tyler Ankrum, Tricon Garage’s Corey Heim, McAnally-Hilgemann’s Daniel Dye and ThorSport Racing’s Ben Rhodes, the reigning series champion, rounded out the top nine finishers – all playoff drivers. Three-time series champion Matt Crafton was 10th.

“I was leading on the bottom and it shot up the race track and just couldn’t recover, I was way too tight,” said Eckes, who paced the field for much of the afternoon and collected a series-best ninth stage win.

Eckes now holds a 16-point advantage over Majeski atop the playoff standings. Heim is third, only 19 points back.

“Proud of everybody but a pretty big missed opportunity,” Eckes said.

The other two playoff drivers, Grant Enfinger, driver of the No. 9 CR7 Motorsports Chevy, finished 13th and Rajah Caruth, driver of the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevy, rallied to an 18th-place finish after starting from the rear of the grid.