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Riggs Dominates IRP Truck Race, Wins

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At Lucas Oil Raceway Park, Layne Riggs and Front Row Motorsports dominated the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series weekend, with Riggs earning his third consecutive pole and then leading a near-perfect run to claim his fifth win of the season at IRP. The Front Row duo also secured a front-row start for Chandler Smith, underscoring the team's ongoing speed at short tracks. Nick Sanchez made his first Truck start of the season and lined up third, while Christian Eckes, Stewart Friesen, and Kaden Honeycutt filled the subsequent spots in a highly competitive qualifying field. Several notable drivers faced tougher qualifying outcomes or did not make the race, signaling a wide-open battle among a deep field at the short-track event. The TSport 200 will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1, as Riggs continues a season of strong momentum and Front Row pushes for continued supremacy on short ovals.

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A busy weekend across dirt and stock car racing features High Limit Racing events at Ransomville and Lernerville with multi-car battles and $25,000-to-win on the line, plus Lincoln Speedway’s $20,000-to-win FloRacing Night in America showcase. In NASCAR, Lucas Oil Raceway and Indianapolis host high-stakes weekends with purses over $789,000 and $11.23 million respectively, as drivers like Layne Riggs and Bubba Wallace pursue a win-money boost and bragging rights alongside contenders such as Enfinger, Majeski, Larson, and Hamlin.

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WTHR - Indianapolis NewsCenterLayne Riggs leads all but 2 laps to win NASCAR Truck Series race at Indianapolis Raceway Park

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