Layne Riggs earns third consecutive Truck Series race pole at IRP

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Layne Riggs earns his third consecutive NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series pole of the season for the TSport 200 at IRP.

This is his third pole of the season and his seventh career pole overall.

Riggs has been on a qualifying tear as of late and the short track driver flexes his single-lap muscle once again.

His teammate, and last week’s winner, Chandler Smith will join him on the front row from second. The Front Row Motorsports sweep marks the third of its kind for the team who lives up to their namesake tonight.

Nick Sanchez makes his first Truck Series start of the season in the No. 77 for Spire Motorsports. Even with the long absence, he looked at home and qualified third.

Christian Eckes will join him on the second row from fourth. Eckes is a known threat at short tracks and will look to utilize the multitude of entry points into the corners later on.

Stewart Friesen will start fifth. He is looking for a solid, legal finish after his third place at Indianapolis Raceway Park was taken from him last season.

Kaden Honeycutt will start sixth as the highest qualified Toyota. Then, Connor Mosack will start seventh after he topped the charts in the lone practice session.

Grant Enfinger has never finished lower than 12th at IRP and will start eighth.

Finally, Ty Majeski and Andres Perez de Lara round of the top ten qualifiers from ninth and tenth.

Notable Entries

Conor Daly will make the trip 15 minutes west of his more comfortable Indianapolis Motor Speedway to Indianapolis Raceway Park in the Kaulig RAM free agent No. 25. The Hoosier will start 29th.

Like Sanchez, Harrison Burton also rejoins the field from the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series. He will start 23rd in his Tricon Garage No. 5 entry in his first start since 2022.

Four drivers will make their first career Truck Series starts at IRP. Jackson Macenko comes from the sprint car world to Team Reaume’s No. 2 and will start 31st.

Then his teammate in the No. 22, Monty Tipton who has 3 ARCA starts to date, will start 35th.

Cassten Everidge will make his debut from 33rd in the No. 93.

Finally, Nitro Motorsports full-time driver Gavan Boschele will make his debut in the Tricon Garage No. 1 entry and starts the highest of the debutants from 19th.

Justin Carroll and Jonathan Shafer were sent home as only 36 of the 38 entrants were allowed to start at the short track.

Below is the starting lineup for the TSport 200 at IRP.

Starting Lineup

1. Layne Riggs: 22.805
2. Chandler Smith: 22.855
3. Nick Sanchez (i): 22.855
4. Christian Eckes: 22.891
5. Stewart Friesen: 22.969
6. Kaden Honeycutt: 23.000
7. Connor Mosack: 23.003
8. Grant Enfinger: 23.027
9. Ty Majeski: 23.054
10. Andres Perez de Lara: 23.063
11. Michael Christopher JR.: 23.067
12. Brenden Queen: 23.099
13. Tyler Ankrum: 23.100
14. Parker Eatmon: 23.111
15. Jake Garcia: 23.146
16. Gio Ruggiero: 23.183
17. Tanner Gray: 23.191
18. Daniel Hemric: 23.211
19. Gavan Boschele: 23.223
20. Dawson Sutton: 23.235
21. Landen Lewis: 23.235
22. Ben Rhodes: 23.245
23. Harrison Burton(i): 23.262
24. Justin Haley: 23.306
25. Cole Butcher: 23.316
26. Timmy Hill: 23.337
27. Kris Wright: 23.345
28. Mini Tyrrell: 23.399
29. Conor Daly: 23.564
30. Corey LaJoie: 23.615
31. Jackson Macenko: 23.657
32. Toni Breidinger: 23.714
33. Cassten Everidge: 23.782
34. Justin Carroll: 23.888
35. Monty Tipton: 23.945
36. Frankie Muniz: 23.965

Did not qualify:

• Spencer Boyd: 24.000
• Jonathan Shafer: 24.043