Layne Riggs handed rain canceled Truck Series pole at Nashville

LEBANON, TENN. — Layne Riggs is handed the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series pole at Nashville Superspeedway after rain canceled the qualifying session with 13 drivers remaining to set a lap time.

This is his fifth career series pole and his first of the 2026 season.

In the previous two rain-canceled qualifying sessions in the series, Riggs has gone onto win the race this season.

Riggs took off from where he left off last weekend at Charlotte as he led the lone and broken up practice session for the series.

Kaden Honeycutt will join Riggs on the front-row tonight as the top two in the series standings look to continue their fight for the regular season title once again.

Jesse Love will make his first series start since 2023 in the Spire Motorsports No. 77 from third.

Gio Ruggiero will start directly behind his teammate Honeycutt in fourth. Christian Eckes looks to repeat his Nashville Truck Series domination from 2024 from fifth.

Ben Rhodes will start alongside Eckes on the third row in sixth.

Two NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series regulars make their return to the series for Tricon Garage. Brandon Jones will take the reigns once more of their No. 1 entry from seventh.

Then, his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate William Sawalich will join him on the fourth row in eighth.

Tanner Gray completes the lineup for Tricon Garage from ninth. He starts besides Daniel Hemric who rounds out the top ten in tenth.

Notable Entrants and Storylines

Stefan Parsons returns to the series in the No. 4 Niece Motorsports entry. He will start 13th.

Two other O’Reilly Series regulars returns to the Truck Series tonight. Parker Retzlaff joins a joint effort from Legacy Motor Club and Halmar Friesen Racing in the No. 62 truck from 18th. Then Rajah Caruth returns to Spire Motorsports in the No. 7 in 25th.

Carson Ferguson will make his second career start in the rotating RAM No. 25 entry from 20th. Ross Chastain is the lone Cup Series driver to come down for the evening as he will start just behind Carson in 21st.

Daniel Dye makes his return to the Truck Series after his earlier suspension from NASCAR. He and the new McAnally Hilgemann Racing’s driver development No. 20.

Andres Perez De Lara truck failed every pre-race technical inspections and the team decided to turn to the backup truck for the weekend.

Mini Tyrell did not complete a qualifying lap after he sustained too much splitter damage from an incident in practice. He will make the 36 truck field and start from the rear.

38 trucks entered, therefore two entrants were sent home at the end of the session.

Because there was a practice session, the NASCAR Metric adjusted to their lap times and Toni Breidinger and Jonathan Shafer will pack up and go home.

Below is the full starting lineup as well as how the truckers ran before the session was canceled.

Starting Lineup

Below was the lap times prior to the session’s cancellation.

1. Chandler Smith: 28.894
2. Grant Enfinger: 29.144
3. Ty Majeski: 29.153
4. Rajah Caruth (i): 29.187
5. Parker Retzlaff (i): 29.271
6. Ross Chastain (i): 29.329
7. Andres Perez De Lara: 29.336
8. Daniel Dye: 29.345
9. Brenden Queen: 29.487
10. Stewart Friesen: 29.489
11. Tyler Ankrum: 29.555
12. Dawson Sutton: 29.672
13. Cole Butcher: 29.726
14. Carson Ferguson: 29.993
15. Tyler Reif: 30.112
16. Justin Haley: 30.165
17. Kris Wright: 30.185
18. Jonathan Shafer: 30.287
19. Clayton Green: 30.363
20. Derek Lemke: 30.449
21. Frankie Muniz: 30.564
22. Caleb Costner: 30.606
23. Toni Breidinger: 30.642
24. Spencer Boyd: 31.022
25. Mini Tyrell – No Time (Damage)