Christian Eckes
2026 Season: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
● Playoff eligibleThrough September 26, 2026 · 82 pts behind leader
Roles
- Driver, McAnally-Hilgemann Racing
Coverage (7 articles)
Layne Riggs Brings Six Wins and a 37-Point Deficit to Charlotte
Layne Riggs has the most Truck Series wins this season and the worst average finish in the playoff so far. He returns to Charlotte, where he won in May, 37 points behind Kaden Honeycutt.
Honeycutt Dominates Kansas and Takes the Truck Series Lead as Riggs Hits the Wall
Kaden Honeycutt led 111 of 134 laps at Kansas Speedway and turned a three-point deficit into a 37-point lead in the Truck Series Chase. Layne Riggs was running second with two laps left when he hit the wall and fell to 19th.
Jake Garcia Missed the Truck Series Chase by 11 Points. Then He Won Its First Race.
Jake Garcia, who finished 11 points short of the Truck Series playoff field, won the UNOH 250 at Bristol for his first career victory. Top seed Layne Riggs led 135 laps, finished 32nd and saw his championship lead shrink from 25 points to three.
At 5:26 on Saturday Layne Riggs Led by 410 Points. At 5:27 He Led by 70. Nobody Passed Him.
NASCAR published two sets of Truck Series standings one minute apart on Saturday, the same ten drivers in the same order, with Layne Riggs on 825 points and then on 2,100. What the playoff reset actually did, what it did not do, and why the truck championship is not the same ten as the driver championship.
Layne Riggs Lost the Lead for Two Laps. He Spent the Other 198 in Front.
Riggs gave up the lead once, for two laps, and immediately took it back. He led the other 198, swept both stages and left Indianapolis Raceway Park 100 points clear with two races left before the playoffs.
Chandler Smith Wins the FaithFest 250 at North Wilkesboro for His Ninth Truck Series Victory
Chandler Smith led the final 105 laps of the FaithFest 250 for his ninth career Truck Series win at North Wilkesboro, beating his own Front Row Motorsports teammate and points leader Layne Riggs to the line. Riggs still leaves with a bigger points lead than he arrived with.
The Two Fastest Trucks at Lime Rock Didn't Win. Grant Enfinger Did.
The two fastest trucks at Lime Rock did not win the race. Grant Enfinger, who wasn't the fastest, did, passing cleanly for his first road-course win and first victory in more than a season, on the afternoon the two championship leaders wrecked each other.