Daniel Hemric
2026 Season: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
● Playoff eligibleThrough September 26, 2026 · 87 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.
The Truck Series' Last Road Course of the Year Is at a Track That Can't Race on Sundays
The Craftsman Truck Series runs its final road course of the year Saturday at Lime Rock Park, a Connecticut track a 1959 court order still bars from racing on Sundays. Points leader Layne Riggs, a road-course specialist, arrives with the biggest championship lead anyone has held all season. The road-course ringers are circling.
Layne Riggs Wins at San Diego and Stretches His Truck Series Points Lead
Layne Riggs won the inaugural Truck Series race at San Diego and stretched his championship lead from 26 points to 65 as nearest rival Kaden Honeycutt crashed out. It was Riggs's ninth career Truck win and his third in five starts.