In the closing laps of Friday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Navy 250 at Naval Base Coronado, it appeared that Tyler Reif could chisel his name into the history books with his first career win. However, by the end of a frantic overtime finish, it was Layne Riggs who scored the win, and with it kept his perfect record on street course layouts intact.“Layne van Riggsbergen came to play today, man,” Riggs joked after the win. “I got my second street course. We’re undefeated at street courses. Hey, much respect, Shane [van Gisbergen], I wish I could be as good as you one day, man, but I’m going to take all my glory in the Truck Series.”Despite his No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford F-150 sputtering on the final lap, Riggs was able to apply just enough pressure onto Reif, a 19-year-old racer for Niece Motorsports who was making just his seventh career start. With Riggs looming large in Reif's mirror, the young driver made a miscue and cut the course on the final lap, which allowed Riggs a path to swoop on past him for the lead, and the win.“I don’t even know what happened at the end. It’s sparks flying, people wrecking, staying on the throttle. I was running out of fuel the entire last lap; it was like St. Pete all over again,” Riggs said. “Great job with Reif there. I faked left to scare him, and he missed the corner. I wasn’t really going to dive it in there, and it worked for me.”To add insult to injury, Reif didn't even cross the finish line in the runner-up spot, that distinction belonged to Daniel Hemric, while Kaz Grala, Landen Lewis, and Ty Majeski rounded out the top-five finishers in the race.Reif initially crossed the finish line with a seventh-place finish, but after being assessed a penalty for cutting the course, Reif was relegated to a 19th-place finish.In the end, Reif admitted that he made an error while trying to give his all for his first career win.“Pushing 101%, obviously. I was just way over the tire, there. And I heard one [truck length] back with Layne, and I just didn’t want him to have a chance to get to me. So, my mistake. It’s very unfortunate that I did that,” Reif explained. “I don’t know how many chances I’ll have like this. I’m sure there will be more, and I’m going to make sure to not make that mistake again.”There were a slew of former full-time NASCAR National Series racers, who made the trip to San Diego to compete in the first-ever NASCAR National Series event on Naval Base Coronado, including Brendan Gaughan, who finished the best of the all in 16th.The finish for the Las Vegas native was impressive because he suffered a miserable day on Friday for the most part, as he crashed in qualifying, and suffered a cut tire late in the race. However, when the chips were on the table, Gaughan got it done and secured a top-20 finish for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing.While Jimmie Johnson had the best overall performance of the veteran racers making their returns to the Truck Series, as he practice, qualified, and raced inside the top-five all day long, mechanical gremlins hampered Johnson down the stretch, and he failed to make it to the finish.Johnson would come home with a 30th-place finish.Jamie McMurray, who was driving the No. 25 Ram 1500 for Kaulig Racing, would score a 34th-place finish after he suffered brake failure, which resulted in a hard crash.While there was elation for Riggs after his fourth win of the season, Kaden Honeycutt, his main rival for the series championship didn't enjoy the same feelings. On the final restart of the race, Honeycutt was battling Chandler Smith, Riggs' teammate, for the race win.As the race went green, Smith lost control of his No. 38 Ford F-150, and crashed into Honeycutt's No. 11 Toyota. This would end Honeycutt's day a lap shy of the finish, and he would be credited with a 23rd-place finish. Honeycutt leaves San Diego 65 points behind Riggs in the battle for the regular season championship.Navy 250 Race Results1. 34 - Layne Riggs2. 19 - Daniel Hemric3. 62 - Kaz Grala4. 45 - Landen Lewis5. 88 - Ty Majeski6. 16 - Justin Haley7. 12 - Brenden Queen8. 99 - Ben Rhodes9. 91 - Christian Eckes10. 17 - Gio Ruggiero11. 14 - Mini Tyrrell12. 15 - Tanner Gray13. 81 - Kris Wright14. 5 - Adam Andretti15. 13 - Cole Butcher16. 20 - Brendan Gaughan17. 22 - Austin Varco18. 75 - Parker Kligerman19. 42 - Tyler Reif20. 33 - Frankie Muniz21. 44 - Andres Perez de Lara22. 38 - Chandler Smith23. 11 - Kaden Honeycutt24. 7 - Connor Mosack25. 77 - Justin Marks26. 26 - Dawson Sutton27. 2 - Jackson Lee28. 76 - Nathan Nicholson29. 9 - Grant Enfinger30. 1 - Jimmie Johnson31. 18 - Tyler Ankrum32. 98 - Jake Garcia33. 52 - Stewart Friesen34. 25 - Jamie McMurray35. 10 - Corey LaJoieAdd us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow
Riggs Rattles Reif For Truck Series Street Course Win in San Diego
Layne Riggs pressured 19-year-old Tyler Reif into a last-lap mistake, which allowed Riggs to squeeze by for the win in the Navy 250 at Naval Base Coronado.
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