Layne Riggs
Layne Griffin Riggs is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 34 Ford F-150 for Front Row Motorsports. He is the 2022 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series national champion and is the son of former NASCAR driver Scott Riggs.
Racing career
Early career
Growing up in a racing family, Riggs began driving at the age of ten, racing in Limited Sportsman events at Orange County Speedway. He raced there for several seasons, eventually earning the track championship.CARS Tour
On June 11, 2016, his fourteenth birthday, Riggs made his debut in the CARS Late Model Stock Tour, driving for his family team, Riggs Racing. In his first start at Tri-County Motor Speedway, he would qualify an impressive second. He would finish in twentieth after being involved in a wreck on lap 59. He would run the final five races of the season, recording his best finish of 2nd at Southern National Motorsports Park. That same year, he would race in the Thanksgiving All-Star Classic, recording a finish of eighth.He would run the full schedule in 2017, earning two wins at Dominion Raceway and Orange County Speedway. He ended the season with two wins, five top-fives, and ten top-tens, finishing third in the final standings.
Riggs started the 2018 season on a low note, finishing outside the top-ten in the first two races. He rebounded with a ninth-place finish at Hickory Motor Speedway, along with a streak of top-three finishes in the next three races. He would earn his first win of the season at Kingsport Speedway.
In October 2019, Riggs would win the Rodney Cook Classic at Ace Speedway, after the leaders wrecked on lap 114.
2020 would be a breakout season for Riggs, finishing inside the top ten in all but two races, and capturing two wins at Langley Speedway and Carteret Motor Speedway. At the end of the season, he finished a career-high second in the final point standings.
Riggs had a struggling season in 2021, finishing outside the top-fifteen in most of the races. He scored one win, five top fives, and five top tens, ranking him 10th in the final point standings.
For 2022, Riggs would scale to a part-time schedule to focus on winning the national championship in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series.
Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series
In 2022, Riggs would join the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series, and compete for the national championship, racing at Dominion Raceway, Hickory Motor Speedway, South Boston Speedway, and Wake County Speedway. After winning sixteen races, 29 top-fives, and 35 top-tens, Riggs was declared as the 2022 national champion. He finished just four points ahead of 2021 champion, Peyton Sellers. At 20 years old, he is also the youngest driver to win the championship, beating out Sellers' 2005 championship, when he won it at 21 years old.Craftsman Truck Series
2022
On July 19, 2022, Halmar Friesen Racing announced that Riggs would make his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at the Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, finishing seventh driving their No. 62 Toyota Tundra, at the next race at Richmond Raceway in August and would qualify fourth for the race but would ultimately finish nineteenth, two laps down. Riggs would make his final start of the year at the season finale at Phoenix Raceway where he would qualify second and lead five laps early in the race. After being involved in a wreck during the middle of the race, he rebounded and finished thirteenth.2023
On December 12, 2022, Stewart Friesen stated on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that Riggs would return to his team for another part-time schedule in 2023. Friesen also stated that if Layne can find full sponsorship, he would most likely run full-time in the 62 truck. However, sponsorship for a full-time season was not found. On March 15, 2023, Tricon Garage announced that Riggs would drive their No. 1 truck in the race at Atlanta. Riggs also drove the No. 02 truck for Young's Motorsports in the race at Nashville. On July 27, it was announced that Riggs would drive the No. 7 truck for Spire Motorsports at the Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in August. Riggs would qualify twelfth and run inside the top-ten for the entire race, and ultimately scored his best-career finish of third.Front Row Motorsports (2024–present)
On December 14, 2023, it was announced that Riggs had signed a multi-year deal with Front Row Motorsports to drive the No. 38 truck full-time starting in 2024. Riggs started the 2024 season with a 33rd place DNF at Daytona. A week later, he finished 24th at Atlanta, but was disqualified after a post-race inspection revealed improperly installed windshield fasteners. Despite failing to make the playoffs, Riggs scored his first two career wins at Milwaukee and Bristol and also had seven top-fives and ten top-ten finishes, and had an average finish of 16.6. He finished 11th in points and won Rookie of the Year honors.Riggs moved to No. 34 for 2025 after FRM expanded to two full-time trucks. He started the 2025 season with a thirteenth-place finish at Daytona. Riggs scored his first win of the season at Pocono and would lock himself into the playoffs for the first time. One month later, he won at IRP after passing Stewart Friesen and holding off Corey Day. In the playoffs, he won at Bristol, moving himself into the Round of 8.
Xfinity Series
2023
On September 18, 2023, it was announced that Riggs would make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut for Kaulig Racing in the fall race at Texas in the team's No. 11 car and would also run the races at Las Vegas and Martinsville. He would finish nineteenth at Texas, tenth at Las Vegas and eleventh at Martinsville.Personal life
Riggs is the son of former NASCAR driver, Scott Riggs. He graduated from University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2024 with a degree in mechanical engineering.March 3 in Durham County, North Carolina, is celebrated as Layne Riggs Day.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
Xfinity Series
Craftsman Truck Series
Season in progressIneligible for series points