Front Row Motorsports: Las Vegas Motor Speedway NCTS Race Advance- Layne Riggs / Chandler Smith

Thursday, March 13, 2025 - 11:10am

Layne Riggs | Chandler Smith

Las Vegas Motor Speedway NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Advance

Ecosave 200

  • Date:  Friday, March 14, 2025
  • Event: Race 3 of 25
  • Series:  NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
  • Location:  Las Vegas Motor Speedway (1.5-miles)
  • # of Laps: 134
  • Time/TV/Radio: 9:00 PM ET on FS1/MRN/SiriusXM channel 90

Layne Riggs Notes

 

  • Layne Riggs and the No. 34 team are back in action this weekend as the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series heads to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway with hopes of cashing in on their first win of the 2025 season. Love's RV Stop will join Riggs for the 134-lap event at the 1.5-mile intermediate track.

 

  • Through two races at the Daytona International Speedway and the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Riggs sits 13th in the Driver Championship points standings and is just eight points from the top-10. Riggs and the team look to close the points gap this weekend and hope to notch a win at the Las Vegas, Nevada track to lock themselves into the 2025 playoffs.

 

  • "The few weeks off were nice, but I'm ready to get back behind the wheel," said Riggs. "I think we can have a good run at Vegas. We really improved our mile-and-a-half program during the second half of the last season, so were in a good spot heading into this weekend. We're approaching some tracks I’ve already seen before, so I expect to perform well and rack up some points."

Road Crew

Driver: Layne Riggs

 

Crew Chief: Dylan Cappello

 

Truck Chief: Alex Lacognata

 

Engineer: Jonathan Coates

 

Mechanic: Clark Houston

 

Mechanic: Brandon Selph

 

Tire / Interior Specialist: Robert Benzenhafer

 

Spotter: Josh Williams

 

Transporter Driver: Joe Haresky

Pit Crew

Front Tire Changer: Blake Hickman

 

Rear Tire Changer: Steven Chereek

 

Tire Carrier: Alvin Wilson

 

Jackman: Landon Honeycutt

 

Fueler: Dan Mrak

Chandler Smith's Notes

 

  • Chandler Smith is back in action with the fan-favorite Long John Silver's scheme this weekend at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Through the first two races of the 2025 season, Smith sits third in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Driver Championship points standings and is just six points behind points leader Grant Enfinger.

 

  • Statistically, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway has proven to be a good track for Smith, earning four top-five finishes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and one win in 2022 in his previous NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series stint with Kyle Busch Motorsports.

 

  • "Vegas is a great track for me and it's definitely one of my favorites," said Smith. "I've lead laps, earned stage points, and have even won at Vegas, so our expectation is to win and lock ourselves into the playoffs."

 

Road Crew

Driver: Chandler Smith

 

Crew Chief: Jon Leonard

 

Truck Chief: Ron Schutte

 

Engineer: Caleb Williams

 

Mechanic: Bradley Zilich

 

Mechanic: Alex Campbell

 

Tire / Interior Specialist: Kyle Clark

 

Spotter: Ryan Blanchard

 

Transport Driver: Mark Hadley

Pit Crew

Front Tire Changer: Garrett Wager

 

Rear Tire Changer: Jacob Ray

 

Tire Carrier: Paul Steele

 

Jackman: Ryan Selig

 

Fueler: Chris Webb

 

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