The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series visited Bristol Motor Speedway on Thursday night in the UNOH 200. Jake Garcia started the race on the pole, with Corey Heim starting second.
On the opening lap, Layne Riggs was running in seventh place when he made contact with Corey Day, causing him to spin around at Turn 4 for the first caution of the night. There was a total of four cautions for 31 laps.
Corey Heim led the opening 56 laps, but Jake Garcia led the final 11 laps to win the first stage. In the second stage, Corey Heim led 66 laps to take the win in Stage 2 over Layne Riggs. During the second stage, Jake Garcia had no power steering. He would finish in 33rd place.
Layne Riggs emerged with the lead off of pit road over Tanner Gray. In the final stage, Riggs led 110 of 250 laps to win his third race of the season by 0.759 seconds over Ben Rhodes. With the win, Riggs moves on to the Round of 8 playoffs. Corey Heim, Ty Majeski, and Daniel Hemric rounded out the top five. Corey Heim led the most laps in the race (122).
Tanner Gray, Connor Mosack, Andrés Pérez de Lara, Corey LaJoie, and Matt Crafton completed the top ten. There were five lead changes among four divers. The Craftsman Truck Series visits New Hampshire Motor Speedway next Saturday at 12 pm on FS1.
