Layne Riggs Has "A Good Feeling" After Taking Phoenix Truck Pole

Layne Riggs was only able to muster the 20th-fastest lap in Friday afternoon's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series practice at Phoenix Raceway, while Kaden Honeycutt, the series point leader, paced the field in the tune-up for Friday night's Zero Carbon Bioethanol 150.

However, when the chips were on the table in qualifying, which will set the starting lineup for Friday night's race, Riggs came to life, and scored a decisive pole position.

Riggs, the driver of the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford F-150, turned a lightning-quick lap time of 27.039 seconds (133.141 mph), which allowed him to best Honeycutt for the pole position by a margin of 0.155 seconds.

Riggs, who comes into the race trailing Honeycutt by 17 points in The Chase, says the pole-winning run bolstered his confidence heading into Friday night's race.

"Last year, we got the pole. Didn't get to start on the pole, we had to start pretty much a lap down to start the race, and we still drove up and were leading with a few [laps] to go. And I think our trucks are miles better than it was last year. So, just super excited about tonight. I have a good feeling about this one," Riggs said while showing off a smile.

Riggs, who scored his series-best seventh win last weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway, claimed his fifth pole of the season on Friday, which is also the most in the series this season. Overall, the pole marks the ninth of Riggs' NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career, and it came in his 76th attempt.

Chandler Smith, the third-place driver in the Chase Grid, will start just behind the top-two drivers in the standings, as he secured the third-place qualifying spot on Friday afternoon, and he'll be joined in the second row by Landen Lewis, who is driving the No. 45 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado.

Ben Rhodes, Ty Majeski, Tristan McKee, Tanner Gray, William Sawalich, and Connor Mosack rounded out the top-10 qualifiers for the Zero Carbon Bioethanol 150 at Phoenix Raceway.

Zero Carbon Bioethanol 150 Starting Lineup

Pos	Truck	Driver	Lap time	Speed
1	34	Layne Riggs (C)	27.039	133.141
2	11	Kaden Honeycutt (C)	27.194	132.382
3	38	Chandler Smith (C)	27.247	132.125
4	45	Landen Lewis	27.277	131.979
5	99	Ben Rhodes (C)	27.300	131.868
6	88	Ty Majeski (C)	27.322	131.762
7	77	Tristan McKee	27.339	131.680
8	15	Tanner Gray	27.360	131.579
9	5	William Sawalich (i)	27.382	131.473
10	7	Connor Mosack	27.393	131.420
11	62	Leland Honeyman	27.394	131.416
12	1	Brent Crews (i)	27.395	131.411
13	91	Christian Eckes (C)	27.453	131.133
14	13	Cole Butcher #	27.517	130.828
15	9	Grant Enfinger (C)	27.532	130.757
16	17	Gio Ruggiero (C)	27.567	130.591
17	52	Stewart Friesen	27.572	130.567
18	19	Daniel Hemric (C)	27.628	130.303
19	26	Dawson Sutton	27.630	130.293
20	16	Justin Haley	27.635	130.270
21	18	Tyler Ankrum (C)	27.650	130.199
22	4	Donovan Strauss	27.692	130.001
23	98	Jake Garcia	27.710	129.917
24	81	Kris Wright	27.722	129.861
25	12	Brenden Queen #	27.783	129.576
26	20	Toni Breidinger	27.808	129.459
27	44	Andres Perez De Lara	27.810	129.450
28	14	Mini Tyrrell #	27.870	129.171
29	10	Corey LaJoie	27.966	128.728
30	42	Tyler Reif	28.030	128.434
31	2	Monty Tipton	28.333	127.060
32	25	Conor Daly	28.344	127.011
33	23	Jackson Lee	28.637	125.711
34	22	Clayton Green	28.937	124.408
35	76	Ben Maier	0.000	0.000
36	33	Frankie Muniz	0.000	0.000

(C) indicates a Chase contender
# indicates a Rookie of the Year contender
(i) indicates a driver ineligble to score points

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