Layne Riggs | Chandler Smith
New Hampshire Motor Speedway NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Report
New Hampshire Motor Speedway 175
Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026
Event: Race 18 of 25
Series: NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Location: New Hampshire Motor Speedway (1.058 mile)
Length of Race: 189 laps over two hours, 18 minutes, 59 seconds
FRM Finish:
Layne Riggs (Started 1st, Finished 1st / Running, completed 189 of 189 laps)
Chandler Smith (Started 12th, Finished 2nd / Running, completed 189 of 189 laps)
FRM Points Standings:
Layne Riggs (1st)
Chandler Smith (3rd)
Layne Riggs Key Takeaways
Stage One: 2nd / Stage Two: 3rd / Race Result: 1st
Riggs enters The Chase for the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series in the first seed, and with a 25-point lead above TRICON Garage’s Kaden Honeycutt.
“Thank you to everybody that’s here. I love this racetrack,” said Riggs. “We had a good crowd today. I thought I was in trouble there for a little while. I got back to third or fourth-place and just really couldn’t do anything with the truck. I was just really, really tight, and we just couldn’t get the right adjustment, but that last adjustment that my crew chief and engineer made – Dylan Cappello and Jonathan Coates – was excellent all the way to the end. Thank you to Chandler Smith for running me really clean. It’s in the name – Front Row Motorsports – one-two. It’s really awesome to finish one-two with Chandler. They bring us great trucks. Thank you to Ford Racing for all their help. We’ve got Bare Knuckle Boxing on the truck. We got them another win. I think that’s three with them now, so I’m just super, super excited. This is awesome. I love this racetrack, love the fans here, the atmosphere. This is one I had circled on the calendar that I feel like I missed myself and we missed on setup last year. We came back swinging and no mercy.”
Chandler Smith Key Takeaways
Stage One: 4th / Stage Two: 2nd / Race Result: 2nd
Smith enters The Chase for the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series in the third seed, 35 points behind teammate Layne Riggs.
“Our No. 38 Pete Store Ford F-150 was good today,” said Smith. “It was really good, just that last stop it felt like we went the wrong direction on our change. Between me not executing on pit road and maybe not making the right adjustment just put us back in the swamp. It wasn’t in the Lord’s Will for us to win this one. We’ll learn from it and move on.”
ABOUT FRONT ROW MOTORSPORTS
Front Row Motorsports (FRM) is a winning organization competing in the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. Founded in 2004 by entrepreneur Bob Jenkins, FRM has earned top honors including a 2021 Daytona 500 victory and the 2022 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series championship. Based in Mooresville, N.C., FRM fields the No. 4, No. 34, and No. 38 entries in the NASCAR Cup Series, along with the No. 34 and No. 38 teams in the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. For more information, visit FrontRowMotorsports.com and follow Front Row Motorsports on social media — X: @Team_FRM, Instagram: @teamfrm, Tik Tok: @Team_FRM, YouTube: @FrontRowNASCAR, and Facebook: facebook.com/FrontRowMotorsports.
