Layne Riggs won the pole position for the Zero Carbon Bioethanol 150 at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona, on Friday, October 16.
The event’s starting lineup was determined through an on-track qualifying session that consisted of a single-truck, one-lap qualifying format. During the session, each of the 36 competitors vying for 36 starting spots cycled around Phoenix once to post the fastest lap amongst one another. The competitor who posted the single fastest lap was awarded the pole position.
During the session, Riggs, who was the 20th-fastest competitor during practice earlier on Friday and was the final competitor in line to qualify, utilized his one-lap qualifying session to post a lap at 133.141 mph in 27.039 seconds. Riggs’ lap was enough for the 24-year-old Bahama, North Carolina, native and driver of the No. 34 Love’s/Front Row Motorsports Ford F-150 entry to secure the top-starting spot.
With the pole, Riggs notched his ninth NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career pole, his second at Phoenix Raceway and his fifth of the 2026 season. Riggs, who is coming off last weekend’s victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway, is currently ranked in the runner-up spot in the Chase standings. He trails points leader Kaden Honeycutt by 17 points as he has four races remaining on the schedule, including this weekend at Phoenix, to reel in Honeycutt and contend for his first series’ championship.
Ironically, Riggs will share the front row with Honeycutt, the latter of whom was the fastest in practice and qualified in second place at 132.382 mph in 27.194 seconds. Chandler Smith, Landen Lewis and Ben Rhodes will start in the top five, respectively. Ty Majeski, Tristan McKee, Tanner Gray, William Sawalich and Connor Mosack will start in the top 10, respectively.
With five of 10 Chase contenders (Riggs, Honeycutt, Smith, Rhodes, Majeski) starting in the top-10 mark at Phoenix, the remaining Chasers that include Christian Eckes, Grant Enfinger, Giovanni Ruggiero, Daniel Hemric and Tyler Ankrum will start 13th, 15th, 16th, 18th and 21st, respectively.
With 36 competitors vying for 36 starting spots, all made the main event.
Phoenix – Starting Lineup:
- Layne Riggs, 133.141 mph, 27.039 seconds
- Kaden Honeycutt, 132.382 mph, 27.194 seconds
- Chandler Smith, 132.125 mph, 27.247 seconds
- Landen Lewis, 131.979 mph, 27.277 seconds
- Ben Rhodes, 131.868 mph, 27.300 seconds
- Ty Majeski, 131.762 mph, 27.322 seconds
- Tristan McKee, 131.680 mph, 27.339 seconds
- Tanner Gray, 131.579 mph, 27.360 seconds
- William Sawalich, 131.473 mph, 27.382 seconds
- Connor Mosack, 131.420 mph, 27.393 seconds
- Leland Honeyman Jr., 131.416 mph, 27.394 seconds
- Brent Crews, 131.411 mph, 27.395 seconds
- Christian Eckes, 131.133 mph, 27.453 seconds
- Cole Butcher, 130.828 mph, 27.517 seconds
- Grant Enfinger, 130.757 mph, 27.532 seconds
- Giovanni Ruggiero, 130.591 mph, 27.567 seconds
- Stewart Friesen, 130.567 mph, 27.572 seconds
- Daniel Hemric, 130.303 mph, 27.628 seconds
- Dawson Sutton, 130.293 mph, 27.630 seconds
- Justin Haley, 130.270 mph, 27.635 seconds
- Tyler Ankrum, 130.199 mph, 27.650 seconds
- Donovan Strauss, 130.001 mph, 27.692 seconds
- Jake Garcia, 129.917 mph, 27.710 seconds
- Kris Wright, 129.861 mph, 27.722 seconds
- Brenden Queen, 129.576 mph, 27.783 seconds
- Toni Breidinger, 129.459 mph, 27.808 seconds
- Andres Perez De Lara, 129.450 mph, 27.810 seconds
- Mini Tyrrell, 129.171 mph, 27.870 seconds
- Corey LaJoie, 128.728 mph, 27.966 seconds
- Tyler Reif, 128.434 mph, 28.030 seconds
- Monty Tipton, 127.060 mph, 28.333 seconds
- Conor Daly, 127.011 mph, 28.344 seconds
- Jackson Lee, 125.711 mph, 28.637 seconds
- Clayton Green, 124.408 mph, 28.937 seconds
- Frankie Muniz, 0.000 mph, 0.000 seconds
- Ben Maier, 0.000 mph, 0.000 seconds
*Bold indicates Chase Drivers
The 2026 Zero Carbon Bioethanol 150 at Phoenix Raceway is scheduled to occur on Friday, October 16, at 7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, NASCAR Racing Network and SiriusXM.
