Riggs survives overtime chaos to win Navy 250 in San Diego

Layne Riggs won the inaugural NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Navy 250 on Friday at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego after a chaotic overtime restart, taking the lead when Tyler Reif blew the final chicane and cut the course. Reif was assessed a 30-second penalty and dropped to 19th, while Riggs said he was nearly out of fuel on the final lap. Daniel Hemric finished second, 1.332 seconds back, and Riggs claimed his fourth win of the season and ninth career Truck Series victory.

Riggs also won Stage 1, while Parker Kligerman won Stage 2. Kaden Honeycutt led early from the front row before fading, and the race featured 16 lead changes and seven cautions for 13 laps. Kaz Grala finished third, Landen Lewis fourth for a career-best result, and Ty Majeski fifth. The first NASCAR National Series race ever held at Naval Base Coronado drew a field that included veterans Brendan Gaughan, Jimmie Johnson and Jamie McMurray, and 16 trucks started from the rear after teams made repairs or switched to backup vehicles before the green flag.

The victory kept Riggs unbeaten on street courses and extended his points lead to 65 over Honeycutt with five races left in the regular season. Honeycutt was later involved in a late restart crash with Chandler Smith and finished 23rd. Jimmie Johnson’s race ended with mechanical trouble, and Jamie McMurray crashed after brake failure.