Layne Riggs, the defending national champion of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series, is set to return to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2023, driving for a new organization.
Riggs will make his first start of the season in Saturday’s Fr8 208 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, driving the No. 1 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro with sponsorship from Infinity Communications Group.
We got our guy for the ATL.
2022 NASCAR Weekly Series Champion @LayneRiggs99 will pilot the No. 1 Tundra at Atlanta Motor Speedway. ? pic.twitter.com/sB4F0sNENt
— TRICON (@TRICONGarage) March 15, 2023
Last season, the 20-year-old driver competed in three NASCAR Truck Series events behind the wheel of a second entry for Halmar Friesen Racing, in which he scored three top-20 results, including a seventh in his debut at IRP.
At Atlanta, the Bahama, North Carolina-native will serve as a teammate to Dean Thompson, Corey Heim, Tanner Gray, and multi-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series winner John Hunter Nemechek.
Additionally, Riggs joins a driver lineup for TRICON Garage’s fifth entry which is set to include Jason White (USA), Kaz Grala, Jesse Love, and William Sawalich. Additional drivers for the No. 1 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro are expected to be announced at a later date.