Layne Riggs disqualified from Kansas Truck race, l...

Layne Riggs completed second in Saturday’s thrilling NASCAR Truck Sequence race at Kansas Speedway, matching his greatest results of the 12 months after a powerful cost by way of the sector. He made contact with Carson Hocevar on the final as they battled it out for the win, but Hocevar managed to hang on and claim victory, simply forward of Riggs.

Nonetheless, whereas Hocevar’s truck cleared post-race checks, Riggs’ machine didn’t. The No. 34 Front Row Motorsports truck later failed post-race inspection, costing Riggs his runner-up end and many of the 49 factors he scored through the occasion as he was disqualified. Riggs will now be scored in thirty first (final), gathering simply six factors. Riggs was set to depart Kansas sixth within the championship, however the DQ will drop him right down to ninth within the common season standings.

What was unsuitable with the #34?

Explaining the infraction, NASCAR officers launched the next assertion: “The No. 34 has been disqualified for violating rule 14.4.9.A.3 (Mattress cowl materials have to be robust sufficient to stop the duvet from deflecting or sagging and have to be sealed across the perimeter of all mattress panels whereas the automobile is in competitors).”

NASCAR has seen a number of notable points in post-race inspection this 12 months throughout all three collection. Parker Kligerman was disqualified after winning the Truck Series season-opener at Daytona, later failing to get it overturned on appeal (trip peak). It was the identical story for Jesse Love, who failed post-race inspection after winning the NASCAR Xfinity race at Rockingham (rear suspension).

And within the Talladega Cup race, each second-place finisher Ryan Preece and fifth-place finisher Joey Logano later failed inspection (spoiler). Erik Jones additionally failed inspection after a 24th-place finish at Martinsville (weight).