Layne Riggs dominated Friday night’s running of The Race at Ace 125 at Ace Speedway at Elon, North Carolina for the CARS Racing Tour Late Model Stock Cars.
Riggs, from Bahama, North Carolina, bested pole winner Bobby McCarty for the victory. Justin Johnson followed in the third position, with Jared Fryar in fourth and Jonathan Shafer in fifth.
Riggs won by .907 seconds and led the entire 125 lap event, with the exception of a lap 89 restart that allowed McCarty to pick up an additional championship bonus point for leading a lap.
Riggs’ car may have been the only machine that didn’t have damage after a caution filled event collected a majority of the field at one point or another.
While the top three finishers may have left the speedway happy, multiple drivers left feeling disappointed and frustrated with their follow competitors.
One of those was Deac McCaskill, who entered Friday night’s race one point behind championship leader McCarty. McCaskill was caught up in a lap 88 incident between rookies Kaden Honeycutt and Joe Valento that ended the veteran’s night early and will drop him down in the standings.
Sam Butler, Honeycutt, Brandon Pierce, Valento and Jonathan Findley rounded out the top 10.
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CARS Racing Tour
Ace Speedway – Elon, NC
The Race at Ace 125* – May 7, 2021
Late Model Stock Car
1. #99 Layne Riggs
2. #22 Bobby McCarty
3. #44 Justin Johnson
4. #14 Jared Fryar
5. #91 Jonathan Shafer
6. #81B Sam Butler
7. #4H Kaden Honeycutt
8. #2 Brandon Pierce
9. #17 Joe Valento
10. #4 Jonathan Findley
11. #95 Sam Yarbrough
12. #7 Dylan Ward
13. #97 Daniel Silvestri
14. #08 Deac McCaskill
15. #77 Trevor Ward
16. #24 Mason Diaz
17. #14J Connor Jones
18. #88 William Cox III
19. #81 Mini Tyrrell
*Unofficial Results
