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Layne Riggs won the NASCAR Truck Series Ecosave 250 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Oct. 9, 2026, taking the lead from Kaden Honeycutt with seven laps remaining. Honeycutt got sideways and brushed the wall before Riggs passed him, and Riggs held on for the victory.

Riggs also won Stage 1, while Honeycutt took Stage 2. Christian Eckes finished second, Honeycutt was third, Bayley Currey placed fourth and Chandler Smith finished fifth. Honeycutt remained the Truck Series points leader after the race and led Riggs by 17 points.

Kyle Busch was honored at Charlotte Motor Speedway with a Celebration of Life held at the start/finish line after the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race on FS1. The NASCAR community gathered to celebrate his life and legacy. Multiple teams ran throwback paint schemes in his honor, including Connor Mosack, Daniel Hemric, Rajah Caruth, Stewart Friesen and Leland Honeyman Jr. The NASCAR Hall of Fame also unveiled a “Kyle Busch: Honoring A Legacy” exhibit featuring Busch’s 2015 Cup Series championship car, recognizing the two-time Cup Series champion. Samantha Busch and the couple’s children, Brexton and Lennix, were pictured beside the display as part of the tribute.

Samantha Busch said Kyle Busch was happy in the years before his death and found deeper joy away from competition in family life, especially in time with Brexton and Lennix. She said late-night moments at the track were among her happiest memories and thanked the NASCAR community for supporting the family since Kyle died in June. She closed by saying, “We will race on.”

Kurt Busch also spoke at the celebration, saying he and Kyle grew up in the garage with their father, Tom Busch, and that racing was a way of life for the family. He mentioned their grandmother and her “lucky hamburgers,” said he told people during his rookie Cup Series season that Kyle would be even better than he was, and thanked the NASCAR community for honoring Kyle. Kurt Busch also said he was proud that Brexton is already racing.

Layne Riggs won Friday night’s Ecosave 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, taking the lead from Kaden Honeycutt with seven laps remaining after Honeycutt got sideways and brushed the wall. Riggs won Stage 1, Honeycutt won Stage 2, and Christian Eckes finished second behind the winner. Honeycutt finished third, followed by Bayley Currey and Chandler Smith.

The race was the third event in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Chase, and four races remained after Charlotte. Honeycutt, whose third win of the season made him the points leader after Kansas Speedway on Sept. 26, entered Charlotte 37 points ahead of Riggs. Riggs had been the top seed in the Chase and had six victories this season, twice as many as any of the other Chase drivers.

Honeycutt took control of the Chase with a dominant run at Kansas, where he scored 75 of a possible 76 points. Riggs was running second late in that race before hitting the wall and finishing 19th, later saying he “should have been smarter there.” Chandler Smith entered Charlotte third in the standings, 71 points behind Honeycutt, and Gio Ruggiero was fourth, 72 points back.

Connor Mosack earned the pole for the NASCAR Truck Series Ecosave 250 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Oct. 9, turning a lap of 29.961 seconds at 180.234 mph. Tanner Gray will start second, followed by Kaden Honeycutt third, Rajah Caruth fourth and Landen Lewis fifth.

Thirty-six trucks were listed in the starting lineup for the race, which was scheduled for later that day at 5:00 p.m. ET on FOX and Fox One. Layne Riggs led practice with a 30.132-second lap at 179.211 mph, and Mosack was third in the session.

Justin Allgaier will head into Saturday’s Blue Cross NC 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway looking to recover from a difficult start to the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase. After the first four postseason races, he has fallen from first to fourth in the standings and trails Sheldon Creed by 30 points with five races left.

The title fight remains tight behind Creed. Carson Kvapil is second, 19 points back, Jesse Love is third, 21 points behind, and Sam Mayer is sixth, 52 points out. Allgaier is also the only former Charlotte oval winner in the field, even though the track has produced 14 different winners in the last 14 races.

Love will try to build on a strong spring run at Charlotte, where he finished second in the rain-shortened race. He said Charlotte fits his team’s package and that lessons from Las Vegas could help.