Layne Riggs was placed on the pole for the Allegiance 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway on May 29 after rain wiped out qualifying, leaving the starting order to be set without on-track runs.
Kaden Honeycutt was slotted to start second, and Jesse Love will take the third starting spot in a rare Truck Series appearance for Spire Motorsports. The rain-forced lineup reshuffle also left Rajah Caruth deep in the field — he will roll off 25th in the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet that had been slated for the late Kyle Busch. Two drivers who had been on entry lists — Toni Breidinger and Jonathan Shafer — missed the race.
The change matters because the front row and early track position were decided by points and procedures rather than lap times. Riggs inherits the prime starting spot; Honeycutt and Love occupy the front row behind him. For Love, the third-place start stands out because he is not a regular in the Truck Series, making his placement up front notable when qualifying could not sort the field.
Broadcast arrangements were unchanged: the Allegiance 200 will be shown nationally on FS1, with streaming options available on FUBO. That gives a national audience a lineup that looks different than it would have after a wet qualifying session — a factor teams, crew chiefs and bettors will weigh when the race goes green.
Weather delayed on-track activity through the evening. Dryers were reported on the surface at 8:37 p.m. ET as officials worked to ready the track; drivers were asked to return to their trucks at 9:20 p.m., and command to start engines was given later in the night. The green flag for the Allegiance 200 ultimately flew at 10:06 p.m. ET after the rain interruption and track-prep sequence.
The friction in this lineup is straightforward: the field for a national Truck Series race was set without the decisive moment teams normally depend on — qualifying laps. That removed a real-time opportunity for drivers to improve starting spots and for under-the-radar trucks to earn track position. It also handed advantageous starting spots to drivers whose season metrics or owner points put them higher on the procedural list than they might have qualified on speed alone.
The single most consequential unanswered question is whether the rain-shaped starting order will alter the race outcome when the field rolled at 10:06 p.m. ET: will Riggs convert the awarded pole into a stage-one advantage, or will drivers who didn't get to prove themselves in timed runs use race conditions to erase the procedural shuffle?
