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Who Can Beat Layne Riggs? | Bristol Picks

The Grand National Show — Truck Series debuts with Layne Riggs atop the ten-driver Chase field. Mamba Smith, Davey Segal, Chris Wilner and Josh Sims break down the contenders and make their Bristol picks.

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The Grand National Show expands to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with Layne Riggs on top of the ten-driver Chase field and Bristol waiting as the first pressure test.

Dylan "Mamba" Smith, Davey Segal, Chris Wilner and FOX Sports' Josh Sims use the New Hampshire regular-season finale to measure Riggs against Kaden Honeycutt, Chandler Smith, Christian Eckes and the rest of the title contenders. Then each panelist makes a Bristol pick: Chandler Smith, Eckes, Riggs and Honeycutt split the table four ways.

Chapters

00:00 Animated Truck Series open
00:17 Meet the panel
01:53 The Chase starts at Bristol
02:18 The ten-driver Chase field
02:53 New Hampshire: Riggs makes the case
04:23 Front Row and the leading contenders
07:12 TRICON: Chandler Smith and Kaden Honeycutt
09:09 Honeycutt's breakthrough and Chase case
13:27 Chase seeds 1–5
13:57 Chase seeds 6–10
17:27 ThorSport and the veteran threats
20:27 McAnally-Hilgemann's three-truck Chase
21:17 The panel makes its Bristol picks
24:11 All four picks
25:56 Closing thoughts
26:28 QCG neon close

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Dylan "Mamba" Smith hosts. NASCAR analyst, TNT and B/R Racing. YouTube

Davey Segal is a SiriusXM NASCAR Radio host and producer. X

Chris Wilner is a pit reporter associated with MRN, NBC Sports and IMSA. X

Josh Sims is an Emmy Award-winning FOX NASCAR reporter and FOX Sports play-by-play announcer. X

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The Grand National Show — Truck Series is a Queen City Garage production for Grand National Today. Episode 1 runs 27 minutes.

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Mamba writes the weekly story for Grand National Today, home of The Grand National Show.

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