ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Saturday afternoon was pretty warm in downtown St. Petersburg, but only one driver got the opportunity to cool himself off with some nice champagne in Victory Circle after the OnlyBulls Green Flag 150. Layne Riggs earned that drink after winning the NASCAR Truck Series race.

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Layne Riggs won the OnlyBulls Green Flag 150 on Saturday afternoon in St. Petersburg

This was the first time a NASCAR Truck Series race has been held in conjunction with the Grand Prix

Riggs drives the No. 34 Ford for Front Row Motorsports

He had never raced a street course before Saturday, but handled the pressure and earned his sixth Trucks victory

Riggs held off Ty Majeski and Ben Rhodes, who led for a good chunk of the first half of the race, but Riggs ended up leading 41 of the 80 laps to take the checkered flag in the first-ever NASCAR Truck Series race on this downtown St. Petersburg street course.

“It’s great and the fan recognition and their support on my cooldown lap — every single person was cheering for me — it was great to do it in front of them and I think the great race that we had definitely helped boost that and I hope everybody pushes to have a race here again next season not just because I won but it was some great racing,” Riggs said.

Coming into the event, there were some concerns on how the trucks would handle this 14 turn, 1.8 mile course and having 36 total trucks pack the narrow street course but it was a relatively clean race with only six cautions and only four trucks unable to finish.

This is the sixth career Truck Series win for Riggs, who drives the No. 34 Ford for Front Row Motorsports. This was also the first street course race of his whole career, but he certainly didn’t look like a rookie out there.

“Just a great team. Great truck. I mean, I just hit my marks out there. Did everything they told me to do. All the prep and learning and wisdom I was given, I was able to apply it, and the truck was good enough. It just excelled over the rest of the field,” Riggs said.

Plenty of fans packed downtown and filled the grandstands around the course, getting ready for the main event on Sunday afternoon with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg scheduled for 12 p.m.