Pain is so good A new example of this occurred on Sunday at the Milwaukee Mile.
Layne Riggs won his first NASCAR Truck Series race at the Milwaukee Mile, but injured his shoulder while celebrating in his No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford F-150. His crew helped him off the truck, set his shoulder, and the celebration continued.
This is actually not the first time this has happened.
Riggs broke his right collarbone in 2018, as detailed in this story in Short Track Scene, while racing full-time in Late Model Stock Cars on the CARS Tour. He crashed a dirt bike while riding with his father, NASCAR veteran Scott Riggs, during a weekend vacation.
This cost him several months of racing experience, but the after-effects are still felt today.
“I’ve done it before, but never in Victory Lane,” Riggs said. “I think it’s a No. 9 shoulder dislocation. It’s quick jerks. And I guess I got a little too excited. It’s all good now and I’ll numb the pain later tonight.”
What causes it to pop out?
“Just little things, little twitches. I’d just throw my hands up and some weird motion would happen. I’ve done that on the track. I think I reached for something in a closet one time and it happened. Just really weird moments. It hasn’t happened in a couple of years, but that’s the least of my worries right now.”
