Corey Heim sweeps at Kansas Speedway within the NASCAR Truck Collection elimination race on Friday evening within the Kubota Tractor 200.
KANSAS Metropolis, Kan.— Corey Heim gained Friday evening’s Kubota Tractor 200 within the quickest truck. He did, nonetheless, need assistance from fellow Playoff driver Ty Majeski to safe the victory within the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Collection Spherical of 10 elimination race at Kansas Speedway.
Corey Heim Sweeps at Kansas within the NASCAR Truck Collection Elimination Race
Majeski ran out of gasoline approaching the white flag whereas main, permitting Heim to surge previous in his No. 11 TRICON Storage Toyota and declare his sixth victory of the season in a race that noticed reigning collection champion Ben Rhodes and Playoff rookie Daniel Dye eradicated from title competition.
Underneath the third and ultimate warning on lap 78 of the 134-lap race, Majeski got here to pit highway for tires and gasoline, together with ThorSport Racing teammate Rhodes and eventual fourth-place finisher Kaden Honeycutt.
Heim, runner-up Layne Riggs, and third-place finisher Christian Eckes stayed on monitor throughout the warning and made green-flag pit stops throughout the ultimate 30 laps. Heim, who began the race from the rear of the sector after hitting the surface wall and reducing a tire in apply earlier within the day, was chasing Majeski when the latter ran out of gasoline.
Majeski clinched a berth within the Spherical of 8 together with his win in Stage 1. He rolled residence in fifteenth, the final driver on the lead lap.
“We had been one of the best truck all evening—it’s my favourite monitor, I like coming right here,” stated Heim, who gained on the 1.5-mile speedway within the spring. “I look ahead to this. I had a smile on my face all week coming to this place.
“I simply thought we might sweep the yr right here. It’s an superior place to come back. I actually thought we had it misplaced there to the 98 (Majeski), virtually making it on gasoline, nevertheless it simply reveals my workforce made the suitable name.”
The victory was Heim’s second at Kansas and the eleventh of his profession. In an occasion that featured ten lead modifications amongst three drivers, he led a race-high 64 laps.
Within the second race of the Spherical of 10 at Bristol, Heim, Eckes, and Nick Sanchez clinched their spots within the Spherical of 8. Majeski, seventh-place finisher Rajah Caruth, ninth-place Grant Enfinger, 14th-place Tyler Ankrum, and 18th-place Taylor Grey superior on factors Friday evening.
There was actual suspense within the closing laps relating to the fortunes of two-time collection champion Rhodes and Enfinger. Rhodes was on the identical technique as Majeski and ran as excessive as third because the race neared its conclusion.
However Enfinger gained positions as Rhodes misplaced them within the late going. The die was solid when Rhodes ran out of gasoline.
“We certified fourth, and at the beginning of the race—large modifications with the truck,” stated Rhodes, who gained titles in 2021 and 2023. “We couldn’t get it tightened up… Nonetheless type of unacceptable. If we’d have gotten our stage factors, it might have taken care of itself.”
Rhodes got here residence twenty second. After operating out of gasoline he fell 25 factors in need of Enfinger for the ultimate spot within the Spherical of 8.
“It was undoubtedly somewhat bit anxious, undoubtedly too shut for consolation there,” Enfinger stated. “This can be a spherical we need to overlook. We snuck via right here, and now we’re wanting ahead to going to Talladega subsequent week (for the primary race within the Spherical of 8).”
Dye scraped the surface wall twice throughout the first stage and made a number of pit stops, falling three laps down. He completed twenty seventh and, like Enfinger, was 25 factors away from advancing to the subsequent spherical.
Riggs, who is just not a Playoff contender in his rookie season, added the runner-up end to his two victories within the earlier two races.
Dawson Sutton ran fifth, adopted by Tanner Grey, Caruth, Bayley Currey, Enfinger, and Connor Mosack.
Subsequent Up
For the NASCAR Truck Collection, the Spherical of 8 begins subsequent week at Talladega Superspeedway. The Loves RV Cease 225 begins at 4:30 pm ET on Friday, October 4th. Protection is offered on FS1, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
