Corey Heim snags one other NASCAR Truck Sequence victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday evening within the North Carolina Training Lottery 200.
CONCORD, N.C.—This time, Corey Heim didn’t simply slam the door on his NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Sequence competitors—he nailed it shut.
Corey Heim’s Victory at Charlotte Makes Historical past
Heim’s three earlier 2025 wins however, the driving force of the No. 11 TRICON Storage Toyota has had issue closing out races with a dominant truck this season.
That was emphatically not the case on Friday evening, when Heim led 98 of 134 laps and beat runner-up Ross Chastain to the end line by 6.229 seconds within the North Carolina Training Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Heim’s first victory at Charlotte and his fourth of the season was the fifteenth of his profession, tying him with Matt Crafton for tenth on the profession listing. At age 22, he’s the youngest to achieve the 15-win milestone.
It was an ideal evening. Heim swept the primary two levels of the race and set the quickest lap, scoring a most 61 factors to widen his collection lead to an enormous 100 factors over second-place Chandler Smith. His margin of victory was the most important ever within the collection at Charlotte.
“I felt like we’ve had the pace the final couple years right here, however circumstances haven’t allow us to get it performed,” mentioned Heim, who has received 5 of the final 9 Truck Sequence races on intermediate speedways.
“Clearly, it was such an excellent truck. I needed to execute on my half. The pit crew did an excellent job. Only a very nice clear day. … It feels nice. It seems like we’ve had lots of alternatives to try this this yr, actually. Simply can’t say sufficient about these guys. My workforce gave me an excellent Tundra, and we simply actually checked all the bins tonight. It feels nice.”
Chastain was the most effective of the three Neice Motorsports Chevrolet drivers within the high seven. Kaden Honeycutt ran third, and Matt Mills was seventh. However not one of the Niece vehicles might mount a problem to the race winner, notably on longer runs.
“Greatest at school,” Chastain mentioned of his personal effort. “The 11 (Heim) is the most effective within the area proper now, and none of us had something for him. The 7 (Kyle Busch), the 38 (Smith), the 34 (Layne Riggs)—it was a heck of a race (for second) again there between us, however we’ve obtained to make it last more.”
Riggs and Busch got here house fourth and fifth, respectively, adopted by Grant Enfinger, Mills, Daniel Hemric, Rajah Caruth, and Brandon Jones.
Smith fell sufferer to a lap 71 wreck involving pole winner Gio Ruggiero, reigning collection champion Ty Majeski, and Connor Mosack. The winner final week at North Wilkesboro, Smith, was the primary driver eradicated from the race and completed thirty fourth.
There have been three cautions for 20 laps, two of the yellows for stage breaks.
The one detrimental for Heim is that no different 1.5-mile intermediate speedways are remaining on this season’s Truck Sequence schedule.
Whereas Heim holds a historic 100-point lead within the collection standings, solely 9 different drivers will be part of him within the playoffs. Simply seven races are remaining within the common season. After 11 races, Chandler Smith, Daniel Hemric, Tyler Ankrum, and Grant Enfinger spherical out the highest 5. Grant Enfinger and the remainder of the top-ten drivers are winless on the season up to now. Layne Riggs, Kaden Honeycutt, Jake Garcia, Ty Majeski, and Stewart Friesen full the highest ten.
Up Subsequent
The NASCAR Truck Sequence now heads to Nashville Superspeedway. The Rackley Roofing 200 begins at 8 p.m. on Could 30. Protection is on FS1, NASCAR Radio Community (NRN), and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Final yr’s winner is Christian Eckes, who’s now racing full-time within the NASCAR Xfinity Sequence.
