Corey Heim steals a NASCAR Truck Sequence win in extra time at Darlington Raceway on Friday night time within the Buckle Up South Carolina 200.
DARLINGTON, S.C.—Identical man. Totally different truck. Identical outcome.
Corey Heim – Time beyond regulation Win
Driving the No. 5 TRICON Storage Toyota on a part-time foundation, Corey Heim shocked race chief Ross Chastain with a last-lap go and picked up his second-straight victory at Darlington Raceway in Friday night time’s Buckle Up South Carolina 200.
Final yr, the No.11 TRICON Tundra carried Heim to a document 12 victories and the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Sequence championship.
This yr, the No. 5 truck carried him to a two-overtime win in his second collection begin of the season, as Heim is operating a cobbled-together schedule of Truck Sequence, O’Reilly Auto Elements Sequence, and NASCAR Cup Sequence races.
Heim’s extra time victory on Friday night time was unlikely sufficient, and it boiled all the way down to technique. On lap 145, with three laps left in regulation, Heim introduced his Tundra to pit street for scuffed tires that have been 5 laps brisker than these of Chastain and different frontrunners.
Restarting fifteenth on the primary try at extra time, Heim gained six spots earlier than the ninth warning for a wreck involving Jake Garcia, Tyler Ankrum, Corey LaJoie, and Stewart Friesen.
Heim was ninth for the ultimate restart and used his tires to glorious benefit, making the go for the win by way of the third and fourth activates the ultimate lap.
“I’m out of breath, for certain,” stated Heim, who led thrice for 28 laps and picked up his twenty fourth win in 91 Truck Sequence begins. “Man, we had a set of scuffs laying, and so they have been 5 laps brisker than everybody else’s. It was price a shot. I didn’t assume we might win from the place we have been at.
“I felt like I made all the precise strikes. I had it three-wide coming to the white (flag) and bombed on in there on Ross (into flip three). I used to be shocked he gave me the underside like that with brisker tires.”
Ross Chastain Shocked to End Second
Chastain, who led 35 laps and managed each extra time restarts, thought the race was his to win.
“I don’t know what simply occurred,” stated Chastain, who’s operating races in all three NASCAR collection this weekend. “We did a lot proper… I feel that’s on us as a complete that we didn’t catch that.
“After all, I might have run the underside if I believed he would have been shut, however I believed I received a great restart. Bummer.”
Triple Truck Problem
Heim additionally collected the $50,000 Triple Truck Problem bonus for the victory. Ought to he run once more on April 3 at Rockingham Speedway, he could be eligible for a $100,000 prize obtainable to a driver who wins two races in “The Journey.”
Kaden Honeycutt, who gained his first profession pole earlier within the day, led a race-high 59 laps within the No. 11 TRICON Storage truck Heim drove final yr. Honeycutt restarted second and selected the highest lane for each overtimes, however pale to fourth after the ultimate restart.
“That final restart, the highest lane wasn’t most well-liked,” Honeycutt stated. “It was like that each one night time, clearly. The underside was actually good. I attempted to not spin the tires as a lot as I probably might…
“By the point the 5 (Heim) received by me and the 91 (third-place finisher Christian Eckes) was in entrance of him, I just about simply dedicated to serving to (Heim) and see if he might stand up there and win the race. I don’t know the way on this planet he did, however he did.”
Connor Mosack completed fifth, adopted by Christopher Bell, Grant Enfinger, Gio Ruggiero, Daniel Hemric, and William Sawalich.
Chandler Smith ran seventeenth however left Darlington with a 33-point lead over second-place Honeycutt within the collection standings. Coincidentally, he has 33 stage factors within the depend. Kaden Honeycutt is second, adopted by Layne Riggs, Gio Ruggiero, and Ty Majeski to finish the highest 5.
Subsequent Up
The NASCAR Truck Sequence will skip every week and return to racing at Rockingham Speedway on Friday, April third. The Black’s Tire begins at 4:30 pm ET on FS 1, NASCAR Radio Community, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Tyler Ankrum is the defending winner.
