Corey Heim fights back from start wreck for historic NASCAR Truck win

Corey Heim now holds the record for the most wins in a single NASCAR Truck Series, earning his tenth win of the 2025 season at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval. 

The result was an improbable yet incisive drive through the field after crashing into the tire barrier in Turn 1. He sustained left-front damage, but he managed to drive back to the front, passing every truck in his wounded No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota. With the victory, he also locks himself into the Championship 4.

“It was not easy today,” said Heim. “I think this was probably the toughest one of the year so far. Just shows the resilience of this TRICON team. They fixed it up so good for me on the first lap, which was just kind of out of our control. I thought we were done. The right front completely folded when I hit the wall over there. Kind of out of breath just from screaming after that one. That was awesome. A record-breaking ten wins. That’s just a phenomenal accomplishment.”

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Heim’s teammate Brent Crews finished second in a heartbreaking loss after dominating most of the race, missing out on his first career win. He chose to pit for fresh tires, and simply couldn’t get back to Heim before the checkered flag flew. 

Gio Ruggiero finished third in a 1-2-3 for TRICON, Rajah Caruth fourth, and Connor Zilisch fifth. Josh Bilicki finished sixth, Grant Enfinger seventh, Ty Majeski eighth, Tyler Ankrum ninth, and Connor Mosack tenth.

Stage 1
The race immediately devolved into chaos as the top three runners all crashed in the first turn. Heim, Riggs, and Enfinger all suffered damage after getting tangled together just seconds into the even.

All three playoff drivers needed repairs, but they didn’t get an actual caution until Ben Rhodes crashed soon after at another part of the course, ending his own day.

The stage was chaotic as several other drivers encountered issues. Parker Kligerman suffered a mechanical issue, Timmy Hill got spun out, and Chandler Smith lost control in the final chicane.

As expected, most of the leaders chose to pit before the end of the stage in an effort to gain track position, including Crews, who had dominated the race.  

This cleared the way for Honeycutt to win Stage 1 ahead of Majeski and Ankrum. 

On pit road, Niece Motorsports teammates Matt Mills and Bayley Currey collided, causing damage to both vehicles.

Stage 2
After pitting, Stage 1 winner Honeycutt was back in 15th for the restart. Crews regained control of the race.

There were some more incidents during Stage 2, but nothing that necessitated a caution. Kris Wright and Jake Garcia spun in separate incidents, and Dawson Sutton went off track after tangling with Hill for the second time during Friday’s race. Andres Perez also went behind the wall with a broken axle.

Crews once again gave up the stage win for track position, opening the door for Honeycutt, who swept the stages and gained 20 points in the playoff fight. As he won Stage 2, Enfinger crossed the line in second and Caruth in third.

Stage 3
Crews continued to hold the lead throughout the final run of the race. Josh Bilicki got spun out while running inside the top five at the hairpin, and Matt Crafton got spun out in the same corner later.

Heim muscled his way by Zilisch and tried his best to run down his teammate for the race lead. While he chipped away at it, he probably wasn’t going to get there in time. 

However, when Toni Breidinger’s truck suffered mechanical problems and stalled on track, it pushed the race into overtime.

Crews, who was worried about fuel, pitted from the lead. Heim stayed out and inherited the race lead.

Zilisch restarted fifth and he was the top driver on fresh tires, while Crews was seventh. There was instant chaos as trucks started pushing and shoving. Honeycutt lost a top five finish after getting spun out, and he was not the only one.

Racing into the hairpin, several trucks collided in the battle for second. Chandler Smith spun, but the incident cleared the way for Crews to get back up to second.

However, at that point, Heim was long gone and well on the way to setting.

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2

Cla
Driver
#
 
Manufacturer
Laps
Time
Interval
Pits
Points
Retirement

1

C. Heim TRICON Garage

11
 
Toyota
70

2:07’16.089

 
8
43
 

2

B. Crews TRICON Garage

1
 
Toyota
70

+1.338

2:07’17.427

1.338
6
48
 

3

G. Ruggiero TRICON Garage

17
 
Toyota
70

+2.048

2:07’18.137

0.710
6
37
 

4

R. Caruth Spire Motorsports

71
 
Chevrolet
70

+3.998

2:07’20.087

1.950
6
45
 

5

C. Zilisch Spire Motorsports

7
 
Chevrolet
70

+4.577

2:07’20.666

0.579
6
 
 

6
J. Bilicki Niece Motorsports
41
 
Chevrolet
70

+5.903

2:07’21.992

1.326
6
 
 

7
G. Enfinger CR7 Motorsports
9
 
Chevrolet
70

+7.239

2:07’23.328

1.336
7
39
 

8
T. Majeski ThorSport Racing
98
 
Ford
70

+8.097

2:07’24.186

0.858
6
38
 

9
T. Ankrum McAnally Hilgemann Racing
18
 
Chevrolet
70

+8.495

2:07’24.584

0.398
6
41
 

10

C. Mosack McAnally Hilgemann Racing

81
 
Chevrolet
70

+9.698

2:07’25.787

1.203
6
27
 

11
D. Hemric McAnally Hilgemann Racing
19
 
Chevrolet
70

+9.883

2:07’25.972

0.185
6
40
 

12
B. Currey Niece Motorsports
45
 
Chevrolet
70

+11.027

2:07’27.116

1.144
6
25
 

13

D. Sutton Rackley W.A.R.

26
 
Chevrolet
70

+12.053

2:07’28.142

1.026
7
24
 

14

K. Honeycutt Halmar Friesen Racing

52
 
Toyota
70

+13.666

2:07’29.755

1.613
6
43
 

15
W. Rodgers Young’s Motorsports
20
 
Chevrolet
70

+13.889

2:07’29.978

0.223
6
 
 

16
T. Hill Hill Motorsports
56
 
Toyota
70

+14.262

2:07’30.351

0.373
6
21
 

17
M. Mills Niece Motorsports
42
 
Chevrolet
70

+14.535

2:07’30.624

0.273
7
22
 

18
C. Lajoie Spire Motorsports
77
 
Chevrolet
70

+15.926

2:07’32.015

1.391
7
21
 

19

C. Smith Front Row Motorsports

38
 
Ford
70

+19.057

2:07’35.146

3.131
5
18
 

20
S. Boyd Freedom Racing Enterprises
76
 
Chevrolet
70

+22.972

2:07’39.061

3.915
6
17
 

21

L. Riggs Front Row Motorsports

34
 
Ford
70

+41.251

2:07’57.340

18.279
8
17
 

22

J. Wood McAnally Hilgemann Racing

91
 
Chevrolet
70

+59.844

2:08’15.933

18.593
7
15
 

23

J. Garcia ThorSport Racing

13
 
Ford
70

+1’18.665

2:08’34.754

18.821
6
14
 

24
M. Crafton ThorSport Racing
88
 
Ford
69

+1 Lap

2:07’30.207

1 Lap
8
13
 

25

B. Maier Young’s Motorsports

02
 
Chevrolet
69

+1 Lap

2:07’34.559

4.352
5
12
 

26
K. Wright McAnally Hilgemann Racing
16
 
Chevrolet
69

+1 Lap

2:07’34.921

0.362
6
 
 

27

W. Slimp Halmar Friesen Racing

62
 
Toyota
69

+1 Lap

2:07’36.651

1.730
6
10
 

28

M. Maggio Reaume Brothers Racing

33
 
Ford
69

+1 Lap

2:07’37.511

0.860
5
 
 

29

T. Tomassi Motorsports Business Management

69
 
Ford
69

+1 Lap

2:07’44.822

7.311
5
 
 

30

T. Breidinger TRICON Garage

5
 
Toyota
63

+7 Laps

1:52’28.702

6 Laps
5
7
Electrical

31
T. Gray TRICON Garage
15
 
Toyota
55

+15 Laps

1:40’40.314

8 Laps
6
6
Transmission

32

A. Pérez de Lara Niece Motorsports

44
 
Chevrolet
54

+16 Laps

2:07’42.007

1 Lap
7
5
 

33
J. Reaume Reaume Brothers Racing
22
 
Ford
52

+18 Laps

1:38’33.035

2 Laps
8
4
DVP

34

C. Fartuch Reaume Brothers Racing

2
 
Ford
24

+46 Laps

1:28’54.658

28 Laps
7
3
Engine

35
P. Kligerman Henderson Motorsports
75
 
Chevrolet
20

+50 Laps

36’49.052

4 Laps
3
2
Suspension

36
B. Rhodes ThorSport Racing
99
 
Ford
2

+68 Laps

3’47.556

18 Laps
4
1
Accident

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