March 21, 2025 | By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service

Kyle Larson starts his bid at a Miami sweep with a thrilling Truck Series victory

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kyle Larson made a dramatic run to the checkered flag, rallying from a late-race spinout to methodically race back through the field and pass the night’s most dominant trucks in the final 10 laps to claim victory in Friday’s Baptist Health 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

It was a fittingly remarkable end to a typically competitive night in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. Larson spun his No. 07 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet with 45 laps remaining in the 134-lapper and dropped out of the top-20. But the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion drove back through the field and moved forward picking off one frontrunner after another.

Larson, who is entered in all three NASCAR national series races at the 1.5-mile South Florida track this weekend, passed Front Row Motorsports rookie Layne Riggs with two laps to go and never looked back, finishing 1.340-seconds ahead of the field.

The night’s most dominant driver, TRICON Garage’s Corey Heim finished third after leading a race best 78 laps.

“I wasn’t exactly sure if I could get back up there,” said Larson who has four wins in only 16 series starts – two in his last four races. “I didn’t have the restart I wanted, took a little bit too long to start picking them off and then just got ripping the wall and it paid dividends for me in [turns] one and two.”

Larson acknowledged that Heim – who has won two of the season’s opening three races – looked tough all race and was unquestionably the truck to beat. There was a problem with Heim’s motor in the closing laps – his truck suddenly started intermittently shutting off then restoring power in the closing 20 laps.

“Not sure what happened to the 11 [Heim], but that worked out in our favor for sure,” Larson said. “I don’t think I would have gotten to him [otherwise]. Obviously, I would have gotten to second, probably, but that would have been tough to get to him. That last run was a lot of fun.”

Heim was understandably disappointed standing on pit road after the race. His No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota started from pole position, swept both stage wins and led the most laps.

“I feel like we were lights out, the best truck tonight, think we should’ve won the race by six, seven seconds at the end there,” Heim said. “I feel like at the beginning of the runs, I knew what we were capable of and let those guys get away, burn their stuff up and then, fly past them.

“I don’t know exactly what was going on. Never really had an issue like that. I’d be totally fine, and the engine would just hard cut on me. Dash would go black and have no power until I fully cycled it. So, I was coasting for six seconds trying to turn the power switch and turn it back (on). I don’t know.

“Felt I ran a really good race, saving tires and would mow them down on the long runs there. This No. 11 Tundra TRD Pro was really, really good. This just stinks pretty bad.”

McAnally-Hilgemann Racing teammates Tyler Ankrum and Daniel Hemric rounded out the top-five finishers. Floridian Ross Chastain, who competes fulltime in the NASCAR Cup Series, led 33 laps in the No. 44 Niece Motorsports Chevrolet but finished sixth.

ThorSport Racing’s Jake Garcia was seventh, followed by Front Row Motorsports’ Chandler Smith, CR7 Motorsports’ Grant Enfinger and Niece’s Kaden Honeycutt, who rallied to 10th-place showing from a late race penalty that dropped him to 27th in the field.

As for potentially claiming a weekend three-race sweep, Larson said, “I felt like the Truck race was probably going to be the toughest to win, I don’t have much experience in them and the runs are typically shorter. I feel better about Xfinity and Cup but the competition keeps getting tough and tougher as you get on with the weekend, but we’ll see. Off to a good start.”

With his third-place effort, Heim takes over the championship lead and holds eight points over reigning series champ Ty Majeski and 27 points over third place Chandler Smith.

The NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series returns to action next Friday night at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway with the Boys and Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200 (7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Now Xfinity Series rookie Christian Eckes won the race last year.



NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 4
Race Results for the Baptist Health 200 - Friday, March 21, 2025
Homestead-Miami Speedway - Homestead, FL - 1.5 - Mile Paved

Total Race Length - 134 Laps - 201. Miles

Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 3/21/2025 @ 10:46 PM Eastern

Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Stage 2 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 3 07 Kyle Larson(i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 134 2 2 0 Running 3 20
2 4 34 Layne Riggs Love's RV STOP Ford 134 3 6 48 Running 2 3
3 1 11 Corey Heim Safelite Toyota 134 1 1 54 Running 6 78 2
4 6 18 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet 134 6 9 40 Running  
5 14 19 Daniel Hemric NAPA Nightvision Chevrolet 134 7 8 39 Running  
6 7 44 Ross Chastain(i) Niece Chevrolet 134 5 7 0 Running 3 33
7 20 13 Jake Garcia Quanta Services Ford 134   30 Running  
8 15 38 Chandler Smith Long John Silver's Ford 134 10  30 Running  
9 8 9 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet 134  10 29 Running  
10 13 45 Kaden Honeycutt AutoVentive/Precision Chevrolet 134 9 5 35 Running  
11 10 98 Ty Majeski Soda Sense/Curb Records Ford 134 4 3 41 Running  
12 11 1 Brandon Jones(i) Kingsford Toyota 134   0 Running  
13 23 88 Matt Crafton Slim Jim/Menards Ford 134   24 Running  
14 17 42 Matt Mills J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet 134   23 Running  
15 16 7 Corey Day(i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 134   0 Running  
16 9 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 134 8 4 31 Running  
17 2 15 Tanner Gray Place of Hope Toyota 134   20 Running  
18 22 20 Stefan Parsons Annett Bus Lines Chevrolet 134   19 Running  
19 19 81 Connor Mosack # Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Chevrolet 134   18 Running  
20 25 66 Luke Fenhaus Soda Sense Ford 134   17 Running  
21 26 91 Jack Wood Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet 134   16 Running  
22 12 71 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 134   15 Running  
23 18 26 Dawson Sutton # Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 134   14 Running  
24 29 33 Frankie Muniz # Ryder Ford 134   13 Running  
25 21 77 Andres Perez de Lara # Telcel Chevrolet 134   12 Running  
26 27 5 Toni Breidinger # Celsius Toyota 133   11 Running  
27 28 02 Nathan Byrd Sonesta International Hotels Chevrolet 133   10 Running  
28 32 76 Spencer Boyd Epoxy Depot Chevrolet 133   9 Running  
29 5 17 Giovanni Ruggiero # First Auto Group Toyota 131   8 Running  
30 30 22 Keith McGee More Core Ford 130   7 Running  
31 34 67 Michel Disdier Mr. Brainwash Chevrolet 128   6 Running  
32 31 63 Akinori Ogata Kyowa Industrial/YKK AP Toyota 124   5 Running  
33 24 99 Ben Rhodes TSPORT Trucks Ford 83   4 Suspension  
34 33 2 Stephen Mallozzi Levrack Ford 15   3 Vibration  

Fastest Lap Bonus:  # lap 97 / 32.543
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Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 43 Mins, 1 Secs. Average Speed: 117.068 MPH Margin of Victory: 1.340 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 11, 07, 34, 98, 44, 18, 19, 52, 45, 38
Stage 2 Top 10: 11, 07, 98, 52, 45, 34, 44, 19, 18, 9

Race Comments: Kyle Larson has won the Baptist Health 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, his fourth victory in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. Prior to the start of the race, no vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty.

Failed to Qualify: None.

Caution Flags: 4 for 22 laps; Laps: 2-6 (#17, 99 Incident Turn 2 [None]); 32-37 (Stage 1 Conclusion [76]); 62-67 (Stage 2 Conclusion [76]); 91-95 (#07, 34 Incident Turn 2 [26]).

Lead Changes: 13 among 4 drivers; C. Heim 1-6; K. Larson(i) 7; C. Heim 8-11; K. Larson(i) 12-28; C. Heim 29-70; R. Chastain(i) 71-87; C. Heim 88-95; R. Chastain(i) 96-103; C. Heim 104-113; L. Riggs 114; R. Chastain(i) 115-122; C. Heim 123-130; L. Riggs 131-132; K. Larson(i) 133-134.

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

Next Race: March 28, 2025 - Martinsville Speedway

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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Points Report
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Baptist Health 200

UNOFFICIAL Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 3/21/2025 @ 10:59 PM Eastern UNOFFICIAL

Rank Driver Car Starts GL Points Ldr Nxt Race Wins Stage Wins Playoff Pts
1. Corey Heim 11 4 -1 177 0 0 2 2 12
2. Ty Majeski 98 4 1 169 -8 8 0 1 1
3. Chandler Smith 38 4 -1 150 -27 19 0 0 0
4. Grant Enfinger 9 4 1 149 -28 1 0 0 0
5. Stewart Friesen 52 4 0 138 -39 11 0 0 0
6. Tyler Ankrum 18 4 -1 127 -50 11 0 1 1
7. Daniel Hemric 19 4 -2 125 -52 2 0 0 0
8. Layne Riggs 34 4 -3 122 -55 3 0 0 0
9. Jake Garcia 13 4 -3 103 -74 19 0 0 0
10. Kaden Honeycutt 45 4 -4 101 -76 2 0 0 0
11. Ben Rhodes 99 4 5 99 -78 2 0 1 1
12. Tanner Gray 15 4 2 97 -80 2 0 0 0
13. Giovanni Ruggiero # 17 4 5 94 -83 3 0 0 0
14. Matt Crafton 88 4 -1 87 -90 7 0 1 1
15. Matt Mills 42 4 -4 76 -101 11 0 0 0
16. Jack Wood 91 4 0 73 -104 3 0 1 1
17. Bayley Currey  3 4 68 -109 5 0 0 0
18. Rajah Caruth 71 4 0 68 -109 0 0 0 0
19. Andres Perez de Lara # 77 4 2 67 -110 1 0 0 0
20. Frankie Muniz # 33 4 0 64 -113 3 0 0 0
21. Dawson Sutton # 26 4 0 64 -113 0 0 0 0
22. Connor Mosack # 81 4 -2 64 -113 0 0 0 0
23. Spencer Boyd 76 4 1 57 -120 7 0 0 0
24. Luke Fenhaus 66 3 -2 54 -123 3 0 0 0
25. Toni Breidinger # 5 4 0 49 -128 5 0 0 0
26. Josh Reaume  3 3 47 -130 2 0 0 0
27. Nathan Byrd 02 4 -4 30 -147 17 0 0 0
28. Jason White  1 1 29 -148 1 0 0 0
29. Johnny Sauter  1 1 29 -148 0 0 0 0
30. Timmy Hill  1 1 26 -151 3 0 0 0
31. Norm Benning  1 1 21 -156 5 0 0 0
32. Stefan Parsons 20 1 32 19 -158 2 0 0 0
33. Keith McGee 22 2 -1 12 -165 7 0 0 0
34. Justin Carroll  1 2 9 -168 3 0 0 0
35. Stephen Mallozzi 2 2 2 9 -168 0 0 0 0
36. Michel Disdier 67 1 36 6 -171 3 0 0 0
37. Akinori Ogata 63 1 37 5 -172 1 0 0 0
38. Clay Greenfield  1 3 4 -173 1 0 0 0
39. Parker Kligerman  1 3 1 -176 3 0 0 0
40. Kyle Busch(i)  1 3 0 -177 1 1 1 0
41. Kyle Larson(i) 07 1 41 0 -177 0 1 0 0
42. Justin Haley(i)  2 4 0 -177 0 0 0 0
43. Ross Chastain(i) 44 1 43 0 -177 0 0 0 0
44. William Sawalich(i)  3 5 0 -177 0 0 0 0