May 2, 2025 | By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service

Corey Heim wins dramatic two-overtime NASCAR Truck Series slugfest at Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas—A casual glance at the box score might tell you Corey Heim’s victory in Friday night’s SpeedyCash.com 250 was a cakewalk.

Quite the contrary. Heim’s 14th career win was anything but easy.

The driver of the No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota and CRAFTSMAN Truck Series points leader had to survive two overtimes at Texas Motor Speedway to pick up his first victory at the track and his third of the season.

Heim was barely ahead when caution stalled the first overtime almost before it began. The restart in the second extra period packed a surfeit of drama into the final two laps.

Starting second to Heim’s outside, Ben Rhodes held his ground, racing side-by-side through the first two corners. As the drivers navigated Turn 3, both had to lift off the gas, allowing Daniel Hemric to make a strong move to the inside at the start/finish line.

But Heim pressed the accelerator, charged between trucks and surged into the lead, clearing Hemric and Rhodes in Turn 1. Heim pulled away slightly to beat Hemric to the stripe by 0.279 seconds, as Rhodes lost momentum and faded to sixth.

“I wasn’t going to let that one get away from me,” said Heim, who led a race-high 96 of 174 laps and gained an extra Playoff point by winning Stage 2. “I’ve given up too many this year so far. “I’m just overwhelmed—so many restarts there at the end and guys were taking me three-wide.

“I wasn’t going to let them take it from me… They tried to take me three-wide into (Turn) 1, and I drove until I couldn’t any more.”

At age 22, Heim is the youngest driver in series history to reach 14 wins. Friday night‘s Truck Series race also was the first to go to overtime after 21 straight events had ended in regulation.

Rajah Caruth ran third behind Heim and Hemric, with Tyler Ankrum finishing fourth and Tanner Gray fifth.

Rhodes took issue with the way Heim raced him into Turn 3 on the white-flag lap in the second overtime.

“I was a little upset, and even still watching the replay, with how I was run in 3 and 4 by Heim,” said Rhodes, a two-time series champion. “Basically, to see him come off the bottom, and the groove is extremely narrow here. That’s why all those wrecks kept happening.

“I had to lift. I think he had to lift, and that’s what opened up for three-wide down the frontstretch and why we’re in sixth place.”

All told, the race produced 11 cautions for 57 laps, a testament to the intense action at the Fort Worth track.

Texas Motor Speedway, arguably the most treacherous 1.5-miler on the schedule, claimed three early victims. On Lap 31, rookie Giovanni Ruggiero drove too low entering the tri-oval, clipped the grass below the apron and shot up the track, collecting Brandon Jones and Kaden Honeycutt in a violent collision.

The impact ripped the right front wheel off Jones’ Toyota and destroyed Honeycutt’s Chevrolet.

“It is just so hard to see the grass here on the frontstretch when you’re behind other trucks,” Ruggiero said. “I definitely misjudged it on my part. Really unfortunate for all of my guys.

“We had a really fast JBL Tundra—definitely not how I wanted tonight to go. Just have to keep digging and come back stronger for the next one.”

On Lap 52, Layne Riggs spun underneath the Ford of reigning series champion Ty Majeski. Thirteen laps and two cautions later, Riggs was off course again after contact with Luke Fenhaus’ Ford, this time bouncing through the frontstretch grass and tearing the nose off his F-150.

Andres Perez de Lara backed into the Turn 2 wall on Lap 57, damaging his Chevrolet beyond repair. Before the end of the second stage, the race was peppered with six cautions, with the longest green-flag run coming from the start of the race to a competition caution at Lap 20.

The tenor of the race changed after the second stage break. During a 60-lap green-flag run that began on Lap 87 and featured a cycle of green-flag pit stops, Heim built a lead of 15.794 seconds before Frankie Muniz crashed in Turn 2 on Lap 147 to cause the eighth caution of the night.

From that point, the race reclaimed its frenetic character and required the two overtimes to get to the finish. The result left Heim 46 points ahead of second-place Chandler Smith in the series standings.



NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 8
Race Results for the SpeedyCash.com 250 - Friday, May 2, 2025
Texas Motor Speedway - Fort Worth, TX - 1.5 - Mile Paved

Total Race Length - 174 Laps - 261. Miles

Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 5/2/2025 @ 11:08 PM Eastern

Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Stage 2 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 4 11 Corey Heim Safelite/Foster Love Toyota 174 5 1 56 Running 6 96 6
2 2 19 Daniel Hemric NAPA 100th Anniversary Chevrolet 174 4 4 49 Running  
3 7 71 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 174   34 Running 1 5
4 1 18 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet 174  8 36 Running 1 24
5 25 15 Tanner Gray Place of Hope Toyota 174 7  36 Running  
6 28 99 Ben Rhodes Zimmerer Kubota Ford 174  6 36 Running 1 2
7 22 88 Matt Crafton Planters/Menards Ford 174 3 10 39 Running 1 3
8 17 44 Bayley Currey TXAPA/MG Machinery Chevrolet 174   29 Running  
9 20 26 Dawson Sutton # Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 174   28 Running  
10 24 98 Ty Majeski Soda Sense/Curb Records Ford 174 6 9 34 Running 1 12
11 10 91 Jack Wood Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet 174   26 Running  
12 32 20 Stefan Parsons Trophy Tractor Chevrolet 174   25 Running  
13 13 07 Nick Sanchez(i) Gainbridge Chevrolet 174   0 Running  
14 18 02 Nathan Byrd Champion Health Chevrolet 174   23 Running  
15 16 76 Spencer Boyd Tohatsu Chevrolet 174   22 Running  
16 9 38 Chandler Smith Speedy Cash Ford 174 9 2 32 Running  
17 19 7 Carson Hocevar(i) Chili's Ride the 'Dente Chevrolet 172 8  0 Running  
18 29 22 Josh Reaume Aerial Titans Ford 172   19 Running  
19 31 2 Cody Dennison TIMCAST Ford 171   18 Running  
20 30 42 Matt Mills J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet 168 2  26 Accident  
21 3 13 Jake Garcia Quanta Services Ford 164  7 20 Accident 1 3
22 12 81 Connor Mosack # Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Chevrolet 162   15 Accident  
23 5 9 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet 156 1 3 32 Accident 3 19 1
24 23 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 155  5 19 Accident  
25 26 33 Frankie Muniz # More Core Ford 145   12 Accident  
26 21 5 Toni Breidinger # Raising Cane's Toyota 120   11 Electrical  
27 27 66 Luke Fenhaus Soda Sense Ford 68   10 DVP  
28 8 34 Layne Riggs Aaron's Rent to Own Ford 64 10  10 Accident 1 10
29 14 77 Andres Perez De Lara # Telcel Chevrolet 56   8 Accident  
30 15 1 Brandon Jones(i) Amdro Toyota 31   0 Accident  
31 11 17 Giovanni Ruggiero # JBL Toyota 30   6 Accident  
32 6 45 Kaden Honeycutt DQS Chevrolet 30   5 Accident  

Fastest Lap Bonus:  # lap 131 / 29.742
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Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 33 Mins, 31 Secs. Average Speed: 102.008 MPH Margin of Victory: 0.279 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 9, 42, 88, 19, 11, 98, 15, 7, 38, 34
Stage 2 Top 10: 11, 38, 9, 19, 52, 99, 13, 18, 98, 88

Race Comments: Corey Heim has won the SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway, his 14th 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: 11 for 57 laps; Laps: 22-25 (Competition [22]); 32-37 (#17, 45, 1 Incident Frontstretch [02]); 42-47 (Stage 1 Conclusion [5]); 53-56 (#34 Spin Turn 2 [None]); 58-61 (#77 Spin Turn 2 [None]); 65-71 (#34, 66 Incident Frontstretch [None]); 82-87 (Stage 2 Conclusion [5]); 148-153 (#33 Incident Turn 2 [18]); 156-161 (#52, 9, 38 Incident Turn 4 [Red Flag: 00:04:55] [07]); 164-167 (#13, 81 Incident Turn 2 [02]); 169-172 (Debris Turn 1 [76]).

Lead Changes: 15 among 9 drivers; T. Ankrum 1-24; L. Riggs 25-34; M. Crafton 35-37; G. Enfinger 38-51; C. Heim 52-71; G. Enfinger 72-75; C. Heim 76-83; T. Majeski 84-95; C. Heim 96-127; R. Caruth 128-132; J. Garcia 133-135; C. Heim 136-152; G. Enfinger 153; C. Heim 154-171; B. Rhodes 172-173; C. Heim 174.

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

Next Race: May 10, 2025 - Kansas Speedway

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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Points Report
Texas Motor Speedway
SpeedyCash.com 250
UNOFFICIAL Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 5/2/2025 @ 11:51 PM Eastern UNOFFICIAL

Rank Driver Car Starts GL Points Ldr Nxt Race Wins Stage Wins Playoff Pts
1. Corey Heim 11 8 0 368 0 0 3 5 20
2. Chandler Smith 38 8 0 322 -46 46 1 1 6
3. Daniel Hemric 19 8 -1 288 -80 34 1 0 5
4. Tyler Ankrum 18 8 1 286 -82 2 1 1 6
5. Ty Majeski 98 8 -1 262 -106 24 0 1 1
6. Grant Enfinger 9 8 -2 250 -118 12 0 1 1
7. Jake Garcia 13 8 0 244 -124 6 0 0 0
8. Layne Riggs 34 8 3 242 -126 2 0 2 2
9. Kaden Honeycutt 45 8 0 220 -148 22 0 0 0
10. Ben Rhodes 99 8 -2 215 -153 5 0 1 1
11. Stewart Friesen 52 8 1 204 -164 11 0 0 0
12. Tanner Gray 15 8 -1 197 -171 7 0 0 0
13. Rajah Caruth 71 8 -1 193 -175 4 0 0 0
14. Giovanni Ruggiero # 17 8 3 187 -181 6 0 0 0
15. Matt Crafton 88 8 -2 178 -190 9 0 1 1
16. Jack Wood 91 8 1 173 -195 5 0 1 1
17. Dawson Sutton # 26 8 -2 151 -217 22 0 0 0
18. Andres Perez De Lara # 77 8 2 148 -220 3 0 0 0
19. Matt Mills 42 8 -1 148 -220 0 0 0 0
20. Connor Mosack # 81 8 2 146 -222 2 0 0 0
21. Bayley Currey 44 6 0 138 -230 8 0 1 0
22. Spencer Boyd 76 8 0 128 -240 10 0 0 0
23. Toni Breidinger # 5 8 0 104 -264 24 0 0 0
24. Frankie Muniz # 33 8 0 100 -268 4 0 0 0
25. Nathan Byrd 02 8 -1 94 -274 6 0 0 0
26. Luke Fenhaus 66 6 1 91 -277 3 0 0 0
27. Josh Reaume 22 4 0 66 -302 25 0 0 0
28. Stefan Parsons 20 2 -7 44 -324 22 0 0 0
29. Timmy Hill  2 1 42 -326 2 0 0 0
30. Justin Carroll  4 1 42 -326 0 0 0 0
31. Parker Kligerman  3 1 38 -330 4 0 0 0
32. Cody Dennison 2 3 -4 35 -333 3 0 0 0
33. Lawless Alan  1 2 31 -337 4 0 0 0
34. Jason White  1 2 29 -339 2 0 0 0
35. Norm Benning  4 2 29 -339 0 0 0 0
36. Johnny Sauter  1 2 29 -339 0 0 0 0
37. Luke Baldwin  1 0 15 -353 14 0 0 0
38. Stephen Mallozzi  4 0 15 -353 0 0 0 0
39. Matthew Gould  1 0 14 -354 1 0 0 0
40. Keith Mcgee  2 0 12 -356 2 0 0 0
41. Michel Disdier  1 0 6 -362 6 0 0 0
42. Alan Waller  1 0 6 -362 0 0 0 0
43. Akinori Ogata  1 0 5 -363 1 0 0 0
44. Clay Greenfield  1 0 4 -364 1 0 0 0
45. Ryan Roulette  1 0 2 -366 2 0 0 0
46. Kyle Busch(i)  1 0 0 -368 2 1 1 0
47. Kyle Larson(i)  2 0 0 -368 0 1 0 0
48. Justin Haley(i)  2 0 0 -368 0 0 0 0
49. Ross Chastain(i)  1 0 0 -368 0 0 0 0
50. William Sawalich(i)  3 0 0 -368 0 0 0 0
51. Michael Mcdowell(i)  2 0 0 -368 0 0 0 0
52. Brandon Jones(i) 1 4 0 0 -368 0 0 0 0
53. Nick Sanchez(i) 07 1 53 0 -368 0 0 0 0
54. William Byron(i)  1 1 0 -368 0 0 0 0
55. Corey Day(i)  5 1 0 -368 0 0 0 0
56. Mason Maggio(i)  1 1 0 -368 0 0 0 0
57. Sammy Smith(i)  1 1 0 -368 0 0 0 0
58. Carson Hocevar(i) 7 1 58 0 -368 0 0 0 0
59. Patrick Staropoli(i)  2 2 0 -368 0 0 0 0
60. Tyler Tomassi(i)  1 2 0 -368 0 0 0 0
61. Bryan Dauzat  0 2 0 -368 0 0 0 0

-Ldr/-Nxt = Points behind Leader/Next higher, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series