Corey Heim is youngest to 15 wins in NASCAR Truck Series
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CONCORD, N.C.—This time, Corey Heim didn’t just slam the door on his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series competition — he nailed it shut.
Heim’s three previous 2025 wins notwithstanding, the driver of the No. 11 Tricon Garage Toyota has had difficulty closing out races with a dominant truck this season.
That was emphatically not the case on Friday night, when Heim led 98 of 134 laps and beat runner-up Ross Chastain to the finish line by 6.229 seconds in the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Heim’s first victory at Charlotte and his fourth of the season was the 15th of his Truck Series career, tying him with Matt Crafton for 10th on the all-time career wins list. At age 22, he is the youngest to reach the 15-win milestone.
“I felt like we’ve had the speed the last couple years here, but circumstances haven’t let us get it done,” said Heim, who has won five of the last nine Truck Series races on intermediate speedways.
“Obviously, it was such a good truck. I had to execute on my part. The pit crew did a great job. Just a really nice clean day. … It feels great. It feels like we’ve had a lot of opportunities to do that this year, really. Just can’t say enough about these guys. My team gave me a great Tundra, and we just really checked all of the boxes tonight. It feels great.”
Chastain was the best of the three Niece Motorsports Chevrolet drivers in the top seven. Kaden Honeycutt ran third, and Matt Mills was seventh. But none of the Niece trucks could mount a challenge to the race winner, particularly on longer runs.
“Best in class,” Chastain said of his own effort. “The 11 (Heim) is the best in the field right now, and none of us had anything for him. The 7 (Kyle Busch), the 38 (Smith), the 34 (Layne Riggs) — it was a heck of a race (for second) back there between us, but we’ve got to make it last longer.”
Riggs and Busch came home fourth and fifth, respectively, followed by Grant Enfinger, Mills, Daniel Hemric, Rajah Caruth and Brandon Jones.
Smith fell victim to a Lap 71 wreck involving polesitter Gio Ruggiero, reigning series champion Ty Majeski and Connor Mosack. The winner last week at North Wilkesboro, Smith, was the first driver eliminated from the race and finished 34th.
There were three cautions for 20 laps, two of the yellows for stage breaks.
The only negative for Heim is that no more 1.5-mile intermediate speedways are remaining on this season’s Truck Series schedule.
Next up for the Truck Series is the Rackley Roofing 200 at Nashville Superspeedway at 8 p.m. ET on May 30 (FS1, NRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 11
Race Results for the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 - Friday, May 23, 2025
Charlotte Motor Speedway - Concord, NC - 1.5 - Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 134 Laps - 201. Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 5/23/2025 @ 10:38 PM Eastern
Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Stage 2 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 3 11 Corey Heim Safelite/Foster Love Toyota 134 1 1 61 Running 6 98 7
2 4 44 Ross Chastain(i) NC Governor's Hwy Safety Prgm Chevrolet 134 2 5 0 Running 1 11
3 5 45 Kaden Honeycutt DQS/Foundation For Pops Chevrolet 134 4 2 50 Running 3 10
4 7 34 Layne Riggs UNC Charlotte Ford 134 3 4 48 Running
5 12 7 Kyle Busch(i) Gainbridge Chevrolet 134 5 3 0 Running
6 18 9 Grant Enfinger Grant County Mulch Chevrolet 134 10 32 Running
7 16 42 Matt Mills J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet 134 10 31 Running 1 1
8 6 19 Daniel Hemric NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet 134 7 6 38 Running
9 8 71 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 134 28 Running 1 10
10 13 1 Brandon Jones(i) Sprecher Toyota 134 0 Running
11 10 13 Jake Garcia Quanta Services Ford 134 26 Running
12 23 18 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet 134 25 Running
13 32 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 133 24 Running 1 1
14 24 75 Parker Kligerman Food Country USA Chevrolet 133 23 Running
15 19 07 BJ McLeod Pigeon Forge Racing Coaster Chevrolet 133 22 Running
16 14 77 Andes Perez De Lara # Telcel Chevrolet 133 21 Running
17 21 99 Ben Rhodes Campers Inn RV Ford 133 20 Running
18 33 66 Luke Fenhaus Soda Sense Ford 133 19 Running
19 27 56 Timmy Hill 500th NASCAR Start Toyota 133 18 Running 1 1
20 26 88 Matt Crafton Chi Chis/Menards Ford 132 17 Running
21 1 17 Giovanni Ruggiero # First Auto Group Toyota 132 6 8 24 Running 1 2
22 20 02 Stefan Parsons Springrates Chevrolet 132 15 Running
23 15 81 Connor Mosack # Apollo PEX Chevrolet 132 14 Running
24 28 76 Spencer Boyd Canal Coffee Co Chevrolet 132 13 Running
25 22 91 Jack Wood Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet 132 12 Running
26 2 15 Tanner Gray Black's Tire Service Toyota 130 11 Running
27 31 33 Frankie Muniz # More Core Diamond Drilling Ford 126 10 Running
28 34 22 Mason Maggio(i) Control Alt Protect Ford 123 0 Running
29 29 2 Cody Dennison Flux Ford 121 8 Running
30 25 5 Toni Breidinger # Celsius Toyota 121 7 Running
31 17 26 Dawson Sutton # Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 104 6 Driveshaft
32 11 98 Ty Majeski OverPlay/Curb Records Ford 103 9 7 11 Running
33 30 90 Justin Carroll Carroll's Automotive Toyota 75 4 Suspension
34 9 38 Chandler Smith QuickTie Ford 70 8 9 8 Accident
Fastest Lap Bonus: # lap 40 / 30.409
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Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 33 Mins, 38 Secs. Average Speed: 128.8 MPH Margin of Victory: 6.229 Seconds
Stage 1 Top 10: 11, 44, 34, 45, 7, 17, 19, 38, 98, 42
Stage 2 Top 10: 11, 45, 7, 34, 44, 19, 98, 17, 38, 9
Race Comments: Corey Heim won the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, his 15th NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series victory. Prior to the green flag to start the race, the following trucks dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: No. 66 (backup truck), Nos. 2, 22, 33, 90 (unapproved adjustments).
Failed to Qualify: None.
Caution Flags: 3 for 20 laps; Laps: 32-38 (Stage 1 Conclusion [22]); 62-68 (Stage 2 Conclusion [2]); 72-77 (#38, 98, 17, 81 incident frontstretch [2]).
Lead Changes: 14 among 8 drivers; G. Ruggiero # 1-2; C. Heim 3-4; R. Chastain(i) 5-15; C. Heim 16-34; K. Honeycutt 35-39; C. Heim 40-43; K. Honeycutt 44; C. Heim 45-64; K. Honeycutt 65-68; C. Heim 69-103; M. Mills 104; R. Caruth 105-114; S. Friesen 115; T. Hill 116; C. Heim 117-134.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: May 30, 2025 - Nashville Superspeedway
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Points Report
Charlotte Motor Speedway
North Carolina Education Lottery 200
UNOFFICIAL Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 5/23/2025 @ 10:59 PM Eastern UNOFFICIAL
Rank Driver Car Starts GL Points Ldr Nxt Race Wins Stage Wins Playoff Pts
1. Corey Heim 11 11 0 511 0 0 4 8 28
2. Chandler Smith 38 11 0 411 -100 100 2 1 11
3. Daniel Hemric 19 11 0 401 -110 10 1 0 5
4. Tyler Ankrum 18 11 0 382 -129 19 1 1 6
5. Grant Enfinger 9 11 0 371 -140 11 0 2 2
6. Layne Riggs 34 11 2 342 -169 29 0 2 2
7. Kaden Honeycutt 45 11 2 335 -176 7 0 0 0
8. Jake Garcia 13 11 -1 332 -179 3 0 0 0
9. Ty Majeski 98 11 -3 327 -184 5 0 1 1
10. Stewart Friesen 52 11 0 291 -220 36 0 0 0
11. Giovanni Ruggiero # 17 11 1 284 -227 7 0 1 1
12. Ben Rhodes 99 11 -1 281 -230 3 0 1 1
13. Rajah Caruth 71 11 0 274 -237 7 0 0 0
14. Tanner Gray 15 11 0 253 -258 21 0 0 0
15. Matt Crafton 88 11 0 238 -273 15 0 1 1
16. Matt Mills 42 11 2 216 -295 22 0 0 0
17. Jack Wood 91 11 -1 215 -296 1 0 1 1
18. Connor Mosack # 81 11 -1 201 -310 14 0 0 0
19. Andes Perez De Lara # 77 11 1 200 -311 1 0 0 0
20. Dawson Sutton # 26 11 -1 190 -321 10 0 0 0
21. Spencer Boyd 76 11 1 164 -347 26 0 0 0
22. Bayley Currey 7 -1 151 -360 13 0 1 0
23. Toni Breidinger # 5 11 0 144 -367 7 0 0 0
24. Frankie Muniz # 33 11 0 127 -384 17 0 0 0
25. Luke Fenhaus 66 7 1 110 -401 17 0 0 0
26. Nathan Byrd 9 -1 102 -409 8 0 0 0
27. Josh Reaume 4 0 66 -445 36 0 0 0
28. Parker Kligerman 75 4 5 61 -450 5 0 0 0
29. Timmy Hill 56 3 2 60 -451 1 0 0 0
30. Stefan Parsons 02 3 0 59 -452 1 0 0 0
31. Cody Dennison 2 5 -3 58 -453 1 0 0 0
32. Luke Baldwin 3 -3 46 -465 12 0 0 0
33. Justin Carroll 90 5 -1 46 -465 0 0 0 0
34. Norm Benning 5 0 32 -479 14 0 0 0
35. Lawless Alan 1 0 31 -480 1 0 0 0
36. Jason White 1 0 29 -482 2 0 0 0
37. Johnny Sauter 1 0 29 -482 0 0 0 0
38. BJ McLeod 07 1 -38 22 -489 7 0 0 0
39. Patrick Emerling 1 -1 18 -493 4 0 0 0
40. Brent Crews 1 -1 18 -493 0 0 0 0
41. Stephen Mallozzi 4 -1 15 -496 3 0 0 0
42. Matthew Gould 1 -1 14 -497 1 0 0 0
43. Morgen Baird 1 -1 12 -499 2 0 0 0
44. Keith Mcgee 2 -1 12 -499 0 0 0 0
45. Conner Jones 1 -1 10 -501 2 0 0 0
46. Jayson Alexander 1 -1 7 -504 3 0 0 0
47. Ryan Roulette 2 -1 7 -504 0 0 0 0
48. Michel Disdier 1 -1 6 -505 1 0 0 0
49. Alan Waller 1 -1 6 -505 0 0 0 0
50. Akinori Ogata 1 -1 5 -506 1 0 0 0
51. Clay Greenfield 1 -1 4 -507 1 0 0 0\
52. Derek White 1 -1 4 -507 0 0 0 0
53. Kyle Busch(i) 7 3 -1 0 -511 4 1 1 0
54. Kyle Larson(i) 2 -1 0 -511 0 1 0 0
55. Carson Hocevar(i) 2 -1 0 -511 0 1 1 0
56. William Byron(i) 2 -1 0 -511 0 0 0 0
57. Ross Chastain(i) 44 2 0 0 -511 0 0 0 0
58. Justin Haley(i) 2 -2 0 -511 0 0 0 0
59. Brandon Jones(i) 1 6 -1 0 -511 0 0 0 0
60. William Sawalich(i) 3 -1 0 -511 0 0 0 0
61. Sammy Smith(i) 2 -1 0 -511 0 0 0 0
62. Michael Mcdowell(i) 2 -1 0 -511 0 0 0 0
63. Nicholas Sanchez(i) 1 -1 0 -511 0 0 0 0
64. Corey Day(i) 5 -1 0 -511 0 0 0 0
65. Mason Maggio(i) 22 2 -1 0 -511 0 0 0 0
66. Patrick Staropoli(i) 2 -1 0 -511 0 0 0 0
67. Tyler Tomassi(i) 2 -1 0 -511 0 0 0 0
68. Bryan Dauzat 0 -1 0 -511 0 0 0 0
-Ldr/-Nxt = Points behind Leader/Next higher, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
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