August 30, 2025 | By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service

Corey Heim opens NASCAR Truck Playoffs with eighth win of season

DARLINGTON, S.C.—Even though the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series changed the clock from the regular season to the Playoffs, it was still “Heim Time” on Saturday at Darlington Raceway.

Pulling away after a restart on Lap 134 of 147, Heim won the Playoff-opening Sober or Slammer 200 at the challenging 1.366-mile track. The win was Heim’s eighth of the year, one short of Greg Biffle’s record nine-victory season in 1999.

Heim crossed the finish line 0.766 seconds ahead of fellow Playoff driver Daniel Hemric to collect his first victory at the Lady in Black and the 19th of his career. With the win, Heim earned automatic advancement to the Playoffs’ Round of 8.

The break at the end of Stage 2 proved fortunate for the race winner. Heim felt a tire losing air shortly before the end of the stage, but he survived the stage in second place and brought the No. 11 TRICON Garage Tundra to pit road before the tire went flat.

“Lucky it wasn’t a complete blowout—otherwise we would have been in trouble,” Heim said. “I could make a little bit of speed on the wall, but it was such a high-risk play if you scrubbed it. You saw so many people have those right-front issues.”

One of those was Stage 2 winner Layne Riggs, Heim’s primary competition for the win. Moments before a collision between the trucks of Playoff driver Kaden Honeycutt and Andres Perez de Lara brought out the third and final caution of the race on Lap 128, Riggs slammed the outside wall with a right-front tire down.

Riggs, who finished 17th, led 71 laps to Heim’s 65.

“I put a little pressure on the 34 (Riggs), and he got into it, and we were able to take advantage of it,” said Heim, . “…It feels like I’m in a dream. Eight wins this year is phenomenal, man. It’s great to look back on, but we’ve also got so much to look forward to.”

Playoff drivers Grant Enfinger and Ty Majeski, the defending series champion, finished third and fourth, respectively—Enfinger with a consistent problem-free performance, Majeski after overcoming a flat right front tire with a wave-around.

Trevor Bayne, running his first NASCAR race since 2023, came home fifth, followed by rookie Tanner Gray, Playoff driver Tyler Ankrum, Timmy Hill, Corey Day and Playoff driver Jake Garcia.

The complexion of the series Playoffs took a dramatic turn early in the race. Starting next to pole-winning Front Row Motorsports teammate Riggs, Chandler Smith led the first 10 laps, but on the 11th circuit he slapped the outside wall and cut his right front tire.

Attempts to repair serious damage to the No. 38 Ford proved futile, and Smith retired from the race in 30th place after completing 14 laps.

“Made a mistake on my end today,” Smith acknowledged. “Just got a little too greedy trying to run the fence a little too hard… When you get into that hard, it suckers you in, you cut a tire, and you’re done for the day.”

The early exit left Smith two points behind Garcia for the last spot in the Round of 8.

“We’ve got two races left,” Smith said. “(We’re) going back to Bristol, where we won earlier in the year. Then we’re going to New Hampshire for the last race in this round where I’ve been really strong in the past as well.”

Honeycutt fell to 10th in the standings, seven points below the current elimination line.

Hemric, on the other hand, leaves Darlington 33 points to the good.

“We’ve been wanting so badly to have execution like that,” Hemric said. “That was our cleanest race of the season.”


NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 19
Race Results for the Sober or Slammer 200 - Saturday, August 30, 2025
Darlington Raceway - Darlington, SC - 1.366 - Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 147 Laps - 200.802 Miles

Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Saturday, 8/30/2025 @ 02:20 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 (P) Safelite Toyota 147 1 2 59 Running 4 65 6
2 7 19 Daniel Hemric (P) NAPA Chevrolet 147 4 4 49 Running  
3 4 9 Grant Enfinger (P) Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet 147 3 3 50 Running 1 1
4 8 98 Ty Majeski (P) Soda Sense/Curb Records Ford 147   33 Running  
5 16 1 Trevor Bayne Victory Junction Toyota 147  9 34 Running  
6 12 15 Tanner Gray Place of Hope Toyota 147 7 8 38 Running  
7 10 18 Tyler Ankrum (P) LiUNA! Chevrolet 147 6 7 39 Running  
8 23 56 Timmy Hill Coble Enterprises/UNITS Toyota 147   29 Running  
9 15 7 Corey Day(i) (P) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 147 9 10 0 Running  
10 13 13 Jake Garcia (P) Quanta Services Ford 147   27 Running  
11 21 99 Ben Rhodes FarmPaint.com Ford 147   26 Running  
12 11 71 Rajah Caruth (P) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 147 10  26 Running  
13 14 81 Connor Mosack # Friends of Jacklyn Foundation Chevrolet 147   24 Running  
14 25 91 Jack Wood Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet 147   23 Running  
15 24 20 Stefan Parsons Trophy Tractor Chevrolet 147   22 Running  
16 20 44 Andres Perez De Lara # Telcel Chevrolet 147   21 Running  
17 1 34 Layne Riggs (P) Clew Ford 147 2 1 39 Running 3 71 1
18 5 52 Kaden Honeycutt (P) Halmar International Toyota 147   19 Running  
19 19 26 Dawson Sutton # Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 147   18 Running  
20 9 77 Corey LaJoie Gainbridge Chevrolet 146 8 6 25 Running  
21 22 88 Matt Crafton Denali Aire/Menards Ford 146   16 Running  
22 6 17 Giovanni Ruggiero # First Auto Group Toyota 146 5 5 27 Running  
23 26 76 Spencer Boyd Top Rep Training Chevrolet 145   14 Running  
24 29 5 Toni Breidinger # 818 Tequila Toyota 143   13 Running  
25 17 45 Bayley Currey DQS Solutions & Staffing Chevrolet 140   12 Running  
26 27 33 Mason Maggio(i) Denssi Energy Pouches Ford 128   0 Handling  
27 28 02 Nathan Byrd Champion Health Chevrolet 113   10 Running  
28 30 74 Caleb Costner Ironside Forestry Toyota 25   9 Handling  
29 18 42 Matt Mills J.F. Electric Chevrolet 21   8 Accident  
30 2 38 Chandler Smith (P) Wheelers Ford 14   8 Accident 1 10
31 32 2 Stephen Mallozzi  Ford 4   6 Rear Gear  
32 31 22 Clayton Green  Ford 3   5 Transmission  
Fastest Lap Bonus:  # 38 lap 2 / 30.129

Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 39 Mins, 9 Secs. Average Speed: 121.514 MPH Margin of Victory: .766 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 11, 34, 9, 19, 17, 18, 15, 77, 7, 71
Stage 2 Top 10: 34, 11, 9, 19, 17, 77, 18, 15, 1, 7

Race Comments: Corey Heim won the Sober or Slammer 200, his 19th NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series victory. No trucks dropped to the rear under penalty prior to the green flag.

Failed to Qualify: None.

Caution Flags: 3 for 19 laps; Laps: 47-53 (Stage 1 Conclusion [81]); 92-98 (Stage 2 Conclusion [52]); 129-133 (#44, 52 incident frontstretch [26]).

Lead Changes: 9 among 4 drivers; C. Smith (P) 1-10; L. Riggs (P) 11-30; C. Heim (P) 31-59; L. Riggs (P) 60-94; C. Heim (P) 95-97; G. Enfinger (P) 98; C. Heim (P) 99-111; L. Riggs (P) 112-127; C. Heim (P) 128-147.

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

Next Race: September 11, 2025 - Bristol Motor Speedway

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NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES PLAYOFF STANDINGS

POS NO. DRIVER MFR +/-

1 11 CoreyHeim Toyota No Points winner flag.
2 34 Layne Riggs Ford +38
3 19 DanielHemric Chevrolet +33
4 9 Grant Enfinger Chevrolet +30
5 18 Tyler Ankrum Chevrolet +22
6 98 Ty Majeski Ford +16
7 71 Rajah Caruth Chevrolet +4
8 13 Jake Garcia Ford +2

CUTOFF LINE

9 38 Chandler Smith Ford -2
10 52 Kaden Honeycutt Toyota -7