September 20, 2025 | By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service

Corey Heim wins record tying ninth Truck Series race of 2025

LOUDON, N.H.—Corey Heim turned in yet another successful chapter to one of the most dominant seasons in NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series history – claiming his record-tying ninth season win in Saturday’s Team EJP 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The 23-year-old Georgia native’s race effort was nearly as perfect as the NASCAR weekend setting – sunshine, cool Fall temperatures set among the beautiful season-changing foliage for which New England is renowned.

Heim claimed pole position in the No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota, swept both stages, led a race best 124 of the 175 laps, set the fastest lap of the day and then motored off to a .823-second victory over Chandler Smith to end the first round of the series Playoffs as dominantly as the Regular Season Champion started them.

The nine-victory effort this year ties the single-season win mark set by former series champion Greg Biffle in 1999. And immediately after Saturday’s checkered flag, Biffle posted a photo on social media of him holding a lobster (New Hampshire’s traditional trophy award) on a beach with the caption, “Welcome to the 9-win club.”

“It’s a dream come true to be able to race with these guys,” Heim said of his team. “Seems like everywhere we go this year we’re a contender or we win so just can’t say enough about those guys.

“But got to keep it going,” continued Heim, who now has 20 wins in 85 career starts. “Still have four more races left [this year] and want to break that [single season wins] record. Shout out to Greg Biffle. He’s a great dude.

“Dream year for me personally and just have to keep it going. It’s awesome. Gotta keep the ball rolling.”

Smith’s runner-up showing was an inspired rally to try to advance to the next round of the Playoffs, but ultimately the Front Row Motorsports driver came up 10-points shy of moving on in the championship battle. ThorSport Racing’s Jake Garcia, who finished 16th Saturday also failed to move on in the title fight.

“Just a lot of bad luck, but honestly, I’m a faithful guy and been doing a lot of praying about it and my prayer’s been specific for the Lord’s will and obviously it wasn’t in his will for us to advance to the next round, obviously,” Smith said.

“Super grateful for these group of guys that we assembled on this 38-team and we huddled together before the race and I let them know this doesn’t define us no matter what the outcome. I’m proud of each and every one of them.”

Smith’s Front Row teammate Layne Riggs finished third at New Hampshire and the season’s three-time winner will begin this next three-race round of Playoff competition ranked second to Heim – 47 points behind the championship favorite.

Heim’s rookie teammate Gio Ruggiero crossed the line fourth in one of his best showings of the season. And reigning series champion, ThorSport Racing’s Ty Majeski was fifth.

The championship lineup going forward with points re-set includes – in order – McAnally-Hilgemann’s Daniel Hemric, Majeski, McAnally-Hilgemann’s Tyler Ankrum, CR7 Motorsports Grant Enfinger, Spire Motorsports’ Rajah Caruth and Halmar-Friesen Racing’s Kaden Honeycutt.

Caruth’s gamble to stay out on old tires to gain extra points in Stage 2 proved critical in his advancing. He finished 10th.

“It was kind of best-case scenario, the 38 [Smith] didn’t win and we got good stage points,” Caruth said. “Just proud of my Spire team. We just kept getting better and the truck was decent. I don’t feel like tenth was really indicative of where we could have finished but that’s how it went with how the tires were today, the way the cautions fell and our strategy.”

Enfinger, Honeycutt, Corey LaJoie, Christian Eckes and Caruth rounded out the top-10.

The NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series  returns to competition with an Oct. 3 series debut at the Charlotte ROVAL – race one in the final three-race run to decide which four drivers will be eligible for the championship at Phoenix on Oct. 31.


NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 21
Race Results for the EJP 175 - Saturday, September 20, 2025
New Hampshire Motor Speedway - Loudon, NH - 1.058 - Mile Paved

Total Race Length - 175 Laps - 185.15 Miles

Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Saturday, 9/20/2025 @ 02:48 PM Eastern

Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Stage 2 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 1 11 Corey Heim (P) Safelite Toyota 175 1 1 61 Running 2 124 7
2 2 38 Chandler Smith (P) Long John Silver's Ford 175 2 3 52 Running  
3 4 34 Layne Riggs (P) Bare Knuckle Brawl Ford 175  4 41 Running  
4 14 17 Giovanni Ruggiero # First Auto Group Toyota 175  5 39 Running  
5 3 98 Ty Majeski (P) Soda Sense/Curb Records Ford 175 3  40 Running  
6 16 9 Grant Enfinger (P) Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet 175  10 32 Running  
7 15 52 Kaden Honeycutt (P) Halmar International Toyota 175 6 9 37 Running  
8 8 77 Corey LaJoie Gainbridge Chevrolet 175  6 34 Running  
9 28 16 Christian Eckes(i) NAPA Nightvision Chevrolet 175   0 Running  
10 12 71 Rajah Caruth (P) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 175 4 7 38 Running 1 4
11 10 18 Tyler Ankrum (P) LiUNA! Chevrolet 175 10  27 Running  
12 13 19 Daniel Hemric (P) Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet 175  8 28 Running  
13 29 62 Michael Christopher Jr USNE Power Toyota 175   24 Running  
14 21 26 Dawson Sutton # Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 175 9  25 Running  
15 20 44 Andres Perez De Lara # Telcel Chevrolet 175 7 2 35 Running 1 47
16 9 13 Jake Garcia (P) Quanta Services Ford 175 5  27 Running  
17 7 1 Brent Crews JBL Toyota 175 8  23 Running  
18 23 45 Bayley Currey DQS Solutions & Staffing Chevrolet 174   19 Running  
19 26 20 Mason Massey(i) BRUNT Chevrolet 174   0 Running  
20 30 22 Blake Lothian Eastern Bank Ford 174   17 Running  
21 27 76 Spencer Boyd Granite State De-Icing Supply Chevrolet 174   16 Running  
22 19 91 Jack Wood Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet 173   15 Running  
23 24 42 Matt Mills J.F. Electric Chevrolet 170   14 Running  
24 17 99 Ben Rhodes Campers Inn RV Ford 133   13 Accident  
25 25 5 Toni Breidinger # Sunoco 94 Octane Toyota 132   12 Accident  
26 6 88 Matt Crafton Jack Links/Menards Ford 132   11 Accident  
27 34 33 Tyler Tomassi(i) Tomassi Law LLC Ford 126   0 Accident  
28 22 7 Patrick Emerling (P) Sci Aps Chevrolet 100   9 Accident  
29 5 15 Tanner Gray Place of Hope Toyota 61   8 Accident  
30 35 69 Derek White Wholesale JL Ford 45   7 Accident  
31 18 41 Conner Jones AutoVentive/Precision Chevrolet 41   6 Accident  
32 31 02 Jayson Alexander Constant Contact Chevrolet 31   5 Accident  
33 36 74 Caleb Costner Ironside Forestry Toyota 30   4 Accident  
34 32 6 Norm Benning MDIA Inc Chevrolet 29   3 Too Slow  
35 33 2 Stephen Mallozzi  Ford 7   2 Suspension  
36 11 81 Connor Mosack # F.W. Webb Company Chevrolet 1   1 Accident  

Fastest Lap Bonus:  # 11  lap 11 / 29.886
                                                           
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 6 Mins, 12 Secs. Average Speed: 88.027 MPH Margin of Victory: 0.823 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 11, 38, 98, 71, 13, 52, 44, 1, 26, 18
Stage 2 Top 10: 11, 44, 38, 34, 17, 77, 71, 19, 52, 9

Race Comments: Corey Heim has won the Team EJP 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, his 20th victory in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty: Nos. 33, 69, 16 (Unapproved Adjustments).

Failed to Qualify: None.

Caution Flags: 8 for 54 laps; Laps: 2-5 (#1, 15, 81 Incident Turn 2 [None]); 34-41 (#02, 74, 19 Incident Turn 1 [76]); 44-48 (#41, 16 Incident Turn 4 [22]); 51-60 (#69 Incident Turn 3 / Stage 1 Conclusion [5]); 102-107 (#7 Incident Turn 1 [5]); 112-118 (Stage 2 Conclusion [20]); 128-132 (#33, 76 Incident Turn 1 [None]); 134-142 (#5, 88, 44, 99 Incident Turn 3 [44]).

Lead Changes: 3 among 3 drivers; C. Heim (P) 1-56; A. Perez De Lara # 57-103; R. Caruth (P) 104-107; C. Heim (P) 108-175.

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

Next Race: October 3, 2025 - Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course

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CURRENT NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES PLAYOFF STANDINGS

POS NO. DRIVER MFR +/-

1 11 Corey Heim Toyota +69    2 PLAYOFF WINS -  9 TOTAL WINS
2 34 Layne Riggs Ford +22       1 PLAYOFF WIN  - 3 TOTAL WINS
3 19 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet +1        1 REGULAR SEASON 1
4 98 Ty Majeski Ford +0

CUTOFF LINE - 4 DRIVERS ELIMINATED AFTER MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY (OCT. 24)

5 18 Tyler Ankrum Chevrolet +0     1 REGULAR SEASON WIN
6 9 Grant Enfinger Chevrolet -3  
7 71 Rajah Caruth Chevrolet -5      1 REGULAR SEASON WIN
8 52 Kaden Honeycutt Toyota -7