March 20, 2026 | By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service

Corey Heim steals an overtime NASCAR Trick Series win at Darlington

DARLINGTON, S.C.—Same guy. Different truck. Same result.

Driving the No. 5 TRICON Garage Toyota on a part-time basis, Corey Heim shocked race leader Ross Chastain with a last-lap pass and collected his second-straight victory at Darlington Raceway in Friday night’s Buckle Up South Carolina 200.

Last year, the No.11 TRICON Tundra carried Heim to a record 12 victories and the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series championship.

This year, the No. 5 truck carried him to a two-overtime win in his second series start of the season, as Heim is running a cobbled-together schedule of Truck Series, O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and NASCAR Cup Series races.

Heim also collected the $50,000 Triple Truck Challenge bonus for the victory. Should he run again on April 3 at Rockingham Speedway, he would be eligible for a $100,000 prize available to a driver who wins two races in “The Trip.”

Heim’s overtime victory on Friday night was unlikely enough, and it boiled down to strategy. On Lap 145, with three laps left in regulation, Heim brought his Tundra to pit road for scuffed tires that were five laps fresher than those of Chastain and other frontrunners.

Restarting 15th on the first attempt at overtime, Heim gained six spots before the ninth caution for a wreck involving Jake Garcia, Tyler Ankrum, Corey LaJoie and Stewart Friesen.

Heim was ninth for the final restart and used his tires to excellent advantage, making the pass for the win through Turns 3 and 4 on the final lap.

“I’m out of breath, for sure,” said Heim, who led three times for 28 laps and picked up his 24th win in 91 Truck Series starts. “Man, we had a set of scuffs laying, and they were five laps fresher than everyone else’s. It was worth a shot. I didn’t think we could win from where we were at.

“I felt like I made all the right moves. I had it three-wide coming to the white (flag) and bombed on in there on Ross (into Turn 3). I was shocked he gave me the bottom like that with fresher tires.”

Chastain, who led 35 laps and controlled both overtime restarts, thought he had the race won.

“I have no idea what just happened,” said Chastain, who is running races in all three NASCAR series this weekend. “We did so much right… I think that’s on us as a whole that we didn’t catch that.

“Of course, I would have run the bottom if I thought he would have been close, but I thought I got a good restart. Bummer.”

Kaden Honeycutt, who won his first career pole earlier in the day, led a race-high 59 laps in the No. 11 TRICON Garage truck Heim drove last year. Honeycutt restarted second and chose the top lane for both overtimes but faded to fourth after the final restart.

“That last restart, the top lane wasn’t preferred,” Honeycutt said. “It was like that all night, obviously. The bottom was really good. I tried not to spin the tires as much as I possibly could…

“By the time the 5 (Heim) got by me and the 91 (third-place finisher Christian Eckes) was in front of him, I pretty much just committed to helping (Heim) and see if he could get up there and win the race. I don’t know how in the world he did, but he did.”

Connor Mosack finished fifth, followed Christopher Bell, Grant Enfinger, Gio Ruggiero, Daniel Hemric and William Sawalich.

Chandler Smith ran 17th but left Darlington with a 33-point lead over second-place Honeycutt in the series standings.


NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 4
Race Results for the Buckle Up South Carolina 200 - Friday, March 20, 2026
Darlington Raceway - Darlington, SC - 1.366 - Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 157 Laps - 214.462 Miles

Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 3/20/2026 @ 10:24 PM Eastern

Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Pt Pos Status Tms Laps Pos
1 5 5 Corey Heim Frontline Enterprises Toyota 157 3 4 70 Running 3 28
2 9 45 Ross Chastain(i) Buckle Up South Carolina Chevrolet 157 8 2 0 Running 3 35
3 16 91 Christian Eckes Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet 157 1 5 50 Running 1 7
4 1 11 Kaden Honeycutt Safelite Toyota 157 2 1 52 Running 4 59
5 10 7 Connor Mosack Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Chevrolet 157 32 Running
6 6 62 Christopher Bell(i) Pristine Auction Toyota 157 0 Running 1 6
7 11 9 Grant Enfinger Grant County Mulch Chevrolet 157 30 Running
8 4 17 Giovanni Ruggiero First Auto Group Toyota 157 29 Running
9 14 19 Daniel Hemric NAPA Nightvision Chevrolet 157 10 29 Running
10 27 1 William Sawalich(i) Starkey Toyota 157 5 10 0 Running
11 22 10 AJ Allmendinger(i) Team Mopar RAM 157 0 Running
12 8 34 Layne Riggs BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing Ford 157 4 8 35 Running
13 3 15 Tanner Gray Black's Tire Toyota 157 9 26 Running
14 26 56 Timmy Hill UNITS Toyota 157 23 Running 1 3
15 25 16 Justin Haley Declaration of Deals RAM 157 22 Running
16 19 42 Conner Jones DQS Solutions & Staffing Chevrolet 157 21 Running 1 3
17 12 38 Chandler Smith QuickTie Ford 157 20 Running
18 36 33 Frankie Muniz Lucid Training Ford 157 19 Running
19 24 26 Dawson Sutton WAR Shocks/Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 157 18 Running
20 29 12 Brenden Queen # Cummins Diesel Special RAM 157 17 Running
21 20 25 Corey LaJoie(i) Nothing Stops Ram RAM 157 0 Running
22 2 77 Carson Hocevar(i) Delaware Life Chevrolet 157 7 7 0 Running 1 16
23 23 98 Jake Garcia Quanta Services/Curb Records Ford 157 9 16 Running
24 18 18 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet 157 6 18 Running
25 13 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 157 12 Running
26 34 90 Justin Carroll Carroll's Automotive Toyota 157 11 Running
27 35 93 Caleb Costner Costner Motorsports Chevrolet 155 10 Running
28 17 13 Cole Butcher # Atlantic Tilt Load Ford 153 9 Running
29 33 2 Clayton Green Royals Vista, Inc. Ford 148 8 Running
30 32 76 Spencer Boyd Tohatsu Chevrolet 147 7 Running
31 7 88 Ty Majeski Chi Chi's/Menards Ford 123 6 3 19 DVP
32 21 44 Andres Perez De Lara Telcel Chevrolet 122 5 Accident
33 28 81 Kris Wright F.N.B. Corporation Chevrolet 111 4 Suspension
34 30 14 Mini Tyrrell # RAM RAM 93 3 Steering
35 31 22 Josh Reaume Levrack Ford 51 2 Suspension
36 15 99 Ben Rhodes Farm Paint Ford 2 1 Accident

Fastest Lap Bonus: #77, lap 129 / 295.99

Race Comments: Corey Heim won the seventh running of the Buckle Up South Carolina 200 at Darlington Raceway, his 24th victory in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: Nos. 22, 33 (unapproved adjustments).

Failed to Qualify: None.

Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 12 Mins, 39 Secs. Average Speed: Margin of Victory:

Caution Flags: 9 for 47 laps; Laps: 4-8 (#99 Incident Turn 1 [None]); 15-18 (#1 Spin Turn 2 [None]); 47-53 (Stage 1 Conclusion [93]); 57-60 (Debris Backstretch [33]); 92-98 (Stage 2 Conclusion [90]); 107-110 (#42 Incident Turn 4 [81]); 122-127 (#44, 88, 34 Incident Turn 1 [33]); 145-149 (#77 Incident Turn 1 [33]); 151-155 (#18, 52, 25, 98 Incident Turn 1 [90]).

Lead Changes: 14 among 8 drivers: K. Honeycutt 1-8; C. Heim 9-12; C. Bell(i) 13-18; C. Heim 19-41; C. Eckes 42-48; K. Honeycutt 49-65; R. Chastain(i) 66-74; K.
Lead Change Honeycutt 75-107; T. Hill 108-110; R. Chastain(i) 111-123; C. Jones 124-126; K. Honeycutt 127; C. Hocevar(i) 128-143; R. Chastain(i) 144-156; C. Heim 157.  97.005 MPH .145 Seconds

Stage 2 Top 10: 11, 45, 88, 5, 91, 18, 77, 34, 98, 1
Stage 1 Top 10: 91, 11, 5, 34, 1, 88, 77, 45, 15, 19

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

Next Race: April 3, 2026 - Rockingham Speedway

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