Corey Heim holds off teammate for Rockingham win
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ROCKINGHAM, N.C.—Even as a part-time driver, Corey proved he can still dominate—until the final four laps of Friday’s Black’s Tire 200 at Rockingham Speedway, that is.
Heim led a personal-best 178 laps in winning his second NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race of the season and the 25th of his career—fifth most all-time.
In the closing laps, however, he had to overcome skewed steering and chattering tires in his No. 1 Toyota to fend off a determined charge from TRICON Garage teammate Kaden Honeycutt’s No. 11 Tundra.
Heim won last year’s series title in the No. 11, but he’s not defending this season as he explores opportunities in all three of NASCAR’s national series.
Nevertheless, Heim swept the first two stages of a race for the 13th time in his career. His two stage wins on Friday were his 44th and 45th.
Heim is the first driver this season to score maximum points in a race in any of the top three series, winning both stages and turning the fastest lap—22.965 seconds on Lap 174. He earned 76 points in the victory.
What’s more, Heim won his second straight race in the Triple Truck Challenge—good for a $100,000 bonus—and will race for $500,000 next Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway. That bonus is available to a driver who can win all three races in “The Trip.”
“Yeah, it means a lot,” Heim said of the potential payday. “I don’t really think about it in the truck, but being able to reflect on it, it would be cool to be the first person to sweep all three if we are able to do it.
“There is a lot of motivation for these guys in the 1 camp with (sponsor) Celsius as our primary next week, so super excited about that.”
All statistics aside, Heim had to use his full arsenal of race craft over the final four laps to hold off Honeycutt, who was seeking his first victory. Experiencing a vibration similar to that of a tire losing air, Heim adroitly worked traffic as the race near its end.
Honeycutt got to Heim’s bumper with three laps left and actually nosed ahead to lead the white-flag lap, but Heim drove aggressively into Turn 1, using teammate Tanner Gray to block Honeycutt’s progress.
Exiting Turn 4 on the final circuit, Heim held a slight lead and arrived at the finish line 0.090 seconds ahead of the car he drove to last year’s championship.
“I felt like I didn’t push it any harder than any previous run or do any more damage to the right front, but it was like all of a sudden with four to go, my truck started just… I had to turn more right down the straightaway to keep it straight,” Heim said.
“My wheel was clocked at like 20 degrees to the right, and it was chattering really bad in the corners, and I was like, ‘Oh, boy, here we go, we’re going to lose this one in the worst way possible.’
“But it hung in there, and I just had to use a couple of lapped trucks to hold him off. Respect Kaden for racing me clean. I did what I had to do there at the end, but first win for (sponsor) Robinhood. First win in my J’s (Jordan Brand)—my race shoes.”
Honeycutt was gracious after coming so close.
“I tried to shove Tanner (Gray) as far as I can and hoped that he would have gone to the bottom or something like that, but I don’t really know what I could have done differently other than run me and him down in the marbles and all that,” Honeycutt sad.
“I didn’t want to do that, but I wanted to make sure that me or Corey won the race, and I obviously wanted to win it, but it was good that our TRICON organization could do that. Our team has been really, really good this year—across all teams. I think this shows that. Corey’s done great with the 5 and the 1.
“Fast race trucks every week, and I think our time will come.”
Front Row Motorsports teammates Layne Riggs and Smith finished third and fourth, respectively, but Smith’s No. 38 Ford was disqualified in post-race inspection for a ride-height infraction.
That elevated Stewart Friesen to fourth, followed by Grant Enfinger, Tyler Ankrum (last year’s Rockingham winner), Corey Lajoie and Ty Majeski.
Pole winner Jake Garcia finished ninth, one lap down, and Cole Butcher was 10th.
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 5
Race Results for the Black's Tire 200 - Friday, April 3, 2026
Rockingham Speedway - Rockingham, NC - 0.94 - Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 200 Laps - 188. Miles
UPDATED: No. 38 DQ
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 4/3/2026 @ 09:15 PM Eastern
Stage 1 Stage 2
Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Pos Pos Pts Stage 1 Pos Status Tms Laps Stage 2 Pos
1 7 1 Corey Heim Robinhood Toyota 200 1 1 76 Running 3 178
2 3 11 Kaden Honeycutt Safelite Toyota 200 3 3 51 Running 1 1
3 5 34 Layne Riggs BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing Ford 200 4 4 48 Running
4 19 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 200 7 37 Running
5 14 9 Grant Enfinger Grant County Mulch Chevrolet 200 5 38 Running 1 4
6 13 18 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet 200 31 Running
7 23 10 Corey LaJoie Mopar RAM 200 30 Running
8 6 88 Ty Majeski SunCast/Menards Ford 200 2 2 47 Running
9 1 98 Jake Garcia Quanta Services/Curb Records Ford 199 7 10 33 Running
10 4 13 Cole Butcher # Atlantic Tilt Load Ford 199 6 9 34 Running
11 24 7 Sammy Smith(i) Allstate Peterbilt Chevrolet 199 0 Running
12 17 16 Justin Haley Declaration of Deals RAM 199 25 Running
13 22 91 Christian Eckes NAPA Auto Care/Black's Tire Chevrolet 199 24 Running
14 9 45 Landen Lewis J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet 199 10 24 Running
15 18 26 Dawson Sutton WAR Shocks/Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 199 22 Running
16 2 15 Tanner Gray Black's Tire Toyota 198 5 6 32 Running 1 17
17 10 17 Giovanni Ruggiero First Auto Group Toyota 198 9 22 Running
18 25 99 Ben Rhodes Farm Paint Ford 198 19 Running
19 20 81 Kris Wright F.N.B. Corporation Chevrolet 198 18 Running
20 27 4 Connor Hall Comprehensive Logistics Chevrolet 198 17 Running
21 21 2 Luke Baldwin Mohawk Northeast Inc Ford 198 16 Running
22 28 25 Ty Dillon(i) Nothing Stops Ram RAM 197 0 Running
23 30 62 Michael Christopher Jr. Mohawk Northeast Toyota 197 14 Running
24 15 19 Daniel Hemric NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet 197 8 16 Running
25 26 14 Mini Tyrrell # RAM RAM 197 12 Running
26 8 42 Parker Eatmon Vetted Ventures Chevrolet 197 8 14 Running
27 11 12 Brenden Queen # Cummins RAM 196 10 Running
28 36 76 Spencer Boyd Desnuda Organic Tequila Chevrolet 195 9 Running
29 35 22 Clayton Green Royal Vista Inc Ford 195 8 Running
30 31 56 Timmy Hill Coble Enterprises Toyota 194 7 Running
31 32 33 Frankie Muniz Panini Ka-Vroom Ford 192 6 Running
32 12 44 Andres Perez De Lara Precision VL De Mexico Chevrolet 187 5 Running
33 34 93 Caleb Costner AutoBank RV Sales and Services Chevrolet 187 4 Running
34 16 77 Carson Hocevar(i) Delaware Life Chevrolet 116 0 Drivetrain
35 29 5 Adam Andretti TopLiner Toyota 58 2 Accident
36 33 38 Chandler Smith QuickTie Ford 200 1 Running
Fastest Lap Bonus: #1 , lap 174 / 22.965
Race Comments: Corey Heim won the Black's Tire 200 at Rockingham Speedway, his 25th 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: No 38 (unapproved adjustment).
Failed to Qualify: (2) 90 Justin Carroll, 69 Jonathan Shafer.
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 46 Mins, 0 Secs. Average Speed: Margin of Victory:
Caution Flags: 4 for 28 laps; Laps: 47-54 (Stage 1 Conclusion [14]); 61-67 (#5 Incident Backstretch [4]); 92-98 (Stage 2 Conclusion [12]); 167-172 (#19, 62 Incident Turn 2 [10]).
Lead Changes: 6 among 4 drivers; J. Garcia 0; T. Gray 1-17; C. Heim 18-53; G. Enfinger 54-57; C. Heim 58-198; K. Honeycutt 199; C. Heim 200. Lead Changes:
106.415 MPH 0.090 Seconds
Stage 1 Top 10: 1, 88, 11, 34, 15, 13, 98, 42, 17, 45
Stage 2 Top 10: 1, 88, 11, 34, 9, 15, 52, 19, 13, 98
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Next Race: April 10, 2026 - Bristol Motor Speedway
CURRENT NASCAT CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES STANDINGS
UPDATED UPDATED
UNOFFICIAL UNOFFICIAL
1. Corey Heim 1 3 7 190 0 0 2 3
2. Kaden Honeycutt 11 5 0 190 0 0 0 1
3. Layne Riggs 34 5 0 179 -11 11 1 1
4. Chandler Smith 38 5 -3 173 -17 6 1 1
5. Ty Majeski 88 5 0 168 -22 5 0 0
6. Giovanni Ruggiero 17 5 -2 149 -41 19 0 0
7. Christian Eckes 91 5 -1 143 -47 6 0 1
8. Ben Rhodes 99 5 -1 138 -52 5 0 1
9. Stewart Friesen 52 5 4 119 -71 19 0 1
10. Justin Haley 16 5 0 114 -76 5 0 0
11. Tyler Ankrum 18 5 1 113 -77 1 0 0
12. Grant Enfinger 9 5 5 109 -81 4 0 0
13. Jake Garcia 98 5 2 107 -83 2 0 0
14. Tanner Gray 15 5 2 106 -84 1 0 0
15. Andres Perez De Lara 44 5 -6 95 -95 11 0 0
16. Cole Butcher # 13 5 4 95 -95 0 0 0
17. Brenden Queen # 12 5 -6 93 -97 2 0 0
18. Daniel Hemric 19 5 -4 91 -99 2 0 0
19. Landen Lewis 45 2 5 71 -119 20 0 0
20. Kris Wright 81 5 2 71 -119 0 0 0
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