June 6, 2026 | By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service

Heim holds off Honeycutt to win Truck race at Michigan

BROOKLYN, Mich.—Reigning NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series champion Corey Heim held off a dramatic checkered flag charge – in lapped traffic – from his TRICON Garage teammate Kaden Honeycutt to claim his first career win at the iconic Michigan International Speedway in Saturday’s DQS Solutions & Staffing 250 powered by Precision Vehicle Logistics.

It’s Heim’s 26th career victory, but first ever on the two-mile Michigan high banks giving him series wins now on 22 different tracks – second best all-time only NASCAR Hall of Famer Ron Hornaday Jr. has won at 31 venues. It’s Heim’s third win in only five truck starts this season and comes a week after announcing he will join the championship-leading 23XI Racing organization in the NASCAR Cup Series for 2027.

Heim’s No. 1 TRICON Garage Toyota passed the day’s most dominant truck driven by NASCAR Cup Series regular Carson Hocevar with 15 laps remaining and crossed the line only .065-second ahead of Honeycutt’s No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota – the truck Heim drove to the championship last season.

He immediately thanked Honeycutt for the push forward in the final laps – his only laps out front all day – acknowledging the help put just enough distance on Hocevar, who led a race best 65 of the 126 laps.

“We discussed it pre-race that we were going to race it out in the end and that’s what we did,” the 23-year-old Georgia native Heim said. “He tried to get to my right rear there which would have probably won the race and I had to protect it.

“Props to Kaden there and to [fellow Toyota driver] Christopher Bell, I don’t know where he ended up but he was strong all day. The last couple laps there at the end, were pretty awesome.

“That was a lot of fun, I had a blast,” he added.

The 21-year-old Honeycutt certainly kept Heim honest in the closing run to the checkered, hoping to earn his second career win – matching his work at Watkins Glen, N.Y. in May.

“Good race there at the end, us five up there and I’m sure it was a good race for the fans so that was good,” Honeycutt said. “It was unfortunate I didn’t get the win there. Just feel like I’ve lost too many of them on my part so I think that’s what bothers me the most.”

Although boosted by a strong showing all day at his “home track,” the Michigan-native Carson Hocevar was clearly disappointed with his finish, explaining his No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet truck had been overheating all day. He was hoping to win for the hometown crowd and especially for his mother, who is celebrating her birthday this weekend.

“Everyone did a good job,” he said, adding, “Just sucks we didn’t close it out there. Felt like I could have done a better job but don’t know what I could have done differently. Would like to see what I would have had full power.

“A lot of reasons to win here at Michigan.”

Front Row Motorsports teammates Chandler Smith and Layne Riggs rounded out the top-five – an especially valiant effort from Riggs, who went a lap down early after a pit stop issue. A winner in the previous two races, Riggs’ comeback to fifth place keeps him atop the championship standings by 26 over Honeycutt.

Bell finished sixth in the No. 62 Halmar Friesen Toyota after sweeping both stage wins and leading 37 laps – one of six race leaders on the afternoon. Fellow NASCAR Cup Series driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr was seventh, followed by Connor Mosack, Jake Garcia and Tyler Ankrum.

Fan favorite Cleetus McFarland rallied from a late race spin that brought out one of seven yellow flags – and finished 25th on the lead lap in only his second series start.

After six consecutive races, the trucks go into an off-week and will return to action June 19 in the inaugural NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race at San Diego on the Naval Base Coronado (7 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).


NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 12
Race Results for the DQS Solutions & Staffing 250 powered by Precision
Vehicle Logistics - Saturday, June 6, 2026
Michigan International Speedway - Brooklyn, MI - 2. - Mile Paved

Total Race Length - 125 Laps - 250. Miles

Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Saturday, 6/6/2026 @ 04:11 PM Eastern

                                                   Stage 1  Stage 2
Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Pts Pos       Pos Status Tms Laps

1 23 1 Corey Heim Celsius Toyota 125 6 2 70 Running 1 15
2 17 11 Kaden Honeycutt Safelite Toyota 125 3 4 50 Running 1 1
3 6 77 Carson Hocevar(i) Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet 125 2 3 0 Running 9 65
4 4 34 Layne Riggs BKB Bare Knuckles Boxing Ford 125 5 39 Running
5 3 38 Chandler Smith Everglades Isle Ford 125 4 5 45 Running
6 2 62 Christopher Bell(i) Halmar Infrastructure Toyota 125 1 1 0 Running 7 37
7 19 42 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.(i) Precision Vehicle Logistics Chevrolet 125 0 Running
8 5 7 Connor Mosack Friends of Jacklyn Foundation Chevrolet 125 29 Running
9 9 98 Jake Garcia Quanta/Curb Records Ford 125 9 30 Running
10 13 18 Tyler Ankrum LIUNA Chevrolet 125 27 Running
11 11 9 Grant Enfinger GrantCountyMulch/Ed'sEquipment Chevrolet 125 9 28 Running
12 8 17 Giovanni Ruggiero JBL Toyota 125 8 8 31 Running
13 24 19 Daniel Hemric Cloyes Rotomaster Chevrolet 125 24 Running
14 21 12 Brenden Queen # Cummins RAM 125 23 Running
15 26 20 Daniel Dye Champion Container Chevrolet 125 22 Running 1 3
16 25 25 Parker Kligerman Ram RAM 125 21 Running
17 15 45 Ross Chastain(i) DQS Solutions & Staffing Chevrolet 125 10 7 0 Running
18 36 15 Tanner Gray Gardner White/Black's Tire Toyota 125 19 Running
19 18 44 Andres Perez De Lara McLarenTransports/PrecisiondeMexico Chev 125 18 Running
20 30 14 Mini Tyrrell # Ram RAM 125 17 Running
21 35 99 Ben Rhodes TYM Ford 125 16 Running
22 12 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 125 15 Running
23 31 33 Frankie Muniz Morgan & Morgan Ford 125 14 Running
24 10 5 Spencer Davis Ruud/Surf USA Mobile Toyota 125 13 Running
25 29 4 Cleetus McFarland(i) CircleBDiecast/ComprehensiveLogistics Chev 125 0 Running
26 33 2 Morgen Baird Alro Steel/Metals & Plastics Ford 124 11 Running
27 34 93 Caleb Costner Michael Waltrip Brewing Co/Lickety Chevrolet 123 10 Running
28 22 16 Justin Haley Grizzly Nicotine Pouches RAM 123 9 Running
29 14 10 Corey LaJoie Mopar RAM 123 8 Running
30 32 22 Josh Reaume Aerial Titans Ford 122 7 Running
31 27 81 Kris Wright iHeartRadio Chevrolet 121 6 Running
32 20 91 Christian Eckes Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet 119 7 6 14 Running
33 7 13 Cole Butcher # Atlantic Tilt Load Ford 93 4 Accident
34 28 76 Spencer Boyd Desnuda Organic Tequila Chevrolet 92 3 Accident
35 1 88 Ty Majeski Ideal Door/Menards Ford 87 10 3 Accident 1 4
36 16 26 Dawson Sutton Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 54 1 Accident
                                                               
,Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 5 Mins, 1 Secs. Average Speed: 119.984 MPH Margin of Victory: .065 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 62, 77, 11, 38, 34, 1, 91, 17, 98, 45
Stage 2 Top 10: 62, 1, 77, 11, 38, 91, 45, 17, 9, 88

Race Comments: Corey Heim has won the DQS Solutions & Staffing 250 powered by Precision Vehicle Logistics at Michigan International Speedway, his 26th victory in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series. Prior to the start of the race, the vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty: No. 15 (unapproved adjustments).

Failed to Qualify: None.

Caution Flags: 7 for 34 laps; Laps: 8-11 (#5, 33, 81 Incident Turn 4 [15]); 32-36 (Stage 1 Conclusion [5]); 62-66 (Stage 2 Conclusion [5]); 69-74 (#4 Spin Turn 2 [19]); 76-80 (#52 Spin Backstretch [16]); 89-92 (#88 Incident Turn 2 [33]); 95-99 (#13, 76 Incident Turn 1 [9]).

Lead Changes: 20 among 6 drivers; C. Bell(i) 1; T. Majeski 2-5; C. Hocevar(i) 6-25; C. Bell(i) 26-31; C. Hocevar(i) 32; C. Bell(i) 33-35; C. Hocevar(i) 36; C. Bell(i) 37; C. Hocevar(i) 38-39; C. Bell(i) 40-61; C. Hocevar(i) 62-80; C. Bell(i) 81; C. Hocevar(i) 82-85; C. Bell(i) 86-88; C. Hocevar(i) 89; D. Dye 90-92; C. Hocevar(i) 93-98; K. Honeycutt 99; C. Hocevar(i) 100-110; C. Heim 111-125.

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

Next Race: June 19, 2026 - San Diego Street Course

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CURRENT NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES STANDINGS

Through June 6, 2026

UNOFFICIAL UNOFFICIAL

1. Layne Riggs 34 12 0 497 0 0 3 4
2. Kaden Honeycutt 11 12 0 471 -26 26 1 1
3. Chandler Smith 38 12 1 407 -90 64 1 1
4. Giovanni Ruggiero 17 12 1 383 -114 24 0 0
5. Christian Eckes 91 12 -2 379 -118 4 0 3
6. Ben Rhodes 99 12 1 316 -181 63 0 3
7. Ty Majeski 88 12 -1 312 -185 4 0 0
8. Tyler Ankrum 18 12 0 283 -214 29 0 0
9. Daniel Hemric 19 12 1 278 -219 5 0 1
10. Jake Garcia 98 12 1 278 -219 0 0 0
11. Corey Heim 1 5 5 274 -223 4 3 3
12. Stewart Friesen 52 12 -3 269 -228 5 0 1
13. Grant Enfinger 9 12 -1 256 -241 13 0 0
14. Brenden Queen # 12 12 0 242 -255 14 0 0
15. Justin Haley 16 12 -2 230 -267 12 0 0
16. Andres Perez De Lara 44 12 -1 225 -272 5 0 0
17. Tanner Gray 15 12 0 221 -276 4 0 0
18. Dawson Sutton 26 12 0 186 -311 35 0 0
19. Mini Tyrrell # 14 12 0 175 -322 11 0 0
20. Corey LaJoie 10 10 1 158 -339 17 0 0