NASCAR Craftsman Truck driver Corey Heim during qualifying for the Fresh From Florida 250 at Daytona International Speedway, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. FORT WORTH, Texas — A casual glance at the box score might tell you Corey Heim’s victory in the SpeedyCash.com 250 on Friday was a cakewalk.
Quite the contrary. Heim’s 14th career win was anything but easy.
The driver of the No. 11 Tricon Garage Toyota and Craftsman Truck Series points leader had to survive two overtimes at Texas Motor Speedway to pick up his first victory at the track and his third of the season.
Heim was barely ahead when caution stalled the first overtime almost before it began. The restart in the second extra period packed a surfeit of drama into the final two laps.
Starting second to Heim’s outside, Ben Rhodes held his ground, racing side by side through the first two corners. As the drivers navigated Turn 3, both had to lift off the gas, allowing Daniel Hemric to make a strong move to the inside at the start/finish line.
But Heim pressed the accelerator, charged between trucks and surged into the lead, clearing Hemric and Rhodes in Turn 1. Heim pulled away slightly to beat Hemric to the stripe by 0.279 seconds, as Rhodes lost momentum and faded to sixth.
“I wasn’t going to let that one get away from me,” said Heim, who led a race-high 96 of 174 laps and gained an extra playoff point by winning Stage 2. “I’ve given up too many this year so far.
“I’m just overwhelmed — so many restarts there at the end and guys were taking me three-wide.
“I wasn’t going to let them take it from me. … They tried to take me three-wide into (Turn) 1, and I drove until I couldn’t anymore.”
At age 22, Heim is the youngest driver in series history to reach 14 wins. The Friday Truck Series race also was the first to go to overtime after 21 straight events had ended in regulation.
Rajah Caruth ran third behind Heim and Hemric, with Tyler Ankrum finishing fourth and Tanner Gray fifth.
Rhodes took issue with the way Heim raced him into Turn 3 on the white-flag lap in the second overtime.
“I was a little upset, and even still watching the replay, with how I was run in 3 and 4 by Heim,” said Rhodes, a two-time series champion. “Basically, to see him come off the bottom, and the groove is extremely narrow here. That’s why all those wrecks kept happening.
“I had to lift. I think he had to lift, and that’s what opened up for three-wide down the frontstretch and why we’re in sixth place.”
All told, the race produced 11 cautions for 57 laps, a testament to the intense action at the Fort Worth track.
Texas Motor Speedway, arguably the most treacherous 1.5-miler on the schedule, claimed three early victims. On Lap 31, rookie Giovanni Ruggiero drove too low entering the tri-oval, clipped the grass below the apron and shot up the track, collecting Brandon Jones and Kaden Honeycutt in a violent collision.
The impact ripped the right front wheel off Jones’ Toyota and destroyed Honeycutt’s Chevrolet.
“It is just so hard to see the grass here on the frontstretch when you’re behind other trucks,” Ruggiero said. “I definitely misjudged it on my part. Really unfortunate for all of my guys.
“We had a really fast JBL Tundra — definitely not how I wanted tonight to go. Just have to keep digging and come back stronger for the next one.”
On Lap 52, Layne Riggs spun underneath the Ford of reigning series champion Ty Majeski. Thirteen laps and two cautions later, Riggs was off course again after contact with Luke Fenhaus’ Ford, this time bouncing through the frontstretch grass and tearing the nose off his F-150.
Andres Perez de Lara backed into the Turn 2 wall on Lap 57, damaging his Chevrolet beyond repair. Before the end of the second stage, the race was peppered with six cautions, with the longest green-flag run coming from the start of the race to a competition caution at Lap 20.
The tenor of the race changed after the second stage break. During a 60-lap green-flag run that began on Lap 87 and featured a cycle of green-flag pit stops, Heim built a lead of 15.794 seconds before Frankie Muniz crashed in Turn 2 on Lap 147 to cause the eighth caution of the night.
From that point, the race reclaimed its frenetic character and required the two overtimes to get to the finish. The result left Heim 46 points ahead of second-place Chandler Smith in the series standings.
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race — SpeedyCash.com 250
Texas Motor Speedway
Fort Worth, Texas
Friday, May 2, 2025
1. (4) Corey Heim, Toyota, 174.
2. (2) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 174.
3. (7) Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 174.
4. (1) Tyler Ankrum, Chevrolet, 174.
5. (25) Tanner Gray, Toyota, 174.
6. (28) Ben Rhodes, Ford, 174.
7. (22) Matt Crafton, Ford, 174.
8. (17) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, 174.
9. (20) Dawson Sutton #, Chevrolet, 174.
10. (24) Ty Majeski, Ford, 174.
11. (10) Jack Wood, Chevrolet, 174.
12. (32) Stefan Parsons, Chevrolet, 174.
13. (13) Nick Sanchez(i), Chevrolet, 174.
14. (18) Nathan Byrd, Chevrolet, 174.
15. (16) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 174.
16. (9) Chandler Smith, Ford, 174.
17. (19) Carson Hocevar(i), Chevrolet, 172.
18. (29) Josh Reaume, Ford, 172.
19. (31) Cody Dennison, Ford, 171.
20. (30) Matt Mills, Chevrolet, Accident, 168.
21. (3) Jake Garcia, Ford, Accident, 164.
22. (12) Connor Mosack #, Chevrolet, Accident, 162.
23. (5) Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, Accident, 156.
24. (23) Stewart Friesen, Toyota, Accident, 155.
25. (26) Frankie Muniz #, Ford, Accident, 145.
26. (21) Toni Breidinger #, Toyota, Electrical, 120.
27. (27) Luke Fenhaus, Ford, DVP, 68.
28. (8) Layne Riggs, Ford, Accident, 64.
29. (14) Andres Perez De Lara #, Chevrolet, Accident, 56.
30. (15) Brandon Jones(i), Toyota, Accident, 31.
31. (11) Giovanni Ruggiero #, Toyota, Accident, 30.
32. (6) Kaden Honeycutt, Chevrolet, Accident, 30.
Average Speed of Race Winner: 102.008 mph.
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 33 Mins, 31 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.279 Seconds.
Caution Flags: 11 for 57 laps.
Lead Changes: 15 among 9 drivers.
Lap Leaders: T. Ankrum 1-24;L. Riggs 25-34;M. Crafton 35-37;G. Enfinger 38-51;C. Heim 52-71;G. Enfinger 72-75;C. Heim 76-83;T. Majeski 84-95;C. Heim 96-127;R. Caruth 128-132;J. Garcia 133-135;C. Heim 136-152;G. Enfinger 153;C. Heim 154-171;B. Rhodes 172-173;C. Heim 174.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Corey Heim 6 times for 96 laps; Tyler Ankrum 1 time for 24 laps; Grant Enfinger 3 times for 19 laps; Ty Majeski 1 time for 12 laps; Layne Riggs 1 time for 10 laps; Rajah Caruth 1 time for 5 laps; Matt Crafton 1 time for 3 laps; Jake Garcia 1 time for 3 laps; Ben Rhodes 1 time for 2 laps.
Stage #1 Top Ten: 9,42,88,19,11,98,15,7,38,34
Stage #2 Top Ten: 11,38,9,19,52,99,13,18,98,88
–By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service. Special to Field Level Media.
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