Corey Heim of Marietta, Georgia
NASCAR Wire Reports
CLERMONT, Ind. — Corey Heim has dominated the 2025 Craftsman Truck Series season and added another piece of hardware to his superb resume this year as he scored his second Regular Season Championship in three years Friday evening at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Heim needed 39 points at the 0.686-mile short track and pocketed 45 with a third-place result. Securing the title two races early was a solid consolation for a rare night where Heim didn’t believe he had the best truck.
“Feels really good. Just a testament to how good I’ve been this year,” Heim said after the race. “I feel like this is probably the first race where I haven’t had a legitimate shot to compete for the win, so that really says something.”
Heim started the race on pole after qualifying was washed out earlier in the afternoon due to inclement weather. The No. 11 Tricon Garage driver paced the first 20 laps out front before Layne Riggs took over and never looked back. Riggs dominated the night, leading 160 of the 200 laps to secure his second victory of 2025.
Heim’s night matched the trends of the previous three races he’s competed in at IRP. He led just 18 laps combined in three previous races at the track entering the night, which was the fifth fewest he’s led at any active track on the Truck calendar. However, his 20 laps led and fourth-place result Friday were both career bests for the 23-year-old.
“I was actually excited to come here and try to improve,” Heim said. “I’ve never felt like this track has been my best, but unfortunately, just kind of roamed around the outside of the top five all day and had a really good restart there at the end to get us track position to finish fourth.”
Another 15 playoff points to what was already 39 in the bank for Heim can never hurt. However, nothing is guaranteed when the 10-driver Truck Series Playoffs begin at Darlington Raceway on Aug. 30 (Noon ET, FS1, NRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), and still seeking his first series championship, Heim is going to take the remainder of the season one race at a time.
“I don’t really look at it any sort of way to be honest with you,” Heim said of the extra playoff cushion. “I think we focus on every given week as much as we possibly can to give 100 percent, so the playoffs will be no different. Just very proud of the effort throughout the year for us to get here and onto Watkins Glen.”