Fort Worth, Texas — So, get this, Corey Heim totally crushed it at the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series SpeedyCash.com 250 on May 2, 2025, at Texas Motor Speedway. The dude survived not one, but two dramatic overtime periods to snag his 14th career win. Imagine that! The 22-year-old speed demon, rocking the No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota, led a whopping 96 out of 174 laps. He held off Daniel Hemric and Ben Rhodes like a boss to claim his first-ever victory at the 1.5-mile track. And get this, it was his third win of the 2025 season. What a legend!
“I wasn’t about to let this one slip through my fingers,” said Heim, who also dominated Stage 2, scoring an extra Playoff point. “I’ve let too many slip by me this year already. I’m just over the moon—there were so many restarts at the end, and guys were going three-wide on me. I pushed until I couldn’t push anymore.”
The race was a wild ride, with 11 cautions eating up 57 laps. The second overtime was especially intense. Heim and Rhodes were neck and neck through Turns 1 and 2, but then both backed off in Turn 3, letting Hemric sneak in. But Heim wasn’t having it. He swooped in between the trucks in Turn 1, leaving them in the dust to take the lead and cross the finish line 0.279 seconds ahead of Hemric. Rhodes, on the other hand, lost his groove and ended up in sixth place.
“I was kinda ticked off, and even now watching the replay, at how Heim raced me in 3 and 4,” grumbled Rhodes, a two-time series champ. “I had to ease up. I think he had to ease up too, and that’s how we ended up three-wide down the frontstretch and me in sixth place.”
Rajah Caruth snagged third place, with Tyler Ankrum in fourth and Tanner Gray in fifth. The race saw a whopping 15 lead changes among nine drivers, but Heim’s dominance was clear with six stints at the front. The event, the first Truck Series race to go into overtime after 21 regular finishes, wrapped up with an average speed of 102.008 mph over 2 hours, 33 minutes, and 31 seconds.
Texas Motor Speedway’s tricky layout led to some early chaos. On Lap 31, newbie Giovanni Ruggiero misjudged the tri-oval grass, causing a massive crash that wiped out Brandon Jones and Kaden Honeycutt’s rides. “It’s so tough to see that grass on the frontstretch when you’re tailing other trucks,” sighed Ruggiero. “Really a bummer for my whole crew.”
More incidents followed, with Layne Riggs spinning on Lap 52 and then crashing again on Lap 65 after a run-in with Luke Fenhaus. Andres Perez de Lara smacked into the Turn 2 wall on Lap 57. A 60-lap green-flag run from Lap 87 brought some stability, but Frankie Muniz’s wreck on Lap 147 set the stage for the race’s chaotic final stretch, ending in those two nail-biting overtimes.
Heim’s victory widened his points lead to 46 over Chandler Smith in second place. The race really showcased the grit of the Truck Series, with pros like Matt Crafton (seventh), Bayley Currey (eighth), and Ty Majeski (10th) navigating the mayhem on the track. The event highlighted Texas Motor Speedway’s rep as a tough venue, with its narrow lanes and high-speed thrills.
