AVONDALE, Ariz. — Corey Heim delivered the most dominant season in Craftsman Truck Series history, but he saved his boldest move for last as he went seven-wide on a pivotal restart Friday evening at Phoenix Raceway.
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"From my perspective, it was amazing," Kevin Ray, partner at Tricon Garage, said in response to a question from FanBuzz. "This race track produces that kind of racing.
"It has everything leading up to that start-finish line, with everybody pulling out (of line). It creates an amazing race, and I was glad we had four tires."
The regular-season champion used the apron of the track to go from eighth to second in one turn on an overtime restart. This didn't put him out front, but it put him in position to challenge for the lead on fresher tires in double overtime.
The Tricon Garage driver then took the lead from fellow Championship 4 driver Ty Majeski, and he went on to win the championship for the first time in his career. This capped off a season in which he won 12 races and finished top five in 19 of the 25 races.
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"That was fun. I pretty much expected it," crew chief Scott Zipadelli said. "Yeah, it's a unique thing about this race track, it allows you to — there's so many different lanes, and if you're on your game, you can get all the way down to the bottom, like he did, and especially when you got four tires."
Heim dominated Friday evening's Truck Series championship race, much like he has throughout the season. He took the lead early in stage 1 and led 100 of the 161 laps while sweeping the stage wins. He had the lead with three laps to go, but a surprise caution bunched the field back up.
Connor Mosack, teammate to championship contender Tyler Ankrum, blew a tire and crashed. This sent the race to overtime and the leaders to pit road. This is where Heim lost the lead.
His team opted for four tires while several others went with the two-tire strategy. This group included Majeski, Ankrum, and Kaden Honeycutt, the other championship contender.
With only two laps remaining, it appeared that Heim would once again lose the championship in frustrating fashion. Yet, he did not let this play out as it did in 2023 and 2024. He used his aggressive moves on back-to-back restarts to take care of business.
• Most wins in a season
• Most laps led in a season
• First driver to ever lead in every race
• Most stage wins ever
• Regular Season Champion
• No DNFs
• Most Top-5s in a seasonLegendary. pic.twitter.com/jDI8UhkdEy
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"Yeah, I don't care if I was on hundred-lap tires, nobody was going to beat me tonight," Heim said on pit road after the race. "It wasn't going to happen. We struggled all weekend in practice a little bit. In qualifying we missed it a little bit.
"You can always trust Scott (Zipadelli, crew chief) up on the box to do everything he can to put me in position to win the race. That's what he did. Drove it in deep until I couldn't anymore. Drove away with it. Just insane."
