Corey Heim continues warpath to Truck title at Martinsville with 11th win

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Because, why not? Corey Heim earned his 11th win of the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season Friday at Martinsville Speedway.

Heim swept the first two stages and led three times for 77 of 200 laps en route to yet another historic win. No one has more wins in a single season than Heim in the 2025 Truck season.

However, the championship is anything but locked up. Although he finished the Round of 8 a stout 97 points ahead of second-place and has scored 284 more points than any other driver (almost five races worth of points), Corey Heim could still lose the championship at Phoenix Raceway next weekend.

“I don’t want to jump to any conclusions. We still got a big race going into Phoenix. We wanted to have the momentum going into Phoenix and this is the way to do it. Got a big one next week to close it. It’s gonna be tough but I’m confident we can do it,” Heim said.

Ty Majeski and Tyler Ankrum each made the Championship 4 by one point while Kaden Honeycutt won the tiebreaker for the final spot over Layne Riggs.

Honeycutt finished second while Riggs finished third. The tiebreaker came down to the best finish in the round, which Honeycutt earned with finishing second.

Majeski finished seventh and earned a Championship 4 spot despite hitting the wall on the restart before overtime and fading fast. Ankrum finished ninth after recovering from issues on pit road that put him back in the pack.

Here is an archive of the live updates on the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series playoffs race at Martinsville.

FINAL STAGE

TOP-10 FINISHERS: Corey Heim, Kaden Honeycutt, Layne Riggs, Brent Crews, Corey LaJoie, Chandler Smith, Ty Majeski, Tanner Gray, Tyler Ankrum.

The cutline ended up being: Majeski +1, Ankrum +1, Honeycutt +0, Riggs -0.

Top 10 for overtime: Heim, Honeycutt, Crews, Chandler Smith, Riggs, Tanner Gray, LaJoie, Ankrum, Majeski, Ruggiero. Playoff driver Enfinger is 13th. Cutline: Ankrum +4, Honeycutt +2, Majeski +1, Riggs -1

Ty Majeski: “Right side is f-cking killed. It’s plowing.” Majeski hit the wall on the last restart. Replay shows Layne Riggs shoved him into the outside wall while also trying to get around Chandler Smith.

SIX TO GO: Conner Jones spins after having a quiet but good night.

EIGHT TO GO: Majeski hits the wall and is dropping back. He has two points to spare. Now, Ankrum moves up to take it from him, swinging the points away from Majeski.

Brent Crews chooses the inside lane behind teammate and leader Corey Heim. Kaden Honeycutt, in full desperation, will restart on the outside on the front row. Nine to go.

Corey Heim took the lead from Brent Crews before the caution flew for Bayley Currey. Cutline: Majeski +3, Ankrum +2, Honeycutt +1, Riggs -1. 11 to go.

LAP 185 (15 TO GO): Crews leads!

LAP 178: Tyler Ankrum is stuck behind Conner Jones. Now Connor Mosack gets wrecked in turn three. TOP 10: Crews, Heim, C. Smith, Riggs, Honeycutt, Gray, Majeski, Queen, LaJoie, Conner Jones. Tyler Ankrum is 11th on older tires.

LAP 164: No one stands between leader Brent Crews and the drivers on fresher tires. Corey Heim takes second. Daniel Hemric is done.

LAP 162 TOP-10: Crews, Smith, Heim, Riggs, Honeycutt, Majeski, Gray, Mosack, Conner Jones, Ankrum. Enfinger pitted and dropped to 22nd.

LAP 155: Corey Heim and Layne Riggs get by Gio Ruggiero. Ruggiero to fifth as Toni Breidinger’s truck is destroyed in turn one. Patrick Staropoli also involved.

TOP 10: Brent Crews, Chandler Smith, Corey Heim, Layne Riggs, Gio Ruggiero, Kaden Honeycutt, Ty Majeski, Grant Enfinger, Tanner Gray, Connor Mosack.

Conner Jones is 11th. The controversial driver is having a much-needed quiet run.

Playoff drivers Tyler Ankrum and Daniel Hemric are 12th and 22nd, respectively.

Green flag, Crews leads. Lap 149. Chandler Smith goes for second on Gio Ruggiero.

LAP 144: Wood, Currey, Hemric, LaJoie pit.

LAP 141: Alan Waller spins right as Corey Heim took fourth.

TOP 10: Crews, Ruggiero, Chandler Smith, Heim, Wood, Riggs, Majeski, Honeycutt, Currey, Hemric. Enfinger runs 11th and Ankrum runs 18th.

LAP 136: Kaden Honeycutt takes ninth and gets one point above the cutline. Meanwhile, Brent Crews takes the lead. Now, Honeycutt is eighth, +2.

LAP 132: Layne Riggs to eighth by Ty Majeski. He now passes Daniel Hemric for seventh.

LAP 121: Corey Heim passes Ty Majeski, chipping a point away from his advantage. Right now it’s: Majeski +7, Riggs +0, Ankrum +0, Honeycutt -0.

LAP 113: Ty Majeski and Corey Heim emerge 1-2 of the drivers who pitted. Kaden Honeycutt is close behind. Then it’s Grant Enfinger, Layne Riggs and Matt Crafton.

Top nine stayed out for the lap 111 restart: Crews, Ruggiero, Wood, C. Smith, Currey, LaJoie, Garcia, Hemric, Mosack. Then it’s Heim, Majeski, Gray, Honeycutt, Riggs and Enfinger. Ankrum is 21st.

Corey Heim leaves pit road first. Playoff driver Tyler Ankrum’s pit crew has issues all around the truck and drops him back in the field.

STAGE TWO Winner: Corey Heim

STAGE TWO TOP 10 (LAP 100): Corey Heim, Ty Majeski, Layne Riggs, Grant Enfinger, Tanner Gray, Tyler Ankrum, Brent Crews, Kaden Honeycutt, Conner Jones, Ben Rhodes.

Heim gets his 21st stage win of the 2025 Truck season. That was the 48th (in-race) stage of the season.

LAP 85: Heim, Majeski, Riggs, Enfinger, Gray, Ankrum, Conner Jones, Honeycutt, Crews, Rhodes. Crews now takes eighth.

LAP 74: Oh no! Rajah Caruth has crashed with a flat tire in turn 1 and is likely out of Championship 4 contention. The tire popped after contact with Kaden Honeycutt off of turn 4. They were racing for seventh. Heim, Majeski, Enfinger, Ankrum, Riggs, Gray, Honeycutt, Conner Jones, Crews, Crafton.

LaJoie, Ruggiero, Currey, Chandler Smith, Mosack and Timmy Hill pit. Top 10:

LAP 65: Layne Riggs’ truck is so good he passed Tanner Gray on the outside lane for fifth. He goes for fourth on Tyler Ankrum. Hemric pits for damage, again.

LAP 62: Corey Heim leads as Rajah Caruth jumps to seventh after yet another three-wide move on the restart. He goes from sixth on Layne Riggs and Tanner Gray who race side by side. Pit stops happened during the stage break but the leaders stayed out. 12 drivers pitted.

STAGE ONE Winner: Corey Heim

STAGE ONE TOP-10 (LAP 50): Corey Heim, Ty Majeski, Grant Enfinger, Tyler Ankrum, Tanner Gray, Layne Riggs, Kaden Honeycutt, Gio Ruggiero, Rajah Caruth, Brent Crews. Free pass: Daniel Hemric.

Heim gets his 20th stage win of the 2025 NASCAR Trucks season. For reference, that was the 47th (in-race) stage of the season.

LAP 41: Norm Benning gets spun by Brenden Queen as they tried lapping Benning. Daniel Hemric is showing water pushing from his truck after contact on the restart. 11 drivers pit.

LAP 29: Layne Riggs misses a shift and drops to sixth! Majeski, Heim, Ankrum, Enfinger and Tanner Gray all get by. Hemric has rear end damage. Caruth has damage.

LAP 22: Again, Layne Riggs’ 1.2-second lead evaporates with a caution. This time it’s for fluid ok the track. Andres Perez free pass.

TOP 10: Riggs, Ruggiero, Majeski, Heim, Honeycutt, Caruth, Ankrum, Enfinger, Rhodes, Hemric.

LAP 7: Layne Riggs’ 1.2-second lead evaporates after Andres Perez wrecks off of turn four.

MORE: Layne Riggs sweeps practice and qualifying at Martinsville

Slim Jim 200 Info

Broadcast: FS1, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Distance: 200 laps / 105.2 Miles

Stages: 50 / 100 / 200

Average time of race: 1:36:12

Pit road speed: 30 mph

Caution car speed: 35 mph

Fuel window: 150 laps