Concord, NC – This time, Kori Hem did not just slammed the door on his NASCAR craftsman truck series competition – they closed it.
Despite the previous 2025 of Heim, the driver of number 11 tricon garage Toyota has had difficulty closing the race with a major truck this season.
It was not strong on Friday night, when Heim led 98 out of 134 laps and defeated Runner-up Ross Chastain on the Finnish line for 6.229 seconds in North Carolina Education Lottery 200 in Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Heim’s first win in Charlotte and his fourth of the season was the 15th of his career, tied him with Matt Crafton in 10th place in the list of career. At the age of 22, he is the youngest to reach a 15-win milestone.
It was an ideal night. Hem, flowing in the first two phases of the race and put the fastest lap, scored a maximum of 61 points to widen his series, scoring 100 points on the second place Chandler Smith. His victory difference was the largest ever in the series in Charlot.
Hem said, “I felt that we have accelerated in the last few years, but the circumstances have not allowed us to complete it.”
“Obviously, it was such a good truck. I had to execute on my part. Pit crew did a great job. Just a very good clean day. … It looks great. It seems very good that we have a lot of opportunities to do this year, in fact, in fact. In fact, not sufficient about these people.
The best of the three nice motorsports shaveral drivers in the top seven was the best. Kaden Honeycut finished third, and Matt Mills finished seventh. But no niece truck can challenge the race winner, especially for a long time.
“Best in class,” Chastain said about his effort. “11 (Heim) is the best in the field right now, and none of us had anything for him. 7 (Kyle Busch), 38 (Smith), 34 (Rigs)-It was a cat of a race (for the other) back between us, but we have prepared to make it for a long time.”
Rigs and Busch came in fourth and fifth position respectively, followed by Grant Enfinger, Mills, Daniel Hemic, Raja Karutha and Brandon Jones.
Smith hunted a lap 71 debris associated with poll winner Gio Raggiro, ruling the series champion champions Ta Majesky and Conner Mossack. The winner last week in North Wilcaseborough, Smith was the first driver to end the race and finished 34th.
There were three careful for 20 laps, two yellow for stage brakes.
The only negative for Heim is that this season truck chain schedule does not have more 1.5-mile intermediate speeds remaining.
The next for trucks is a rackle roofing 200 in Nashville Superspashed at 8 pm on 30 May.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race – Northern Carolina Education Lottery 200
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Concord, North Carolina
Friday, 23 May, 2025
1. (3) Corey Hem, Toyota, 134.
2. (4) Ross Chastain (i), Chevrolet, 134.
3. (5) Kaden Honeycut, Chevrolet, 134.
4. (7) Rigs, Ford, 134.
5. (12) Kyle Busch (i), Chevrolet, 134.
6. (18) Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, 134.
7. (16) Matt Mills, Chevrolet, 134.
8. (6) Daniel Hemic, Chevrolet, 134.
9. (8) King Karutha, Chevrolet, 134.
10. (13) Brandon Jones (i), Toyota, 134.
11. (10) Jake Garcia, Ford, 134.
12. (23) Tyler Encrum, Chevrolet, 134.
13. (32) Stewart Freesen, Toyota, 133.
14. (24) Parker Cliggerman, Chevrolet, 133.
15. (19) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 133.
16. (14) Andes Perez de Lara #, Chevrolet, 133.
17. (21) Ben Rhodes, Ford, 133.
18. (33) Luke Fenhas, Ford, 133.
19. (27) Timmy Hill, Toyota, 133.
20. (26) Matt Crafton, Ford, 132.
21. (1) Geoani Raggio #, Toyota, 132.
22. (20) Stephen Parsons, Chevrolet, 132.
23. (15) Connor Mossack #, Chevrolet, 132.
24. (28) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 132.
25. (22) Jack Wood, Chevrolet, 132.
26. (2) Tanner Gray, Toyota, 130.
27. (31) Frankie Muniz #, Ford, 126.
28. (34) Mason Magio (i), Ford, 123.
29. (29) Kodi Denison, Ford, 121.
30. (25) Tony Breeder #, Toyota, 121.
31. (17) Dawson Sutton #, Chevrolet, Driveshaft, 104.
32. (11) Ti Majeski, Ford, 103.
33. (30) Justin Carol, Toyota, suspension, 75.
34. (9) Chandler Smith, Ford, Accident, 70.
Average speed of race winner: 128.8 mph.
Race time: 1 hour, 33 minutes, 38 seconds. Victory margin: 6.229 seconds.
Warning Flag: 3 for 3.
Lead changes: out of 14 8 drivers.
Lap Leaders: G. Raggiero # 1-2; C. Hem 3-4; R. Chastain (i) 5–15; C. Hem 16–34; Of. Honeycut 35–39; C. Hem 40–43; Of. Honeycut 44; C. Hem 45–64; Of. Honeycut 65–68; C. Hem 69–103; M. Mills 104; R. Karuth 105–114; S. Freison 115; Tea. Hill 116; C. Heim 117–134.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps LED): Corey Heim 6 times for 98 laps; Ross Chastain (i) 1 time for 11 laps; Kaden Honeycut 3 times for 10 laps; King Karuth 1 time for 10 laps; Gioovanni Ruggiero # 1 time for 2 laps; 1 time for mats mills 1 lap; Stewart Fryson 1 time for 1 lap; Timmy Hill 1 time for 1 lap.
Stage #1 Top Ten: 11,44,34,45,7,17,19,38,98,98,42
Stage #2 Top Ten: 11,45,7,34,44,19,98,17,38,9
-Rid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service. Special for field level media.
