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Corey Heim ties NASCAR Truck season win record with Loudon victory

Corey Heim Chevrolet NASCAR Ford Toyota Chandler Smith Christian Eckes Gio Ruggiero Greg Biffle Matt Crafton

Corey Heim remains unstoppable in the NASCAR Truck Series, sweeping the stages and winning at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. This marks the 20th win of Heim's career and his ninth of the 2025 season, which matches the all-time season win record set by Greg Biffle back in 1999.

"It's a dream come true to be able to race with these guys (TRICON)," said Heim. "It seems like everywhere we go this year, we're a contender or we win. Can't say enough about those guys and yeah, keep it going. We got four more races left and I want to break that record. Shoutout to Greg Biffle -- he's a great dude, and I'm honored to be able to compete with that. Huge thank you to TRICON Garage ... dream year for me in my career. We're gonna keep it going."

NHMS also marked the first round of eliminations in the NASCAR Truck playoffs with both Chandler Smith and Jake Garcia falling out of title contention. It's especially painful for Smith, who ran strong on Saturday and finished second to Heim.

Behind Heim and Smith, Layne Riggs finished third, Gio Ruggiero fourth, and Ty Majeski fifth. Grant Enfinger, Kaden Honeycutt, Corey LaJoie, Christian Eckes, and Rajah Caruth filled out the remainder of the top ten.

Stages 1 and 2

Jayson Alexander, Young's Motorsports Chevrolet (Photo by: Sean Gardner / Getty Images)

The race saw an unusually high number of incidents for New Hampshire, and it didn't take long for chaos to break out. Connor Mosack, Brent Crews, and Tanner Gray all crashed in the first corner on the opening lap.

Later, Jayson Alexander and Caleb Costner collided, triggering another multi-truck crash that even collected playoff driver Daniel Hemric. Alexander was irate on the radio, screaming" "Are you serious, dude! What f*** was that?"

The cautions kept coming, with Christian Eckes and Conner Jones tangling soon after the restart.

And while all this was happening, Heim remained firmly in control of the race, winning Stage 1 under caution after a mechanical failure sent Derek White careening into the outside wall.

At the start of Stage 2, Heim was outside the top ten as several trucks stayed out, led by Andres Perez who was out front for the first time in his career.

Ruggiero constantly harassed him for the lead, but he couldn't quite complete the pass. Patrick Emerling crashed with just a few laps to go, setting up a sprint to the finish for Stage 2. At this point, Heim had made his way back up to fourth.

Caruth, who entered this race on the playoff bubble, stayed out in an aggressive strategy to try and snag some stage points. He restarted with the lead, but fell to seventh, which was still enough to net four valuable points.

Heim went on to win the stage, adding another playoff point to his impressive margin.

Stage 3

Damage to Matt Crafton, ThorSport Racing (Photo by: Sean Gardner / Getty Images)

While there was no drama up front, the field kept the chaos coming as Tyler Tomassi crashed.

Soon after, there was a major incident that saw Toni Breidinger slam the outside wall head-on. Ben Rhodes and Matt Crafton were also involved with both drivers sustaining significant damage. All drivers were checked and released from the infield care center.

At the sharp end of the field, Smith got second back on the final restart, but he couldn't run down Heim. The margin got under a second as they cut through slower traffic, but it still wasn't enough as Heim captured the checkered flag over the Front Row Motorsports driver.

Photos from New Hampshire - Race

Cla	Driver	#	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Interval	Pits	Points
1	C. HeimTRICON Garage	11	Toyota	175	2:06'56.269		4	61
2	C. SmithFront Row Motorsports	38	Ford	175	+0.823 2:06'57.092	0.823	5	52
3	L. RiggsFront Row Motorsports	34	Ford	175	+5.332 2:07'01.601	4.509	5	41
4	G. RuggieroTRICON Garage	17	Toyota	175	+6.572 2:07'02.841	1.240	5	39
5	T. MajeskiThorSport Racing	98	Ford	175	+8.300 2:07'04.569	1.728	5	40
6	G. EnfingerCR7 Motorsports	9	Chevrolet	175	+9.057 2:07'05.326	0.757	5	32
7	K. HoneycuttHalmar Friesen Racing	52	Toyota	175	+10.641 2:07'06.910	1.584	5	37
8	C. LajoieSpire Motorsports	77	Chevrolet	175	+12.167 2:07'08.436	1.526	5	34
9	C. EckesMcAnally Hilgemann Racing	16	Chevrolet	175	+14.754 2:07'11.023	2.587	6
10	R. CaruthSpire Motorsports	71	Chevrolet	175	+15.830 2:07'12.099	1.076	5	38
11	T. AnkrumMcAnally Hilgemann Racing	18	Chevrolet	175	+17.344 2:07'13.613	1.514	5	27
12	D. HemricMcAnally Hilgemann Racing	19	Chevrolet	175	+17.560 2:07'13.829	0.216	8	28
13	M. Christopher Jr.Halmar Friesen Racing	62	Toyota	175	+18.497 2:07'14.766	0.937	5	24
14	D. SuttonRackley W.A.R.	26	Chevrolet	175	+19.384 2:07'15.653	0.887	5	25
15	A. Pérez de LaraNiece Motorsports	44	Chevrolet	175	+23.390 2:07'19.659	4.006	7	35
16	J. GarciaThorSport Racing	13	Ford	175	+23.702 2:07'19.971	0.312	7	27
17	B. CrewsTRICON Garage	1	Toyota	175	+26.601 2:07'22.870	2.899	7	23
18	B. CurreyNiece Motorsports	45	Chevrolet	174	+1 Lap 2:06'58.563	1 Lap	6	19
19	M. MasseyYoung's Motorsports	20	Chevrolet	174	+1 Lap 2:07'02.748	4.185	10
20	B. LothianReaume Brothers Racing	22	Ford	174	+1 Lap 2:07'03.250	0.502	7	17
21	S. BoydFreedom Racing Enterprises	76	Chevrolet	174	+1 Lap 2:07'03.654	0.404	8	16
22	J. WoodMcAnally Hilgemann Racing	91	Chevrolet	173	+2 Laps 2:07'23.730	1 Lap	10	15
23	M. MillsNiece Motorsports	42	Chevrolet	170	+5 Laps 2:07'08.688	3 Laps	8	14
24	B. RhodesThorSport Racing	99	Ford	133	+42 Laps 1:39'40.144	37 Laps	8	13
25	T. BreidingerTRICON Garage	5	Toyota	132	+43 Laps 1:38'49.515	1 Lap	5	12
26	M. CraftonThorSport Racing	88	Ford	132	+43 Laps 1:38'49.942	0.427	5	11
27	T. TomassiReaume Brothers Racing	33	Ford	126	+49 Laps 1:36'12.920	6 Laps	6
28	E. PatrickSpire Motorsports	7	Chevrolet	100	+75 Laps 1:10'10.839	26 Laps	5	9
29	T. GrayTRICON Garage	15	Toyota	61	+114 Laps 1:04'14.626	39 Laps	12	8
30	D. WhiteMotorsports Business Management	69	Ford	45	+130 Laps 37'10.141	16 Laps	5	7
31	C. JonesNiece Motorsports	41	Chevrolet	41	+134 Laps 29'18.969	4 Laps	5	6
32	A. JaysonYoung's Motorsports	02	Chevrolet	31	+144 Laps 19'16.456	10 Laps	2	5
33	C. CostnerMike Harmon Racing	74	Chevrolet	30	+145 Laps 19'16.270	1 Lap	2	4
34	N. BenningNorm Benning Racing	6	Chevrolet	29	+146 Laps 20'00.304	1 Lap	4	3
35	S. MallozziReaume Brothers Racing	2	Ford	7	+168 Laps 6'38.858	22 Laps	3	2
36	C. MosackMcAnally Hilgemann Racing	81	Chevrolet	1	+174 Laps 56.167	6 Laps	14	1