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Corey Heim wins chaotic Texas NASCAR Truck race in double overtime

Corey Heim Chevrolet NASCAR Toyota Ford TRICON Garage Grant Enfinger TRICON Ben Rhodes Carson Hocevar

After some difficult losses in recent weeks, Corey Heim rebounded in a big way at Texas Motor Speedway. Driving the No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota, he held on in a fierce battle for the win after dominating most of the night, capturing his third checkered flag of the season.

The race got pushed into double overtime after a rash of late incidents. Entering Turn 1 in the middle of a three-wide situation but Heim did not back down. He actually took the white flag in the second overtime with Ben Rhodes to his outside and Daniel Hemric to his inside — coming out at the other end of the corner in control, taking the victory.

"I wasn't letting them take that one away from me," said Heim, who now had 14 career wins in the NASCAR Truck Series. "I've given up too many this year so far. Just so proud of these TRICON guys ... just overwhelmed. So many restarts there at the end. Guys were trying to split me three wide. I wasn't letting them take that one from me. I can't even speak -- I'm so overwhelmed. They tried to take me three wide into (Turn) 1 and I just drove until I couldn't anymore. Just catching my breath, as you can tell."

Hemric finished second, Rajah Caruth third, Tyler Ankrum fourth and Tanner Grag fifth. Rhodes, Matt Crafton, Bayley Currey, Dawson Sutton, and Ty Majeski filled out the remainder of the top ten.

Corey Heim, TRICON Garage Toyota (Photo by: Chris Graythen - Getty Images)

The wreck-filled race didn't see its first true long run until the final stage with Heim in control over Carson Hocevar. During a cycle of green-flag pit stops, Hocevar tried to gain some ground by pitting a few laps before Heim, but it didn't matter in the end. A battery issue that plagued the full-time Cup driver earlier in the race reappeared, forcing him back to pit road. Adding insult to injury, he had to slam on his brakes and stop to avoid Toni Breidinger while exiting his stall. His truck remained intact, but his shot at the win was gone.

At this point, Heim was hoping he could just cruise to the win, holding a lead approaching 16 seconds. However, the green flag conditions did not persist as Frankie Muniz clobbered the wall, ending a solid night for the actor-turned-racer. He was irate over the radio, stomping form his mangled truck in frustration.

On the restart, a dominant Heim remained firmly in control as Stewart Friesen challenged Grant Enfinger for second. Unfortunately, he got loose and slipped up the track, wrecking himself, Enfinger and Chandler Smith who was directly behind them.

The incident forced a brief red flag to repair the SAFER Barrier in Turn 4, but the race finally got underway with Heim again shooting out ahead of the field. But they weren't done wrecking yet as Jake Garcia and Connor Mosack wrecked.

That wreck pushed the race into overtime with Matt Mills quickly clipping the grass and spewing debris all over the track. The caution was waived, but not before they went three-wide for the lead. Heim held on, but only by a nose. That set up the final restart of the race leaving Heim to fend off attacks from all sides to hang on to the win.

Photos from Texas - Race

Ben Rhodes, ThorSport Racing Ford, Corey Heim, TRICON Garage Toyota, Daniel Hemric, McAnally-Hilgemann Racing

Cla	Driver	#	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Interval	Pits
1	C. HeimTRICON Garage	11	Toyota	174	2:33'31.507		8
2	D. HemricMcAnally Hilgemann Racing	19	Chevrolet	174	+0.279 2:33'31.786	0.279	9
3	R. CaruthSpire Motorsports	71	Chevrolet	174	+0.412 2:33'31.919	0.133	8
4	T. AnkrumMcAnally Hilgemann Racing	18	Chevrolet	174	+0.860 2:33'32.367	0.448	9
5	T. GrayTRICON Garage	15	Toyota	174	+0.915 2:33'32.422	0.055	14
6	B. RhodesThorSport Racing	99	Ford	174	+0.977 2:33'32.484	0.062	16
7	M. CraftonThorSport Racing	88	Ford	174	+1.128 2:33'32.635	0.151	13
8	B. CurreyNiece Motorsports	44	Chevrolet	174	+1.617 2:33'33.124	0.489	11
9	D. SuttonRackley W.A.R.	26	Chevrolet	174	+1.908 2:33'33.415	0.291	13
10	T. MajeskiThorSport Racing	98	Ford	174	+1.939 2:33'33.446	0.031	13
11	J. WoodMcAnally Hilgemann Racing	91	Chevrolet	174	+2.155 2:33'33.662	0.216	11
12	S. ParsonsYoung's Motorsports	20	Chevrolet	174	+2.219 2:33'33.726	0.064	18
13	N. SanchezSpire Motorsports	07	Chevrolet	174	+2.247 2:33'33.754	0.028	12
14	N. ByrdYoung's Motorsports	02	Chevrolet	174	+2.489 2:33'33.996	0.242	16
15	S. BoydFreedom Racing Enterprises	76	Chevrolet	174	+4.082 2:33'35.589	1.593	16
16	C. SmithFront Row Motorsports	38	Ford	174	+9.039 2:33'40.546	4.957	15
17	C. HocevarSpire Motorsports	7	Chevrolet	172	+2 Laps 2:33'33.984	2 Laps	15
18	J. ReaumeReaume Brothers Racing	22	Ford	172	+2 Laps 2:33'36.784	2.800	19
19	C. DennisonReaume Brothers Racing	2	Ford	171	+3 Laps 2:33'39.229	1 Lap	22
20	M. MillsNiece Motorsports	42	Chevrolet	168	+6 Laps 2:26'55.250	3 Laps	18
21	J. GarciaThorSport Racing	13	Ford	164	+10 Laps 2:24'57.004	4 Laps	9
22	C. MosackMcAnally Hilgemann Racing	81	Chevrolet	162	+12 Laps 2:19'01.484	2 Laps	11
23	G. EnfingerCR7 Motorsports	9	Chevrolet	156	+18 Laps 2:08'30.053	6 Laps	10
24	S. FriesenHalmar Friesen Racing	52	Toyota	155	+19 Laps 2:07'45.300	1 Lap	12
25	F. MunizReaume Brothers Racing	33	Ford	145	+29 Laps 1:57'16.907	10 Laps	14
26	T. BreidingerTRICON Garage	5	Toyota	120	+54 Laps 1:53'28.319	25 Laps	23
27	L. FenhausThorSport Racing	66	Ford	68	+106 Laps 1:05'39.759	52 Laps	14
28	L. RiggsFront Row Motorsports	34	Ford	64	+110 Laps 59'51.358	4 Laps	8
29	A. Pérez de LaraSpire Motorsports	77	Chevrolet	56	+118 Laps 50'40.709	8 Laps	8
30	B. JonesTRICON Garage	1	Toyota	31	+143 Laps 21'12.947	25 Laps	7
31	G. RuggieroTRICON Garage	17	Toyota	30	+144 Laps 19'57.069	1 Lap	5
32	K. HoneycuttNiece Motorsports	45	Chevrolet	30	+144 Laps 19'57.148	0.079	4