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NASCAR Truck Roval chaos in Turn 1, Lap 1 as title favorites wreck

NASCAR Corey Heim Layne Riggs Grant Enfinger the Charlotte Roval

Corey Heim is the undisputed favorite for the 2025 NASCAR Truck Series title. He has won nine races in a dominant season for the No. 11 Toyota, and those bonus points just became extremely valuable after suffering damage in a bizarre crash at the start of Friday's NCTS race.

Heim was on pole position at the Charlotte Roval with primary title rival Layne Riggs right beside him. Another playoff driver, Grant Enfinger, was directly behind. 

While trying to file in, Enfinger caught the right-rear of Riggs's No. 34 Ford and turned him into Heim, triggering a wreck that collected the top three runners just seconds into the race.

Heim nosed into the tire barrier while Riggs spun completely around. Their track position evaporated and while all three trucks suffered damage, they were able to continue. The incident was not enough to trigger a caution, but a yellow flag for a separate incident soon after allowed them to make repairs and rejoin at the rear of the field.

They quickly made forward progression through the field, however, a broken sway bar on the No. 34 made his truck very unstable, and he struggled to keep pace with both Heim and Enfinger.

Enfinger was apologetic over the radio, but he now has a lot of work to do as he already entered this race three points below the cutline. Heim can still breathe easy as he entered this race with a massive 69-point margin between himself and the cutline. Riggs has a cushion, but not nearly as large as Heim's at 22 points above the elimination zone.

Heim actually made his way all the way back to the front and actually won the race, securing a historic tenth win of the 2025 season. Following the race, Enfinger is now four points below the cutline while Riggs is one point below.

Photos from Charlotte - Race

Corey Heim, TRICON Garage Toyota

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Daniel Hemric, McAnally-Hilgemann Racing

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Toni Breidinger, TRICON Garage Toyota

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Tyler Ankrum, McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Ty Majeski, ThorSport Racing Ford

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Toni Breidinger, TRICON Garage Toyota

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Daniel Hemric, McAnally-Hilgemann Racing

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Corey Heim, TRICON Garage Toyota

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Corey Heim, TRICON Garage Toyota

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Brent Crews, Toyota

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Tyler Ankrum, McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Rajah Caruth, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Corey Heim, TRICON Garage Toyota

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Corey Heim, TRICON Garage Toyota

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Dawson Sutton, Rackley W.A.R. Chevrolet

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Grant Enfinger, CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Matt Crafton, ThorSport Racing Ford

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Corey Heim, TRICON Garage Toyota, Layne Riggs, Front Row Motorsports Ford

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Josh Reaume, Ford

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Ben Rhodes, ThorSport Racing Ford

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Andres Perez De Lara, Chevrolet, Connor Mosack, Chevrolet, Matt Mills, Chevrolet, Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Andres Perez De Lara, Chevrolet

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Corey Heim, TRICON Garage Toyota

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Bayley Currey, Chevrolet

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Rajah Caruth, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Toni Breidinger, TRICON Garage Toyota, Kris Wright, Chevrolet

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Chandler Smith, Front Row Motorsports Ford

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Kaden Honeycutt, Toyota

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Timmy Hill, Timmy Hill Motorsports Toyota, Daniel Hemric, McAnally-Hilgemann Racing

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Connor Zilisch, Chevrolet

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Tyler Ankrum, McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Brent Crews, Toyota, Giovanni Ruggiero, Toyota

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Chandler Smith, Front Row Motorsports Ford, Corey Heim, TRICON Garage Toyota, Kris Wright, Chevrolet

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Layne Riggs, Front Row Motorsports Ford

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Rajah Caruth, Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Tanner Gray, TRICON Garage Toyota, Parker Kligerman, Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Brent Crews, Toyota, Connor Zilsch, Chevrolet

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Will Rodgers, Chevrolet

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Kaden Honeycutt, Toyota, Ty Majeski, Ford

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Corey Heim, TRICON Garage Toyota

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Corey Heim, TRICON Garage Toyota

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
Corey Heim, TRICON Garage Toyota

Charlotte - Friday, in photos
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