Dominant Corey Heim checks off a Darlington NASCAR...

It was ‘Heim Time’ as soon as once more because the NASCAR Truck Playoffs started at Darlington. Incomes his eighth win of the 2025 season, Corey Heim has already assured his development into the subsequent spherical.

Heim has now gained 4 of the final 5 Truck races on the schedule, and the TRICON driver has already reached 19 profession victories.

“I felt just like the No. 34 [Riggs] and the No. 38 [Smith] had been actually good, however I may make slightly little bit of velocity on the wall,” stated Heim. “It was such a high-risk play. If you happen to screw up — I imply, you noticed so many individuals have these right-front points. I put slightly strain on the 34 and he received into it, and we had been in a position to reap the benefits of it. So happy with these TRICON guys. It appears like I am in a dream — eight wins this 12 months is phenomenal. 

Daniel Hemric completed second, Grant Enfinger third, Ty Majeski fourth, and Trevor Bayne was one of the best non-playoff driver in fifth. Bayne, who gained the 2011 Daytona 500, was making a shock return to the driving force’s seat this weekend.

Tanner Hill, Tyler Ankrum, Timmy Hill, Corey Day, and Jake Garcia rounded out the highest ten.

Some playoff drivers deeper within the subject included Rajah Caruth twelfth, Layne Riggs seventeenth, Kaden Honeycutt 18th, and Chandler Smith with a DNF.

Leaving Darlington, Smith (-2pts) and Honeycutt (-7pts) are the 2 drivers within the drop zone with Garcia sitting on the bubble.

Phases 1 and a couple of

The fast-paced race noticed a number of drivers discover hassle early, together with playoff drivers: Smith slammed the wall and went behind the wall, whereas Honeycutt needed to make an unscheduled pit cease below inexperienced on account of a flat tire.

Exterior of the title hunt, Matt Crafton and Matt Mills hit the wall and had been compelled onto pit street. Whereas he fell out of the race, Smith stated he wasn’t “too apprehensive about it” when requested about factors, waiting for the upcoming races as locations the place he might be sturdy.

Although Riggs began from pole place, Heim ran him right down to win Stage 1, including to his spectacular factors whole. Riggs fought again in Stage 2, claiming a stage win for himself.

There have been no pure cautions throughout the first two phases.

Stage 3

Nonetheless, Enfinger moved into the lead on pit street throughout the stage break, however Heim rapidly snatched it again on the restart. Riggs wasn’t far behind, operating down the common season champion and taking the lead with 36 laps left within the race. 

It was a daring dive-bomb into Flip 1, sliding up in entrance of Heim.

Whereas the race was pretty calm, issues took a flip with 20 laps to go. Riggs slowed from the lead and hit the wall with a lower right-front tire, and at across the identical time, Honeycutt spun after colliding with Andres Perez on the exit of Flip 4. This triggered the primary pure yellow of the race. The timing of the yellow saved Riggs, who was nonetheless scored in third place.

Even nonetheless, Riggs had a really gradual cease because the workforce labored on his truck. Heim and Enfinger had been the primary two drivers off pit street, giving them the entrance row for the restart that adopted.

Nobody had something for Heim as he sailed away with the race lead, driving straight into the winner’s circle for the eighth time in 2025.