Corey Heim completes season sweep at Kansas in NASCAR Truck elimination race: Corey Heim won Friday night’s Kubota Tractor 200 in the fastest truck, but he needed help from fellow Playoff driver Ty Majeski to secure the victory in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Round of 10 elimination race at Kansas Speedway.(Read More)(9-27-2024)

#11-Corey Heim started last in the field after a tire issue in practice caused damage to his race truck, but persevered to dominate and win the Kubota Tractor 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway Friday night. The win was his sixth of the season, second at Kansas, and the 11thTruck Series win of his career.
Pole-sitter #98-Ty Majeski was on his way to the win, but ran out of gas with just one lap remaining, handing the lead back to #11-Heim, who led a race high 64 laps. Majeski made a pitstop on lap 79 of the 134 under yellow. Heim pit during a green flag cycle of stops, with his last stop falling on lap 107. The strategy made the difference on the final lap.
#38-Layne Riggs, who won the previous two truck races, finished second. #19-Christian Eckes, #45-Kaden Honeycutt, #25-Dawson Sutton, #15-Tanner Gray, #71-Rajah Caruth, #41-Bayley Currey, #9-Grant Enfinger, and #7-Connor Mosack filled out the top-10. #25-Sutton notched his first career top-10 after replacing Ty Dillon in the Rackley Chevrolet. #15-Gray capped his night with a sixth place finish, just hours after claiming the win in the ARCA Series race at Kansas.
#98-Majeski wasn’t the only driver to run out of fuel on the last lap. His ThorSport Racing teammate, defending champion #99-Ben Rhodes also saw his tank run empty. He ended the race 22nd and fell short of the next round of the playoffs, the Round of 8. #43-Daniel Dye also missed the cut.
Advancing for the Round of 8: #11-Heim, #19-Eckes, #98-Majeski, #2-Nick Sanchez, #71-Caruth, #9-Enfinger, #18-Tyler Ankrum, #17-Taylor Gray.
There were 10 lead changes among three drivers and three cautions for 20 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 125.843mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report

Reset Truck Series Playoff Standings after Kansas:
1) #11-Corey Heim, 3048, +38
2) #19-Christian Eckes,3039, +29
3) #98-Ty Majeski, 3024, +14
4) #2-Nick Sanchez, 3018, +8
Would miss Championship 4
5) #71-Rajah Caruth, 3010, 8
6) #9-Grant Enfinger, 3007, -11
7) #18-Tyler Ankrum, 3007, -11
8) #17-Taylor Gray, 3003, -15
See the Reset Driver Point Standings, Reset Owner Point Standings

Truck Series Playoff Point Standings after Kansas:
Race 19 of 23 in the season
Race 3 of 3 in the Round of 8
1) #19-Christian Eckes, 2191
2) #11-Corey Heim, 2183
3) #2-Nick Sanchez, 2143
4) #98-Ty Majeski, 2142
5) #71-Rajah Caruth, 2111
6) #17-Taylor Gray, 2097
7) #18-Tyler Ankrum, 2093
8) #9-Grant Enfinger, 2080
Missed the Round of 8
9) #43-Daniel Dye, 2055, -25
10) #99-Ben Rhodes, 2055, -25
See the Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings

Race Fast Facts – Kansas
Corey Heim (P) won the Kubota Tractor 200, his 11th victory in 60 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his sixth victory and 15th top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his second victory and fifth top-10 finish in six races at Kansas Speedway.
Layne Riggs # (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Kansas Speedway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2024.
Christian Eckes (P) (third) posted his eighth top-10 finish in ten races at Kansas Speedway.
Layne Riggs (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
Christian Eckes (P) leads the point standings by 8 points over Corey Heim (P).
(NASCAR)(9-27-2024)

Race Updates:
Playoff drivers for the Round of 8: Heim, Eckes, Majeski, Caruth, Sanchez, Ankrum, Enfinger, Taylor Gray Missing next round: Rhodes and Dye.
Lap 134: Heim wins after the last lap fuel issue for Majeski. Riggs, Eckes, Honeycutt, Sutton, Tanner Gray, Caruth, Currey, Enfinger and Mosack the top-10.
Lap 133: Last lap and Majeski runs out of gas. Heim to the lead. Rhodes also out of fuel, will miss the playoffs.
Lap 129: Alan truck smoking with damage after contact with the wall, makes it to pitroad. Majeski maintains the lead. Heim, Riggs, Honecutt, Rhodes the top-5. Enfinger is 11th, 6 points in over Rhodes for the final playoff spot.
Lap 118: With less than 20 to go, Rhodes would get the final transfer spot over Enfinger. Dye, who is running 28th, will be out.
Lap 109: Lead cycles back to Majeski, who pit on lap 79 while the leaders stayed out under yellow.
Lap 107: Heim among those to pit this lap.
Lap 100: Green flag pitstops begin with Sanchez dropping down pitroad.
Lap 95: Riggs has closed in on Heim for second and keeps eyeing the high lane.
Lap 84: Restart as Heim leads.
Lap 79: Majeski one of the leaders to pit. Teammate and fellow playoff driver Rhodes also pits. Taylor Gray back on pitroad.
Lap 77: CAUTION Matt Mills goes sideways and drifts up; may have clipped Taylor Gray, takes out Corey Day. Heavy damage. Heim, Eckes, Sanchez still lead.
Lap 75: Lap 75/134 on the race. Heim leads Eckes, Sanchez, Riggs, TanGray, Mosack, Majeski, Purdy, Caruth and Currey. Enfinger, 14th. TayGray, 17th, RHodes, 19th, Ankrum, 21st and Dye, 30th.
Lap 69: Restart, Heim leads.
Lap 65: Nothing changes after pitstops under the yellow. Heim maintains the lead. Queen and playoff driver Ankrum penalties.
Lap 60: Heim wins stage 2.
Lap 54: Heim leads Riggs, Eckes, Majeski, Taylor Gray, Sanchez, Tanner Gray, Honeycutt, Currey and Caruth the top-10. Enfinger, 15th, Ankrum 18th,  Rhodes 21st and Dye 31st.
Lap 45: Heim goes by for the lead after slight contact to the rear of Eckes’ truck.
Lap 37: Restart as Eckes leads from the inside.
Lap 33: Pitstops. Eckes, Heim, Majeski on exit.
Lap 30: Majeski wins stage 1. Eckes, Heim, Honeycutt, Riggs, Sanchez, Taylor Gray follow. Heim started last.
Lap 14: Dye pits after contact with the wall. He entered the race in 9th, outside of the round of 8.
Lap 8: Majeski back to the lead.
Lap 5: Eckes pulls away and Majeski settles into second. Conor Daly penalized for a start violation.
Lap 4: Caruth bounced off the wall. Leaders still side by side.
Lap 2: Eckes pulls alongside Majeski for the lead on the outside.
Lap 1: Pole-sitter Majeski leads lap 1.
8:51pm/et: Green flag.
8:41pm/et: Engines fired

Trucks to the rear: #11-Corey Heim(unapproved adjustments)

Race Information:
Broadcast: FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 134 laps / 201 Miles
Stages: 30 / 60 / 134
Average time of race: 1:44:57
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution vehicle speed: 55 mph
Fuel window: 55 laps
Invocation: 8:31:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 8:32:00 p.m.
Command: 8:39:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 8:50pm/et

Pitstall Selections

#98-Ty Majeski won the pole for the Kubota Tractor 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway with a speed of 175.023mph for his fifth pole of the season, second at Kansas, and the 10th pole of his career.
#7-Connor Mosack will start second, followed by #19-Christian Eckes, #99-Ben Rhodes, #25-Dawson Sutton, #45-Kaden Honeycutt, #2-Nick Sanchez, #52-Stewart Friesen, #13-Jake Garcia, #42-Matt Mills in the top-10.
Playoff drivers outside of the top-10: #43-Daniel Dye, 12th, #18-Tyler Ankrum, 14th, #71-Rajah Caruth, 16th, #17-Taylor Gray, 17th, #9-Grant Enfinger, 19th, and #11-Corey Heim, 34th.
Did not qualify: none, only 34 entered.
See the complete Kubota Tractor 200 Starting Lineup and check out the complete Qualifying Results.

Qualifying Fast Facts – Kansas:
Ty Majeski (P) won the Pole Award for the Kubota Tractor 200 with a lap of 30.853 seconds, 175.023 mph.
This is his 10th pole in 85 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his fifth pole and 16th top-10 start in 2024.
This is his first pole in eight races at Kansas Speedway.
Connor Mosack (P) (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2024 and his second in two races at Kansas Speedway.
Christian Eckes (P) (third) posted his seventh top-10 start at Kansas Speedway. It is his 17th in 19 races this season.
Layne Riggs (13th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR)

Crew Rosters

Qualifying Order

Practice for Kubota Tractor 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway is over; the top-five, slowest and notes:
#2-Nick Sanchez 173.449
#98-Ty Majeski 173.238
#38-Layne Riggs 172.872
#99-Ben Rhodes 172.634
#13-Jake Garcia 172.408
Slowest: #10-Jennifer Jo Cobb 155.499
Most laps run: #17-Taylor Gray, 26
Notes: #11-Corey Heim had a tire issue and got into the wall after just three laps of practice. He says after repairs, the truck will be fine.
See complete results on the Practice speeds page.(9-27-2024)

The entry list for the Kubota Tractor 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway has been released. There are 34 drivers/teams for 36 spots. Since 34 teams are entered, none will miss the race. Some notes: #1-Brenden Queen, #02-Nathan Byrd, #04-Marco Andretti, #7-Connor Mosack, #10-Jennifer Jo Cobb, #22-Frankie Muniz, #25-Dawson Sutton, #44-Conor Daly, #46-Justin Mondeik, #91-Corey Day. See the complete Kubota Tractor 200 Entry List page.

Goodyear Tire Notes