Corey Heim parlays overtime restart into record 10th NASCAR Truck Series win: Recovering from a first-lap crash in “Calamity Corner”, Corey Heim rallied to win Friday’s EcoSave 250 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, setting a single-season NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series record with his 10th win of the 2025 campaign.(Read More)(10-3-2025)
#11-Corey Heim once again wowed with an impressive performance in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series to win the Ecosave 250 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL on Friday. Starting from the pole, Heim was involved in a wreck in turn one of lap one that left him with a battered race truck, but was able to drive back to the front to win his 10th race of the season. The win set a single-season record for wins. It was his first on the Charlotte road course and the 21st of his career.
#1-Brent Crews was leading until a caution on lap 66 of the scheduled 67-lap race. His crew called him to pitroad under the yellow, handing the lead to Heim. Despite the fresh tires for the overtime, he was unable to reclaim the top spot, which he held for a race high 56 laps.
#17-Gio Ruggiero finished third. The finish gave TRICON Garage its first ever one-two-three finish.
#71-Rajah Caruth, #7-Connor Zilisch, #41-Josh Bilicki, #9-Grant Enfinger, #98-Ty Majeski, #18-Tyler Ankrum, and #81-Connor Mosack were the top-10.
There were eight lead changes among four drivers and four cautions for 12 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 75.244mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report
Where the Playoff drivers finished at the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course:
#11-Corey Heim, 1st
#71-Rajah Caruth, 4th
#9-Grant Enfinger, 7th
#98-Ty Majeski, 8th
#18-Tyler Ankrum, 9th
#19-Daniel Hemric, 11th
#52-Kaden Honeycutt, 14th
#34-Layne Riggs, 21st
Race Fast Facts – Charlotte
Corey Heim (P) won the Ecosave 250, his 21st victory in 86 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races. This is his 10th victory and 18th top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
Brent Crews (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his second top-10 finish in 2025.
Giovanni Ruggiero # (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
Giovanni Ruggiero (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
Corey Heim (P) leads the point standings by 71 points over Daniel Hemric (P).
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Truck Series Driver Point Standings after Charlotte:
Race 1 of 3 in the Round of 8:
1) #11-Corey Heim, Advances with 1 win in Round of 8
2) #18-Tyler Ankrum, 3051, +2
3) #19-Daniel Hemric, 3051, +2
4) #71-Rajah Caruth, 3050, +1
Outside of the Championship 4
5) #34-Layne Riggs, 3049, -1
6) #98-Ty Majeski, 3048, -2
7) #9-Grant Enfinger, 3046, -4
8) #52-Kaden Honeycutt, 3046, -4
See the Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings
Race Updates:
Playoff drivers:
Heim, 1st
Caruth, 4th
Enfinger, 7th
Majeski, 8th
Ankrum, 9th
Hemric, 11th
Honeycutt, 14th
Riggs, 21st
Heim gets his 10th win of the season, setting a single-season record. Crews comes back to finish second over Ruggiero, Caruth, Zilisch, Bilicki, Enfinger, Majeski, Ankrum, and Mosack in the top-10.
Last lap and Garcia sits sideways. Separate incident and Honeycutt spins from 5th.
2 to go and there is a big log jam. Smith gets turned. Majeski gets some door damage. Field stays green.
Overtime: Green flag for Heim as he leads Zilisch.
Lap 66: Crews and Zilisch, Honeycutt drops down pitroad. A huge chunk of the leaders come with them. Heim stays on track. He last pit the same lap as teammate Crews.
Lap 65: CAUTION Breidinger stalled on track just after leader Crews radios he is running out of fuel.
Lap 62: 5 to go and Heim has cut Crews’ lead down to 1.625-seconds. No traffic in between the two.
Lap 57: 10 laps to go. Crews leads Heim by 3.25-seconds. Zilisch, Majeski, Honeycutt the top-5. Riggs, 9th. Caruth, Enfinger, Hemric 12-14th. Ankrum, 20th.
Lap 56: Bilicki gets into Crafton, who spins. Track stays green as he continues on.
Lap 50: Heim has gotten around Zilisch for 2nd. Crews leads by 2.802-seconds. Majeski, Mosack, Honeycutt, Currey, Riggs, Ruggiero, LaJoie the top-10
Lap 44: Restart as Crews, Zilisch, Heim, Bilicki, Ruggiero lead
Lap 42: Honeycutt drops down pitroad, loses a spot on exit behind Caruth. Enfinger, Ankrum follow. Hemric stays on pitoad for an extended stop for left front repairs.
Lap 41: Under caution, Kligerman on standby for Rodgers in the 20 as he is not feeling well.
Lap 40: Honeycutt stays on track, wins stage #2 – 2nd of the day.
Lap 38: Crews pits from the lead but the tire gets hung up on the right front. Heim pits as well. Honeycutt cycles back into the lead.
Lap 35: Pitstops cycle as Ruggiero pits. Zilisch a lap later from second pits. Crews, Heim, Honeycutt, Enfinger, Caruth, Hemric, Ankrum – 2nd through 7th all playoff drivers. Playoff driver Majeski pits on lap 38.
Lap 28: Wright gets some help from Wood and goes for a spin. Track stays green. Crews leads Zilisch, Heim is up to 3rd. Ruggiero, Bilicki, Currey and Perez.
Lap 24: Restart Crews leads Zilisch and Ruggiero at the restart. Riggs struggles with a broken sway bar. Will be a long day for him.
Lap 22: Pitstops under the yellow. Honeycutt maintains on exit over Hemric, Majeski, Caruth, Ankrum.
Lap 20: Stage 1 is a wrap. Honeycutt with the stage win. Majeski, Ankrum, Hemric, Crews, Zilisch, Caruth, LaJoie, Ruggiero, Riggs, with a broken sway bar, the top-10. Heim, 18th, and Enfinger 23rd, the lowest playoff driver.
Lap 18: Leader crews drops down pitroad for his stop. Honeycutt now leads over Majeski, Ankrum Hemric, Caruth.
Lap 17: Zilisch on pitroad for an early stop. Heim also comes in to make up some track position for the start of the second stage.
Lap 15: Smith spins on his own but regains and continues on. Track stayed green. 5 to go in the stage.
Lap 11: Zilisch gets by Honeycutt for 3rd. Crews maintains the lead. Hemric started 34th after transmission issues in practice. He is up to 12th. Heim restarted 34th after his issue and repairs. He is 14th.
Lap 7: Hill spins after contact from Sutton. After field drives by, he gets it straight. Track stays green.
Lap 6: Restart as Crews leads Honeycutt, Ruggiero, Majeski, Zilisch, Ankrum, LaJoie, Bilicki, Gray and Kligerman. Heim had ongoing repairs under the yellow. He restarts 34th.
Lap 3: Yellow out as Rhodes limps around the track. Repairs need to be made to tire barrier.
Lap 2: Heim and Riggs to pitroad with heavy damage. Crews inherited the lead after the contact from with the leaders…. Heavy damage for Rhodes on all ends of his truck. Single truck as he slides off course into the tire barrier.
Lap 1: Heim leads Riggs from outside lane. Big Touble as Riggs gets tapped from behind from Enfinger and Riggs spins sideways into Heim. Heim into the wall with heavy damage. Race stays green.
Trucks to the rear: #2-Josh Reaume, #22-Carter Fartuch(Driver Change), #16-Kris Wright,#19-Daniel Hemric, #38-Chandler Smith, #91-Jack Wood, #02-Ben Maier, #45-Bayley Currey(Unapproved Adjustments)
Race Information:
Distance: 67 laps / 152.76 Miles
Stages: 20 / 40 / 67
Average time of race: 2:28:35
Pit road speed: 40 mph
Caution vehicle speed: 45 mph
Fuel window: 35 laps
Invocation: 3:33:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 3:34:00 p.m.
Command: 3:41:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 3:53:00 p.m.
Pitstall Selections
Paint Schemes
#11-Corey Heim won the pole for the Ecosave 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course with a speed of 96.492mph for his seventh pole of the season, first at Charlotte, and the 14th pole of his career.
#34-Layne Riggs will start second.
#1-Brent Crews, #9-Grant Enfinger, #52-Kaden Honeycutt, #7-Connor Zilisch, #17-Gio Ruggiero, #77-Corey LaJoie, #98-Ty Majeski, and #41-Josh Bilicki complete the top-10.
Playoff drivers not within the top-10:
#18-Tyler Ankrum, 11th
#71-Rajah Caruth, 18th
#19-Daniel Hemric, 34th
See the complete Ecosave 250 Starting Lineup and check out the complete Qualifying Results.
Qualifying Fast Facts – Charlotte:
Corey Heim (P) won the Pole Award for the Ecosave 250 with a lap of 85.064 seconds, 96.492 mph.
This is his 14th pole in 86 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races. This is his seventh pole and 19th top-10 start in 2025.
This is his first pole in one races at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
Layne Riggs (P) (second) posted his 15th top-10 start of 2025 and his first in one race at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course.
Brent Crews (third) posted his first top-10 start at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his fourth in eight races this season.
Giovanni Ruggiero (seventh) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
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Practice for the Ecosave 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Charlotte is over; the top-five, slowest and notes:
#11-Corey Heim 95.065
#1-Brent Crews 94.887
#7-Connor Zilisch 94.720
#81-Connor Mosack 94.306
#52-Kaden Honeycutt 94.242
Slowest: #69-Tyler Tomassi 88.274
Most laps run: 25, #45-Bayley Currey
Notes: Playoff drive #19-Daniel Hemric had issues with a transmission during his run and will not qualify.
See complete results on the Practice speeds page.
Crew Rosters
Qualifying Order
Goodyear Tire Notes: All three of NASCAR’s national series will have familiar Goodyear Racing Eagle tire setups for the final road course race of the season this weekend, on the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL.
The entry list for the Ecosave 250 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL has been released. There are 36 drivers/teams for 36 spots.
Some notes: #1-Brent Crews, #2-Carter Fartuch, #7-Connor Zilisch, #16-Kris Wright, #20-Will Rodgers, #33-Mason Maggio, #41-Josh Bilicki, #56-Timmy Hill, #75-Parker Kligerman.
See the complete EcoSave 250 entry list page.
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Race rules and information:
