Corey Heim steals an overtime win at Darlington Raceway: Same guy. Different truck. Same result. Driving the No. 5 TRICON Garage Toyota on a part-time basis, Corey Heim shocked race leader Ross Chastain with a last-lap pass and collected his second-straight victory at Darlington Raceway in Friday night’s Buckle Up South Carolina 200.(Read More)(3-20-2026)
#5-Corey Heim may not be full-time this season, but the defending champion continued his winning ways on Friday night, taking the checkered flag in the Buckle Up South Carolina 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Darlington Raceway. Heim took the lead from #45-Ross Chastain unchallenged following an overtime restart that saw him climb from ninth to the race win. The win is his first of the 2026 season, second at Darlington, and the 24th win of his career.
#45-Chastain was second, followed by #91-Christian Eckes, #11-Kaden Honeycutt, #7-Connor Mosack, #62-Christopher Bell, #9-Grant Enfinger, #17-Gio Ruggiero, #19-Daniel Hemric, and #1-William Sawalich.
Stage 1 was won by #91-Eckes.
Stage 2 was won by pole-sitter #11-Honeycutt. Honeycutt earned his first career pole and led the most laps of his career with 59 out front before finishing fourth.
With the win, Heim took home an additional $50,000 for winning the first race of the Triple Truck Challenge.
There were 14 lead changes among eight drivers and nine caution flags for 47 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 97.005mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report
Race Fast Facts – Darlington
Corey Heim won the Buckle Up South Carolina 200, his 24th victory in 91 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his second victory and third top-10 finish in six races at Darlington Raceway.
Ross Chastain(i) (second) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Darlington Raceway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2026.
Christian Eckes (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in five races at Darlington Raceway.
Brenden Queen (20th) was the highest finishing rookie.
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Paint Schemes
Truck Series Driver Point Standings after Darlington:
Race 4 of 18 in the regular season:
1) #38-Chandler Smith, 172, +90
2) #11-Kaden Honeycutt,139, +57
3) #34-Layne Riggs, 131, +49
4) #17-Gio Ruggiero, 127, +45
5) #88-Ty Majeski, 121, +39
6) #91-Christian Eckes, 119, +37
7) #99-Ben Rhodes, 119, +37
8) #44-Andres Perez de Lara, 90, +9
9) #16-Justin Haley, 89, +8
10) ) #12-Brenden Queen, 83, +1
Outside the Round of 10
11) #18-Tyler Ankrum, 82, -1
12) #52-Stewart Friesen, 82, -1
13) #19-Daniel Hemric, 75, -8
14) #98-Jake Garcia, 74, -9
15) #15-Tanner Gray, 74, -9
See the Driver Point Standings, Owner Point Standings
Race Updates:
Heim with the pass over Chastain as he charges in the low lane and drives by unchallenged. He took the final restart from 9th.
Overtime attempt #2: Chastain pulls ahead as they battle. As they take the white, Heim shakes out in second.
Choose pick: Chastain inside, Honeycutt outside. Eckes will line up behind Chastain and Bell takes the outside behind Honeycutt.
CAUTION: Ankrum has issues/flat tire, bounces off of the wall and collects Friesen, LaJoie, Garcia.
Green flag: Chastain leads the field on the inside lane and gets a good jump with a push from Eckes.
Honeycutt chooses the outside lane. Chastain to the inside. Eckes lines up row 2 behind Chastain with Ankrum in the high lane behind Honeycutt.
Race will be going into overtime.
Lap 144: CAUTION Hocevar gets into the wall and spins; cut right front. Chastain now leads Honeycutt, Eckes, Heim and Ankrum in the top-5.
Lap 143: 4 to go but sparks are flying off of the race leader Hocevar’s truck. He’s slowed a but and Chastain closes in drastically.
Lap 135: 12 to go. Honeycutt gets by Eckes for third. Hocevar leads CHastain by a half second.
Lap 128: Restart – quickly gets dicey. Jones stayed out and leads the outside. Honeycutt leads from the outside, but Hocevar pulls away on the inside. Jones drops back quickly from the middle lane. He takes it to the wall to maintain the lead over Chastain as they settle into single file.
Lap 123: Pitstops. Honeycutt fastest out over Hocevar, Chastain
Lap 121: CAUTION Riggs cuts off Majeski and Perez gets collected. This happened behind Heim and Hocevar who were battling for third.
Lap 115: Chastain holds the lead.
Lap 110: Restart and Honeycutt and Chastain quickly battle back and forth for the lead.
Lap 108: Pitstops with 40 to go. Honeycutt, Chastain maintain the lead on exit.
Lap 106: CAUTION C Jones gets loose and into the Sutton truck. Honeycutt maintains the lead over Chastain, Heim, Riggs and Majeski.
Lap 99: Restart for Honeycutt.
Lap 94: Pitstops. Honeycutt fastest out over Chastain, Heim, Ankrum, Majeski, Eckes, Riggs.
Lap 90: Stage 2 complete. Honeycutt with the win, his fourth stage win.
Lap 76: Honeycutt to the inside of Chastain, reclaims the lead without much challenge. Majeski, Eckes, Heim, Hocevar, Ankrum, Sawalich, Garcia and Riggs the top-10.
Lap 67: Chastain gets by Honeycutt for the lead.
Lap 65: Honeycutt leads Chastain, Majeski, Eckes, Heim.
Lap 60: Back to green for Honeycutt as he leads the field.
Lap 57: CAUTION – debris. Eckes runs it over. Riggs pits for a cut tire. Mosack also pits for fender damage.
Lap 54: Back to green as Honeycutt leads.
Lap 49: Pitstops as Eckes leads them down. Honeycutt fastest off over Sawalich, Riggs, Heim, Chastain and Eckes loses 5 positions.
Lap 45: Eckes wins stage 1 over Honeycutt, Heim, Riggs and Sawalich.
Lap 43: Heim loses another position as Honeycutt gets by.
Lap 40: Eckes sneaks in and takes the lead from Heim.
Lap 35: 10 to go in the stage. Heim leads Honeycutt by just over a half second.
Lap 25: Heim leads Hocevar, Honeycutt, Bell, Eckes, CHastain, Gray, Majeski, Ruggiero.
Lap 20: Riggs rides the wall after real estate disappears from Majeski.
Lap 19: Back to green. Heim leads t he low lane, Bell outside for the restart.
Lap 14: CAUTION William Sawalich gets loose.
Lap 10: Heim leads.
Lap 9: Back to green as Honeycutt leads the lone lane and Hocevar on the outside. Hocevar loses a spot and Heim quickly dives to the inside of Honeycutt to challenge for the lead.
Lap 3: CAUTION for Ben Rhodes. Cut tire causes a hard hit into the wall.
Lap 1: Pole-sitter Honeycutt leads lap 1.
7:54pm/et: Green flag.
7:42pm/et: Engines fired.
Race Information:
Broadcast: FS1, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 147 laps / 200.8 miles
Stages: 45 / 90 / 147
Average time of race: 1:54:08
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 50 mph
Fuel Window: 57 laps
Invocation: 7:33:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 7:34:00 p.m.
Command: 7:41:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 7:51:00 p.m.
Pre-race inspection: #1-Sawalich, #10-Allmendinger, #12-Queen, #25-LaJoie all failed inspection twice, truck chief ejected for the event, and the team will lose pit selection for the next event.
Trucks to the rear: #22-Josh Reaume, #33-Frankie Muniz(unapproved adjustments)
Pitstall Selections
#11-Kaden Honeycutt won the pole for the Buckle Up South Carolina 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Darlington Raceway with a speed of 170.466mph for his first career pole.
#77-Carson Hocevar will start second, followed by #15-Tanner Gray, #17-Gio Ruggiero, #5-Corey Heim, #61-Christopher Bell, #88-Ty Majeski, #34-Layne Riggs, #45-Ross Chastain and #7-Connor Mosack in the top-10.
Did not qualify: none.
See the complete Starting Lineup and check out the complete Qualifying Results.
Qualifying Fast Facts – Darlington:
Kaden Honeycutt won the Pole Award for the Buckle Up South Carolina 200 with a lap of 28.848 seconds, 170.466 mph.
This is his first pole in 63 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his first pole and second top-10 start in 2026.
This is his first pole in three races at Darlington Raceway.
Carson Hocevar(i) (second) posted his second top-10 start of 2026 and his third in five races at Darlington Raceway.
Tanner Gray (third) posted his second top-10 start at Darlington Raceway. It is his second in four races this season.
Cole Butcher (17th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
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Practice for the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Buckle Up South Carolina 200 from Darlington Raceway; the top-five, slowest and notes:
#11-Kaden Honeycutt 166.930
#88-Ty Majeski 165.509
#5-Corey Heim 165.220
#15-Tanner Gray 165.181
#9-Grant Enfinger 165.070
Slowest: #93-Caleb Costner 147.401
Most laps run: 55, #62-Christopher Bell
See the complete Buckle Up South Carolina 200 Practice Speeds page.
Qualifying Order
The entry list for the Buckle Up South Carolina 200 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Darlington Raceway has been released. There are 36 drivers/teams for 36 spots.
Some notes: #1-William Sawalich, #5-Corey Heim, #25-Corey LaJoie, #42-Conner Jones, #45-Ross Chastain, #62-Christopher Bell, #76-Nathan Nicholson, #77-Carson Hocevar.
See the complete Buckle Up South Carolina 200 Entry List page.
Goodyear Tire Notes:The tire setup chosen for the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series this weekend was also used at Darlington last year when the two series raced there in April and August, respectively. Both series will also use inner liners at Darlington, as is customary on tracks 1 mile and longer.
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