Corey Heim Claims Monday Night Racing Season 6 Championship

“From pitting on the first lap, that was a huge penalty for me, but we made up like 10 seconds,” Heim told the Podium eSports broadcast after the race. “At the end of the day I felt like we were the best car. If we had started on the pole like we qualified, I felt like would have had a 10-second lead, if not more before that last caution came out. Did a lot of prep work … Really, really fun race tonight, that combination was really fun. Kind of learned a lot throughout the week how to race this racetrack. Typically I’m not very good at Homestead but did some studying and it paid off.”

Adam Cabot, who appeared to be on his way to the win until the caution flew with less than 40 laps to go, finished third behind Heim and David Schildhouse. Bailey Turner was fourth and Collin Fern rounded out the top five.

Sibille finished sixth in the race and third in points, while Chase Cabre wound up fourth in points and 10th in the race after late contact with Anthony Alfredo.

Tonight’s Action

Corey Heim began on the pole but had to perform a pass-through after the start of the race due to his on-track actions with David Schildhouse last week at Chicagoland Speedway. Heim came out of pit lane about halfway through the field, well behind the other three title contenders.

Alfredo inherited the lead from Heim and led for much of the first 50 laps, while David Schildhouse moved up to second. Behind them, Adam Cabot and Chase Cabre had their own battle for the championship lead. Cabot eventually cleared Cabre on lap 37 for third place in the race.

Shortly after, Leighton Sibille mimicked his pit strategy from last week, pitting on lap 42 before the other championship drivers. At Homestead, though, the plan is a bit different since the tires wear a bit more there than at other tracks.

By the time the pit cycle completed, Cabot got to the race lead over Schildhouse, Alfredo, Cabre and Sibille.

The top four stayed in front for the next pit cycle, and…