Rain or shine — or as it was after the checkered flag, both — anytime in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series can be Heim time.
Corey Heim captured his fifth Truck Series win of the season on Friday (July 12) at Pocono Raceway in the CRC Brakleen 175.
After rain stopped the race with nine laps to go, a lengthy delay ended with Heim and Christian Eckes leading the field to green with three laps to go. Eckes got a hard push from Ross Chastain that got the No. 19 Chevy loose and bunched up the field behind him. Heim took advantage and sailed off to a win.
Heim only needed one pit stop, crediting crew chief Scott Zipadeli with combining a winning strategy with a dominant car.
“(Scott and I) have had such a close bond and he does such a phenomenal job giving me fast Safeline Toyota GRD Pros every week,” Heim said in a post race interview with Fox Sports 1. “This week wasn’t any different. This thing is badass. I’ve got a badass crew and a bad ass truck week in and week out.”
“So proud of these guys. Five wins, it’s something not everyone can achieve in a single season. Here we are and we’ve got many more to go.”
Grant Enfinger was holding pace with Heim before the rain came with eight laps to go and matched his season-best finish of second. Enfinger started on the outside of row two on the restart.
After leading every lap at Nashville in his third win of the season, Eckes came through the field after a slow pit stop to finish third. Eckes still leads Heim in the points by 32 points.
Taylor Gray finished fourth while Ross Chastain took fifth. Chase Purdy, Stewart Friesen, Matt Crafton, Dean Thompson and Rajah Caruth rounded out the top-10.
Daniel Dye placed 16th. That result and 15 stage points helped him take over the final playoff spot by one point over Tanner Gray. Gray finished 19th.
Ty Majeski was running in the top-10 most of the evening until a battery issue forced him to pit with 17 laps to go. Majeski finished 33rd.
After dropping several spots on the initial start, Heim fought his way back up to second with a pass on Tyler Ankrum on lap eight. On lap 12, Heim won a back-and-forth battle with Eckes and pulled away to win stage one. Eckes, Ankrum, Dye and Enfinger rounded out the top-five point receivers.
Heim continued to dominate in stage two, leading every lap on his way to another green-checkered flag after 30 laps. Eckes, Dye, Enfinger and Ankrum earned top-five stage points as…
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