Corey Heim
Heim at Dover Motor Speedway in 2023
BornCorey David Heim
(2002-07-05) July 5, 2002 (age 21)
Marietta, Georgia, U.S.
Achievements2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Regular Season Champion
2020 SpeedFest 200 Winner
2022 Thunder Road 200 Winner
Awards2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year
2020 CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour Rookie of the Year
2018 CARS Super Late Model Tour Rookie of the Year
2018 Southern Super Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
4 races run over 1 year
Car no., teamNo. 26 (Sam Hunt Racing)
First race2023 A-GAME 200 (Dover)
Last race2023 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
39 races run over 3 years
Truck no., teamNo. 11 (Tricon Garage)
2022 position14th
Best finish4th (2023)
First race2021 LiftKits4Less.com 200 (Darlington)
Last race2024 Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 (Las Vegas)
First win2022 Fr8Auctions 208 (Atlanta)
Last win2023 UNOH 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
5 28 5
ARCA Menards Series career
43 races run over 4 years
Best finish2nd (2021)
First race2019 ARCA Pensacola 200 (Pensacola)
Last race2022 Kansas Lottery 150 (Kansas)
First win2020 Speediatrics 150 (Kansas)
Last win2022 Kansas Lottery 150 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
9 41 7
ARCA Menards Series East career
6 races run over 2 years
Best finish9th (2020)
First race2020 Skip's Western Outfitters 175 (New Smyrna)
Last race2021 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 6 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
3 races run over 3 years
Best finish24th (2020)
First race2019 Arizona Lottery 100 (Phoenix)
Last race2021 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
Statistics current as of September 30, 2023.

Corey David Heim (born July 5, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 11 Toyota Tundra for Tricon Garage and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 26 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. He also serves as a reserve driver for Legacy Motor Club and 23XI Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series. He has previously competed in the ARCA Menards Series, East Series, and West Series.

Racing career

Early career

Heim raced in Legends cars, winning the 2016 Young Lions division and the 2017 Thursday Thunder Pro division championship at Atlanta Motor Speedway.[1] He later transitioned to running super late models, driving in events sanctioned by the CARS Tour, Southern Super Series, Pro All-Stars Series (PASS), and NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.[1] Late in 2018, Heim crossed the finish line first in the ValleyStar Credit Union 300, but lost the race on a rules procedure.[2] A short time later, he won his first super late model race, at South Boston Speedway.[3] Even after moving up to national touring series, Heim still raced at large late model events like Short Track Nationals,[4] and almost scored a PASS win at Richmond Raceway in March 2018 before being disqualified because of engine spacers.[5]

ARCA

Heim's 2019 ARCA car on pit road before the race at Madison

Heim began racing in the ARCA Menards Series in 2019. He joined Chad Bryant Racing to run 13 of 20 ARCA Menards Series events in the team's No. 22 car.[1] He scored a top-five finish in his series debut, which came at Five Flags Speedway in March.[6] Despite not running the full season, Heim ended up finishing 10th in the standings. Although he went winless, Heim never failed to finish any of his races, and scored a top 10 in all of them except for Nashville, where he finished 11th.

On January 12, 2020, Heim announced a full-season CARS Late Model Stock Tour schedule with Lee Pulliam Performance.[7] On January 16, it was announced that Heim would join Venturini Motorsports for seven total races: three in the ARCA Menards Series East, and two apiece in the ARCA Menards Series and the ARCA Menards Series West.[8] On January 25, Heim won the SpeedFest 200 late model race in Georgia.[9] On July 24, Heim placed fourth at Kansas Speedway in ARCA Menards Series competition after a flat tire dropped him from second on the final lap.[10] In his return to Kansas in October, Heim led the most laps and won the race.[11]

Heim doing burnouts after winning the ARCA race at Daytona in 2021

In 2021, Heim was promoted to a full-time deal with Venturini, driving the No. 20 in the main ARCA Menards Series, replacing Chandler Smith and Ryan Repko. Smith moved up to the Truck Series full-time in 2021 with Kyle Busch Motorsports. Heim's crew chief that year would be Shannon Rursch, who moved over from Venturini's No. 15 car of Drew Dollar.[12] Heim would start the season with a win in the season-opener at Daytona.

Truck Series

Heim's No. 11 truck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024.

On April 19, 2021, Kyle Busch revealed in an interview that Heim would make his Truck Series debut in the No. 51 for his Kyle Busch Motorsports team at Darlington.[13] Heim made his NCWTS debut at Darlington Raceway on May 7 in the Kyle Busch Motorsports number 51 truck. He would finish 23rd after being wrecked from behind on a late race restart.

Heim rejoined KBM for a 15-race Truck schedule in 2022.[14] On March 19, 2022, Heim won his first NCWTS race at his home track of Atlanta with a last lap pass of his teammate Chandler Smith. He won his second race at Gateway, but because he did not run a full-time schedule, he was ineligible for the playoffs. Despite missing seven races, Heim finished the season 14th in points and won the 2022 Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year honors.[15]

On October 27, 2022, David Gilliland Racing announced that they will be moving to Toyota Racing Development in 2023, and rename to Tricon Garage (with Tricon styled in all-capital letters). That same day, Heim was announced as one of the full-time driver for the team.[16] Heim scored his first win of the season at Martinsville.[17] He was forced to miss Gateway due to an illness; Jesse Love substituted for him and finished ninth in the race.[18] Despite missing one race, Heim maintained the points lead and scored his second win at Mid-Ohio.[19] At the conclusion of the Richmond race, Heim claimed the regular season championship.[20] During the playoffs, Heim won at Bristol.[21] Heim finished third at Homestead to make the Championship 4.[22] He finished 18th at Phoenix after being spun out by Carson Hocevar and third in the final points standings.[23] However, on November 8, 2023, Heim was penalized 25 driver points and fined $12,500 by NASCAR for intentionally wrecking Hocevar with three laps to go; the loss of driver points resulted in Heim dropping to fourth in the points standings.[24]

Xfinity Series

On April 29, 2023, Heim made his Xfinity Series debut at Dover, driving the Sam Hunt Racing No. 24 Toyota to a 35th place DNF after experiencing engine failure.[25] Two weeks later, he finished 10th at Darlington. He ran two more races that season, finishing 37th at Pocono and 15th at Darlington in September. On January 10, 2024, it was announced that Heim will return to SHR in 2024, running another part-time schedule in the No. 26 car.[26]

Cup Series

On January 25, 2024, it was announced that Heim would join Legacy Motor Club and 23XI Racing as their reserve driver throughout the Cup Series in 2024. In addition, he will also serve as Legacy's simulator driver.[27]

Personal life

Corey Heim is the son of Lisa and Ray Heim. Ray Heim was a former late model racer and the Chief Technology Officer at Pen-Tech Associates, Inc in Kennesaw, Georgia.[28][29] Heim graduated from Kennesaw Mountain High School.[30]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
2023 Sam Hunt Racing 24 Toyota DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV
35 		DAR
10 		CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC
37 		ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR
15 		KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 88th 01 [31]
2024 26 DAY ATL LVS
13 		PHO
 COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO -* -* [32]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NCTC Pts Ref
2021 Kyle Busch Motorsports 51 Toyota DAY DRC LVS ATL BRD RCH KAN DAR
23 		COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN
18 		GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR
11 		PHO 42nd 71 [33]
2022 DAY
32 		LVS ATL
1 		COA MAR BRD DAR
23 		KAN
33 		TEX
7 		CLT GTW
1 		SON KNX NSH
33 		MOH
26 		POC
4 		IRP
5 		RCH
5 		KAN
7 		BRI
10 		TAL
26 		HOM
5 		PHO
7 		14th 505 [34]
2023 Tricon Garage 11 Toyota DAY
8 		LVS
4 		ATL
34 		COA
6 		TEX
7 		BRD
15 		MAR
1* 		KAN
2 		DAR
8 		NWS
6 		CLT
2* 		GTW NSH
4* 		MOH
1* 		POC
2* 		RCH
6 		IRP
8 		MLW
4 		KAN
4 		BRI
1 		TAL
5 		HOM
3* 		PHO
18* 		4th 3994 [35]
2024 DAY
2 		ATL
3 		LVS
3 		BRI COA MAR TEX KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH POC IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR PHO -* -* [36]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 AMSC Pts Ref
2019 Chad Bryant Racing 22 Ford DAY FIF
5 		SLM
5 		TAL NSV
11 		TOL
10 		CLT POC MCH MAD
10 		GTW
4 		CHI IOW
5 		POC
6 		ELK
4 		ISF
7 		DSF
3 		SLM
3 		IRP
4 		KAN 10th 2615 [37]
2020 Venturini Motorsports 12 Toyota DAY PHO TAL POC IRP KEN IOW KAN
4 		TOL TOL MCH DRC GTW L44 TOL BRI WIN MEM 28th 123 [38]
20 ISF
8
10 KAN
1*
2021 20 DAY
1* 		PHO
2 		TAL
1 		KAN
3 		TOL
2 		CLT
2 		MOH
7 		POC
1 		ELK
1 		BLN
3 		IOW
4 		WIN
3* 		GLN
1* 		MCH
2 		ISF
1* 		MLW
6 		DSF
7 		BRI
5 		SLM
7 		KAN
3 		2nd 963 [39]
2022 DAY
1* 		PHO TAL
3 		KAN
16* 		CLT
2 		IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH
2 		GLN ISF MLW KAN
1* 		BRI SLM TOL 18th 294 [40]
15 DSF
9

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AMSEC Pts Ref
2020 Venturini Motorsports 20 Toyota NSM
7 		TOL DOV
6 		TOL BRI FIF
2 		11th 117 [41]
2021 NSM FIF NSV DOV SNM IOW
4 		MLW
6 		BRI
5 		13th 117 [42]

ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 AMSWC Pts Ref
2019 Chad Bryant Racing 22 Ford LVS IRW TUS TUS CNS SON DCS IOW EVG GTW MER AAS KCR PHO
25 		65th 19 [43]
2020 Venturini Motorsports 20 Toyota LVS MMP MMP IRW EVG DCS CNS LVS AAS KCR PHO
8 		24th 86 [44]
2021 PHO
2 		SON IRW CNS IRW PIR LVS AAS PHO 36th 43 [45]

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