SAWALICH DELIVERS CAREER-BEST RESULT IN INDIANAPOLIS
Heim grows points advantage with 10th straight top-10 run
CLERMONT, Ind. (August 11, 2023) – William Sawalich (sixth) led Team Toyota with a career-best result at Indianapolis Raceway Park on Friday evening. The 16-year-old Toyota Development driver has now earned top-10 finishes in three of his first four Truck Series starts.
Points leader Corey Heim (eighth) continued his impressive streak with his 10th top-10 finish in a row, and 14th top-10 in 16 starts this season. With the finish, Heim extended his advantage to the Playoff cutline to 47 points heading into Milwaukee.
Toyota Racing Post-Race Recap
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Indianapolis Raceway Park
Race 17 of 23 – 200 Laps, 137 Miles
TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, Ty Majeski*
2nd, Christian Eckes*
3rd, Layne Riggs*
4th, Carson Hocevar*
5th, Zane Smith*
6th, WILLIAM SAWALICH
8th, COREY HEIM
15th, TANNER GRAY
17th, JAKE DREW
20th, TAYLOR GRAY
26th, TYLER HILL
29th, CHRIS HACKER
30th, STEWART FRIESEN
32nd, DEAN THOMPSON
34th, TYLER ANKRUM
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
WILLIAM SAWALICH, No. 1 Starkey/Soundgear Toyota Tundra TRD Pro, TRICON Garage
Finishing Position: 6th
Can you talked about what you learned and another career-best result?
“The ARCA race – I really learned a lot from that. It was a little hotter, a little slicker. Once it cooled off, the track definitely picked up grip – especially front grip. We fired off a little tight in stage one, but we fixed it. We had a really fast pit stop – I think we picked up five spots, so I was really happy with that. TRICON Garage gave me a really fast SoundGear Toyota Tundra TRD Pro.”
COREY HEIM, No. 11 Safelite Toyota Tundra TRD Pro, TRICON Garage
Finishing Position: 8th
Can you talk about your race and outlook heading into Milwaukee?
“I don’t think it was a bad effort overall. Obviously, we want to win – but we are points racing to try to get to Phoenix. We did just that today. Hopefully, we extended our lead a little bit and head to Milwaukee, which is going to be tough for us as a team, but proud of TRICON Garage and Toyota Racing for their efforts. Definitely a contending Safelite Toyota Tundra TRD Pro tonight – the 98 (Ty Majeski) was just by far the best. We have a little bit of work to do, but I think we have some good tracks coming up for us.”
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