HEIM BATTLES BACK TO LEAD TOYOTA AT MARTINSVILLE
Corey Heim wins both stages, leads 149 laps before being involved on-track incident
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (March 28, 2025) – Corey Heim had the dominate truck for the second consecutive race as the Toyota Development Driver won both stages and led 149 of 200 laps, before being involved in an on-track incident on a restart with the second and third-place trucks with 32 laps to go. Despite two additional cautions in the final laps, the Georgia-native had an impressive drive as he took his Mobil 1 Tundra from 26th all the way back to 6th to lead Toyota.
Stewart Friesen (ninth) and Lawless Alan (10th) gave Toyota three Tundras in the top-10. For Alan, the top-10 was his best non-superspeedway finish in the Truck Series in his TRICON Garage debut.
Toyota Racing Post-Race Recap
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS)
Martinsville Speedway
Race 5 of 23 – 105.2 Miles, 200 Laps
TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, Daniel Hemric*
2nd, Tyler Ankrum*
3rd, Jake Garcia*
4th, Chandler Smith*
5th, Ben Rhodes*
6th, COREY HEIM
9th, STEWART FRIESEN
10th, LAWLESS ALAN
12th, GIO RUGGIERO
18th, JUSTIN CARROLL
20th, PATRICK STAROPOLI
21st, TANNER GRAY
24th, TONI BREIDINGER
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
COREY HEIM, No. 11 Mobil 1 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro, TRICON Garage
Finishing Position: 6th
What are the emotions right now and what can you take away from tonight?
“A lot of frustration of course. I really wanted to get a win for Toyota’s 500th Truck start. Obviously, I had the Tundra to do it today. I just feel like we got used up there a little bit. I don’t think he intended to cut my left rear down. I think if he intended to do that, he would have just wrecked me as it is. Just watching it here – he kind of jacked me up in (turns) one and two and then ran into me in (turns) three and four. It wasn’t anything malicious, but I don’t know, I would have liked to be cut a break in hindsight. I think if he was going to cut down my left rear he probably wouldn’t have done it but doesn’t stop me from being pretty frustrated. I’m super thankful for TRICON Garage and Toyota. Our Mobil 1 Tundra was really good today. I don’t know – I guess get a better restart I guess.”
LAWLESS ALAN, No. 1 AUTOParkIt Toyota Tundra TRD Pro, TRICON Garage
Finishing Position: 10th
First truck race of the season, first truck race with TRICON Garage and you end up with a top-10 finish. Can you tell us about your race?
“One of the big of things is – it is a lot of fun being fast. I can’t say enough about the TRICON guys bringing me a fast AUTOParkIt Toyota Tundra TRD Pro. It was one of the first times I feel like I’m leaving here, and I feel like I had a lot of fun. It was battle. We were running eighth-to-tenth the whole first two stages and then coming back on tires – it seemed like on every restart, we made the wrong choice, but then they started to go right for us. I almost broke into the top-five, but then we got shucked in the mayhem. Someone just sailed it off in there, and shipped me three-wide, but finished with a top-10. I’m happy with that. It was a lot of fun. I’m very grateful for the opportunity.”
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