HEIM, FRIESEN EARN TOP-FIVE FINISHES IN KANSAS
Toni Breidinger scores impressive top-15 in debut
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (May 6, 2023) – Corey Heim (second) and Stewart Friesen (fourth) finished inside the top-five to lead Toyota in the NASCAR Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway on Saturday evening. In her Truck Series debut, Toni Breidinger finished 15th, which makes the California-native the highest finishing female driver in her first Truck Series start.
Toyota Racing Post-Race Recap
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series
Kansas Speedway
Race 8 of 23 – 134 Laps, 201 Miles
TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, Grant Enfinger*
2nd, COREY HEIM
3rd, Zane Smith*
4th, STEWART FRIESEN
5th, Ross Chastain*
9th, TAYLOR GRAY
10th, TYLER ANKRUM
15th, TONI BREIDINGER
18th, TANNER GRAY
20th, BRENNAN POOLE
22nd, TYLER HILL
23rd, JUSTIN CARROLL
32nd, DEAN THOMPSON
36th, TIM VIENS
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
COREY HEIM, No. 11 Safelite Auto Glass Toyota Tundra TRD Pro, TRICON Garage
Finishing Position: 2nd
What more did you need in that last stage?
“I think that last caution put a hole in our strategy a little bit. If we had that last run go green and we had the same tires as the 23 (Grant Enfinger), I thought we could beat him straight up. As soon as we got that last caution and we were on uneven tires, I knew it was going to be all track position. I got hung up trying to block the 38 (Zane Smith) and kind of took a step back from there and lost track position. Huge thank you to TRICON Garage, Toyota Racing, Safelite, everyone who makes it happen. We’ve been working really hard on our mile-and-a-half program and we have already taken a big leap in a short period of time.”
STEWART FRIESEN, No. 52 Halmar International Toyota Tundra TRD Pro, Halmar Friesen Racing
Finishing Position: 4th
How happy are you with the performance tonight?
“Yeah, this is what we needed. We need a solid run. Just had a little bit of a slow stop there at the end. We lost some track position, but great Tundra TRD Pro. Big thanks to Chris (Larsen, team owner), big thanks to Halmar, big thanks to all of our guys. Just really, really proud of our guys tonight. We have something we can build on. We are back in it. It feels good.”
TONI BREIDINGER, No. 1 Victoria’s Secret Toyota Tundra TRD Pro, TRICON Garage
Finishing Position: 15th
What did you take away from today?
“There was so much to take away. There was so much thrown on me that I haven’t got to experience before – just the aero, and being in dirty air. I feel like you experience that in ARCA, but in Trucks its amplified a million times. That was a hole new experience. I feel like everyone is really good out here. I could feel everyone side-drafting me. Nobody gives an inch. There’s a massive learning curve, but I finished a clean race and it was pretty solid in my Victoria’s Secret Tundra.”
Did you talk to anyone on what to expect?
“I bugged all of my teammates. I texted Tanner (Gray) last night, I was bugging Corey (Heim) this morning. I was talking to Dean (Thompson) all day today. I definitely asked them as many questions as possible.”
What did you take away from those discussions?
“Everyone just says drive the heck out of it. The harder you drive, the better the truck will feel. I feel like I took that away from them.”
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