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Hindustan Times
20 hours ago
- Automotive
- Hindustan Times
Corey Heim nearly leads wire-to-wire in winning at Lime Rock Park
Corey Heim's victory in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series' debut at Lime Rock Park wasn't just a case of domination. It was an eyelash away from perfection. HT Image Heim led 99 of 100 laps at the 1.478-mile road course in bucolic Lakeville, Connecticut, to win the LiUNA! 150 his fifth victory of the season and the 16th of his career. The only lap Heim failed to lead came on a restart with five laps left, after Matt Mills ran off course and stalled near Turn 1 on Lap 90. Layne Riggs beat Heim to the start/finish line on Lap 96 but drove hard into the first corner and stacked up the field behind him, scrambling positions two through five. Aside from the one lap he didn't lead, Heim's performance was the model of consistent excellence. The driver of the No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota posted the fastest lap of the race on his second circuit , swept both stages, and posted dramatic margins over his closest pursuers in each of the first two segments. Heim is the first driver in Truck Series history to win three-straight road- course races, having triumphed at Mid-Ohio in 2023 and Circuit of the Americas last year. "Yeah, that was nothing short of incredible," Heim acknowledged. "These road courses-I really look forward to them, pre-event and whatnot, and I really prepare for them, so to see all that pay off with Safelite, TRICON, Toyota, it's super special. "Obviously, the truck was so good today. I can't complain one bit about that. A flawless day and we will take that and move forward and try and collect some wins that we should have had this year." Reigning series champion Ty Majeski was the beneficiary of Riggs' aggressive charge into Turn 1 on the final restart. Majeski inherited the runner-up position and crossed the finish line 1.381 seconds behind Heim. "Honestly, we struggled with the truck a little bit to fire off," Majeski said. "We kept getting it better progressively each and every run. So, got it close at the end, had a shot at Corey and probably got a little over-zealous in Turn 4, hit the curb and kind of ruined my shot to make him a least a little nervous and try to force him into a mistake. "From there, he just got too much breathing room and was kind of able to do his thing. Overall, really good day. This is the point when I want to turn our season around-going to IRP , Watkins Glen and Richmond next. Three really good tracks for us, so I'm excited for this Playoff stretch." Rookie Giovanni Ruggiero ran third, followed by Ben Rhodes and Australian Cam Waters, as ThorSport Racing put three drivers in the top five . Riggs fell to 12th during the Turn 1 melee and finished 13th. Road course ace Jordan Taylor, who finished third in the first two stages, dropped to 20th at the finish. Heim started from the pole and led all 35 laps in Stage 1, building an advantage of 7.065 seconds over second-place Riggs at the first green/checkered flag. Third-place Taylor, a star in the sportscar ranks, was 14.051 seconds in arrears at the first stage break. After Lap 37, the race trucks came to pit road for a controlled stop under red-flag conditions. The restart on Lap 40 brought no changes at the front of the field. Heim cleared Riggs through the first two corners and quickly expanded his advantage over the second-place truck. The second stage mirrored the first. Heim beat Riggs to the finish line by 7.281 seconds, with Taylor in third trailing by 14.286 seconds. The two stage wins were the 13th and 14th for Heim this season. NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race - LIUNA 150 1. Corey Heim, Toyota, 100. 2. Ty Majeski, Ford, 100. 3. Giovanni Ruggiero #, Toyota, 100. 4. Ben Rhodes, Ford, 100. 5. Cam Waters, Ford, 100. 6. Chandler Smith, Ford, 100. 7. Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 100. 8. Brent Crews, Toyota, 100. 9. Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 100. 10. Tyler Ankrum, Chevrolet, 100. 11. Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, 100. 12. Kaden Honeycutt, Chevrolet, 100. 13. Layne Riggs, Ford, 100. 14. Tanner Gray, Toyota, 100. 15. Thomas Annunziata, Chevrolet, 100. 16. Connor Mosack #, Chevrolet, 100. 17. Andres Perez De Lara #, Chevrolet, 100. 18. Ben Maier, Chevrolet, 100. 19. Matt Crafton, Ford, 100. 20. Jordan Taylor, Chevrolet, 100. 21. Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 100. 22. Jack Wood, Chevrolet, 100. 23. Stewart Friesen, Toyota, 100. 24. Jake Garcia, Ford, 99. 25. Timmy Hill, Toyota, 98. 26. Matt Mills, Chevrolet, 98. 27. William Lambros, Ford, 98. 28. Frankie Muniz #, Ford, 98. 29. Toni Breidinger #, Toyota, 98. 30. Dawson Sutton #, Chevrolet, 96. 31. Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 92. 32. Dale Quarterley, Chevrolet, Electrical, 91. 33. Wesley Slimp, Toyota, Ignition, 90. 34. Alex Labbe, Ford, Rear Gear, 34. Average Speed of Race Winner: 71.651 mph. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 3 Mins, 46 Secs. Margin of Victory: 1.381 Seconds. Caution Flags: 3 for 13 laps. Lead Changes: 2 among 2 drivers. Lap Leaders: C. Heim 1-94;L. Riggs 95;C. Heim 96-100. Leaders Summary : Corey Heim 2 times for 99 laps; Layne Riggs 1 time for 1 lap. Stage #1 Top Ten: 11,34,7,1,81,45,38,71,98,07 Stage #2 Top Ten: 11,34,7,81,38,45,98,07,71,9 By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service. Special to Field Level Media. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
NBC Sports
17-02-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
What drivers said after 2025 Daytona 500 won by William Byron
William Byron — winner: '"Yeah, obviously some good fortune, but I just trusted my instincts on the last lap there,' Byron said. 'I felt like they were getting squirrelly on the bottom. Just obviously fortunate that it worked out in our favor. But just really proud of this team. Worked super hard all week and had an amazing car. Just had a really hard time with the fuel saving and kind of staying towards the front. Crazy. I can't honestly believe that. But we're here. So proud of it. 'It's obviously really special. It's an amazing race, and obviously a lot of crazy racing out there tonight and just a lot of pushing and shoving. But just really proud of our team. I can't stress that enough. I'm just super thankful for this group and everything that they do in the offseason to get prepared. We plan on trying to win a lot of races this year, so we're not going to stop here. We're going to continue to push forward and try to get to (the championship race at) Phoenix.' Tyler Reddick — Second: 'Yeah, with that restart with 15 to go, we kind of checked up in the middle and ended up further back than we wanted to be. We didn't really want to, we ducked out of it hoping for the caution. We got it. But we were still lined up 16th there on the green-white-checkered. When they started to spin on the dogleg, I kind of jumped out of line thinking that was going to be it, and we just kept going. 'I knew that me and (Byron) had a good run, and they were throwing big blocks, and when they started spinning on the inside and I had a run on (Byron), I thought, 'Man, if I can just make it through on (Denny Hamlin) and not scrub my speed, I would have had at least an opportunity to do something. All in all, I never really finished a race here unless it was 40 laps down, so I'll take second. We wanted to get a good start to the year, and we scored a lot of points today. So I'm really happy with everyone's effort on this 45 Toyota Camry.' Jimmie Johnson — Third: 'This feels incredible. I have emotions that I didn't expect to have. I've never been in this position as an owner, and it's really opened up a different set of emotions. And the pride that I have in this result and the pride that I have in this company, now that we're trying to achieve and the journey we're on. I am so satisfied, so happy right now. Excited that we have two cars in the top five. I hope Shaq is watching. Thank you, buddy. We got your car in the top 3. It's been an interesting couple of years and to have our cars come out and be this strong, this Toyota was rocket ship fast. I'm just smiling inside and out.' Martin Truex Jr. — 37th: 'It's always disappointing when you don't finish no matter what situation especially in a race like this when it's probably our only shot this year. Thanks to TRICON and everybody that helped us put this together. It was fun while it lasted, but unfortunately, we were just wrong place, wrong time there. A big stack up and by the time they got to me, it was really aggressive. Just no time to react and knocked the nose off of the thing. Just unfortunate for all of our guys. We had a fun week down here, making the race. We were hoping to have a lot more fun than that. We were just biding our time, and just in a bad place on the restart there. Don't know when or where or what (his next race is). We will see.' Helio Castroneves — 39th: 'I tried stopping it and Martin Truex Jr. came really hard and hit me, but I don't think that was the issue. I think the issue was that I guess someone on the bottom hit me from the side and it broke the axle. Disappointed, of course. I was learning so much. It's incredible when you have more laps in it and how you understand the air flow and what the guys are doing, like saving fuel. There were some sketchy moments, but what a shame. I wish I was still out there because there's still more to understand and more to learn. I was starting to get a little more comfortable with the whole process, but it is what it is. I just have to thank NASCAR, as well, to be able to put together this type of a show. Now let's go for the Indianapolis 500! It's such a different show. You know, this has an incredible feeling and incredible energy. Both events are incredible. That's why I decided to do this, and that's why I want to do the Indianapolis 500, as well.' Ross Chastain — 40th: 'If I would have made some better moves in our No. 1 Chevy like 30 laps earlier, I wouldn't have been back there in the first place. I thought the middle and the top would be a little more dominant and that I could save more fuel in that run and stay upfront. Slowly over the whole first stage, I worked my way from third all the way to basically the back of the field. I just made some bad decisions there and that put us back there with the accordion coming back. I didn't see the hit coming to the right-rear, and then of course, I take out my teammate (Helio Castroneves) on my way to the wall. I hate that for Helio and the No. 91 Chevy team. Our Chevy drove good. We made some progress on handling here this weekend. I'm excited for the future and we'll move onto Atlanta (Motor Speedway).'
