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Pit Stops : Circuit of The Americas

XPEL 225

Circuit of The Americas , Austin, Texas

Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 Race 5 of 23 2024 Season
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  • Circuit of The Americas
  • XPEL 225
  • Pole Winner: Connor Zilisch
  • Age: 17
  • Team : No. 7 - Austin Hatcher Foundation Chevrolet
  • Owner: Jeff Dickerson
  • Crew Chief: Brian Pattie
  • Connor Zilisch won the Pole Award for the XPEL 225 with a lap of 131.983 seconds, 93.012 mph.
  • This is his first pole in one NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
  • This is his first pole and first top-10 start in 2024.
  • This is his first pole in one races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Corey Heim (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2024 and his first in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Taylor Gray (third) posted his second top-10 start at Circuit of The Americas. It is his second in five races this season.
  • Layne Riggs (eighth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, March 23rd, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Corey Heim charges to Victory Lane at the Circuit of The Americas

An afternoon of impressive restarts ultimately handed Corey Heim the winning finish in the XPEL 225 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at the famed Circuit of The Americas (COTA) road course in Austin, Texas Saturday afternoon.

Heim dominated the race – his No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota leading a race best 31 of the 46 laps and prevailing in an overtime finish to convincingly win his first race of 2024 and sixth of his career – by 1.625-seconds over his teammate Taylor Gray.

ThorSport Racing’s Ty Majeski, Spire Motorsports’ Connor Zilisch and NASCAR Cup Series regular Ross Chastain in a Niece Motorsports Chevy rounded out the top five.

“Just prepared so hard for this race,’’ Heim said, adding, “I came into this race last year and struggled really. Finished sixth with a penalty and just all over the place. To put together a solid race like this is just so special and really just shows you how good our trucks are back at the shop”.

Heim has finished sixth or better in all five races this season.

“Just great consistency and that was the name of the game last year to make it as far as we did,’’ he said smiling. “Didn’t have the result at the end [of 2023] but I think this year we can make it back and prove we’re champions. Super excited for the rest of the year, we’re really just getting started and I think our best tracks are in front of us, so really can’t wait.

Certainly Heim’s performance Saturday on the 20-turn, 3.41-mile road course was the afternoon standard, but there was plenty of good racing behind him. There were 14 lead changes among eight drivers, but no one other than Heim led double-digit laps.

Jack Hawksworth, a sportscar and IndyCar driver making his first NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series start certainly proved himself a talent to be reckoned with. He ran top five most of the day and led a lap. He finished sixth.

Reigning series champ Ben Rhodes, Christian Eckes, Dean Thompson and Tanner Gray rounded out the top 10.

The 17-year-old phenom Zilisch started from pole position in his first ever start in one of NASCAR’s premier divisions. Leading the field, he went into the first corner hard, however, relinquishing the lead to Heim immediately. After a pit stop for tires and a motivational reminder from his veteran crew chief Brian Pattie, he returned with vengeance. He and his Spire Motorsports team never gave up, getting him back on the lead lap and then in contention late in the race.

Zilisch was running in fourth place with less than five laps in regulation to go but was given a pass-through penalty for cutting the course. Fortunately, it came just as a caution flew and it only cost the teenager two positions. He opted to pit for gas during the ensuing yellow flag and was able to climb back to that impressive top five finish in his first race.

Nick Sanchez won Stage 1 and Heim claimed Stage 2 – both drivers’ first stage victories of the year.

  • Drivers Entered: 35
  • Laps Scheduled: 42
  • Laps Actual: 46 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 01.625 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 15 Minutes 26 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 69.492
  • Cautions: 6 for 10 laps
  • Lead Changes: 14
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,554 (43.2 passes per green flag lap)

  • Circuit of The Americas
  • XPEL 225
  • Race Winner: Corey Heim
  • Age: 21
  • Team : No. 11 - Safelite Toyota
  • Owner: Johnny Gray
  • Crew Chief: Scott Zipadelli
  • Corey Heim won the XPEL 225, his sixth victory in 46 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
  • This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2024.
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Taylor Gray (second) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Circuit of The Americas. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2024.
  • Ty Majeski (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Circuit of The Americas.
  • Layne Riggs (27th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Corey Heim leads the point standings by 10 points over Ty Majeski.
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Pit Stop Summary Report

Aggregate of each driver's pit stops during the race.

 
DRIVER
START
FINISH
STATUS
# STOPS
DRIVER / PIT CREW
FASTEST
SLOWEST
AVG TIME
RANK
DRIVER
AVG TIME
RANK
PIT CREW
AVG TIME
RANK

Corey Heim
2
1
Running
2
46.717
46.996
46.856
1
31.776
14
15.081
1
Ty Majeski
9
3
Running
2
47.260
48.459
47.859
2
31.412
11
16.448
3
Tyler Ankrum
12
25
Running
1
47.870
47.870
47.870
3
30.188
1
17.682
5
Nicholas Sanchez
4
18
Running
1
47.984
47.984
47.984
4
31.569
13
16.415
2
Connor Zilisch
1
4
Running
2
48.124
49.811
48.968
5
30.997
7
17.971
6
Taylor Gray
3
2
Running
1
49.101
49.101
49.101
6
30.316
2
18.785
14
Christian Eckes
10
8
Running
2
47.298
51.081
49.190
7
30.656
3
18.534
11
Dean Thompson
17
9
Running
1
49.336
49.336
49.336
8
31.219
8
18.117
7
Jack Hawksworth
6
6
Running
2
49.360
50.008
49.684
9
32.098
17
17.586
4
Rajah Caruth
11
15
Running
1
49.744
49.744
49.744
10
30.924
6
18.820
15
Matt Crafton
21
23
Running
2
49.619
50.437
50.028
11
31.246
9
18.782
13
Bayley Currey
15
16
Running
1
50.087
50.087
50.087
12
31.875
15
18.212
8
Ross Chastain
5
5
Running
3
47.543
54.120
50.283
13
31.521
12
18.761
12
Stefan Parsons
19
19
Running
1
50.433
50.433
50.433
14
30.885
5
19.548
17
Jack Wood
22
13
Running
1
50.468
50.468
50.468
15
30.754
4
19.714
18
Matt Mills
24
24
Running
2
49.239
51.855
50.547
16
32.316
18
18.231
9
Tanner Gray
7
10
Running
3
49.647
52.357
50.786
17
32.324
19
18.462
10
Jake Garcia
25
14
Running
2
50.864
51.327
51.096
18
32.028
16
19.068
16
Ben Rhodes
34
7
Running
1
51.653
51.653
51.653
19
31.387
10
20.266
19
Chase Purdy
16
22
Running
2
53.445
56.170
54.807
20
34.350
20
20.457
20

Pit Stop Detailed Report

Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.

DRIVER
LEADER LAP
DRIVER LAP
DRIVER TIME
CREW TIME
TOTAL
TYPE

Matt Crafton
37
37
31.173
18.446
49.619
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Matt Crafton
22
22
31.319
19.118
50.437
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Ross Chastain
8
8
29.995
17.548
47.543
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Ross Chastain
22
22
31.034
18.151
49.185
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Ross Chastain
12
12
33.535
20.585
54.120
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Bayley Currey
38
37
31.875
18.212
50.087
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Matt Mills
37
37
31.461
17.778
49.239
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Matt Mills
22
22
33.171
18.684
51.855
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Stefan Parsons
22
22
30.885
19.548
50.433
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Jack Hawksworth
22
22
31.835
17.525
49.360
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Jack Hawksworth
8
8
32.361
17.647
50.008
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Ben Rhodes
12
12
31.387
20.266
51.653
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Tyler Ankrum
22
22
30.188
17.682
47.870
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Christian Eckes
21
20
30.316
16.982
47.298
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Christian Eckes
12
12
30.996
20.085
51.081
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Chase Purdy
37
37
32.484
20.961
53.445
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Chase Purdy
12
12
36.217
19.953
56.170
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Ty Majeski
20
20
30.879
16.381
47.260
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Ty Majeski
12
12
31.944
16.515
48.459
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Tanner Gray
26
26
32.376
17.271
49.647
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE