Race Results

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Wright Brand 250

North Wilkesboro Speedway

May 18th, 2024

Race #10 of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 250
Miles Raced : 156.3
Time of Race : 01 Hours 53 minutes 02 seconds
Average Speed: 82.940 mph
Margin of Victory : 02.474 seconds
Cautions: 7
Caution Laps: 58
Lead Changes: 7
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 26 (72%)

Corey Heim celebrates in victory lane — North Wilkesboro, North Carolina - May 19th, 2024: Corey Heim, driver of the #11 Safelite Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Wright Brand 250 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Photo by Sean Gardner | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	12	11	Corey Heim	Toyota	49	40	9	5	250	66	2	5	8	Running
2	9	9	Grant Enfinger	Chevrolet	36	35	1	0	250	0	0	0	10	Running
3	23	38	Layne Riggs	Ford	40	34	6	0	250	0	0	0	5	Running
4	26	1	Brenden Queen	Toyota	33	33	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
5	31	7	Sammy Smith	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
6	1	19	Christian Eckes	Chevrolet	39	31	8	0	250	62	1	7	7	Running
7	2	2	Nicholas Sanchez	Chevrolet	30	30	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
8	21	18	Tyler Ankrum	Chevrolet	40	29	11	1	250	26	1	10	1	Running
9	18	43	Daniel Dye	Chevrolet	30	28	2	0	250	0	0	0	9	Running
10	11	52	Stewart Friesen	Toyota	35	27	8	0	250	0	0	0	3	Running
11	4	98	Ty Majeski	Ford	36	26	10	1	250	50	2	1	0	Running
12	17	91	Jack Wood	Chevrolet	34	25	9	0	250	0	0	9	4	Running
13	5	17	Taylor Gray	Toyota	31	24	7	0	250	0	0	4	0	Running
14	24	71	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	31	23	8	0	250	6	1	3	0	Running
15	3	45	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
16	8	15	Tanner Gray	Toyota	24	21	3	0	250	0	0	8	0	Running
17	33	75	Stefan Parsons	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
18	15	42	Matt Mills	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
19	19	41	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
20	25	88	Matt Crafton	Ford	17	17	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
21	14	13	Jake Garcia	Ford	25	16	9	0	250	40	1	0	2	Running
22	6	99	Ben Rhodes	Ford	29	15	14	0	250	0	0	2	6	Running
23	22	02	Mason Massey	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
24	7	77	Chase Purdy	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
25	10	25	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	17	12	5	0	250	0	0	6	0	Running
26	13	56	Timmy Hill	Toyota	11	11	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
27	28	5	Dean Thompson	Toyota	10	10	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
28	36	26	Dawson Sutton	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
29	20	32	Bret Holmes	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	247	0	0	0	0	Running
30	16	33	Lawless Alan	Ford	7	7	0	0	246	0	0	0	0	Running
31	29	46	Thad Moffitt	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
32	27	76	Spencer Boyd	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
33	32	22	Josh Reaume	Ford	4	4	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
34	34	04	Clayton Green	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
35	30	66	Conner Jones	Ford	2	2	0	0	179	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	35	14	Trey Hutchens	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	128	0	0	0	0	Transmission

Race Infractions

Wright Brand 250 at North Wilkesboro Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Sammy Smith	Jumping the start	Pass Thru	1	6	Green
Bayley Currey	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	62	67	Yellow
Josh Reaume	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	62	67	Yellow
Josh Reaume	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	62	67	Yellow
Stewart Friesen	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	62	67	Yellow
Layne Riggs	Tire violation	Tail End	62	67	Yellow
Josh Reaume	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	74	86	Yellow
Ty Dillon	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	75	86	Yellow
Dawson Sutton	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	75	86	Yellow
Spencer Boyd	Removing equipment from assigned pit area	Tail End	76	86	Yellow
Thad Moffitt	Unspecified Unapproved adjustments	Tail End	81	86	Red
Dawson Sutton	Unspecified Unapproved adjustments	Tail End	81	86	Red
Stewart Friesen	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	95	98	Yellow
Ty Dillon	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	119	123	Yellow
Matt Mills	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	119	123	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	119	123	Yellow
Brenden Queen	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	119	123	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Jumping the restart	Pass Thru	123	128	Green
Lawless Alan	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	145	146	Yellow
Ty Dillon	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	180	185	Yellow
Conner Jones	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	180	0	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

North Wilkesboro Speedway
Wright Brand 250
Race Winner: Corey Heim
Age: 21
Team : No. 11 - Safelite Toyota
Owner: Johnny Gray
Crew Chief: Scott Zipadelli
Corey Heim won the Wright Brand 250, his eighth victory in 51 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his third victory and ninth top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
Grant Enfinger (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at North Wilkesboro Speedway. It is his third top-10 finish in 2024.
Layne Riggs (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
Layne Riggs (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
Christian Eckes leads the point standings by 4 points over Corey Heim.

Race Recap

Corey Heim dominates rain-delayed NASCAR Truck race at North Wilkesboro

May 19th, 2024

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Corey Heim dominated Saturday’s weather-delayed Wright Brand 250 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, but the driver of the No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota had to share the spotlight with his teammate, Brenden “Butterbean” Queen, who finished fourth in his NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series debut.

Heim grabbed the lead from Jake Garcia after a restart on Lap 186 of 250 and held it the rest of the way to win for the third time this season, the first time at North Wilkesboro and the eighth time in his career.

Crossing the finish line 2.474 seconds ahead of runner-up Grant Enfinger, Heim trimmed the series lead of sixth-place finisher Christian Eckes to four points in a race that was halted on Saturday by extreme weather after 81 laps and resumed on Sunday after a red-flag period of 21 hours, six minutes, 14 seconds.

When five inches of rain fell during a 90-minute stretch on Saturday, Heim’s truck was all but submerged at the legendary short track, which experienced drainage issues during the deluge.

“Of course, we hoped for no water damage,” Heim said. “The truck was submerged in almost three feet of water—we picked probably the worst pit box in that scenario, but obviously you can never really intend on something like that happening.

“I’ve never seen so much rain come down in an hour in my life. That was crazy, but eventually we were able to wipe it down and make sure there was no damage, and I was able to recover from that, for sure.”

Layne Riggs came home third, holding off Queen in the late going, but Queen enjoyed the raucous support of “Bean Nation” as soon as he climbed from his No. 1 Toyota. To finish fourth, Queen had to overcome a pit road speeding penalty incurred under caution on Lap 118.

“Oh, man, I can’t believe it,” said Queen, who restarted 26^th on Lap 124 and worked his way back through the field. “We got that speeding penalty. I thought I was conservative on the lights, and it just got us—rookie mistake.

“But I told the team I was going to get ‘em back in position, and we did.”

The season-best second-place finish was a welcome result for Enfinger, who leaves the 0.625-mile short track eighth in the series standings, 170 points behind Eckes.

“We haven’t been performing to our ability or our standards,” said Enfinger. “I feel like last week at Darlington was the turning point in our season (despite a 16^th-place finish). I’m standing by that.

“Very, very proud of this truck. Proud of our pit crew all year long. Finally, we have a little bit of a result to show for it.”

Riggs got his first top five of the season in the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford.

“We really, really needed this finish,” Riggs said. “It was a great day for us, and I hope we can continue to build on this momentum.”

Varying pit strategies produced considerable movement with the field throughout the race. Heim restarted 13^thon lap 124 but methodically worked his way up the running order. On Lap 175 he passed Riggs for second place, and after Conner Jones spun in Turn 4 to cause the sixth of seven cautions on Lap 177, Heim shot past Garcia on the Lap 186 restart.

Staying out on older tires, Ty Majeski won the first stage of the race. Using the same strategy, Tyler Ankrum triumphed in Stage 2. But Heim had the fastest truck and quickly proved it after the second stage break.

Moonlighting from the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Sammy Smith finished fifth, followed by Eckes, Nick Sanchez, Ankrum, Daniel Dye and Stewart Friesen.