Race Results : Texas Motor Speedway

SpeedyCash.com 250

Friday, May 2nd, 2025

Texas Motor Speedway , Fort Worth, TX

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Corey Heim Muscles Through Chaos to Capture Overtime Truck Series Win at Texas

A casual glance at the box score might tell you Corey Heim’s victory in Friday night’s SpeedyCash.com 250 was a cakewalk.

Quite the contrary. Heim’s 14th career win was anything but easy.

The driver of the No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota and CRAFTSMAN Truck Series points leader had to survive two overtimes at Texas Motor Speedway to pick up his first victory at the track and his third of the season.

Heim was barely ahead when caution stalled the first overtime almost before it began. The restart in the second extra period packed a surfeit of drama into the final two laps.

Starting second to Heim’s outside, Ben Rhodes held his ground, racing side-by-side through the first two corners. As the drivers navigated Turn 3, both had to lift off the gas, allowing Daniel Hemric to make a strong move to the inside at the start/finish line.

But Heim pressed the accelerator, charged between trucks and surged into the lead, clearing Hemric and Rhodes in Turn 1. Heim pulled away slightly to beat Hemric to the stripe by 0.279 seconds, as Rhodes lost momentum and faded to sixth.

“I wasn’t going to let that one get away from me,” said Heim, who led a race-high 96 of 174 laps and gained an extra Playoff point by winning Stage 2. “I’ve given up too many this year so far. “I’m just overwhelmed—so many restarts there at the end and guys were taking me three-wide.

“I wasn’t going to let them take it from me… They tried to take me three-wide into (Turn) 1, and I drove until I couldn’t any more.”

At age 22, Heim is the youngest driver in series history to reach 14 wins. Friday night‘s Truck Series race also was the first to go to overtime after 21 straight events had ended in regulation.

Rajah Caruth ran third behind Heim and Hemric, with Tyler Ankrum finishing fourth and Tanner Gray fifth.

Rhodes took issue with the way Heim raced him into Turn 3 on the white-flag lap in the second overtime.

“I was a little upset, and even still watching the replay, with how I was run in 3 and 4 by Heim,” said Rhodes, a two-time series champion. “Basically, to see him come off the bottom, and the groove is extremely narrow here. That’s why all those wrecks kept happening.

“I had to lift. I think he had to lift, and that’s what opened up for three-wide down the frontstretch and why we’re in sixth place.”

All told, the race produced 11 cautions for 57 laps, a testament to the intense action at the Fort Worth track.

Texas Motor Speedway, arguably the most treacherous 1.5-miler on the schedule, claimed three early victims. On Lap 31, rookie Giovanni Ruggiero drove too low entering the tri-oval, clipped the grass below the apron and shot up the track, collecting Brandon Jones and Kaden Honeycutt in a violent collision.

The impact ripped the right front wheel off Jones’ Toyota and destroyed Honeycutt’s Chevrolet.

“It is just so hard to see the grass here on the frontstretch when you’re behind other trucks,” Ruggiero said. “I definitely misjudged it on my part. Really unfortunate for all of my guys.

“We had a really fast JBL Tundra—definitely not how I wanted tonight to go. Just have to keep digging and come back stronger for the next one.”

On Lap 52, Layne Riggs spun underneath the Ford of reigning series champion Ty Majeski. Thirteen laps and two cautions later, Riggs was off course again after contact with Luke Fenhaus’ Ford, this time bouncing through the frontstretch grass and tearing the nose off his F-150.

Andres Perez de Lara backed into the Turn 2 wall on Lap 57, damaging his Chevrolet beyond repair. Before the end of the second stage, the race was peppered with six cautions, with the longest green-flag run coming from the start of the race to a competition caution at Lap 20.

The tenor of the race changed after the second stage break. During a 60-lap green-flag run that began on Lap 87 and featured a cycle of green-flag pit stops, Heim built a lead of 15.794 seconds before Frankie Muniz crashed in Turn 2 on Lap 147 to cause the eighth caution of the night.

From that point, the race reclaimed its frenetic character and required the two overtimes to get to the finish. The result left Heim 46 points ahead of second-place Chandler Smith in the series standings.

  • Drivers Entered: 32
  • Laps Scheduled: 167
  • Laps Actual: 174 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.279 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 33 Minutes 31 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 102.008
  • Cautions: 11 for 57 laps
  • Lead Changes: 15
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,554 (13.3 passes per green flag lap)

  • Texas Motor Speedway
  • SpeedyCashcom 250
  • Race Winner: Corey Heim
  • Age: 22
  • Team : No 11 - Safelite/Foster Love Toyota
  • Owner: Johnny Gray
  • Crew Chief: Scott Zipadelli
  • Corey Heim won the SpeedyCashcom 250, his 14th victory in 72 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races
  • This is his third victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2025
  • This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in four races at Texas Motor Speedway
  • Daniel Hemric (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in five races at Texas Motor Speedway It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2025
  • Rajah Caruth (third) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Texas Motor Speedway
  • Dawson Sutton (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Corey Heim leads the point standings by 46 points over Chandler Smith
Corey Heim celebrates in victory lane
Fort Worth, Texas - May 2, 2025 : Corey Heim, driver of the #11 Safelite/Foster Love Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway.
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SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS STG PTS PO PTS LAPS LED X LED S1 S2 STATUS
1 4 11 Corey Heim Toyota 62 40 16 6 174 96 6 5 1 Running
2 2 19 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 49 35 14 0 174 0 0 4 4 Running
3 7 71 Rajah Caruth Chevrolet 34 34 0 0 174 5 1 0 0 Running
4 1 18 Tyler Ankrum Chevrolet 36 33 3 0 174 24 1 0 8 Running
5 25 15 Tanner Gray Toyota 36 32 4 0 174 0 0 7 0 Running
6 28 99 Ben Rhodes Ford 36 31 5 0 174 2 1 0 6 Running
7 22 88 Matt Crafton Ford 39 30 9 0 174 3 1 3 10 Running
8 17 44 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 29 29 0 0 174 0 0 0 0 Running
9 20 26 Dawson Sutton Chevrolet 28 28 0 0 174 0 0 0 0 Running
10 24 98 Ty Majeski Ford 34 27 7 0 174 12 1 6 9 Running
11 10 91 Jack Wood Chevrolet 26 26 0 0 174 0 0 0 0 Running
12 32 20 Stefan Parsons Chevrolet 25 25 0 0 174 0 0 0 0 Running
13 13 07 Nicholas Sanchez Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 174 0 0 0 0 Running
14 18 02 Nathan Byrd Chevrolet 23 23 0 0 174 0 0 0 0 Running
15 16 76 Spencer Boyd Chevrolet 22 22 0 0 174 0 0 0 0 Running
16 9 38 Chandler Smith Ford 32 21 11 0 174 0 0 9 2 Running
17 19 7 Carson Hocevar Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 172 0 0 8 0 Running
18 29 22 Josh Reaume Ford 19 19 0 0 172 0 0 0 0 Running
19 31 2 Cody Dennison Ford 18 18 0 0 171 0 0 0 0 Running
20 30 42 Matt Mills Chevrolet 26 17 9 0 168 0 0 2 0 Accident
21 3 13 Jake Garcia Ford 20 16 4 0 164 3 1 0 7 Accident
22 12 81 Connor Mosack Chevrolet 15 15 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 Accident
23 5 9 Grant Enfinger Chevrolet 33 14 18 1 156 19 3 1 3 Accident
24 23 52 Stewart Friesen Toyota 19 13 6 0 155 0 0 0 5 Accident
25 26 33 Frankie Muniz Ford 12 12 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 Accident
26 21 5 Toni Breidinger Toyota 11 11 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 Electrical
27 27 66 Luke Fenhaus Ford 10 10 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 DVP
28 8 34 Layne Riggs Ford 10 9 1 0 64 10 1 10 0 Accident
29 14 77 Andres Perez de Lara Chevrolet 8 8 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 Accident
30 15 1 Brandon Jones Toyota 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 Accident
31 11 17 Giovanni Ruggiero Toyota 6 6 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 Accident
32 6 45 Kaden Honeycutt Chevrolet 5 5 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 Accident

Race Infractions

Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.

Driver Infraction Penalty Lap Lap Assessed Flag
Toni Breidinger Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 24 25 Yellow
Brandon Jones Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 31 0 Yellow
Stewart Friesen Speeding on pit road Tail End 34 37 Yellow
Ben Rhodes Equipment Interference Tail End 34 37 Yellow
Ty Majeski Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 53 56 Yellow
Carson Hocevar Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Tail End 54 56 Yellow
Andres Perez de Lara Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 57 0 Yellow
Layne Riggs Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 64 0 Yellow
Luke Fenhaus Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 65 0 Yellow
Toni Breidinger Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 66 71 Yellow
Toni Breidinger Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Tail End 66 71 Yellow
Spencer Boyd Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 69 71 Yellow
Spencer Boyd Tire violation Tail End 83 87 Yellow
Toni Breidinger Unspecified Fueling again as the free pass after the designated lap 1 Lap 85 87 Yellow
Toni Breidinger Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 109 117 Green
Toni Breidinger Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Exit Pass Thru 109 117 Green
Tanner Gray Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 121 125 Green
Carson Hocevar Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Exit Pass Thru 128 137 Green
Toni Breidinger Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Exit Pass Thru 128 138 Green
Nathan Byrd Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Exit Pass Thru 134 139 Green
Frankie Muniz Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 147 0 Yellow
Matt Crafton Improper fueling Tail End 149 153 Yellow
Grant Enfinger Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 156 0 Yellow
Chandler Smith Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 156 161 Yellow
Chandler Smith Tire violation Tail End 156 161 Yellow
Nathan Byrd Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 158 161 Yellow
Ty Majeski Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Tail End 158 161 Yellow
Jake Garcia Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 163 0 Yellow
Stefan Parsons Unspecified Pulling out of line on the restart Tail End 167 172 Green/Yellow
Matt Mills Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 168 0 Yellow
Nathan Byrd Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 169 172 Yellow