If 11 wins, seven poles and a Championship 4 appearance didn’t constitute the use of the word legendary to describe Corey Heim’s 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season, a 12th win and a championship earned with a pair of perfect restarts might do the trick.
Heim was running second and was in control of the championship when a late yellow flew in Friday’s 150-lap Truck Series championship race at Phoenix Raceway. That put Heim’s title hopes in jeopardy.
After Heim — who led 100 of 161 laps and swept the stages in Friday’s race — took four tires on pit road, he found himself behind fellow title contenders Ty Majeski, Kaden Honeycutt and Tyler Ankrum.
With two laps to go, Heim was going to restart 10th, and the best season in Truck Series history was in danger of ending without a championship.
That was until Heim did what champions do: He found a way.
On the first overtime restart of the evening, Heim dove to the very bottom of Phoenix Raceway, shooting from 10th to second after making it seven-wide in turns 1 and 2.
