Corey D. Heim (born July 5, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the

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, driving the No. 11

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for TRICON Garage. He has previously competed

ARCA Menards Series East The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly Busch East Series, Busch North Series, Camping World East Series, and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) an ...

and

West Series The ARCA Menards Series West, formerly the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, NASCAR AutoZone West Series, NASCAR Winston West Series and NASCAR Camping World West Series, is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racin ...

Racing career

Early career

Heim raced in Legends cars, winning the 2016 Young Lions division and the 2017 Thursday Thunder Pro division championship at

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. He later transitioned to running

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, driving in events sanctioned by the

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, Southern Super Series, Pro All-Stars Series (PASS), and NASCAR Whelen All-American Series. Late in 2018, Heim crossed the finish line first in the

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, but lost the race on a rules procedure. A short time later, he won his first super late model race, at

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. Even after moving up to national touring series, Heim still raced at large late model events like Short Track Nationals, and almost scored a PASS win at

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in March 2018 before being disqualified because of engine spacers.

ARCA and NASCAR

Heim began racing in the

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. He joined Chad Bryant Racing to run 13 of 20

events in the team's No. 22 car. He scored a top-five finish in his series debut, which came at

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in March. Despite not running the full season, Heim ended up finishing 10th in the standings. Although he went winless, Heim never failed to finish any of his races, and scored a top 10 in all of them except for

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, where he finished 11th. On January 12, 2020, Heim announced a full-season CARS Late Model Stock Tour schedule with Lee Pulliam Performance. On January 16, it was announced that Heim would join

Venturini Motorsports Venturini Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West. Founded in 1982 by Bill Venturini Sr., Venturini Motorsports is th ...

for seven total races: three in the

, and two apiece in the

and the

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. On January 25, Heim won the SpeedFest 200 late model race in Georgia. On July 24, Heim placed fourth at

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competition after a flat tire dropped him from second on the final lap. In his return to Kansas in October, Heim led the most laps and won the race. Corey heim celebration (50950273766)

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, Heim was promoted to a full-time deal with Venturini, driving the No. 20 in the main ARCA Menards Series, replacing Chandler Smith and

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. Smith moved up to the Truck Series full-time in 2021 with

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. Repko's 2021 plans have yet to be announced. Heim's crew chief that year would be Shannon Rursch, who moved over from Venturini's No. 15 car of

Drew Dollar Andrew J. Dollar (born December 2, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 18 Toyota Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, drivi ...

. Heim would start the season with a win in the season-opener at Daytona. On April 19,

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revealed in an interview that Heim would make his Truck Series debut in the No. 51 for his

team at

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. Heim made his NCWTS debut at Darlington Raceway on May 7, 2021 in the Kyle Busch Motorsports number 51 truck. He would finish 23rd after being wrecked from behind on a late race restart. Heim rejoined KBM for a 15-race Truck schedule in 2022. On March 19, 2022, Heim won his first NCWTS race at his home track of

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with a last lap pass of his teammate Chandler Smith. He won his second race at Gateway, but because he did not run a full-time schedule, he was ineligible for the playoffs. Heim finished the season 14th in points and won the 2022 Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year honors.

Personal life

Heim graduated from Kennesaw Mountain High School.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Craftsman Truck Series

ARCA Menards Series

(

) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series West

Season still in progress

References

External links

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