Corey D. Heim (born July 5, 2002) is an American professional
stock car racing
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driver. He competes full-time in the
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
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, driving the No. 11
Toyota Tundra for
TRICON Garage
TRICON Garage, formally known as David Gilliland Racing and Team DGR, is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the ARCA Menards Series, the ARCA Menards Series East, the ARCA Menards ...
. He has previously competed
ARCA Menards Series East and
West Series.
Racing career
Early career
Heim raced in
Legends cars
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, winning the 2016 Young Lions division and the 2017 Thursday Thunder Pro division championship at
Atlanta Motor Speedway
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.
He later transitioned to running
super late models, driving in events sanctioned by the
CARS Tour
The CARS Solid Rock Carriers Tour (formerly known as the USARacing Pro Cup Series, USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series, CARS Pro Cup Series, Rev-Oil Pro Cup Series, CARS X1-R Pro Cup Series) is a stock car auto racing series in the United States. It is s ...
, 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
ValleyStar Credit Union 300
The ValleyStar Credit Union 300 is a late model race held at Martinsville Speedway in the early fall each year since 1985.
History
In 1970, Martinsville Speedway added 250-lap twin features for the Late Model Sportsman and Modified classes annu ...
, but lost the race on a rules procedure. A short time later, he won his first super late model race, at
South Boston Speedway
South Boston Speedway, or "SoBo", is a short track located just outside South Boston, Virginia. SoBo is located approximately east of another area familiar to most NASCAR fans, Martinsville. It is owned by Mattco, Inc., the Mattioli family tr ...
. 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
Richmond Raceway
Richmond Raceway (RR) is a , ''D''-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in unincorporated Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Known as ...
in March 2018 before being disqualified because of engine spacers.
ARCA and NASCAR
Heim began racing in the
ARCA Menards Series
The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three national ...
in
2019
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. He joined
Chad Bryant Racing to run 13 of 20
ARCA Menards Series
The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three national ...
events in the team's No. 22 car.
He scored a top-five finish in his series debut, which came at
Five Flags Speedway
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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
Nashville
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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 t ...
for seven total races: three in the
ARCA Menards Series East, and two apiece in the
ARCA Menards Series
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and the
ARCA Menards Series West
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 Raci ...
. On January 25, Heim won the SpeedFest 200 late model race in Georgia. On July 24, Heim placed fourth at
Kansas Speedway
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in
ARCA Menards Series
The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three national ...
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.
In
2021
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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
Chandler Smith Sr. (born June 26, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 16 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing. He was a member of Toyota Racing Development ...
and
Ryan Repko
Ryan T. Repko (born October 1, 1999) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time at Millbridge Speedway in the Micro Sprint division driving the No. 71 Hyper Racing Chassis for Ryan Repko Racing.
Racing career
St ...
. Smith moved up to the Truck Series full-time in 2021 with
Kyle Busch Motorsports
Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. They formerly competed in the CARS Tour, ARCA/CRA Super Series, Southern Super Series, and the ARCA Mena ...
. 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, drivin ...
. Heim would start the season with a win in the season-opener at Daytona.
On April 19,
Kyle Busch
Kyle Thomas Busch (born May 2, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Richard Childress Racing and part-t ...
revealed in an interview that Heim would make his Truck Series debut in the No. 51 for his
Kyle Busch Motorsports
Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. They formerly competed in the CARS Tour, ARCA/CRA Super Series, Southern Super Series, and the ARCA Mena ...
team at
Darlington
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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
Atlanta
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with a last lap pass of his teammate
Chandler Smith
Chandler Smith Sr. (born June 26, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 16 Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing. He was a member of Toyota Racing Development ...
. 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
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* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
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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
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Living people
2002 births
Racing drivers from Georgia (U.S. state)
People from Marietta, Georgia
ARCA Menards Series drivers
Kyle Busch Motorsports drivers