In impressive fashion TRICON Garage’s Corey Heim captured the 2023 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Regular Season Championship at Richmond Raceway a few weeks ago – the seventh different driver in series history to accomplish the feat – and enters the Playoffs as the No. 1 seed heading into this weekend at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park for the TSport 200 (Friday, Aug. 11 at 9 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Last season’s Regular Season Champion Zane Smith (2022) marched his way to the overall title, and this season Heim is looking to do the same.
“It means a lot having that buffer going into the Playoffs,” said Heim in reference to winning the Regular Season Championship and the 15 bonus Playoff points that go with it. “Not having that close encounter with the Playoffs’ cutline right from the start, I feel like it lets you start the Playoffs off with a little bit less stress.”
Heim rolls into the postseason opener with 2,030 points, eight points up on Zane Smith in second in the Playoff standings. This season, Heim has posted two wins, seven top fives and 13 top 10s.
“Our consistency over the past two or three months has been really good, and just being able to collect a lot of stage points and get some top fives and wins along the way,” said Heim. “If we can continue that momentum into the Playoffs we should be in really good shape.”
Heim’s fast momentum shouldn’t stall this weekend if his series track debut last season at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park is any indication, the Georgia native started fourth and finished fifth.
Source: NASCAR Wire Service
