{"id":47215,"date":"2024-07-12T23:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T04:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=47215"},"modified":"2024-07-13T17:09:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T22:09:22","slug":"corey-heim-earns-his-fifth-win-this-season-at-pocono-raceway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/12\/corey-heim-earns-his-fifth-win-this-season-at-pocono-raceway\/","title":{"rendered":"Corey Heim earns his fifth win this season at Pocono Raceway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Corey Heim, driver of the #11 Safelite Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series CRC Brakleen 175 at Pocono Raceway on July 12, 2024 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Photo by James Gilbert\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

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By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service<\/em><\/p>\n

Long Pond, PA \u2013 Corey Heim earned his series\u2019 best fifth victory of the season in Friday evening\u2019s rain-interrupted CRC Brakleen 175 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway. The 21-year old swept both stages and led 55 of the 70 laps to add to his trophy total.<\/p>\n

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Corey Heim, driver of the #11 Safelite Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series CRC Brakleen 175 at Pocono Raceway on July 12, 2024 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

But, he had to battle competitors and climate for this win.<\/p>\n

The Georgian\u2019s No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota led Grant Enfinger\u2019s Chevrolet across the finish line by .867-second to take his 10th career victory \u2013 quickly re-establishing himself as the race leader \u2013 again \u2013 on the final re-start with three laps remaining.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt started from the very beginning, we\u2019ve had such a close bond,\u2019\u2019 Heim said of his strong working relationship with crew chief Scott Zippidelli and the career-best single season win mark.<\/p>\n

\u201cWeek in and week out, so proud of these guys, can\u2019t say enough about them,\u2019\u2019 Heim said.<\/p>\n

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Corey Heim, driver of the #11 Safelite Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series CRC Brakleen 175 at Pocono Raceway on July 12, 2024 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

Rain drops covered the windshields of the trucks \u2013 particularly in Turn 2 of the 2.5-mile Pocono track \u2013 and eventually brought out a caution flag for weather with only nine laps remaining in the race. But after parking on pit road for just over 10 minutes of red-flag stoppage, the field returned to the track for a lap only to come back down pit road again as the rain got heavier with seven laps remaining.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly Heim immediately told his crew the rain was substantial. Enfinger, who was 2.2-seconds behind Heim at the time of the initial red flag, was optimistic it was going to be a brief shower. NASCAR had already determined before the green flag that the race would be official no matter the circumstance at 8:20 p.m. ET \u2013 approximately one hour and 10 minutes after the first red flag waved Friday evening.<\/p>\n

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Christian Eckes, driver of the #19 NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet, drives during the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series CRC Brakleen 175 at Pocono Raceway on July 12, 2024 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Photo by James Gilbert\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

But the sun shone on the re-start allowing enough laps to complete the race \u2013  a light rain beginning again during driver\u2019s post-race interviews.<\/p>\n

Enfinger\u2019s second-place finish equals his best mark of the year \u2013 also at North Wilkesboro, N.C. \u2013 and certainly helped solidify the CR7 Motorsports driver\u2019s position in the Playoff standings. He is seventh place with only two races remaining before the 2024 Playoffs begin Aug. 25 at the Milwaukee Mile Speedway.<\/p>\n

McAnally Hilgemann\u2019s Christian Eckes finished third, followed by TRICON Garage\u2019s Taylor Gray and NASCAR Cup Series regular Ross Chastain, driving for Niece Motorsports.<\/p>\n

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Corey Heim, driver of the #11 Safelite Toyota, leads the field during the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series CRC Brakleen 175 at Pocono Raceway on July 12, 2024 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

The closing laps featured close racing up front with many among the lead pack having to be conscious about saving fuel \u2013 a variable then made moot with the rain stoppage. Heim was trying to hold off the hard-charging, highly-motivated veteran Enfinger, who was racing for his first win of the season while Eckes had to hold off Chastain for third place.<\/p>\n

The pole-winner Eckes led the race\u2019s opening 11 laps in the No. 19 McAnally Hilgemann Chevy and finished second to race-winner Heim in both stages. But a slow pit stop during the secong stage break forced Eckes to play catch-up. He restarted 10th but was up to fourth place within five laps and continued to move forward.<\/p>\n

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Taylor Gray, driver of the #17 Place of Hope Toyota, and Ty Majeski, driver of the #98 Soda Sense\/Curb Records Ford, race during the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series CRC Brakleen 175 at Pocono Raceway on July 12, 2024 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

He rallied to that ultimate third-place showing giving him a series best 12-race streak of Top-10 finishes and he still holds a 32-point edge on Heim for the regular season championship.<\/p>\n

The first caution flag for a race incident came out with 26 laps remaining when Rajah Caruth spun on track. At the time Heim led Chastain by almost 3-seconds. As the trucks drove under caution, drivers were alerted that rain was imminent, so the front-runners did not pit.<\/p>\n

Chase Purdy, Stewart Friesen, Matt Crafton, Dean Thompson and Caruth rounded out the Top-10.<\/p>\n

With only two races remaining to set the 10-driver Playoff field, Daniel Dye holds a single-point edge on Tanner Gray in that 10th position and a slight four-point advantage over Friesen.<\/p>\n

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Rajah Caruth, driver of the #71 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, drives during the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series CRC Brakleen 175 at Pocono Raceway on July 12, 2024 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Photo by James Gilbert\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

Only four fulltime series drivers have won this season to claim automatic Playoff berths including Heim, Eckes, Friday\u2019s 13th place finisher Nick Sanchez and Caruth.<\/p>\n

The Craftsman Truck Series moves to Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park for Friday\u2019s TSport 200 (8:30 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Ty Majeski won last year\u2019s race by more than 3-seconds over Eckes. Championship leader Heim was eighth.<\/p>\n

Interviews:<\/h3>\n

NCTS Race Winner – Corey Heim (No. 11 Tricon Garage Toyota) –<\/p>\n

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Pocono Raceway Announcement –<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/POCPOCAnnouncement071224.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race – CRC Brakleen 175<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pocono Raceway<\/strong><\/p>\n

Long Pond, Pennsylvania<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, July 12, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

    1. (2)  Corey Heim, Toyota, 70<\/p>\n

    2. (8)  Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, 70.<\/p>\n

    3. (1)  Christian Eckes, Chevrolet, 70.<\/p>\n

    4. (19)  Taylor Gray, Toyota, 70.<\/p>\n

    5. (27)  Ross Chastain(i), Chevrolet, 70.<\/p>\n

    6. (16)  Chase Purdy, Chevrolet, 70.<\/p>\n

    7. (10)  Stewart Friesen, Toyota, 70.<\/p>\n

    8. (15)  Matt Crafton, Ford, 70.<\/p>\n

    9. (22)  Dean Thompson, Toyota, 70.<\/p>\n

    10. (3)  Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 70.<\/p>\n

    11. (13)  Matt Mills, Chevrolet, 70.<\/p>\n

    12. (30)  Bret Holmes, Chevrolet, 70.<\/p>\n

    13. (9)  Nick Sanchez, Chevrolet, 70.<\/p>\n

    14. (4)  Tyler Ankrum, Chevrolet, 70.<\/p>\n

    15. (18)  Connor Mosack, Chevrolet, 70.<\/p>\n

    16. (5)  Daniel Dye, Chevrolet, 70.<\/p>\n

    17. (20)  Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, 70.<\/p>\n

    18. (7)  Ben Rhodes, Ford, 70.<\/p>\n

    19. (11)  Tanner Gray, Toyota, 70.<\/p>\n

    20. (21)  Zane Smith(i), Chevrolet, 70.<\/p>\n

    21. (12)  Jake Garcia, Ford, 70.<\/p>\n

    22. (28)  Luke Fenhaus, Ford, 70.<\/p>\n

    23. (25)  Timmy Hill, Toyota, 70.<\/p>\n

    24. (29)  Mason Massey, Chevrolet, 70.<\/p>\n

    25. (14)  Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 70.<\/p>\n

    26. (26)  Kris Wright, Toyota, 70.<\/p>\n

    27. (32)  Mason Maggio, Ford, 70.<\/p>\n

    28. (36)  Justin Carroll, Toyota, 70.<\/p>\n

    29. (31)  Thad Moffitt #, Chevrolet, 70.<\/p>\n

    30. (17)  Layne Riggs #, Ford, 69.<\/p>\n

    31. (6)  Ty Majeski, Ford, 68.<\/p>\n

    32. (24)  Lawless Alan, Ford, 68.<\/p>\n

    33. (33)  Sage Karam(i), Ford, 67.<\/p>\n

    34. (34)  Bryan Dauzat, Chevrolet, 65.<\/p>\n

    35. (35)  Stephen Mallozzi, Ford, Transmission, 22.<\/p>\n

    36. (23)  Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, Hub, 5.<\/p>\n

Average Speed of Race Winner:  113.269 mph.<\/p>\n

Time of Race:  1 Hrs, 32 Mins, 42 Secs. Margin of Victory:  .867 Seconds.<\/p>\n

Caution Flags:  4 for 17 laps.<\/p>\n

Lead Changes:  3 among 3 drivers.<\/p>\n

Lap Leaders:   C. Eckes 1-11;C. Heim 12-32;J. Garcia 33-36;C. Heim 37-70.<\/p>\n

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Corey Heim 2 times for 55 laps; Christian Eckes 1 time for 11 laps; Jake Garcia 1 time for 4 laps.<\/p>\n

Stage #1 Top Ten: 11,19,18,43,9,98,2,17,52,15<\/p>\n

Stage #2 Top Ten: 11,19,43,9,18,98,45,52,15,42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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