It's Heim the winner in the Gateway Truck Race

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MADISON, il – RIS-NEWS.COM - Corey Heim took home his fourth win of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season as he picked up the checkered flag in Saturday’s Toyota 200 at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway. Heim reached the finish line ahead of Christian Eckes by 1.854 seconds to nab the victory.

Heim led a race-high 65 laps on his path to victory.

For the fourth time in 2024, Tricon Garage’s Corey Heim found Victory Lane in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series after winning the Toyota 200 at World Wide Technology Raceway Saturday evening.

Heim’s No. 11 Toyota led 65 of 160 laps, holding off McAnally-Hilgemann Racing’s Christian Eckes and Rev Racing’s Nick Sanchez. The win nets him $50,000 as part of the Triple Truck Challenge program.

Ty Majeski and Layne Riggs rounded out the top five.

Chase Purdy, Ben Rhodes, Stewart Friesen, Andres Perez de Lara and Luke Fenhaus completed the top 10.

The Truck Series garage will have a few weeks off before returning to action on Friday, June 28,

Unofficial Results: Toyota 200, June 1, 2024 - World Wide Technology Raceway 
Fin, Str, Driver, Truck, Laps, St1, St2, Tms, Laps, Playoff Pts, Pts, Status
1) 9, Corey Heim, No. 11 Safelite Toyota, 160, 5, 5, 52, 2, 65, 5, Running
2) 2, Christian Eckes, No. 19 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet, 160, 2, 2, 53, 1, 2, , Running
3) 3, Nick Sanchez, No. 2 Gainbridge Chevrolet, 160, 3, 3, 50, 1, 10, , Running
4) 1, Ty Majeski, No. 98 Road Ranger/ Bucked Up Ford, 160, 1, 1, 53, 4, 43, 2, Running
5) 17, Layne Riggs #, No. 38 Infinity Communications Group Ford, 160, , , 32, , , , Running
6) 11, Chase Purdy, No. 77 Bama Buggies Chevrolet, 160, , 9, 33, 1, 5, , Running
7) 8, Ben Rhodes, No. 99 Bommarito Automotive Group Ford, 160, 8, 4, 40, 1, 11, , Running
8) 6, Stewart Friesen, No. 52 Halmar International Toyota, 160, 4, , 36, , , , Running
9) 16, Andres Perez de Lara, No. 7 Wholly Guacamole/Herdez Chevrolet, 160, , , 28, , , , Running
10) 27, Luke Fenhaus, No. 66 Soda Sense Ford, 160, , , 27, , , , Running
11) 5, Tanner Gray, No. 15 Dead On Tools Toyota, 160, , 7, 30, 2, 19, , Running
12) 14, Daniel Dye, No. 43 Hamlin & Associates Chevrolet, 160, 9, , 27, , , , Running
13) 22, Ty Dillon, No. 25 Rackley Roofing Chevrolet, 160, , 10, 25, , , , Running
14) 4, Dean Thompson, No. 5 Thompson Pipe Group Toyota, 160, 6, , 28, , , , Running
15) 12, Tyler Ankrum, No. 18 LiUNA! Chevrolet, 160, , , 22, 1, 4, , Running
16) 13, Rajah Caruth, No. 71 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, 160, , , 21, , , , Running
17) 10, Grant Enfinger, No. 9 Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet, 160, 7, 6, 29, , , , Running
18) 28, Timmy Hill, No. 56 Coble Enterprises/UNITS Toyota, 160, , , 19, , , , Running
19) 24, Lawless Alan, No. 33 AUTOChargit Ford, 160, , , 18, , , , Running
20) 19, Matt Crafton, No. 88 Ideal Door/Menards Ford, 160, , , 17, , , , Running
21) 32, Bret Holmes, No. 32 Skuttle Tight Chevrolet, 159, , , 16, , , , Running
22) 18, Connor Mosack, No. 45 Chevy Accessories Chevrolet, 159, , , 15, , , , Running
23) 26, Matt Mills, No. 42 J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet, 159, , , 14, , , , Running
24) 15, Jake Garcia, No. 13 Quanta Services Ford, 159, , , 13, , , , Running
25) 20, Vicente Salas, No. 91 SERVPRO/Pape Material Handling Chevrolet, 157, , , 12, , , , Running
26) 29, Spencer Boyd, No. 76 ARS Construction & Record Rack Chevrolet, 156, , , 11, , , , Running
27) 30, Keith McGee, No. 22 More Core Diamond Drilling Ford, 156, , , 10, 1, 1, , Running
28) 31, Thad Moffitt #, No. 46 Induction Innovations Chevrolet, 155, , , 9, , , , Running
29) 25, Bayley Currey, No. 41 DQS Chevrolet, 153, , , 8, , , , Running
30) 7, Taylor Gray, No. 17 Place of Hope Toyota, 152, 10, 8, 11, , , , Running
31) 21, Mason Massey, No. 02 BRUNT Chevrolet, 126, , , 6, , , , Engine
32) 23, Colby Howard, No. 1 Coastal Sports Cards Toyota, 46, , , 5, , , , Accident
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, (#) Rookie

Total Race Length: 160 Laps, 200. Miles
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 1 Mins, 27 Secs.
Average Speed: 98.806 MPH
Margin of Victory: 1.854 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 98, 19, 2, 52, 11, 5, 9, 99, 43, 17
Stage 2 Top 10: 98, 19, 2, 99, 11, 9, 15, 17, 77, 25

Comments: Corey Heim has won the Toyota 200 at World Wide Technology Raceway, his 9th career victory in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series.

Prior to the start, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason(s) indicated: No. 15 (unapproved adjustments)

Cautions: 5 for 32 laps;
Laps: 11-15 (No. 66 Spin Turn 1 [None]);
37-41 (Stage 1 Conclusion [66]);
47-54 (No. 1 Incident Turn 3  [None]);
72-77 (Stage 2 Conclusion [None]);
130-137 (No. 91 Incident Turn 4 [43]).

Lead Changes: 13 among 9 drivers;
T. Majeski 1-15;
C. Eckes 16-17;
T. Majeski 18-37;
T. Gray 38-54;
B. Rhodes 55-65;
T. Majeski 66-72;
K. McGee 73;
T. Ankrum 74-77;
C. Heim 78-115;
T. Majeski 116;
N. Sanchez 117-126;
T. Gray 127-128;
C. Purdy 129-133;
C. Heim 134-160.

Ronald Fleshman and John Davison

Ron Fleshman  and John Davison are Editors at ris-news.com

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