Heim Wins Kansas Truck Race as Majeski Runs Out of Fuel

KANSAS CITY, KS – RIS – Corey Heim won the NASCAR Truck Series playoff race why leader Ty Majeski ran out of fuel near the end of the race. Majeski, who won the pole and secured his advancement to the Round of 8 of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Playoffs with a Stage 1 win earlier in the night, had a near-four second lead over Heim with two laps remaining in the 134-lap event. However, Majeski's truck would sputter coming to the white flag and would run out of fuel, which handed the lead, and win to the 22-year-old Heim.
Heim admitted to the FS1 broadcast team in his victory interview that he felt Majeski had stolen the win from him with his fuel gamble.

Heim was eleated.

"Just a deep sigh of relief. I mean, we were just the best truck all night, Heim said after the race. Huge thank you to my TRICON Garage guys. This is my favorite track, I love coming here. I look forward to this, I had a smile on my face all week coming to this place. Just glad I could sweep the year here."
Heim now has six wins in the NASCAR Truck Series this season, and he has amassed 11 victories in just 60 starts in the series over the course of his career. The TRICON Garage driver had to rally from the 33rd starting spot after contact with the outside wall in practice sidelined him from making a qualifying attempt on Friday afternoon.
Heim, who already locked his position in the NASCAR Truck Series Round of 8 last week at Bristol Motor Speedway, added an additional six Playoff Points to his bucket on Friday night as he won Stage 2 (1 Playoff Point) and took home the overall race win (5 Playoff Points).
Front Row Motorsports Rookie of the Year contender Layne Riggs followed Heim to the finish line as he came home in the runner-up spot. Riggs came into the race on a two-race winning streak, and was just one position shy of extending to a three-race winning streak.
The eight drivers, who will advance to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Round of 8 are Heim, Majeski, Christian Eckes, Nick Sanchez, Rajah Caruth, Taylor Gray, Tyler Ankrum, and Grant Enfinger.

Unofficial Results: Kubota Tractor 200, September 27, 2024 - Kansas Speedway
Fin, Str, Driver, Truck, Laps, St1, St2, Tms Led, Laps Led, Playoff Pts, Pts, Status
1) 33, Corey Heim (P), No. 11 Safelite Toyota, 134, 3, 1, 3, 64, 6, 58, Running
2) 13, Layne Riggs #, No. 38 Infinity Communications Group Ford, 134, 5, 2, , , , 50, Running
3) 3, Christian Eckes (P), No. 19 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet, 134, 2, 3, 4, 19, , 51, Running
4) 6, Kaden Honeycutt (P), No. 45 AutoVentive/Precision Chevrolet, 134, 4, 8, , , , 43, Running
5) 5, Dawson Sutton, No. 25 Rackley Roofing Chevrolet, 134, , , , , , 32, Running
6) 21, Tanner Gray, No. 15 Operation 300 Toyota, 134, 8, 7, , , , 38, Running
7) 16, Rajah Caruth (P), No. 71 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, 134, , 10, , , , 31, Running
8) 22, Bayley Currey, No. 41 Masked Owl Technologies Chevrolet, 134, , 9, , , , 31, Running
9) 19, Grant Enfinger (P), No. 9 Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet, 134, , , , , , 28, Running
10) 2, Connor Mosack (P), No. 7 MKS Pipe and Valve Chevrolet, 134, 10, , , , , 28, Running
11) 15, Chase Purdy, No. 77 Bama Buggies Chevrolet, 134, , , , , , 26, Running
12) 7, Nick Sanchez (P), No. 2 Gainbridge Chevrolet, 134, 6, 6, , , , 35, Running
13) 11, Dean Thompson, No. 5 Thompson Pipe Group Toyota, 134, , , , , , 24, Running
14) 14, Tyler Ankrum (P), No. 18 LiUNA! Chevrolet, 134, , , , , , 23, Running
15) 1, Ty Majeski (P), No. 98 Soda Sense/Curb Records Ford, 134, 1, 4, 3, 51, 1, 39, Running
16) 20, Bret Holmes, No. 32 Beshears Tractor & Equipment Chevrolet, 133, , , , , , 21, Running
17) 29, Conor Daly(i), No. 44 Polkadot Chevrolet, 133, , , , , , 0, Running
18) 17, Taylor Gray (P), No. 17 Place of Hope Toyota, 133, 7, 5, , , , 29, Running
19) 32, Nathan Byrd(i), No. 02 CleanCore Solutions Chevrolet, 133, , , , , , 0, Running
20) 23, Brenden Queen, No. 1 Best Repair Company Toyota, 133, , , , , , 17, Running
21) 9, Jake Garcia, No. 13 Quanta Services Ford, 133, , , , , , 16, Running
22) 4, Ben Rhodes (P), No. 99 Kubota Ford, 133, , , , , , 15, Running
23) 30, Timmy Hill, No. 56 Coble Enterprises/UNITS Toyota, 132, , , , , , 14, Running
24) 8, Stewart Friesen, No. 52 Halmar International Toyota, 132, 9, , , , , 15, Running
25) 26, Matt Crafton, No. 88 Flex Seal/Menards Ford, 132, , , , , , 12, Running
26) 27, Justin Mondeik, No. 46 El Bandido Yankee Tequila Chevrolet, 131, , , , , , 11, Running
27) 10, Daniel Dye (P), No. 43 NAPA Nightvision Chevrolet, 131, , , , , , 10, Running
28) 28, Spencer Boyd, No. 76 Sesh Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet, 129, , , , , , 9, Running
29) 31, Frankie Muniz, No. 22 Levrack Ford, 129, , , , , , 8, Running
30) 24, Lawless Alan, No. 33 AUTOChargit Ford, 128, , , , , , 7, Running
31) 34, Jennifer Jo Cobb, No. 10 Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet, 89, , , , , , 6, Electrical
32) 18, Corey Day, No. 91 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, 75, , , , , , 5, Accident
33) 12, Matt Mills, No. 42 J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet, 75, , , , , , 4, Accident
34) 25, Marco Andretti, No. 04 Group 1001/CarQuest Chevrolet, 43, , , , , , 3, Brakes
(i) Ineligible for driver points, (#)Rookie, (P) Playoffs

Race Length: 134 Laps, 201. Miles
Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 35 Mins, 50 Secs.
Average Speed: 125.843 MPH
Margin of Victory: 7.638 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 98, 19, 11, 45, 38, 2, 17, 15, 52, 7
Stage 2 Top 10: 11, 38, 19, 98, 17, 2, 15, 45, 41, 71

Comments: Corey Heim won the Kubota Tractor 200 at Kansas Speedway, his 11th NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series victory.

Prior to the start, the following truck dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason indicated: No. 11 (unapproved adjustments).

Cautions: 3 for 20 laps;
Laps: 32-37 (Stage 1 Conclusion [02]);
62-68 (Stage 2 Conclusion [56]);
77-83 (No. 42, 91 Incident Turn 3 [44]).

Lead Changes: 10 among 3 drivers;
C. Eckes (P) 1;
T. Majeski (P) 2;
C. Eckes (P) 3-7;
T. Majeski (P) 8-32;
C. Heim (P) 33;
C. Eckes (P) 34-44;
C. Heim (P) 45-106;
C. Eckes (P) 107-108;
T. Majeski (P) 109-133;
C. Heim (P) 134.