Caruth Holds off Heim and Riggs for Truck Win at Nashville

Rajah Caruth and crew celebrate in Victory Lane at Nashville Superspeedway

(NASHVILLE, TN – MAY 30, 2025 – RIS) Rajah Caruth scored his second career series win by ‘doing my best’ in holding off challenges from Corey Heim over the final laps of the Rackley Roofing 200 Craftsman Truck Series race.

Last week’s winner from Charlotte, Corey Heim led the field to the green flag, until oil out of Franky Muniz’ truck caused a caution at the end of the first lap of the race. Heim led to the green but Corey Day slipped around him while Rajah Caruth tried an inside pass before Heim retook the lead with Layne Riggs running second. Kyle Busch earned a drive-through penalty for a restart violation, dropping to the back of the field.

Layne Riggs took the lead and pulled out by almost a half second ahead of Heim, with Caruth, Honeycutt and Day the rest of the top five just after the restart. Riggs went on to take his third career stage win, followed by by Heim, Caruth, Daniel Hemric and Kaden Honeycutt.

Heim took the lead after the caution for the stage end. Jack Wood spun in the fourth turn and Akinori Ogata spun in the melee and was really the only truck to receive damage when he backed into the wall. 

Heim held the lead after the end of the caution, opening a lead of a couple of seconds ahead of Riggs as the second stage wound to its close. The gap at the checkered flag was under two seconds only because Heim eased off on the final lap. 

Layne Riggs’ crew had trouble with the right -front wheel on the pit stop, dropping the Bahama, NC second-generation racer back to eighth in the pack. Rajah Caruth led Heim to the choose for the restart, followed by Grant Enfinger, Corey Day and Kaden Honeycutt.

Caruth’s restart earned him the lead ahead of Heim and Day with Hemric moving up to fourth. By the ten-lap mark, Heim had closed the gap to Caruth by about a half second, from nearly a second margin earlier in the run. At six to go, he challenged on the outside, then Riggs moved in to challenge Heim for second before the pair battled side-by-side and allowed Caruth to open the gap.

“I didn’t expect that at all,” Caruth said. “My pit crew won that race,” he added.

Pos, Driver, Truck, Gap, Laps, Last Lap, Best Time, Best Speed, Best Lap
1) Rajah Caruth, No. 71 Hendrickcars.Com Chevrolet, --, 150, 31.388 sec, 30.375 sec, 157.630 mph, 64
2) Corey Heim, No. 11 Safelite + Foster Love Toyota, 0.518 sec, 150, 31.467, 30.240, 158.333, 63
3) Layne Riggs, No. 34 Love's RV Stop Ford, 0.629, 150, 31.359, 30.466, 157.159, 62
4) Daniel Hemric, No. 19 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet, 3.776, 150, 31.408, 30.599, 156.476, 106
5) Corey Day(i), No. 7 Hendrickcars.Com Chevrolet, 9.129, 150, 31.729, 30.465, 157.164, 63
6) Kaden Honeycutt, No. 45 DQS/Masked Owl Technologies Chevrolet, 11.535, 150, 31.955, 30.522, 156.870, 63
7) Chandler Smith, No. 38 Wheelers Ford, 11.725, 150, 32.129, 30.811, 155.399, 112
8) Ty Majeski, No. 98 Curb Records Ford, 12.171, 150, 32.236, 30.833, 155.288, 110
9) Bayley Currey, No. 44 Autoventive/Precision Chevrolet, 12.283, 150, 31.810, 30.916, 154.871, 74
10) Grant Enfinger, No. 9 Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet, 13.681, 150, 31.430, 30.773, 155.591, 70
11) Dawson Sutton #, No. 26 Rackley Roofing Chevrolet, 14.248, 150, 31.706, 30.840, 155.253, 65
12) Jake Garcia, No. 13 Quanta Services Ford, 15.228, 150, 31.592, 30.956, 154.671, 110
13) Giovanni Ruggiero #, No. 17 First Auto Group Toyota, 16.584, 150, 31.703, 30.993, 154.486, 108
14) Ben Rhodes, No. 99 Nashville Stampede Ford, 17.720, 150, 31.705, 31.119, 153.861, 63
15) Kyle Busch(i), No. 07 Gainbridge Chevrolet, 19.120, 150, 31.574, 30.637, 156.282, 17
16) Tanner Gray, No. 15 Place of Hope Toyota, 20.102, 150, 31.778, 30.985, 154.526, 21
17) Tyler Ankrum, No. 18 Ullico Chevrolet, 23.257, 150, 31.669, 30.982, 154.541, 71
18) Luke Fenhaus, No. 66 Soda Sense Ford, 24.240, 150, 31.741, 31.203, 153.447, 117
19) Andres Perez De Lara #, No. 77 Telcel Chevrolet, 25.038, 150, 31.931, 31.126, 153.826, 66
20) Jack Wood, No. 91 Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet, 25.453, 150, 32.159, 31.193, 153.496, 121
21) Stewart Friesen, No. 52 Halmar International Toyota, 25.564, 150, 32.490, 31.049, 154.208, 66
22) Matt Mills, No. 42 J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet, 27.002, 150, 31.801, 31.176, 153.580, 119
23) Connor Mosack #, No. 81 NAPA Nightvision Chevrolet, 28.085, 150, 31.867, 31.090, 154.005, 77
24) William Sawalich(i), No. 1 Soundgear Toyota, -1, 149, 31.739, 31.138, 153.767, 67
25) Matt Crafton, No. 88 Zevo/Menards Ford, -1, 149, 32.157, 31.415, 152.411, 37
26) Spencer Boyd, No. 76 Southern Pride Chevrolet, -2, 148, 32.144, 31.571, 151.658, 107
27) Clayton Green, No. 2 Levrack Ford, -2, 148, 31.995, 31.541, 151.802, 32
28) Nathan Byrd, No. 02 GMS Chevrolet, -3, 147, 32.587, 31.574, 151.644, 121
29) Tyler Tomassi(i), No. 22 Levrack Ford, -3, 147, 32.285, 31.535, 151.831, 105
30) Toni Breidinger #, No. 5 818 Tequila Toyota, -6, 144, 31.316, 31.316, 152.893, 144
31) Akinori Ogata, No. 63 YKK Ap America Toyota, -6, 144, 33.576, 31.913, 150.033, 103
32) Frankie Muniz #, No. 33 Buy American Veteran Ford, -148, 2, 52.265, 33.775, 141.762, 1
(i) Not Eligible for Points, (#) Rookie

Leaders
Driver, Truck, Times, Laps
Rajah Caruth, No. 71 Hendrickcars.Com Chevrolet, 2, 61
Corey Heim, No. 11 Safelite + Foster Love Toyota, 4, 59
Layne Riggs, No. 34 Love's RV Stop Ford, 1, 30
Corey Day(i), No. 7 Hendrickcars.Com Chevrolet, 1, 1

Lead Changes
Driver, Truck, Start, End, Total
Corey Heim, No. 11 Safelite + Foster Love Toyota, 0, 10, 11
Corey Day(i), No. 7 Hendrickcars.Com Chevrolet, 11, 11, 1
Corey Heim, No. 11 Safelite + Foster Love Toyota, 12, 18, 7
Layne Riggs, No. 34 Love’s RV Stop Ford, 19, 48, 30
Corey Heim, No. 11 Safelite + Foster Love Toyota, 49, 49, 1
Rajah Caruth, No. 71 Hendrickcars.Com Chevrolet, 50, 59, 10
Corey Heim, No. 11 Safelite + Foster Love Toyota, 55, 55, 1
Rajah Caruth, No. 71 Hendrickcars.Com Chevrolet, 56, 56, 1
Corey Heim, No. 11 Safelite + Foster Love Toyota, 60, 99, 40
Rajah Caruth, No. 71 Hendrickcars.Com Chevrolet, 100, 150, 51

Cautions
#, Lap, Beneficiary, Reason
1, 1, none, Fluid on Track
2, 45, 2, Stage 1 Conclusion
3, 54, 76, No. 63, 91 Incident Turn 4
4, 95, 88, Stage 2 Conclusion