Corey Heim

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Corey David Heim (born July 5, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 67 Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing, as a development driver for 23XI and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 1 and No. 5 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro for Tricon Garage.

BornCorey David Heim
(2002-07-05) July 5, 2002 (age 23)
Marietta, Georgia, U.S.
Achievements2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion
2023, 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Regular Season Champion
2020 SpeedFest 200 Winner
2022 Thunder Road 200 Winner
Truck Series Records
Youngest to Reach 10 Career Wins in history (22 Years, 7 Days)
Winningest Driver in a single-season (12 in 2025)
Most top-fives in a row in a single season (9 in 2025)
Most laps led in a single-season (1,627 in 2025)
First driver in the top-3 NASCAR national series to lead a lap in every race in a single season (2025)
Most NASCAR stage-wins in a single-season (23 in 2025)
Car no., teamNo. 67 (23XI Racing)
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Corey Heim
Heim at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024
BornCorey David Heim
(2002-07-05) July 5, 2002 (age 23)
Marietta, Georgia, U.S.
Achievements2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion
2023, 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Regular Season Champion
2020 SpeedFest 200 Winner
2022 Thunder Road 200 Winner
Truck Series Records
Youngest to Reach 10 Career Wins in history (22 Years, 7 Days)
Winningest Driver in a single-season (12 in 2025)
Most top-fives in a row in a single season (9 in 2025)
Most laps led in a single-season (1,627 in 2025)
First driver in the top-3 NASCAR national series to lead a lap in every race in a single season (2025)
Most NASCAR stage-wins in a single-season (23 in 2025)
Awards2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year
2020 CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour Rookie of the Year
2018 CARS Super Late Model Tour Rookie of the Year
2018 Southern Super Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
8 races run over 3 years
Car no., teamNo. 67 (23XI Racing)
2025 position44th
Best finish44th (2025)
First race2024 Würth 400 (Dover)
Last race2026 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
20 races run over 3 years
2025 position87th
Best finish82nd (2024)
First race2023 A-GAME 200 (Dover)
Last race2025 SciAps 300 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 6 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
90 races run over 6 years
Truck no., teamNo. 1, No. 5 (Tricon Garage)
2025 position1st
Best finish1st (2025)
First race2021 LiftKits4Less.com 200 (Darlington)
Last race2026 Fr8 208 (Atlanta)
First win2022 Fr8 208 (Atlanta)
Last win2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
23 69 14
ARCA Menards Series career
44 races run over 5 years
Best finish2nd (2021)
First race2019 ARCA Pensacola 200 (Pensacola)
Last race2025 Henry Ford Health 200 (Michigan)
First win2020 Speediatrics 150 (Kansas)
Last win2022 Kansas Lottery 150 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
9 42 7
ARCA Menards Series East career
6 races run over 2 years
Best finish9th (2020)
First race2020 Skip's Western Outfitters 175 (New Smyrna)
Last race2021 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 6 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
3 races run over 3 years
Best finish24th (2020)
First race2019 Arizona Lottery 100 (Phoenix)
Last race2021 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
Statistics up to date as of February 21, 2026.
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Heim is the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion.

Racing career

Early career

Heim raced in Legends cars, winning the 2016 Young Lions division and the 2017 Thursday Thunder Pro division championship at Atlanta Motor Speedway.[1] He later transitioned to running super late models, driving in events sanctioned by the CARS Tour, Southern Super Series, Pro All-Stars Series (PASS), and NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.[1] Late in 2018, Heim crossed the finish line first in the ValleyStar Credit Union 300, but lost the race on a rules procedure.[2] A short time later, he won his first super late model race, at South Boston Speedway.[3] Even after moving up to national touring series, Heim still raced at large late model events like Short Track Nationals,[4] and almost scored a PASS win at Richmond Raceway in March 2018 before being disqualified because of engine spacers.[5] On January 12, 2020, Heim announced a full-season CARS Late Model Stock Tour schedule with Lee Pulliam Performance.[6] On January 25, Heim won the SpeedFest 200 late model race in Georgia.[7]

ARCA

Heim's 2019 ARCA car on pit road before the race at Madison

2019

Heim began racing in the ARCA Menards Series in 2019. He joined Chad Bryant Racing to run thirteen of twenty ARCA Menards Series events in the team's No. 22 car.[1] He scored a top-five finish in his series debut, which came at Five Flags Speedway in March.[8] Despite not running the full season, Heim ended up finishing tenth in the standings. Although he went winless, Heim never failed to finish any of his races, and scored a top-ten in all of them except for Nashville, where he finished eleventh.

2020

On January 16, it was announced that Heim would join Venturini Motorsports for seven total races: three in the ARCA Menards Series East, and two apiece in the ARCA Menards Series and the ARCA Menards Series West.[9] On July 24, Heim placed fourth at Kansas Speedway in ARCA Menards Series competition after a flat tire dropped him from second on the final lap.[10] In his return to Kansas in October, Heim led the most laps and won the race.[11]

Heim doing burnouts after winning the ARCA race at Daytona in 2021

2021

In 2021, Heim was promoted to a full-time deal with Venturini, driving the No. 20 in the main ARCA Menards Series, replacing Chandler Smith and Ryan Repko. Smith moved up to the Truck Series full-time in 2021 with Kyle Busch Motorsports. Heim's crew chief that year would be Shannon Rursch, who moved over from Venturini's No. 15 car of Drew Dollar.[12] Heim would start the season with a win in the season-opener at Daytona. Throughout the season, he scored wins at Talladega, Pocono, Elko, Watkins Glen, and Illinois.[13][14][15][16][17] He was known for having a season-long rivalry with Ty Gibbs, who ended up as the 2021 champion, with Heim finishing second by 37 points.

2022

Heim continued to run for Venturini in 2022, running a seven-race slate.[18] He scored wins at Daytona and Kansas during the season.[19][20]

2025

After a three-year hiatus, Heim returned to ARCA competition in 2025, driving for Venturini in their No. 25 car at Michigan, subbing for the original driver, Jake Finch, who suffered from an illness prior to the race.[21] Heim ended up finishing second in the race.

Craftsman Truck Series

Heim's No. 11 truck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024
Heim's No. 11 truck at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2025

2021

On April 19, 2021, Kyle Busch revealed in an interview that Heim would make his Truck Series debut in the No. 51 for his Kyle Busch Motorsports team at Darlington.[22] Heim made his NCWTS debut at Darlington Raceway on May 7 in the Kyle Busch Motorsports number 51 truck. He would finish 23rd after being wrecked from behind on a late race restart.

2022

Heim rejoined KBM for a 15-race Truck schedule in 2022.[23] On March 19, 2022, Heim won his first NCWTS race at his home track of Atlanta with a last lap pass of his teammate Chandler Smith. He won his second race at Gateway, but because he did not run a full-time schedule, he was ineligible for the playoffs. Despite missing seven races, Heim finished the season fourteenth in points and won the 2022 Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year honors.[24]

2023

On October 27, 2022, David Gilliland Racing announced that they will be moving to Toyota Racing Development in 2023, and renaming to Tricon Garage (with Tricon styled in all-capital letters). That same day, Heim was announced as one of the full-time drivers for the team.[25] Heim scored his first win of the season at Martinsville.[26] He was forced to miss Gateway due to an illness; Jesse Love substituted for him and finished ninth in the race.[27] Despite missing one race, Heim maintained the points lead and scored his second win at Mid-Ohio.[28] At the conclusion of the Richmond race, Heim claimed the regular season championship.[29] During the playoffs, Heim won at Bristol.[30] Heim finished third at Homestead to make the Championship 4.[31] He finished eighteenth at Phoenix after being spun out by Carson Hocevar and third in the final points standings.[32] However, on November 8, 2023, Heim was penalized 25 driver points and fined $12,500 by NASCAR for intentionally wrecking Hocevar with three laps to go; the loss of driver points resulted in Heim dropping to fourth in the points standings.[33]

2024

Heim started the 2024 season with a second-place finish at Daytona. Throughout the regular season, he scored wins at COTA, Kansas, North Wilkesboro, Gateway, and Pocono.[34][35][36][37][38] During the playoffs, Heim won at Kansas.[39] He finished second in the final points standings.

2025: Record-breaking season

Heim started the 2025 season with another second-place finish at Daytona; however, the initial race winner, Parker Kligerman, failed post-race inspection after it was found that his truck was too low. Kligerman was disqualified, and Heim would be awarded the win.[40] In the regular-season, he also scored wins at Las Vegas, Texas, Charlotte, Lime Rock, Watkins Glen, and Richmond.[41][42] During the playoffs, he won at Darlington, New Hampshire, and the Charlotte Roval; the latter earning him a record ten wins in a season, beating Greg Biffle's previous record of nine wins in 1999.[43] He scored his eleventh win of the season at Martinsville to make the Championship 4.[44] Heim concluded the season with a win at Phoenix to claim the Truck Series championship.[45]

Xfinity Series

Heim's No. 26 car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024

2023

On April 29, 2023, Heim made his Xfinity Series debut at Dover, driving the Sam Hunt Racing No. 24 Toyota to a 35th-place DNF after experiencing engine failure.[46] Two weeks later, he finished tenth at Darlington. He ran two more races that season, finishing 37th at Pocono and fifteenth at Darlington in September.

2024

On January 10, 2024, it was announced that Heim will return to Sam Hunt Racing in 2024, running another part-time schedule in the No. 26 car.[47] He ran a 13-race slate, with three top fives and four top tens.

2025

On February 23, 2025, it was announced that Heim would return to Sam Hunt Racing, competing part-time for a third season for the team.[48] He ran three races with a best finish of 8th in the Bristol spring race.

Cup Series

Heim filling in for Jones in the No. 43 at Dover

2024

On January 25, 2024, it was announced that Heim would join Legacy Motor Club and 23XI Racing as their reserve driver throughout the Cup Series in 2024. In addition, he would also serve as Legacy's simulator driver.[49] Heim would make his Cup Series debut at Dover as a result of an injury suffered by Erik Jones the previous weekend at Talladega.[50] Heim would finish in 25th, three laps down. Heim would also race in the No. 43 at Kansas, finishing 22nd and on the lead lap, despite Jones being cleared to race.[51]

2025

On February 23, 2025, it was announced that Heim had signed a multi-year deal with 23XI Racing to be the team's development driver, which included driving a partial schedule in the No. 67 Toyota.[52] In his first start at Kansas Speedway, he finished in 13th after starting in 28th place.[53] He then finished 37th in his next start at Nashville Superspeedway due to a crash. At the Chicago Street Course, Heim failed to qualify after being bumped by Katherine Legge.[54] He then made another start at Richmond Raceway,[55] where he finished in 29th place. In his final Cup start of the year at Bristol Motor Speedway, Heim earned his first career top-ten after finishing in sixth despite starting in 38th place.[56]

2026

On January 27, 2026, it was announced that Heim will once again run a partial schedule in the No. 67, including an attempt to make the Daytona 500.[57]

Personal life

Heim is the son of Lisa and Ray Heim. Ray Heim was a former late model racer and the Chief Technology Officer at Pen-Tech Associates, Inc in Kennesaw, Georgia.[58][59] Heim graduated from Kennesaw Mountain High School.[60]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

Cup Series

More information NASCAR Cup Series results, Year ...
NASCAR Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NCSC Pts Ref
2024 Legacy Motor Club 43 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO BRI COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV
25
KAN
22
DAR CLT GTW SON IOW NHA 53rd 01 [61]
23XI Racing 50 Toyota NSH
29
CSC POC IND RCH MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO
2025 67 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI TAL TEX KAN
13
CLT NSH
37
MCH MXC POC ATL CSC
DNQ
SON DOV IND IOW GLN RCH
29
DAY DAR GTW BRI
6
NHA KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 44th 01 [62]
2026 DAY
28
ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN CLT NSH MCH POC COR SON CHI ATL NWS IND IOW RCH NHA DAY DAR GTW BRI KAN LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -* [63]
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Daytona 500
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Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2026 23XI Racing Toyota 29 28
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Xfinity Series

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NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
2023 Sam Hunt Racing 24 Toyota DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV
35
DAR
10
CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC
37
ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR
15
KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 88th 01 [64]
2024 26 DAY ATL LVS
13
PHO
22
COA RCH
4
MAR
35
TEX
17
TAL DOV
35
DAR CLT PIR SON IOW
3
NHA
10
NSH CSC POC
16
IND MCH DAY DAR
25
ATL
5
GLN BRI KAN
31
TAL ROV LVS
11
HOM MAR PHO 82nd 01 [65]
2025 24 DAY ATL COA
31
PHO LVS HOM
37
MAR DAR BRI
8
CAR TAL TEX CLT NSH MXC POC ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN DAY PIR GTW BRI KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 87th 01 [66]
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Craftsman Truck Series

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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCTC Pts Ref
2021 Kyle Busch Motorsports 51 Toyota DAY DRC LVS ATL BRD RCH KAN DAR
23
COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN
18
GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR
11
PHO 42nd 71 [67]
2022 DAY
32
LVS ATL
1
COA MAR BRD DAR
23
KAN
33
TEX
7
CLT GTW
1
SON KNX NSH
33
MOH
26
POC
4
IRP
5
RCH
5
KAN
7
BRI
10
TAL
26
HOM
5
PHO
7
14th 505 [68]
2023 Tricon Garage 11 Toyota DAY
8
LVS
4
ATL
34
COA
6
TEX
7
BRD
15
MAR
1*
KAN
2
DAR
8
NWS
6
CLT
2*
GTW NSH
4*
MOH
1*
POC
2*
RCH
6
IRP
8
MLW
4
KAN
4
BRI
1
TAL
5
HOM
3*
PHO
18*
4th 3994 [69]
2024 DAY
2
ATL
3
LVS
3
BRI
6
COA
1*
MAR
10
TEX
2
KAN
1*
DAR
28*
NWS
1*
CLT
36*
GTW
1*
NSH
3
POC
1*
IRP
17
RCH
16
MLW
7
BRI
2
KAN
1*
TAL
11
HOM
4*
MAR
7
PHO
2
2nd 4035 [70]
2025 DAY
1
ATL
23
LVS
1*
HOM
3*
MAR
6*
BRI
3
CAR
8*
TEX
1*
KAN
3
NWS
17*
CLT
1*
NSH
2
MCH
18
POC
23*
LRP
1*
IRP
3
GLN
1*
RCH
1
DAR
1
BRI
3*
NHA
1*
ROV
1
TAL
2
MAR
1*
PHO
1*
1st 4040 [71]
2026 1 DAY ATL
5
STP -* -* [72]
5 DAR CAR BRI TEX GLN DOV CLT NSH MCH COR LRP NWS IRP RCH NHA BRI KAN CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM
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* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

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ARCA Menards Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 AMSC Pts Ref
2019 Chad Bryant Racing 22 Ford DAY FIF
5
SLM
5
TAL NSV
11
TOL
10
CLT POC MCH MAD
10
GTW
4
CHI IOW
5
POC
6
ELK
4
ISF
7
DSF
3
SLM
3
IRP
4
KAN 10th 2615 [73]
2020 Venturini Motorsports 12 Toyota DAY PHO TAL POC IRP KEN IOW KAN
4
TOL TOL MCH DRC GTW L44 TOL BRI WIN MEM 28th 123 [74]
20 ISF
8
10 KAN
1*
2021 Venturini Motorsports 20 Toyota DAY
1*
PHO
2
TAL
1
KAN
3
TOL
2
CLT
2
MOH
7
POC
1
ELK
1
BLN
3
IOW
4
WIN
3*
GLN
1*
MCH
2
ISF
1*
MLW
6
DSF
7
BRI
5
SLM
7
KAN
3
2nd 963 [75]
2022 DAY
1*
PHO TAL
3
KAN
16*
CLT
2
IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH
2
GLN ISF MLW KAN
1*
BRI SLM TOL 18th 294 [76]
15 DSF
9
2025 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT MCH
2
BLN ELK LRP DOV IRP IOW GLN ISF MAD DSF BRI SLM KAN TOL 89th 42 [77]
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ARCA Menards Series East

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ARCA Menards Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AMSEC Pts Ref
2020 Venturini Motorsports 20 Toyota NSM
7
TOL DOV
6
TOL BRI FIF
2
9th 167 [78]
2021 NSM FIF NSV DOV SNM IOW
4
MLW
6
BRI
5
12th 167 [79]
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ARCA Menards Series West

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ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 AMSWC Pts Ref
2019 Chad Bryant Racing 22 Ford LVS IRW TUS TUS CNS SON DCS IOW EVG GTW MER AAS KCR PHO
25
65th 19 [80]
2020 Venturini Motorsports 20 Toyota LVS MMP MMP IRW EVG DCS CNS LVS AAS KCR PHO
8
23rd 86 [81]
2021 PHO
2
SON IRW CNS IRW PIR LVS AAS PHO 36th 43 [82]
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CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

More information CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results, Year ...
CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 CLMSCTC Pts Ref
2019 Lee Pulliam Performance 78 Chevy SNM HCY ROU
17
ACE MMS LGY
17
DOM CCS HCY ROU SBO
3
26th 62 [83]
2020 SNM
15
ACE
8
HCY
1*
HCY
8
DOM
15
FCS
5
LGY
2*
CCS
2
FLO
6
GRE
2
3rd 275 [84]
2022 Lee Pulliam Performance 78 Toyota CRW
5
HCY GRE
5
AAS FCS LGY DOM HCY ACE MMS NWS
27
TCM ACE SBO CRW 32nd 63 [85]
2024 Lee Pulliam Performance 55 Toyota SNM HCY AAS OCS ACE TCM LGY DOM CRW
24
HCY NWS
2
ACE WCS FLC SBO TCM
18*
NWS N/A 0 [86]
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CARS Super Late Model Tour

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More information CARS Super Late Model Tour results, Year ...
CARS Super Late Model Tour results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 CSLMTC Pts Ref
2018 Raymond Heim 78 Toyota MYB
7
NSH
11
ROU
24
HCY
8
BRI
3
AND
12
ROU
2
SBO
1
2nd 224 [87]
28 Ford HCY
8
2019 78 SNM HCY
4
NSH MMS BRI
7
8th 137 [88]
17H Chevy HCY
7
78 ROU
4
SBO
2
2020 Toyota SNM HCY JEN
6
HCY FCS NSH
18
13th 57 [89]
78H Chevy BRI
19
FLC
2021 78 Toyota HCY GPS NSH JEN
2
HCY MMS TCM SBO 20th 32 [90]
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CARS Pro Late Model Tour

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More information CARS Pro Late Model Tour results, Year ...
CARS Pro Late Model Tour results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 CPLMTC Pts Ref
2023 N/A 28 Toyota SNM HCY ACE NWS
2
TCM DIL CRW WKS HCY TCM SBO TCM CRW 41st 32 [91]
2024 Wilson Motorsports 20 Toyota SNM HCY OCS ACE TCM CRW HCY NWS
2
ACE FLC SBO TCM NWS N/A 0 [92]
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