Corey Heim
2026 Season — NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Through July 24, 2026 · 407 pts behind leader
Coverage (7 articles)
Todd Gilliland Has Never Won a Cup Race. On Sunday He Won a Million Dollars.
The In-Season Challenge final came down to 24th place against 26th. Gilliland qualified 36th, ran second at the stage-two line, and beat a series champion who was making his 400th career start.
Corey Heim Just Won the Brickyard 400. His Cup Points Total Is Still Zero.
Heim held off Christopher Bell by 0.287 seconds at Indianapolis and led more laps than anyone in the field. He is the defending Truck Series champion, declared for points in that series, and the official scoring report credits him with nothing in Cup.
The Truck Series' Last Road Course of the Year Is at a Track That Can't Race on Sundays
The Craftsman Truck Series runs its final road course of the year Saturday at Lime Rock Park, a Connecticut track a 1959 court order still bars from racing on Sundays. Points leader Layne Riggs, a road-course specialist, arrives with the biggest championship lead anyone has held all season. The road-course ringers are circling.
William Byron Won Everything at Chicagoland Except the Race
William Byron swept both stages at Chicagoland and led 94 laps, more than anyone else on the grid. He finished fourth. Chase Briscoe led the final 46 laps, beat Christopher Bell by 0.276 seconds, and gave Joe Gibbs Racing a 1-2-3 in NASCAR's first Cup race at the track since 2019.
NASCAR Trades the San Diego Streets for Sonoma's Hills, and the Road-Course Aces Are Circling
NASCAR leaves its wild San Diego street debut for Sonoma's road course and the Toyota / Save Mart 350 on June 28. Road-course ace Shane van Gisbergen sits just below the playoff cutoff, Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott loom, and Tyler Reddick's points lead is down to eight with nine races to the cutoff.
Corey Heim Wins NASCAR's First San Diego Cup Race and Leaves With Zero Points
Corey Heim won the Anduril 250 at the San Diego Street Course, the first Cup Series race ever run at Naval Base Coronado, then collected zero championship points: as a Truck Series cross-entry he was ineligible. It was the first Cup win of his career. Tyler Reddick still leads the standings.
Jimmie Johnson Goes Home: A Seven-Time Champion Returns to the Trucks, 21 Miles From Where He Grew Up
Jimmie Johnson hasn't run a Craftsman Truck Series race since 2008. Friday night he climbs back in one for the Navy 250, the series' first race on an active military base, 21 miles from his El Cajon hometown. Jamie McMurray is making his own long-awaited return, and a real championship fight is going on underneath it all.