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Corey Heim wins at Darlington, advances to Round of 8 in NASCAR Truck Series Playoffs

JHby: Jonathan Howard08/30/25Jondean25
Corey Heim
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What more does Corey Heim have to do? He wins at Darlington and advances to the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Truck Series Playoffs. This is the eighth time that Heim has won this season, and he likely has his eyes already on Phoenix.

Tires, tires, tires. That defined today’s race. Drivers were blowing tires from racing too hard, and also from hitting the wall. Right front tires were at a premium today.

Layne Riggs was giving Corey Heim a run for his money before hitting the wall in the final stage. That rivalry has continued to produce fireworks this season. Riggs appears to be the only driver capable of hanging with Heim consistently.

Corey Heim led the second-most laps today. Perhaps this was another make-up race for those races early in the season that slipped from Heim’s hands. It was clearly a two-truck race once Chandler Smith wrecked out of the race with a love-tap on the wall.

Riggs led 71 laps today. Heim led 65. Riggs had a tire going down as the laps were starting to count down. It opened the door for Heim to charge past the 34 truck. Then, Riggs was in the wall and his hopes of winning were more or less gone. Even with a caution from Kaden Honeycutt, who wrecked almost simultaneously with Riggs, it was too much.

Front Row Motorsports tried to put the 34 back together again. It wasn’t meant to be. They spent too much time on pit road and had to settle for the stage points they were able to earn today.

Corey Heim wins eighth race of the season

The record for most wins in a NASCAR Truck Series season is 9. The driver who owns that record? Greg Biffle. Perhaps another driver who was a late-bloomer of sorts in NASCAR.

I actually really like the Biffle comparison. You can easily make the argument that Biffle spent a little too much time in the Truck Series. It was pretty clear in that 1999 season that he was ready to move up. He won 9 times, for goodness’ sake.

Yet, Biffle spent another year in the Truck Series. Then, he had to do two more years in the Busch Series (now Xfinity) before he advanced to the Cup Series. He was 33.

Now, things worked differently in Biffle’s time. Being a 30+ year old rookie in the Cup Series was not strange. But the point remains – you could argue that Biffle spent too much time in the lower series after showing he was skilled enough to race in Cup.

Corey Heim is one win from tying Greg Biffle’s record. He very easily could beat that record before the Round of 8 begins. Heim has won three races in a row now, going back to Watkins Glen. Can he make it four in a row and tie Biffle at Bristol next week?