“I don’t care if I was on hundred-lap tires, nobody was going to beat me tonight,” Corey Heim asserted after winning in Phoenix. The 2025 Craftsman Truck Series champion was indeed unbeatable at the finale. He led a race-high 100 of 161 laps and overcame a restart where Heim was buried in 10th place. With four fresh tires, he beat defending series champion Ty Majeski in a second overtime.

Clenching his fists and gritting his teeth, Corey Heim finished the 2025 project with a championship. However, crowning his 11-win season came with a lot of tension. That had been piling up for not one, but two long years – and it reached its peak this season.

Corey Heim almost folded under pressure

Almost two weeks have passed since NASCAR’s championship weekend, but the emotions are intact. That is

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