Heim nicks Darlington
Corey Heim pulled a last-lap pass to beat Ross Chastain and win the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Darlington — drama finished a physical, aggressive event. Kaden Honeycutt claimed his first career pole for the Buckle Up South Carolina 200 in qualifying. (nascar.com) (yardbarker.com)
The race was pushed to a double-overtime finish, extending the scheduled 147 laps to 157 laps and covering 214.462 miles. (en.wikipedia.org) Heim restarted inside Row 5 in ninth place on the final overtime attempt and climbed through the field on fresher tires, a strategy that also earned him a $50,000 Triple Truck Challenge bonus. (nascar.com) The victory was Heim’s 24th career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, his first of the 2026 season and his second career win at Darlington Raceway. (jayski.com) Kaden Honeycutt captured his first career Truck Series pole with a 28.848-second lap at 170.466 mph and did so with crew chief Scott Zipadelli back on pit box after missing the season’s first three events due to a leg injury. (si.com) Honeycutt led a race-high 59 laps before finishing fourth, and the event featured 14 lead changes among eight drivers, nine cautions for 47 yellow-flag laps and an average speed of 97.005 mph. (jayski.com) Late-race incidents reshaped the finish: Carson Hocevar suffered a right-front tire failure with four laps remaining and hit the Turn 1 wall, Tyler Ankrum cut a right-front on the first overtime attempt that damaged multiple trucks, and Ben Rhodes hit the Turn 1 SAFER barrier on Lap 3 and dropped to seventh in points, 53 behind leader Chandler Smith. (nascar.com)
