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Corey Heim Dashes To Pole at Homestead-Miami

Corey Heim

Corey Heim scored his eighth-career CRAFTSMAN Truck Series pole for Friday evening’s event at Homestead-Miami Speedway. (Photo Credit: Erik Smith | The Podium Finish)

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Corey Heim followed up his victory in last weekend’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with his first pole award of the 2025 season and will lead the 34-truck field to green for Friday night’s NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Baptist Health 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

The No. 11 Safelite Toyota Tundra raced around the 1.5-mile oval with a time of 32.111 seconds, achieving a speed of 168.167 mph.

Tanner Gray, Heim’s TRICON Garage teammate, will start second, locking out the front row for Friday’s 134-lap event.

Kyle Larson, the 29-time NASCAR Cup Series winner for Hendrick Motorsports is making his first Truck Series start of the 2025 campaign rolls off third in the No. 07 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports.

Layne Riggs, Gio Ruggiero, and Tyler Ankrum rounded out the fastest six trucks in qualifying.

Corey Heim

Corey Heim seeks for back-to-back victories at Homestead-Miami Speedway (Photo Credit: Erik Smith | The Podium Finish)

Another fellow Cup Series competitor and Florida native, Ross Chastain will start Friday night’s race in seventh in the No. 45 Chevrolet for Niece Motorsports.

The defending winner of the Homestead-Miami Truck Series event, Grant Enfinger will start eighth in the No. 9 CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet.

Stewart Friesen and defending Truck Series champion, Ty Majeski rounded out the top 10 in qualifying.

“Yea, we had a really good (Toyota) Tundra there.” Said Heim after claiming his eighth-career NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series pole award. 

“A little bit was suggestive going late in qualifying and having the shade help us in Turns 1 and 2, that’s the most grip I’ve ever felt at Homestead-Miami. I’ve never ran a night race here, so I was curious about how the shade would affect it, and it was quick.

Heim was additionally asked about how last year’s event had gone for the 22-year-old will compare to Friday’s nights event under the lights in South Florida.

“Last year, we were really good on the short runs, and of course, we were on pole last year too, so good in qualifying, but lacked in those long runs. So, I have one piece of the equation there in those long runs to figure out, and I think we got a better piece than we’ve ever had today.”

The Marietta, Georgia native seeks his third win in just the fourth race of the 2025 season in Friday’s showdown at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

The Baptist Health 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway will air live on FOX at 8:00 pm EST.

Baptist Health 200 Qualifying Results

Rank Truck No. Driver Time
1 11 Corey Heim 32.111
2 15 Tanner Gray 32.281
3 07 Kyle Larson 32.334
4 34 Layne Riggs 32.355
5 17 Gio Ruggiero 32.411
6 18 Tyler Ankrum 32.471
7 44 Ross Chastain 32.496
8 9 Grant Enfinger 32.511
9 42 Stewart Friesen 32.562
10 98 Ty Majeski 32.593
11 1 Brandon Jones 32.627
12 71 Rajah Caruth 32.656
13 45 Kaden Honeycutt 32.714
14 19 Daniel Hemric 32.715
15 38 Chandler Smith 32.717
16 7 Corey Day 32.834
17 42 Matt Mills 32.882
18 26 Dawson Sutton 32.930
19 81 Connor Mosack 32.952
20 13 Jake Garcia 33.125
21 77 Andrés Pérez de Lara 33.157
22 20 Stefan Parsons 33.233
23 88 Matt Crafton 33.333
24 99 Ben Rhodes 33.407
25 66 Luke Fenhaus 33.545
26 91 Jack Wood 33.574
27 5 Toni Bredinger 33.758
28 02 Nathan Byrd 33.962
29 33 Frankie Muniz 34.204
30 22 Keith McGee 34.401
31 63 Akinori Ogata 34.436
32 76 Spencer Boyd 34.489
33 2 Stephen Mallozzi 36.260
34 67 Michael Disdier 36.915

Declan is a freshman at West Virginia University, majoring in Sports Media. He is currently the social media manager of the West Virginia University Mountaineer Racing team that competes on the FSAE circuit. Declan is a passionate racing fan as his family history has ties back into the 1980s when his grandfather, Ted made metal castings for Indy Lights. Declan's father, Patrick currently competes in Porsche Club Of America Club Racing and is a driving instructor for the Porsche Club Of America Riesentöter division. Declan drives alongside his father in high performance driving events at tracks along the East Coast. Declan also will be playing club baseball for West Virginia University in the fall of 2025.

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