Corey Heim Soars To 2nd Consecutive Pole At Martinsville

Corey Heim continues to display his speed in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series as he claimed the pole for Friday night’s race at Martinsville Speedway. (Photo Credit: Sydney Redden | The Podium Finish)

RIDGEWAY, Va. — Corey Heim, now showcasing the Mobil1 colors for this weekend, continues to prove why he’s the standout driver in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series, securing the pole position for Friday night’s race, The Boys & Girls Club of Blue Ridge 200 at Martinsville Speedway.

Heim scooted to his second consecutive pole Kennemetal Pole Award with a time of 19.654 (96.347 mph) taking the pole away from defending NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series champion, Ty Majeski who will start to Heim’s outside for the 200-lap event on Friday night. It only took one lap for Heim to claim his ninth pole award of his Truck Series career.

Heim recently experienced a heartbreaking third-place finish in the Baptist Health 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway last Friday. He encountered a mechanical issue with his No. 11 Safelite Toyota Tundra for TRICON Garage, which undermined his chances of securing his third win in just the fourth race of the season.

Corey Heim is sporting the new looks of Mobil1 aboard his No. 11, claiming his ninth career NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series pole award. (Photo Credit: Sydney Redden | The Podium Finish)

Majeski, Kaden Honeycutt, Chandler Smith, and Daniel Hemric rounded out the top five trucks in qualifying.

Tanner Gray, Layne Riggs, Jake Garcia, Lawless Alan, who is making his first of four starts for TRICON Garage in the No. 1 Toyota, and Rajah Caruth rounded out the fastest 10 trucks on the property of Martinsville Speedway during qualifying.

After leading the 50-minute timed practice session, Luke Baldwin, who is making his NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series debut on Friday, overdrove his No. 66 ThorSport Racing Ford F-150 into Turn 1. This caused him to lose speed, and he nearly got loose again in Turns 3 and 4, narrowly avoiding contact with the wall multiple times during his lap. As a result, he qualified in 27th place. Despite the troubles, Baldwin was the highest qualifying truck among the other three drivers making their series debuts at the track: Short track competitor AJ Waller starts alongside Baldwin in 28th, Cody Dennison in 32nd, and Ryan Roulette in 34th.

William Byron, making his first start for Spire Motorsports “all-star truck” will start in 13th place in the No. 07 Chevrolet.

Patrick Staropoli, a retina surgeon, is making his Truck Series return for the first time since 2016. He will start the race in 35th place in the No. 84 Cook Racing Technologies Toyota Tundra. Staropoli will also climb aboard the No. 24 Sam Hunt Racing Toyota Supra as he aims to make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut for Saturday’s Marine Corps 250.

“I feel like it’s going to be tough.” Said Heim in a post-qualifying interview with Fox Sports 1. 

“I felt that our fire-off speed in practice was really good, and of course qualifying too. Making a lap here is always tough, it’s always hard to predict the conditions are going to be, it’s going to be a weird temperature tonight where the surface might take the rubber, or it may not, I feel that it always affects the truck balance. I’m looking forward to tonight.”

Heim aims to put last week behind him as he seeks his third win of the 2025 campaign, as well as his second victory at the track. He is also looking to extend his Truck Series points lead over Majeski at the 0.5-mile paperclip oval in Martinsville, Virginia, under the lights.

The Boys & Girls Club of Blue Ridge 200 at Martinsville Speedway will air live on Fox Sports 1 at 7:30 pm EST.

The Boys & Girls Club of Blue Ridge 200 Qualifying Results