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O’Reilly Auto Parts 150

Saturday, July 8th, 2023

Mid Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, OH

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Corey Heim triumphs in wild NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at Mid-Ohio

Corey Heim started on the pole and finished with his second victory of the year in Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 150 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

What happened between the green flag and checkered flag was pure chaos.

In a race that started in a deluge and ended in bright sunshine, cars were spinning like tops on a skittles board and landing in gravel traps that required tow trucks to pull them to freedom.

Teammates collided at the front of the field, and frequent contact between trucks produced 10 cautions for 23 of the 67 laps and stretched the race from a projected 2 hours 17 minutes to nearly four hours.

But in the end, the best truck won. Heim powered his No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota past Ty Majeski on Lap 42 and held the top spot for the final 26 laps to claim his first-ever road course victory at the 2.258-mile, 13-turn circuit.

Heim beat reigning series champion Zane Smith to the finish line by .947 seconds, as Smith had to settle for the runner-up spot for the second straight year.

“It’s just unbelievable,” Heim said. “We came here with high expectations. I felt like I did a good job last year of staying up front, but I put in the work to go from being a third-place truck to a winning truck…

“This thing was good ever since we unloaded. I felt like we were the fastest truck in practice, qualified on the pole, of course, and came here and won the race. It’s just awesome. Hats off to everybody.”

Smith had to start from rear of the field after his team made repairs to the transmission in his No. 38 Ford. He sustained minor damage to the truck while charging forward through heavy traffic.

“Yeah, brutal to finish second here again,” Smith said. “Such a fun road course. Our (truck) lacked turn, especially on the right-handers, all day long and struggled in first gear. Some things to improve on, but I just felt like we needed a little bit more.

“I don’t know how much our damage here was slowing us down, but those things happen when you start in the back. Frustrating to finish second again, but our road course program has been outstanding.”

Winless drivers immediately above and below the Playoff bubble remained closely bunched, with Stewart Friesen finishing fourth, Matt Crafton sixth, Matt DiBenedetto eighth and Nick Sanchez ninth.

Two races remain before the Truck Series Playoff field is set at Richmond.

Ben Rhodes won the first stage, and ThorSport Racing teammate Majeski took the second, but their two Fords collided and slid off-course on Lap 43 while running second and third behind Heim. Rhodes recovered to finish fifth, and Majeski salvaged a seventh-place result.

Christian Eckes, a two-time winner this year, ran a solid race an came home third behind Smith.

  • Drivers Entered: 38 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 67
  • Margin of Victory: 0.947 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 46 Minutes 44 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 54.441
  • Cautions: 10 for 23 laps
  • Lead Changes: 6
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,339 (30.4 passes per green flag lap)
Corey Heim leads Zane Smith and Christian Eckes
Lexington, Ohio - July 8, 2023 : Corey Heim, driver of the #11 Safelite Toyota, leads Zane Smith, driver of the #38 Tipico Sportsbook Ford, and Christian Eckes, driver of the #19 NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet, during the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 150 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
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O’Reilly Auto Parts 150 at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course Loop Data Box Score results
DRIVER ST MID CLO FIN HI LOW ARP PL DIF GFP GFxP PD QPS % QPS FST % T15 LED % LED LAPS DR TOT PTS
Corey Heim 1 4 1 1 1 5 2.2 0 8 7 1 8 100.00 13 100.0 30 44.8 67 147.30 56
Zane Smith 10 3 3 2 2 26 6.3 8 32 8 24 19 59.38 4 92.5 0 0.0 67 119.60 46
Christian Eckes 4 5 2 3 2 6 4.1 1 13 11 2 11 84.62 3 100.0 0 0.0 67 119.00 46
Stewart Friesen 35 6 6 4 3 35 9.2 31 34 9 25 16 47.06 0 80.6 0 0.0 67 102.20 40
Ben Rhodes 12 2 11 5 1 29 7.0 7 40 37 3 27 67.50 7 85.1 19 28.4 67 118.00 50
Matt Crafton 25 20 4 6 1 32 13.5 19 45 39 6 20 44.44 0 64.2 1 1.5 67 85.00 31
Ty Majeski 2 1 13 7 1 31 7.7 -5 31 41 -10 15 48.39 4 77.6 17 25.4 67 113.00 49
Matt DiBenedetto 14 9 8 8 5 31 12.6 6 42 20 22 15 35.71 0 70.2 0 0.0 67 93.80 31
Nicholas Sanchez 3 15 7 9 3 31 10.2 -6 43 39 4 17 39.53 1 80.6 0 0.0 67 93.50 36
Tyler Ankrum 13 7 5 10 4 34 12.0 3 48 39 9 22 45.83 0 71.6 0 0.0 67 96.00 31
Grant Enfinger 5 31 9 11 3 31 12.9 -6 48 60 -12 22 45.83 0 79.1 0 0.0 67 76.30 26
Carson Hocevar 11 35 20 12 8 36 29.8 -1 34 37 -3 4 11.76 0 7.5 0 0.0 67 53.50 25
Chase Purdy 24 10 14 13 7 24 12.9 11 33 29 4 20 60.61 0 70.2 0 0.0 67 86.30 25
Daniel Dye 17 11 17 14 11 31 17.5 3 37 43 -6 12 32.43 0 43.3 0 0.0 67 75.50 23
Taylor Gray 15 26 10 15 5 32 18.7 0 46 52 -6 12 26.09 0 38.8 0 0.0 67 55.70 22
Jake Garcia 23 25 15 16 12 36 23.3 7 45 36 9 8 17.78 0 17.9 0 0.0 67 54.70 21
Lawless Alan 21 32 18 17 10 34 20.4 4 37 36 1 16 43.24 0 31.3 0 0.0 67 74.30 21
Conor Daly 18 23 16 18 13 30 19.5 0 54 48 6 8 14.81 0 22.4 0 0.0 67 58.50 19
Marco Andretti 7 27 24 19 7 31 20.2 -12 49 65 -16 4 8.16 0 29.9 0 0.0 67 49.80 18
Tanner Gray 6 14 25 20 6 36 20.2 -14 44 46 -2 15 34.09 0 44.8 0 0.0 67 72.50 17
Timmy Hill 33 21 27 21 15 33 24.2 12 42 35 7 1 2.38 0 0.0 0 0.0 67 48.50 16
Matt Mills 30 24 21 22 17 35 23.9 8 41 31 10 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 67 44.20 15
Ryan Vargas 29 28 23 23 20 31 25.3 6 38 45 -7 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 67 40.20 14
Landen Lewis 22 19 19 24 13 35 22.3 -2 45 57 -12 5 11.11 0 11.9 0 0.0 67 45.20 0
Spencer Boyd 34 34 28 25 25 35 31.6 9 15 26 -11 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 67 32.20 12
Hailie Deegan 26 13 12 26 11 34 18.9 0 53 65 -12 17 32.08 0 53.7 0 0.0 67 60.20 11
William Sawalich 8 22 22 27 8 30 18.2 -19 47 54 -7 11 23.40 0 40.3 0 0.0 67 56.20 10
Conner Jones 31 33 26 28 24 35 30.6 3 20 24 -4 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 66 33.50 9
Rajah Caruth 19 8 30 29 7 35 14.9 -10 46 60 -14 23 50.00 0 67.2 0 0.0 66 73.00 11
Austin Wayne Self 27 17 31 30 5 32 18.2 -3 32 30 2 16 50.00 0 41.8 0 0.0 66 60.50 10
Jack Wood 9 18 32 31 9 35 26.0 -22 36 25 11 3 8.33 0 7.5 0 0.0 65 47.80 6
Bret Holmes 32 29 33 32 24 34 29.0 0 29 40 -11 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 65 31.30 5
Dean Thompson 20 12 29 33 11 27 19.8 -13 34 41 -7 7 20.59 0 28.4 0 0.0 59 62.00 4
Will Rodgers 16 16 34 34 6 33 21.5 -18 52 49 3 12 23.08 1 34.3 0 0.0 54 49.10 8
Dale Quarterley 28 30 35 35 16 31 28.8 -7 22 38 -16 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 40.70 2
Colby Howard 36 36 36 36 14 36 32.9 0 24 17 7 1 4.17 0 7.5 0 0.0 21 28.80 1