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Heart of America 200

Saturday, May 4th, 2024

Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS

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  • Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series back in action at Kansas Speedway

After a two-week break, drivers in the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series return to competition in Saturday night’s Heart of America 200 at Kansas Speedway (8 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Series leader Christian Eckes will go for his third victory of the season at a 1.5-mile track that has rewarded him with considerable success. Eckes is the most recent winner at Kansas, having taken the checkered flag in last September’s Playoff race.

In addition, the driver of the No. 19 McAnally-Hilgemann Chevrolet has posted four top fives and six top 10s in eight starts at the track. He has six top 10s to his credit in seven starts this season, including five straight results of eighth or better entering Saturday’s race.

“Our mile-and-a-half stuff has definitely shown a little bit of an improvement,” Eckes said after finishing fourth at Texas on April 12 and seizing the points lead. “We still have a little bit of a ways to go, but we’ll see how it goes.”

No one else in the field can match Matt Crafton’s experience at Kansas Speedway. The driver of the No. 88 ThorSport Racing Ford has competed in all 27 Truck Series events at the track, dating to the inaugural race in 2001.

With three victories each, Crafton and Kyle Busch share the track record for most Truck Series wins. Busch, who is not racing at Kansas on Saturday, already has two Truck Series victories in four starts this season.

On the other hand, Crafton, a three-time series champion, hasn’t won in the series since he took the checkered flag at Kansas in 2020—a drought that reached 88 races at Texas.

Notes: Grant Enfinger is the defending winner of the Heart of America 200… Australian driver Cam Waters will make his second Truck Series start on Saturday. He finished 30th last month at Martinsville in his debut with ThorSport Racing.

  • Saturday, May 4th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Corey Heim powers No. 11 Toyota to impressive victory at Kansas

Corey Heim took control of Saturday night’s Heart of America 200 in the final stage and charged to his second NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series victory of the season, despite fighting a loose handling condition in the closing stages.

Heim took the lead from Nick Sanchez on Lap 70 of 134 at Kansas Speedway and stayed out front the rest of the way, gaining time thorough a cycle of green-flag pit stops in the middle of the final stage.

Runner-up Zane Smith, the 2022 series champion running a part-time Truck Series schedule this season, closed on Heim over the final 10 laps but ran was still 1.088 seconds in arrears when Heim crossed the finish line.

The victory was Heim’s first at Kansas and the seventh of his career. The driver of the No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota claimed his first victory of the season on March 23 at the Circuit of the Americas road course in Austin, Texas.

“I can’t say enough about these guys at TRICON Garage, man,” said Heim, who has finished in the top 10 in all eight Truck Series races this season. “Top to bottom, we executed so well today with the pit crew, everyone back at the shop…

“What a truck! It was free for most of the race, so I can’t say it was easy. Even with the balance I had, the truck had so much potential to get better. I’m kind of out of breath now—it was a handful those last 30 laps.”

Despite his second-place finish, Smith was disappointed with the result. After winning the second stage, Smith lost seven positions thanks to a slow stop under caution on pit road and couldn’t catch Heim to challenge for the win.

On Lap 104, following a cycle of green-flag pit stops, Smith trailed Heim by 3.743 seconds and cut all but roughly one second off that margin before the finish.

“You can’t lose (seven) spots on pit road,” said Smith, who was making his fourth start of the season in the No. 91 McAnally-Hilgemann Chevrolet. “That one got away there.”

Christian Eckes finished third, followed by Kaden Honeycutt, whose fourth-place run was a career-best.

Brett Moffitt, the 2018 series champion, came home fifth in his first start of the season. Sanchez was sixth after starting from the rear of the field after his No. 2 Chevrolet failed pre-race inspection three times.

Tanner Gray, Dean Thompson, Daniel Dye and Matt Crafton completed the top 10.

Heim holds the series lead by seven points over Eckes.

  • Drivers Entered: 33
  • Laps Scheduled: 150
  • Laps Actual: 134 - Race Shortened
  • Margin of Victory: 01.088 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 1 Hours 30 Minutes 52 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 132.722
  • Cautions: 3 for 16 laps
  • Lead Changes: 13
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,716 (14.5 passes per green flag lap)
Ben Rhodes celebrates in victory lane
Avondale, Arizona - November 3, 2023 : Ben Rhodes, driver of the #99 Kubota Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship, finishing first of the Championship 4 drivers in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Craftsman 150 at Phoenix Raceway.
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Pit Stop Summary Report

Summary of each driver's pit stop during the race. Detailed Report is below the Summary Report.

DRIVER ST FIN # STOPS AVG DRV TIME DRV RNK AVG CREW TIME CREW RANK AVG TOT TIME TOT RNK FASTEST STOP SLOWEST STOP
Matt Crafton 14 10 3 25.631 1 18.162 12 43.792 1 33.720 50.908
Tanner Gray 18 7 3 28.540 7 16.004 1 44.544 2 44.266 45.017
Christian Eckes 10 3 3 28.337 2 16.382 2 44.719 3 44.201 45.036
Connor Mosack 5 30 3 28.839 16 16.571 3 45.410 4 44.275 47.053
Nicholas Sanchez 31 6 3 28.340 3 17.293 5 45.632 5 44.894 46.448
Corey Heim 13 1 3 28.749 12 17.205 4 45.954 6 44.093 47.930
Bayley Currey 21 11 3 28.467 5 17.884 9 46.351 7 45.086 48.136
Kaden Honeycutt 23 4 3 28.838 15 17.595 7 46.433 8 45.682 47.528
Stewart Friesen 8 25 3 28.394 4 18.117 11 46.511 9 37.016 54.197
Taylor Gray 17 27 3 28.524 6 18.013 10 46.537 10 45.685 47.698
Tyler Ankrum 12 20 3 29.094 20 17.519 6 46.614 11 44.623 49.264
Zane Smith 9 2 3 28.808 14 18.395 13 47.204 12 46.150 48.160
Layne Riggs 25 18 2 28.557 8 18.668 16 47.225 13 45.722 48.727
Brett Moffitt 19 5 3 28.750 13 18.495 15 47.245 14 45.553 50.303
Rajah Caruth 4 13 3 28.589 10 18.996 19 47.585 15 47.172 48.128
Daniel Dye 6 9 3 28.627 11 18.962 18 47.590 16 44.041 52.656
Dean Thompson 22 8 3 28.929 18 18.718 17 47.647 17 46.858 48.267
Bret Holmes 24 14 3 29.409 22 18.395 13 47.804 18 45.131 51.342
Grant Enfinger 16 12 3 28.579 9 19.363 21 47.942 19 44.650 49.906
Jake Garcia 7 17 3 30.199 26 17.872 8 48.072 20 46.375 49.473
Chase Purdy 1 28 4 29.684 24 19.018 20 48.702 21 46.910 51.762
Ben Rhodes 11 16 3 29.004 19 19.919 22 48.923 22 48.273 50.052
Ty Dillon 3 15 3 28.889 17 20.130 23 49.019 23 46.165 54.510
Cam Waters 20 19 2 29.180 21 21.097 24 50.277 24 49.207 51.346
Matt Mills 15 23 3 29.454 23 22.388 25 51.842 25 50.646 52.889
Lawless Alan 28 26 3 30.314 27 23.634 26 53.949 26 51.445 56.975
Thad Moffitt 26 24 3 30.328 28 24.568 27 54.896 27 52.395 59.147
Timmy Hill 32 22 3 29.922 25 26.025 28 55.947 28 52.259 58.411

Pit Stop Detailed Report

Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.

DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
Grant Enfinger 96 95 28.501 16.149 44.650 4-wheel change
Grant Enfinger 62 62 28.683 20.586 49.269 4-wheel change
Grant Enfinger 32 32 28.552 21.354 49.906 4-wheel change
Matt Crafton 95 95 17.104 16.616 33.720 4-wheel change
Matt Crafton 62 62 28.365 18.384 46.749 4-wheel change
Matt Crafton 32 32 31.423 19.485 50.908 4-wheel change
Timmy Hill 110 109 29.103 23.156 52.259 4-wheel change
Timmy Hill 32 32 29.744 27.426 57.170 4-wheel change
Timmy Hill 62 62 30.918 27.493 58.411 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 95 95 29.037 16.516 45.553 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 62 62 28.630 17.250 45.880 4-wheel change
Brett Moffitt 32 32 28.583 21.720 50.303 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 32 32 28.816 17.349 46.165 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 97 96 28.831 17.551 46.382 4-wheel change
Ty Dillon 62 62 29.019 25.491 54.510 4-wheel change
Bayley Currey 62 62 28.537 16.549 45.086 4-wheel change
Bayley Currey 95 94 28.413 17.417 45.830 4-wheel change
Bayley Currey 32 32 28.451 19.685 48.136 4-wheel change
Matt Mills 32 32 29.693 20.953 50.646 4-wheel change
Matt Mills 95 94 29.036 22.956 51.992 4-wheel change
Matt Mills 62 62 29.633 23.256 52.889 4-wheel change
Zane Smith 95 94 28.232 17.918 46.150 4-wheel change
Zane Smith 32 32 29.118 18.183 47.301 4-wheel change
Zane Smith 62 62 29.075 19.085 48.160 4-wheel change
Stewart Friesen 13 12 28.074 8.942 37.016 Right-sides only
Stewart Friesen 109 107 28.102 20.219 48.321 4-wheel change
Stewart Friesen 65 63 29.006 25.191 54.197 4-wheel change
Ben Rhodes 62 62 29.989 18.284 48.273 4-wheel change
Ben Rhodes 32 32 28.593 19.852 48.445 4-wheel change
Ben Rhodes 96 95 28.431 21.621 50.052 4-wheel change
Tyler Ankrum 98 97 28.034 16.589 44.623 4-wheel change
Tyler Ankrum 62 62 28.470 17.484 45.954 4-wheel change
Tyler Ankrum 32 32 30.779 18.485 49.264 4-wheel change
Christian Eckes 62 62 28.286 15.915 44.201 4-wheel change
Christian Eckes 32 32 28.471 16.448 44.919 4-wheel change
Christian Eckes 95 95 28.253 16.783 45.036 4-wheel change
Chase Purdy 62 62 29.326 17.584 46.910 4-wheel change
Chase Purdy 97 96 29.371 18.084 47.455 4-wheel change
Chase Purdy 32 32 29.330 19.351 48.681 4-wheel change
Chase Purdy 100 98 30.708 21.054 51.762 4-wheel change
Tanner Gray 62 62 28.751 15.515 44.266 4-wheel change
Tanner Gray 95 95 28.501 15.849 44.350 4-wheel change
Tanner Gray 32 32 28.369 16.648 45.017 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 94 94 28.311 15.782 44.093 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 62 62 28.489 17.350 45.839 4-wheel change
Corey Heim 32 32 29.446 18.484 47.930 4-wheel change
Lawless Alan 108 106 30.224 21.221 51.445 4-wheel change
Lawless Alan 35 33 29.870 23.556 53.426 4-wheel change
Lawless Alan 63 62 30.849 26.126 56.975 4-wheel change
Dean Thompson 96 96 28.240 18.618 46.858 4-wheel change
Dean Thompson 32 32 29.431 18.384 47.815 4-wheel change
Dean Thompson 62 62 29.115 19.152 48.267 4-wheel change
Bret Holmes 97 96 28.815 16.316 45.131 4-wheel change
Bret Holmes 62 62 29.355 17.584 46.939 4-wheel change
Bret Holmes 32 32 30.056 21.286 51.342 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 62 62 28.735 16.950 45.685 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 95 95 28.278 17.951 46.229 4-wheel change
Taylor Gray 32 32 28.559 19.139 47.698 4-wheel change
Thad Moffitt 62 62 31.842 20.553 52.395 4-wheel change
Thad Moffitt 32 32 27.156 25.991 53.147 4-wheel change
Thad Moffitt 97 96 31.987 27.160 59.147 4-wheel change
Nicholas Sanchez 32 32 28.746 16.148 44.894 4-wheel change
Nicholas Sanchez 62 62 27.976 17.579 45.555 4-wheel change
Nicholas Sanchez 95 94 28.297 18.151 46.448 4-wheel change
Rajah Caruth 32 32 28.822 18.350 47.172 4-wheel change
Rajah Caruth 62 62 28.503 18.952 47.455 4-wheel change
Rajah Caruth 92 91 28.441 19.687 48.128 4-wheel change
Jake Garcia 97 96 30.326 16.049 46.375 4-wheel change
Jake Garcia 62 62 29.883 18.484 48.367 4-wheel change
Jake Garcia 32 32 30.389 19.084 49.473 4-wheel change
Kaden Honeycutt 32 32 28.566 17.116 45.682 4-wheel change
Kaden Honeycutt 62 62 29.406 16.683 46.089 4-wheel change
Kaden Honeycutt 95 95 28.543 18.985 47.528 4-wheel change
Connor Mosack 98 97 28.126 16.149 44.275 4-wheel change
Connor Mosack 62 62 29.221 15.682 44.903 4-wheel change
Connor Mosack 32 32 29.170 17.883 47.053 4-wheel change
Layne Riggs 95 94 28.171 17.551 45.722 4-wheel change
Layne Riggs 32 32 28.942 19.785 48.727 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 98 98 28.426 15.615 44.041 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 62 62 28.989 17.083 46.072 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 32 32 28.467 24.189 52.656 4-wheel change
Cam Waters 62 62 29.130 20.077 49.207 4-wheel change
Cam Waters 97 96 29.229 22.117 51.346 4-wheel change