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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
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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)
Zane Smith, Chase Purdy, Corey Heim
Kansas City, Kansas - May 4, 2024 : Zane Smith, driver of the #38 RTA rtatel.com Ford, Chase Purdy, driver of the #4 Bama Buggies Chevrolet, and Corey Heim, driver of the #11 Safelite Toyota, talk backstage during pre-race ceremonies prior to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Heart of America 200 at Kansas Speedway.
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Heart of America 200 at Kansas Speedway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND LAP LAPS OA RNK OA AVG 5- 10- 15- 20- 25- 30- 10-LAP FRM TO
9 Grant Enfinger Chevrolet 23 171.767 31.438 0.543 2 27 25 32.027 31.769 32.175 0 0 0 0 167.835 18 27
88 Matt Crafton Ford 24 171.761 31.439 0.544 4 19 20 31.776 31.558 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
56 Timmy Hill Toyota 29 169.385 31.880 0.985 1 3 21 31.931 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
1 Brett Moffitt Toyota 10 173.768 31.076 0.181 2 20 5 31.513 31.193 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
25 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 27 170.422 31.686 0.791 16 19 23 31.968 31.767 31.858 0 0 0 0 169.504 10 19
41 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 15 173.044 31.206 0.311 2 20 19 31.756 31.472 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
76 Spencer Boyd Chevrolet 33 164.144 32.898 2.003 4 10 32 33.318 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
42 Matt Mills Chevrolet 20 172.007 31.394 0.499 4 18 26 32.072 31.586 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
02 Mason Massey Chevrolet 26 171.184 31.545 0.650 2 3 27 32.154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
91 Zane Smith Chevrolet 12 173.539 31.117 0.222 4 20 1 31.427 31.234 31.329 31.373 31.427 0 0 172.366 2 11
52 Stewart Friesen Toyota 19 172.596 31.287 0.392 9 22 13 31.648 31.313 31.342 0 0 0 0 172.291 2 11
99 Ben Rhodes Ford 2 174.757 30.900 0.005 2 15 10 31.580 31.259 31.532 0 0 0 0 171.271 1 10
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Chevrolet 32 164.224 32.882 1.987 6 9 33 33.424 33.331 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
18 Tyler Ankrum Chevrolet 7 173.818 31.067 0.172 2 25 16 31.725 31.311 31.407 31.536 31.653 0 0 171.943 2 11
19 Christian Eckes Chevrolet 4 174.543 30.938 0.043 1 20 11 31.583 31.145 31.308 31.435 31.583 0 0 172.490 1 10
77 Chase Purdy Chevrolet 9 173.773 31.075 0.180 3 20 12 31.636 31.480 31.571 0 0 0 0 171.057 1 10
98 Ty Majeski Ford 1 174.786 30.895 0.000 3 24 9 31.531 30.988 31.820 0 0 0 0 169.708 15 24
15 Tanner Gray Toyota 3 174.740 30.903 0.008 3 21 3 31.474 31.174 31.348 31.375 31.456 0 0 172.271 2 11
11 Corey Heim Toyota 5 174.430 30.958 0.063 4 28 2 31.446 31.107 31.228 31.286 31.337 0 0 172.930 2 11
33 Lawless Alan Ford 28 169.657 31.829 0.934 3 15 29 32.345 32.452 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
5 Dean Thompson Toyota 6 174.284 30.984 0.089 2 22 15 31.706 31.261 31.439 31.587 0 0 0 171.778 1 10
32 Bret Holmes Chevrolet 21 171.860 31.421 0.526 2 15 22 31.931 31.689 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
17 Taylor Gray Toyota 11 173.633 31.100 0.205 4 19 6 31.516 31.205 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
46 Thad Moffitt Chevrolet 30 168.083 32.127 1.232 7 17 30 32.475 32.314 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
2 Nicholas Sanchez Chevrolet 8 173.779 31.074 0.179 4 21 8 31.523 31.322 31.451 0 0 0 0 171.698 6 15
71 Rajah Caruth Chevrolet 13 173.132 31.190 0.295 3 13 4 31.494 31.375 31.485 0 0 0 0 171.516 1 10
13 Jake Garcia Ford 25 171.679 31.454 0.559 1 21 28 32.195 31.707 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
45 Kaden Honeycutt Chevrolet 16 172.900 31.232 0.337 2 17 7 31.521 31.376 31.462 31.502 0 0 0 171.639 1 10
7 Connor Mosack Chevrolet 17 172.866 31.238 0.343 5 16 14 31.651 31.365 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
22 Mason Maggio Ford 31 166.543 32.424 1.529 6 12 31 32.919 32.675 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
38 Layne Riggs Ford 18 172.618 31.283 0.388 7 19 18 31.731 31.503 31.612 0 0 0 0 170.826 3 12
43 Daniel Dye Chevrolet 14 173.099 31.196 0.301 3 17 17 31.729 31.321 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
66 Cam Waters Ford 22 171.827 31.427 0.532 7 20 24 31.985 31.514 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0