BRISTOL, Tenn. — When it comes to racing in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, there’s not much Corey Heim hasn’t accomplished.
The 23-year-old from Marietta, Georgia, accumulated a single-season series-record 12 victories last year in winning his first championship.
This year, Heim is driving part-time for TRICON Garage, and he has the chance to do something unprecedented in Friday night’s Tennessee Army National Guard 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
In the first of three Triple Truck Challenge races March 20 at Darlington, Heim pulled off a dramatic win in the No. 5 TRICON Garage Toyota. Two weeks later he triumphed in the No. 1 TRICON Tundra at Rockingham to claim a $100,000 bonus in the second race of “The Trip.”
Should he become the first driver to win all three races of a Triple Truck Challenge, Heim would collect a $350,000 bonus for a total of $500,000 for his efforts.
“I don’t really think about it in the truck, but being able to reflect on it, it would be cool to be the first person to sweep all three if we are able to do it,” Heim said after the Rockingham win.
“There is a lot of motivation for these guys in the No. 1 camp with Celsius as our primary (sponsor at Bristol), so super excited about that.”
Heim won at Bristol in 2023 and has finished second, third and third in his last three starts there.
Foremost among Heim’s competition for the Triple Truck Challenge bonus are Front Row Motorsports teammates Layne Riggs and Chandler Smith, both two-time winners at Thunder Valley (with Riggs winning two of the last three races there).
The field also features a handful of NASCAR Cup Series regulars, including five-time Truck Series winner Kyle Busch, Ross Chastain, Carson Hocevar and Daniel Suarez. The Cup drivers are not eligible for the Triple Truck Challenge bonus money.