Corey Heim

23-Year-Old Driver  
TRICON Garage
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Heim is the reigning Craftsman Truck Series champion and he's coming off an amazing, record-setting 12-win season in 2025. The young talent is coming off two part-time efforts in the Cup Series and Heim earned his first-career Top 10 (Bristol) last season. Heim's primary focus will once again be on the Truck Series in the upcoming season but he'll still be involved in a handful of races in NASCAR's top division. He is 23XI Racing's top development driver and next in line for a ride in the Cup Series when the opportunity comes along. For now he'll have to wait and keep stacking up victories and championships in the Truck Series. While his footprint of races and corresponding impact is small, Heim is wildly talented and a driver to watch very closely in the near future. Read Past Outlooks
12 Cup Starts
NASCAR Cup
February 8, 2026
3XI Racing announced that Heim will compete in an increased number of NASCAR Cup Series events in the 2026 season. Heim competed in five NASCAR Cup Series events in 2025, his first year as 23XI Racing's first development driver. Following his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship one year ago, Heim expands his NASCAR Cup Series schedule to 12 events in 2026, Racing America reports.
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The talented driver won't be defending his truck series championship of last year, but Heim will be increasing his Cup Series schedule in 2026. He'll compete 12 events in the No. 67 Toyota in the upcoming season. The slate will include both Daytona races and a lineup of mostly intermediate ovals. Heim is very skilled and a huge prospect for the future. He'll use the additional races to prepare for what will likely be his first full Cup Series season in 2027.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Heim may have finished runner-up in last season's championship chase, but he sure raced like a champion in 2024. The driver of the No. 11 Toyota racked up a career-best six victories and 18 Top-10 finishes in the 23-event schedule. Heim was equally dangerous on all size ovals and even road courses with his win at COTA. He returns to the same TRICON team and crew chief, Scott Zipadelli, and will seek to capture that elusive Craftsman Truck Series championship. At just 22-years-old he's yet to hit his prime and has a lot of good racing still to come. Heim is one of the top performing drivers of the past three seasons and really the man to beat in terms of the 2025 championship.
With so many driver promotions impacting the Craftsman Truck Series, we expect to see a shakeup at the top this season. Heim returns to the No. 11 TRICON team and will look to build on his career-best three wins and 19 Top-10 finishes of last season. The young driver would race for the championship last November, but would come up just a bit short at Phoenix, finishing third in the final standings. With no Carson Hocevar, Zane Smith nor GMS Racing around in 2024, the series seems ripe for Heim's taking. Scott Zipadelli returns at crew chief for this strong team, and he'll look to guide Heim to many wins and possibly a first-ever truck series championship.
The 20-year-old talent had quite the season with Kyle Busch Motorsports last year. Heim's rookie campaign would include two wins, two poles and 10 Top-10 finishes. Since he only competed in 16 events, Heim wouldn't factor in the championship picture. However, this year he's set to take on the full slate of races with new team TRICON Garage. Heim will pilot their No. 11 Toyota and look to push into the upper tier of drivers in 2023. It will be a tall task after the team change, but we believe Heim has the talent to make it happen. There are some unknowns about this team at the time of this writing so the picture isn't completely clear, but Heim's talent alone is good enough to take this team far.
For the first time in a long time, there will be no Kyle Busch racing in this division of NASCAR. That means his driver rotation truck of the No. 51 team will have an all-new outlook this season. Youngster Heim will take the bulk of the 23-race schedule with 15 starts. It remains to be seen who will fill in the other eight starts for the team. This truck achieved great success with Busch last season, but much less performance with the younger drivers. The 19-year-old Heim has just three starts of experience in this division of NASCAR, but he is talented. Heim won six races and finished runner-up in the ARCA Menards Series in 2021. He'll have a lot to learn in the upcoming season, but with undoubtedly some highlights along the way.
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Wins Truck Series Championship
Craftsman Truck Series
October 31, 2025
By virtue of winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway on Friday night, Heim was declared the 2025 series champion.
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Wins Slim Jim 200
Craftsman Truck Series
October 24, 2025
Heim won the Slim Jim 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Friday night.
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Runner-up Finish at Talladega
Craftsman Truck Series
October 17, 2025
Heim finished second in the Love's RV Stop 225 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Talladega Superspeedway on Friday afternoon.
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Wins Ecosave 250
Craftsman Truck Series
October 3, 2025
Heim won the Ecosave 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval on Friday afternoon.
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Wins Ecosave 250 Pole
Craftsman Truck Series
October 3, 2025
Heim won the pole for the Ecosave 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval on Friday. He turned a fast lap of 96.492 mph.
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