Corey Heim

Corey David Heim (born July 5, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 67 Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing, as a development driver for 23XI and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 1 and No. 5 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro for Tricon Garage.

Heim is the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion.

Early career

Heim raced in Legends cars, winning the 2016 Young Lions division and the 2017 Thursday Thunder Pro division championship at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He later transitioned to running super late models, driving in events sanctioned by the CARS Tour, Southern Super Series, Pro All-Stars Series (PASS), and NASCAR Whelen All-American Series. Late in 2018, Heim crossed the finish line first in the ValleyStar Credit Union 300, but lost the race on a rules procedure. A short time later, he won his first super late model race, at South Boston Speedway. Even after moving up to national touring series, Heim still raced at large late model events like Short Track Nationals, and almost scored a PASS win at Richmond Raceway in March 2018 before being disqualified because of engine spacers. On January 12, 2020, Heim announced a full-season CARS Late Model Stock Tour schedule with Lee Pulliam Performance. On January 25, Heim won the SpeedFest 200 late model race in Georgia.

ARCA

2019

Heim began racing in the ARCA Menards Series in 2019. He joined Chad Bryant Racing to run thirteen of twenty ARCA Menards Series events in the team's No. 22 car. He scored a top-five finish in his series debut, which came at Five Flags Speedway in March. Despite not running the full season, Heim ended up finishing tenth in the standings. Although he went winless, Heim never failed to finish any of his races, and scored a top-ten in all of them except for Nashville, where he finished eleventh.

2020

On January 16, it was announced that Heim would join Venturini Motorsports for seven total races: three in the ARCA Menards Series East, and two apiece in the ARCA Menards Series and the ARCA Menards Series West. On July 24, Heim placed fourth at Kansas Speedway in ARCA Menards Series competition after a flat tire dropped him from second on the final lap. In his return to Kansas in October, Heim led the most laps and won the race.

2021

In 2021, Heim was promoted to a full-time deal with Venturini, driving the No. 20 in the main ARCA Menards Series, replacing Chandler Smith and Ryan Repko. Smith moved up to the Truck Series full-time in 2021 with Kyle Busch Motorsports. Heim's crew chief that year would be Shannon Rursch, who moved over from Venturini's No. 15 car of Drew Dollar. Heim would start the season with a win in the season-opener at Daytona. Throughout the season, he scored wins at Talladega, Pocono, Elko, Watkins Glen, and Illinois. He was known for having a season-long rivalry with Ty Gibbs, who ended up as the 2021 champion, with Heim finishing second by 37 points.

2022

Heim continued to run for Venturini in 2022, running a seven-race slate. He scored wins at Daytona and Kansas during the season.

2025

After a three-year hiatus, Heim returned to ARCA competition in 2025, driving for Venturini in their No. 25 car at Michigan, subbing for the original driver, Jake Finch, who suffered from an illness prior to the race. Heim ended up finishing second in the race.

Craftsman Truck Series

2021

On April 19, 2021, Kyle Busch revealed in an interview that Heim would make his Truck Series debut in the No. 51 for his Kyle Busch Motorsports team at Darlington. Heim made his NCWTS debut at Darlington Raceway on May 7 in the Kyle Busch Motorsports number 51 truck. He would finish 23rd after being wrecked from behind on a late race restart.

2022

Heim rejoined KBM for a 15-race Truck schedule in 2022. On March 19, 2022, Heim won his first NCWTS race at his home track of Atlanta with a last lap pass of his teammate Chandler Smith. He won his second race at Gateway, but because he did not run a full-time schedule, he was ineligible for the playoffs. Despite missing seven races, Heim finished the season fourteenth in points and won the 2022 Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year honors.

2023

On October 27, 2022, David Gilliland Racing announced that they will be moving to Toyota Racing Development in 2023, and renaming to Tricon Garage. That same day, Heim was announced as one of the full-time drivers for the team. Heim scored his first win of the season at Martinsville. He was forced to miss Gateway due to an illness; Jesse Love substituted for him and finished ninth in the race. Despite missing one race, Heim maintained the points lead and scored his second win at Mid-Ohio. At the conclusion of the Richmond race, Heim claimed the regular season championship. During the playoffs, Heim won at Bristol. Heim finished third at Homestead to make the Championship 4. He finished eighteenth at Phoenix after being spun out by Carson Hocevar and third in the final points standings. However, on November 8, 2023, Heim was penalized 25 driver points and fined $12,500 by NASCAR for intentionally wrecking Hocevar with three laps to go; the loss of driver points resulted in Heim dropping to fourth in the points standings.

2024

Heim started the 2024 season with a second-place finish at Daytona. Throughout the regular season, he scored wins at COTA, Kansas, North Wilkesboro, Gateway, and Pocono. During the playoffs, Heim won at Kansas. He finished second in the final points standings.

2025

Heim started the 2025 season with another second-place finish at Daytona; however, the initial race winner, Parker Kligerman, failed post-race inspection after it was found that his truck was too low. Kligerman was disqualified, and Heim would be awarded the win. In the regular-season, he also scored wins at Las Vegas, Texas, Charlotte, Lime Rock, Watkins Glen, and Richmond. During the playoffs, he won at Darlington, New Hampshire, and the Charlotte Roval; the latter earning him a record ten wins in a season, beating Greg Biffle's previous record of nine wins in 1999. He scored his eleventh win of the season at Martinsville to make the Championship 4. Heim concluded the season with a win at Phoenix to claim the Truck Series championship.

2026

Heim returned to Tricon on a muli-race deal in the Nos. 1 and 5 trucks. During that time, he won at Darlington in the No. 5 and at Rockingham in the No. 1. At Rockingham, after points leader Chandler Smith was disqualified following post-race inspection, Heim achieved a rare feat in NASCAR by tying the points lead with Kaden Honeycutt despite being part-time and missing two races.

Xfinity Series

2023

On April 29, 2023, Heim made his Xfinity Series debut at Dover, driving the Sam Hunt Racing No. 24 Toyota to a 35th-place DNF after experiencing engine failure. Two weeks later, he finished tenth at Darlington. He ran two more races that season, finishing 37th at Pocono and fifteenth at Darlington in September.

2024

On January 10, 2024, it was announced that Heim will return to Sam Hunt Racing in 2024, running another part-time schedule in the No. 26 car. He ran a 13-race slate, with three top fives and four top tens.

2025

On February 23, 2025, it was announced that Heim would return to Sam Hunt Racing, competing part-time for a third season for the team. He ran three races with a best finish of eighth in the Bristol spring race.

Cup Series

2024

On January 25, 2024, it was announced that Heim would join Legacy Motor Club and 23XI Racing as their reserve driver throughout the Cup Series in 2024. In addition, he would also serve as Legacy's simulator driver. Heim would make his Cup Series debut at Dover as a result of an injury suffered by Erik Jones the previous weekend at Talladega. Heim would finish in 25th, three laps down. Heim would also race in the No. 43 at Kansas, finishing 22nd and on the lead lap, despite Jones being cleared to race.

2025

On February 23, 2025, it was announced that Heim had signed a multi-year deal with 23XI Racing to be the team's development driver, which included driving a partial schedule in the No. 67 Toyota. In his first start at Kansas Speedway, he finished in 13th after starting in 28th place. He then finished 37th in his next start at Nashville Superspeedway due to a crash. At the Chicago Street Course, Heim failed to qualify after being bumped by Katherine Legge. He then made another start at Richmond Raceway, where he finished in 29th place. In his final Cup start of the year at Bristol Motor Speedway, Heim earned his first career top-ten after finishing in sixth despite starting in 38th place.

2026

On January 27, 2026, it was announced that Heim will once again run a partial schedule in the No. 67, including an attempt to make the Daytona 500. Heim would end up leading 69 laps at Texas before a late spin in the race resulted in him finishing 31st.

2027

On May 30, 2026, it was announced that Heim would compete full-time in the No. 35 for 23XI Racing.

Heim is the son of Lisa and Ray Heim. Ray Heim was a former late model racer and the Chief Technology Officer at Pen-Tech Associates, Inc in Kennesaw, Georgia. Heim graduated from Kennesaw Mountain High School.

NASCAR

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Cup Series

Daytona 500

Xfinity Series

Craftsman Truck Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

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ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series West

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour

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CARS Super Late Model Tour

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CARS Pro Late Model Tour

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