On Wednesday, December 3, 2025, Tricon Garage shared an X post announcing Corey Heim’s departure from the team. Following that, fans praised Heim in the comments for delivering a wonderful performance this season for the Craftsman Truck Series team.

The 23-year-old driver debuted in the Truck Series in 2021 with Kyle Busch Motorsports, driving the #51 Toyota. After spending two years with the team, he landed his maiden full-time seat with Tricon Garage in 2023 and has been with the team since then. Heim has displayed his remarkable skills since his rookie season and has piloted the #11 Toyota for the team.

Corey Heim clinched his first-ever Truck Series championship title this season. He logged an astonishing 12 victories, 21 top tens, 19 top fives, and seven pole positions in 25 starts. According to the Daily Downforce’s report after the dominant season, Heim will aim for a promotion.

Following Heim’s departure, fans expressed their take in the comments, with one stating:

“He will be missed, thanks for the championship Corey, you are a legend! Hope team owner @DavidGilliland runs a few races this year!”

Meanwhile, another wrote:

“Congratulations for an amazing year!”

Here are some more reactions to the post:

“U should’ve put him back in it for another year,” an X user suggested.

“I really wanna know what kind of sponsorship kayden Honeycutt is bringing compared to Corey. Like literally just shut down the 15 and 1 and start 1 xfinity team for Corey. You guys got to have the money at this point for it,” a motorsports fan commented.

“What a wheelman What a Team That will be hard to beat for sure,” a NASCAR fan wrote.

“@TRICONGarage I’m sorry for doubting Corey Heim this year,” a motorsports enthusiast stated.

Corey Heim amassed 23 victories in the Truck Series, followed by 51 top fives, 68 top tens, and 14 pole positions in 89 starts. Additionally, he maintained an average start of 7.4 and an average finish of 8.1 in his five-year career.

Corey Heim broke Mike Skinner’s legendary record after securing his maiden NASCAR championship title

Former Tricon Garage driver Corey Heim won the 2025 Truck Series championship title on October 31, 2025. Following the title victory, Heim also outperformed NASCAR legend Mike Skinner’s record and set a new record among all three national series.

Skinner held the record for leading the most laps in a single season in the series. The former Truck Series driver set the record by leading 1533 laps in the 1996 season, and the record was untouched until the 2025 season. However, Heim was six laps behind breaking the record ahead of the Phoenix race. Later, he broke the record and emerged as the Truck Series champion.

Additionally, Corey Heim became the first driver in all three NASCAR series to lead at least one lap in every race in a single season. Reflecting on that, stock car analyst Jeff Gluck wrote:

“Get this: Corey Heim has now completed an incredible feat and led at least one lap in every race. He also just broke Mike Skinner’s single-season laps led record (set in 1996).”

“Per @NASCARInsights, Heim is the first driver to lead every race in a season for any series in a NASCAR national series,” he added.

Corey Heim started the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship race from sixth place. He secured the position with a best time of 26.77 seconds, achieving a top speed of 134.47 mph. Later, he made a seven-wide pass in overtime, leading to his victory.