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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 No. 67 Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing, as a development driver for 23XI and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving a Toyota Tundra TRD Pro for Tricon Garage.
Heim is the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion.
On January 12, 2020, Heim announced a full-season CARS Late Model Stock Tour schedule with Lee Pulliam Performance. 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 January 25, Heim won the SpeedFest 200 late model race in Georgia. 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.
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.
Heim continued to run for Venturini in 2022, running a seven-race slate. He scored wins at Daytona and Kansas during the season.
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.
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.
On October 27, 2022, David Gilliland Racing announced that they will be moving to Toyota Racing Development in 2023, and renaming to Tricon Garage (with Tricon styled in all-capital letters). 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.
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 final points standings.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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