NASCAR CUP SERIES: ANDURIL 250

June 21, 2026

Corey Heim

Frontstretch Quotes

An Interview with:

Q. Corey Heim, how does it feel, man?

COREY HEIM: I'm speechless. I mean, we started the race, I mean, I think we started 13th. We fell straight back to 20th. Then put on our scuffs from qualifying, struggled just as bad.

I don't know if we made any adjustments. Bootie kept telling me these were our worst two sets of tire, we were going to be fine. He was right. I couldn't believe it. We strapped another set of tires on, and we were just fine. Hit the wall a couple of times and maybe knocked some good into the car. I have no idea.

After stage two, I just took a deep breath. I had high expectations coming into this race. Even playing field for me. You don't see that every day for a young driver like myself. Just kind of took a deep breath, reset and went after it.

Caught a couple breaks with some of the good guys out.

Q. I know how hard and how much work you've put in over these last three, four years in the Toyota program to have this opportunity. You ran down one of the best, Tyler Reddick. Take me through that battle with him.

COREY HEIM: Been a big help, too, Trevor. I appreciate you, man.

I don't know. I feel like for a while I thought he was kind of playing with me, but he was able to set the pace being the lead car. I was able to stick with him. I'm not really burning my stuff up. Five to go came. Time to put some pressure on him, see if I could get him to make a mistake. Sure enough he did. I think he ended up braking or something. I don't know what happened to me.

He doored me down there in five and gave me back to me. That's something you don't see every day. That's a great teammate. I don't know. Just crazy. It feels like a dream. I hope I don't wake up from this dream.

I don't know. This is insane. So thankful for 23XI, Mobil 1, Toyota for this journey. I didn't expect to come into my part-time season and win. Here we are. It's crazy.

Hasn't even sunk in yet. I'm sure I'll get emotional in a little bit, but it really hasn't sunk in yet.