“We Kicked Their Ass This Year!” Corey Heim Takes a Cheeky Dig at Haters After Dominant Truck Title Win

Tricon Garage’s Corey Heim secured the 2025 Truck championship, concluding the most dominant season in NASCAR history on a high note.

“We Kicked Their Ass This Year!” Corey Heim Takes a Cheeky Dig at Haters After Dominant Truck Title Win

Corey Heim wins the 2025 Truck Championship (Via @NASCAR_Trucks/X)

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If there was a driver that deserved to win the Truck Championship this season, it was Tricon Garage’s Corey Heim. He won the title on Friday night, pulling of an impressive run, to secure his maiden title, in most probably his last season in the lower division as he is more than ready for a Cup promotion. But his haters still found ways to criticize the No:11 TRD Truck driver.

On the first overtime restart, Corey Heim found himself at the end of the top 10 after pitting to take fresh tiers. Everyone thought it was the wrong move, as other three championship-4 driver were starting ahead of him. But he pulled of a seven wide overtake, by laying back in the restart, to take P2 behind Ty Majeski just before the caution.

In the second overtime restart, he comfortably took the lead and secured the championship. But his decision lay back caused some criticism and when asked about it, he called out his haters for trying to put an asterisk on his triumph. He asserted that he had no option but to make that move, considering the race leader was using 50-lap tire.

Yeah, people are going to talk about anything that they possibly can to put an asterisk on it, right? We kind of kicked their ass this year and we put ourselves in position, and I did everything it took to be in the right spot at the right time. When you got a guy that stayed out on 50-lap tires and put him on the front row, if you don’t give yourself a gap, then you’re screwed, right?

Corey Heim told Bob Pockrass.

Further talking about the point, the Toyota driver pointed out that he explored the limit of the rules regarding the laying back at the moment and asserted that he didn’t abuse it. He just did everything he can to secure the all-important win of his racing career and he was rewarded for it with the championship triumph.  

I mean, if I started on the guy’s bumper, I know how much NASCAR—we talk about it in the driver meetings all the time—how much you can get away with. And I didn’t abuse that. I listened to them and I did everything I could to put myself in position to win the race.

Corey Heim added.

Corey Heim asserts his team’s consistency might be getting overlooked

In the same conversation, Heim talked about his teams’ dominance, statically the best season a driver has had in the series. He has the most wins in a season (12), most laps led in a season (1627), the first driver to ever lead in every race and the most stage wins ever (23).

Corey Heim
Corey Heim (via Forbes)

He was the regular Season Champion, had no DNFs and also scored Most Top-5s in a season (19).  He highlighted the statistical dominance of the No:11 Tricon team on his post-race interview, and declared that everyone back in the race shop alongside Toyota deserves credit for it.

But to bring the best equipment every single week is a feat that’s maybe overlooked. I know a lot of people are talking about us statistically, how good we are, but we were so good every single week. It truly takes a team from top to bottom—everyone at Tricon Garage, everyone on this 11 crew specifically, and Toyota, all the support from them. It really takes an organization, a team, a manufacturer. You don’t see it every day…

Corey Heim said.

There shouldn’t be a single asterisk on the TRD driver’s triumph as he made racing history and earned everything this year. He proved him worth and deserves a top tier Cup seat in the 2026 season. 23XI Racing needs to find a seat for him, if they don’t want to lose him to Ford or Chevy.

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