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Celebrating its 75th Anniversary in 2023, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 16 of the nation’s major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR consists of three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR Xfinity Series™, and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series™), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series™, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour™), one local grassroots series (NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series™) and three international series (NASCAR Pinty’s Series™, NASCAR Mexico Series™, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series™). The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in eight cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races in more than 30 U.S. states, Canada, Mexico and Europe. For more information visit www.NASCAR.com and www.IMSA.com, and follow NASCAR on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat (‘NASCAR’).

Corey Heim steals an overtime win at Darlington Raceway

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March 20, 2026

By Reid Spencer

 

NASCAR Wire Service

 

DARLINGTON, S.C.—Same guy. Different truck. Same result.

 

Driving the No. 5 TRICON Garage Toyota on a part-time basis, Corey Heim shocked race leader Ross Chastain with a last-lap pass and collected his second-straight victory at Darlington Raceway in Friday night’s Buckle Up South Carolina 200.

 

Last year, the No.11 TRICON Tundra carried Heim to a record 12 victories and the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series championship.

 

This year, the No. 5 truck carried him to a two-overtime win in his second series start of the season, as Heim is running a cobbled-together schedule of Truck Series, O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and NASCAR Cup Series races.

 

Heim also collected the $50,000 Triple Truck Challenge bonus for the victory. Should he run again on April 3 at Rockingham Speedway, he would be eligible for a $100,000 prize available to a driver who wins two races in “The Trip.”

 

Heim’s overtime victory on Friday night was unlikely enough, and it boiled down to strategy. On Lap 145, with three laps left in regulation, Heim brought his Tundra to pit road for scuffed tires that were five laps fresher than those of Chastain and other frontrunners.

 

Restarting 15th on the first attempt at overtime, Heim gained six spots before the ninth caution for a wreck involving Jake Garcia, Tyler Ankrum, Corey LaJoie and Stewart Friesen.

 

Heim was ninth for the final restart and used his tires to excellent advantage, making the pass for the win through Turns 3 and 4 on the final lap.

 

“I’m out of breath, for sure,” said Heim, who led three times for 28 laps and picked up his 24th win in 91 Truck Series starts. “Man, we had a set of scuffs laying, and they were five laps fresher than everyone else’s. It was worth a shot. I didn’t think we could win from where we were at.

 

“I felt like I made all the right moves. I had it three-wide coming to the white (flag) and bombed on in there on Ross (into Turn 3). I was shocked he gave me the bottom like that with fresher tires.”

 

Chastain, who led 35 laps and controlled both overtime restarts, thought he had the race won.

 

“I have no idea what just happened,” said Chastain, who is running races in all three NASCAR series this weekend. “We did so much right… I think that’s on us as a whole that we didn’t catch that.

 

“Of course, I would have run the bottom if I thought he would have been close, but I thought I got a good restart. Bummer.”

 

Kaden Honeycutt, who won his first career pole earlier in the day, led a race-high 59 laps in the No. 11 TRICON Garage truck Heim drove last year. Honeycutt restarted second and chose the top lane for both overtimes but faded to fourth after the final restart.

 

“That last restart, the top lane wasn’t preferred,” Honeycutt said. “It was like that all night, obviously. The bottom was really good. I tried not to spin the tires as much as I possibly could…

 

“By the time the 5 (Heim) got by me and the 91 (third-place finisher Christian Eckes) was in front of him, I pretty much just committed to helping (Heim) and see if he could get up there and win the race. I don’t know how in the world he did, but he did.”

 

Connor Mosack finished fifth, followed Christopher Bell, Grant Enfinger, Gio Ruggiero, Daniel Hemric and William Sawalich.

 

Chandler Smith ran 17th but left Darlington with a 33-point lead over second-place Honeycutt in the series standings.

 

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NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race - Buckle Up South Carolina 200

Darlington Raceway

Darlington, South Carolina

Friday, March 20, 2026

 

                    1. (5)  Corey Heim, Toyota, 157.

                    2. (9)  Ross Chastain(i), Chevrolet, 157.

                    3. (16)  Christian Eckes, Chevrolet, 157.

                    4. (1)  Kaden Honeycutt, Toyota, 157.

                    5. (10)  Connor Mosack, Chevrolet, 157.

                    6. (6)  Christopher Bell(i), Toyota, 157.

                    7. (11)  Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, 157.

                    8. (4)  Giovanni Ruggiero, Toyota, 157.

                    9. (14)  Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 157.

                    10. (27)  William Sawalich(i), Toyota, 157.

                    11. (22)  AJ Allmendinger(i), RAM, 157.

                    12. (8)  Layne Riggs, Ford, 157.

                    13. (3)  Tanner Gray, Toyota, 157.

                    14. (26)  Timmy Hill, Toyota, 157.

                    15. (25)  Justin Haley, RAM, 157.

                    16. (19)  Conner Jones, Chevrolet, 157.

                    17. (12)  Chandler Smith, Ford, 157.

                    18. (36)  Frankie Muniz, Ford, 157.

                    19. (24)  Dawson Sutton, Chevrolet, 157.

                    20. (29)  Brenden Queen #, RAM, 157.

                    21. (20)  Corey LaJoie(i), RAM, 157.

                    22. (2)  Carson Hocevar(i), Chevrolet, 157.

                    23. (23)  Jake Garcia, Ford, 157.

                    24. (18)  Tyler Ankrum, Chevrolet, 157.

                    25. (13)  Stewart Friesen, Toyota, 157.

                    26. (34)  Justin Carroll, Toyota, 157.

                    27. (35)  Caleb Costner, Chevrolet, 155.

                    28. (17)  Cole Butcher #, Ford, 153.

                    29. (33)  Clayton Green, Ford, 148.

                    30. (32)  Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 147.

                    31. (7)  Ty Majeski, Ford, DVP, 123.

                    32. (21)  Andres Perez De Lara, Chevrolet, Accident, 122.

                    33. (28)  Kris Wright, Chevrolet, Suspension, 111.

                    34. (30)  Mini Tyrrell #, RAM, Steering, 93.

                    35. (31)  Josh Reaume, Ford, Suspension, 51.

                    36. (15)  Ben Rhodes, Ford, Accident, 2.

 

Average Speed of Race Winner:  97.005 mph.

Time of Race:  2 Hrs, 12 Mins, 39 Secs. Margin of Victory:  .145 Seconds.

Caution Flags:  9 for 47 laps.

Lead Changes:  14 among 8 drivers.

Lap Leaders:   K. Honeycutt 1-8;C. Heim 9-12;C. Bell(i) 13-18;C. Heim 19-41;C. Eckes 42-48;K. Honeycutt 49-65;R. Chastain(i) 66-74;K. Honeycutt 75-107;T. Hill 108-110;R. Chastain(i) 111-123;C. Jones 124-126;K. Honeycutt 127;C. Hocevar(i) 128-143;R. Chastain(i) 144-156;C. Heim 157.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Kaden Honeycutt 4 times for 59 laps; Ross Chastain(i) 3 times for 35 laps; Corey Heim 3 times for 28 laps; Carson Hocevar(i) 1 time for 16 laps; Christian Eckes 1 time for 7 laps; Christopher Bell(i) 1 time for 6 laps; Timmy Hill 1 time for 3 laps; Conner Jones 1 time for 3 laps.

Stage #1 Top Ten: 91,11,5,34,1,88,77,45,15,19

Stage #2 Top Ten: 11,45,88,5,91,18,77,34,98,1

 
 

 

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Celebrating its 75th Anniversary in 2023, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 16 of the nation’s major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR consists of three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR Xfinity Series™, and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series™), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series™, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour™), one local grassroots series (NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series™) and three international series (NASCAR Pinty’s Series™, NASCAR Mexico Series™, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series™). The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in eight cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races in more than 30 U.S. states, Canada, Mexico and Europe. For more information visit www.NASCAR.com and www.IMSA.com, and follow NASCAR on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat (‘NASCAR’).

 

PIT BOX: Modified Tour season resumes with the race for a clock at Martinsville

 

March 25, 2026

 

By Adam Fenwick

NASCAR Wire Service

 

After more than a month off, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season kicks into high gear Friday night with the running of the Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 at Martinsville Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET on FloRacing).

 

Friday’s event marks the 41st visit for the Modified Tour to Martinsville and the first time the series has visited the 0.526-mile asphalt oval in the spring since 2021. Justin Bonsignore has won the last two series events at Martinsville and will try to become the first driver in series history to win three consecutive events at the track.

 

Mike Stefanik is the all-time Modified Tour wins leader at Martinsville with five. Other notable winners include Mike Ewanitsko, Jeff Fuller, Reggie Ruggiero, Charlie Jarzombek, Tom Baldwin, Brett Bodine, Ryan Preece and the aforementioned Bonsignore.

 

Below is everything you need to know about the second race of the 2026 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season.

 

Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 at Martinsville Speedway

 

Statistically speaking, no one has been better at Martinsville Speedway over the last two years than Justin Bonsignore.

 

The four-time Modified Tour champion has led 258 of a possible 406 laps in the two most recent events at Martinsville, and he walked away with the Grandfather clock each time.

 

This Friday, Bonsignore with the help of his Ken Massa Motorsports team will try to do something no other driver has done: Win three consecutive Modified Tour events at the track known as the paperclip. The team already has a win this year at Florida’s New Smyrna Speedway, making them an obvious favorite heading into Friday’s race.

 

More than 30 drivers will look to deny Bonsignore’s bid for history Friday night, including defending Modified Tour champion Austin Beers. The Northampton, Pennsylvania driver is still looking for his first Martinsville victory and could very well be the man that denies Bonsignore his record third consecutive win at the track.

 

One driver who shockingly has never won at Martinsville is two-time Modified Tour champion Ron Silk. The Connecticut driver has struggled at Martinsville during his career, earning only one top-five finish in nine previous Martinsville starts. He’ll be in the field Friday looking to add his name to the list of Martinsville winners.

 

A slew of other drivers could be in the running to find Victory Lane on Friday night. Eric Goodale, who won the last time the Modified Tour raced at Martinsville in the spring, is an obvious contender aboard the family-owned No. 58. Matt Hirschman in his eighth start at the track will look to join his father Tony as a Martinsville winner.

 

Tyler Rypkema, who enters Friday’s race second in points following a runner-up result at New Smyrna in the Ole Blue No. 3, is a former Martinsville pole winner who could be a contender. Patrick Emerling is another driver who is winless at Martinsville and could be a threat to take home a Grandfather clock. Ryan Newman will make his second straight start with the series Friday, but he’ll do so in a car fielded by first-time Modified Tour car owner Glenn Styres.

 

Two drivers will be making their NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour debuts Friday evening. Paulie Hartwig III, who turned heads in February when he scored wins during Tour Modified and 602 Modified competition at New Smyrna, will pilot his family’s No. 73. Jack Baldwin will join the series for the first time in the PSR Products No. 38. His brother, Luke Baldwin, will also be in the field in the No. 7 for Tommy Baldwin Racing.

 

Other notable entrants include Andrew Molleur, who is scheduled to race the No. 82 for Danny Watts Racing for the remainder of the season, Craig Lutz, Jon McKennedy, Jimmy Blewett, Stephen Kopcik, Kyle Bonsignore, Mike Christopher Jr., Danny Bohn, Andy Seuss, Tommy and Trevor Catalano, and Timmy Solomito, among others.

 

RACE FACTS

Race: Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200

Date: Friday, March 27, 2026

Track: Martinsville Speedway

Layout: 0.526-mile asphalt oval

Location: Martinsville, Virginia

Start Time: 7:30 p.m. ET

Laps: 200

Posted Awards: $138,982

How to Watch: FloRacing

 

SCHEDULE: Friday, March 27: Practice from 12:30 – 1 p.m. ET … Final Practice from 1:10 – 1:40 p.m. ET … American Racer Pole Award qualifying at 3:15 p.m. ET … Start of the Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 at 7:30 p.m. ET (200 Laps / 105.20 Miles)

 

QUALIFYING: Two consecutive qualifying laps. (EIRI) Faster lap determines qualifying position. Adjustments or repairs may not be made on the vehicle after the vehicle has taken the green flag at the start/finish line. NASCAR reserves the right to have more than one vehicle engage in qualifying runs at the same time. Starting field for the Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 is limited to 32 starters including Provisional Positions.

 

TIRE ALLOTMENT: The maximum tire allotment available for this event is twelve (12) tires per team. All tires used for qualifying and the race must be purchased at the track and scanned by NASCAR Officials, unless otherwise approved in advance by the Series Director. Four (4) tires must be used for qualifying and to begin the race. All qualifying tires must remain in impound until released by NASCAR Officials. The remaining tire allotment may be used for practice and/or change tires during the event. A maximum of four (4) tires of the allotment may be used as change tires. The tire change rule is two (2) tires per stop. This includes “swapping” tires from front to back.

 

 

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Sat. Feb. 21 FR8 208 1:30PM FS1
Sat. Feb. 28 Series Race at St. Petersburg 12:00PM FOX
Fri. March 20 Sober or Slammer 200 7:30PM FS1
Fri. April 3 Black’s Tire 200 4:30PM FS1
Fri. April 10 Tennessee Army National Guard 250 7:30PM FS1
Fri. May 1 SpeedyCash.com 250 8:00PM FS1
Fri. May. 8 Mission 176 at The Glen 4:30PM FS1
Sat. May 15 ECOSAVE 200 5:00PM FS1
Fri. May 22 NC Education Lottery 200 7:30PM FS1
Fri. May 29 Flote 200 8:00PM FS1
Sat. June 6 DQS Solutions & Staffing 250 1:30PM FS1
Fri. June 19 Series Race at San Diego 7:00PM FS1
Sat. July 11 LiUNA 150 1:00PM FS1
Sat. July 18 Window World 250 12:30PM FS1
Fri. July 24 TSport 200 8:00PM FS1
Fri, Aug. 14 eero 250 7:30PM FS1
Sat. Aug. 22 Team EJP 175 1:30PM FS1
Thurs. Sep. 17 UNOH 200 presented by Ohio Logistics 8:00PM FS1
Sat. Sep. 26 Heart of Healthcare 200 1:00PM FS1
Fri. Oct. 9 Series Race at Charlotte 5:00PM FS1
Fri. Oct. 16 Series Race at Phoenix 7:30PM FS1
Fri. Oct. 23 Love’s RV Stop 225 4:00PM FS1
Fri. Oct. 30 Zip Buy Now Pay Later 200 6:00PM FS1
Fri. Nov. 6 Championship race 7:30PM FS1

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