Making his season debut within the Cup Sequence for 23XI Racing, Truck Sequence common Corey Heim got here along with Justin Haley and triggered a crash that additionally eradicated teammate Bubba Wallace and and Austin Dillon from competition Sunday at Kansas Speedway.
23XI tried to restore the harm suffered to Wallace however it was too extreme and the No. 23 was pressured to simply accept a second straight thirty third place end that dropped its driver from seventh to tenth within the standings, derailing a stable begin to the season.
“Unsure if the 67 (Corey Heim) acquired into any individual, and I simply tried to hold a left and keep within the fuel and I acquired clipped in the precise rear,” Wallace mentioned. “It’s unlucky. I hate it. All of it stems again from our penalty earlier on. We tried so arduous to battle again however it wasn’t meant to be. We had loads of confidence coming into this race. Felt good about it yesterday, however simply not our day. Not our final couple of weeks, however Pleased Mom’s Day. Excited to get again house to see my spouse and our child boy and deal with that.”
Heim wasn’t totally certain what occurred.
“I don’t know who I wiped on the market, and I don’t wish to destroy any race vehicles, however I really feel like I used to be squeezed there,” Heim mentioned. “My aim was simply to get all the way down to the underside and I noticed (John Hunter Nemechek) peeking within me, and when you have got somebody in your left rear fender, it makes you tight and I needed to flinch and brought about a giant wreck.
“I’d prefer to assume I didn’t do something fallacious however I additionally haven’t seen it but. I suppose we’ll see.”
Heim went onto end thirteenth, greatest amongst his crew and in his season debut, spent largely studying this radically completely different racing platform.
“I believe from the very starting I used to be attempting to settle in. Such a special expertise than my Truck Sequence common type driving. Such a special method with aero steadiness and looking for clear air and attempting to get grip. It’s powerful. We’re on the high stage, and I needed to settle in. It has been a couple of yr since I drove one among these items. First stage was messy to say the least. I went a lap down, however the crew caught with me and made actually good changes, and we climbed again via the sector all day. We form of simply made constant steps ahead. I’m tremendous happy with everybody at 23XI, Toyota – very grateful for Robinhood for approaching board. The Robin Neon appeared nice on the market working top-15 on the finish. Simply happy with the constant progress, and crew positively caught with me within the first stage. It wasn’t fairly on my half, however grateful for everybody believing in me and grateful for the chance.”
