Kyle Larson may have spun in the middle of stage three of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Baptist Health 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, but it would take a lot more than that to stop a driver of his caliber.
Larson recovered from the late-race spin to take the win in Friday night’s race. Larson clawed his way through the field over the last 39 laps to win the race by a margin of 1.340 seconds over Layne Riggs.
RACE RESULTS: Baptist Health 200 at Homestead
The win marks Larson’s fourth career Truck Series victory and his second in as many starts, with the 32-year-old winning his most recent start, which came at North Wilkesboro Speedway in 2023.
Larson, who was driving for Spire Motorsports, led 20 laps on the night after starting from the third position and would go on to capture the first-ever NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win for truck No. 07.
“That was pretty unbelievable,” Larson said in his post-race interview. “Wasn’t exactly sure if I could get back up there, didn’t have the restart that I wanted, kinda took a little bit too long to start picking them off, and just got rippin’ the wall”.
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Riggs, the runner-up finisher who drives the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford F-150, led three laps and had the lead in the closing laps before being passed by Larson coming to the two-laps to go mark. Despite narrowly missing out on the win, Riggs tied his career-best finish on an intermediate track.
Corey Heim finished third in the No. 11 TRICON Garage Toyota Tundra TRD Pro. Heim won the pole, led a race-high 78 laps, and swept both stages, but a late race mechanical issue, which caused his truck to continually shut off in the closing laps, took him out of the lead and out of a chance to win the race.
“Just about 15 , 20 to go, everything seemed fine, as far as what I could see,” Heim said post-race. “The engine would hard cut on me and the dash would go black, I’d have to pull my right hand over and fully recycle the power to get any sort of life back in the motor”.
McAnally Hilgemann Racing teammates Tyler Ankrum and Daniel Hemric completed the top five. Hemric’s finish was his first top-five finish in the Truck Series since Homestead in 2016.
Ross Chastain, Jake Garcia, Chandler Smith, Grant Enfinger, and Kaden Honeycutt rounded out the top ten. Garcia’s finish is his best in the series since Charlotte last season.
TRICON Garage teammates Corey Heim and Tanner Gray led the field to the green, but the race did not stay green long, as their teammate Gio Ruggiero spun going into turn one. The No. 17 hit the outside wall before collecting Ben Rhodes, and both trucks suffered considerable damage.
Ruggiero received slight contact from the No. 44 of Ross Chastain, sending the No. 17 around, and Rhodes was unable to avoid Ruggiero and hit him on the driver’s side door.
Video: Gio Ruggiero, Ben Rhodes Swept Up in Lap 1 Crash at Homestead
Despite the damage both trucks sustained, each driver was able to continue on in the race. Rhodes would eventually retire after completing 83 laps in the event, and would be credited with a 33rd-place finish, while Ruggiero would salvage all he could with a 30th-place result, three laps off the pace.
Heim and Kyle Larson led the field back to green on Lap 7, with the two trading the lead multiple times over the following run before Larson finally started to pull away.
With two laps remaining in the stage, Heim and Layne Riggs both caught Larson, with Heim getting by the No. 07 to take the Stage 1 victory.
Heim and Larson paced the field to begin Stage 2, with Heim briefly pulling from the field. Throughout the stage, Ty Majeski and Stewart Friesen ascended through the field, with Majeski catching the No. 11 with 10 laps remaining in the segment. Heim was able to fend off Majeski, who eventually fell behind Larson, and was able to sweep the stages in the race.
During the stage caution, Majeski received left front damage while exiting pit road after contact from Kaden Honeycutt. Majeski had to bring his No. 98 Ford back down pit road to get the damage repaired and gave up all of his track position to do so.
Just as they did to begin stage two, Heim and Larson led the field through the gears to begin the race’s final stage. Ross Chastain, making his first Truck Series start of the season, passed Heim for the lead a few laps later and became only the third different leader of the race.
Later in the run, Riggs and Larson both caught and passed Chastain at the front, but Larson made contact with Riggs and spun out going into turn one while making a move for the lead.
Heim and Chastain led the field back to green with 39 laps remaining, with Heim taking control of the lead shortly after the restart.
With 20 laps remaining, Heim’s truck experienced a brief issue, causing him to lose the lead to Chastain. Heim was able to quickly recover, however, and rejoined the battle at the front with Chastain and Riggs. Heim once again retook the lead and pulled away, but with four laps to go the issue occurred again, handing the lead to Riggs.
Two laps later, Larson got by Riggs for the top spot, completing his comeback from the spin off of the No. 34 truck earlier in the race, and held off Riggs and Heim to take the victory.
Ross Chastain was the winner of the Xfinity Fastest Lap but did not receive the bonus point since he is not competing for Truck Series points.
Leaving Homestead, Corey Heim leads the Craftsman Truck Series points standings by eight points over Ty Majeski.
The next Craftsman Truck Series race, the Boys and Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200, is scheduled for Friday, March 28, at Martinsville Speedway, and will be broadcast by FS1 with coverage beginning at 7:30 PM ET.
