At one level Saturday, Heim’s No. 11 Tricon Storage Toyota was swamped in water when the race was halted by extreme storms on the monitor, however Heim had no points when it resumed on Sunday morning.
Heim powered previous chief Jake Garcia on a restart with 65 of 250 laps to go then repeated the feat over Layne Riggs on one other restart with 32 laps to go.
From there, Heim stayed regular and beat Grant Enfinger by 2.474 seconds to the checkered flag and his third win of the 2024 season, all coming within the final six races.
“It was positively a loopy weekend with the climate, however I knew since follow that we had the velocity,” Heim mentioned. “I can’t say sufficient about these Tricon Storage guys. What a truck, what a weekend.
“I knew we had potential from follow, and we put all of it collectively and executed nice immediately.”
Riggs ended up third, Brenden Queen was fourth in his sequence debut and Sammy Smith rallied from an early-race pit highway penalty to complete fifth.
Finishing the highest 20 had been Christian Eckes, Nick Sanchez, Tyler Ankrum, Daniel Dye and Stewart Friesen.
Stage 1
Ty Majeski elected to not pit underneath the late warning and held off Ben Rhodes by 0.803 seconds to take the Stage 1 win on Saturday. Rajah Caruth was third, Taylor Grey fourth and Heim rounded out the highest 5.
Through the break between Phases 1 and a pair of, the race was halted for rain and postponed till Sunday morning after the completion of 81 laps.
Stage 2
Ankrum took the Stage 2 win underneath warning following a late-stage spin by Bret Holmes. Garcia was second, Friesen third, Jack Wooden fourth and Riggs rounded out the highest 5.
On lap 92, whereas main and racing side-by-side with Majeski, Caruth spun out in Flip 1 to carry out a warning. “Rain it too exhausting, that was my fault,” Caruth mentioned on his crew radio. He fell again to twenty sixth within the operating order.
Stage 3
Following the break between Phases 2 and three, solely a handful of vehicles elected to pit with Ankrum remaining on the monitor and within the lead when the race resumed with 104 laps to go.
Garcia powered to the lead shortly previous Ankrum on the restart as Riggs moved into the runner-up place.
With 75 laps remaining, maintained a small however constant benefit over Riggs as Heim moved into third, simply over a second behind the chief.
Connor Jones spun round in Flip 4 to carry out the sixth warning of the race, which despatched a number of lead-lap vehicles down pit highway for brand spanking new tires. Garcia remained within the lead with 65 laps to go.
Heim, who had moved into second proper earlier than the warning, powered round Garcia on the restart to maneuver into the lead.
Heim had constructed a greater than 3.5-second lead over Garcia simply earlier than Sanchez acquired into the again of Dean Thompson on lap 212 and despatched him round, which introduced out a warning and arrange a restart with 32 laps to go. Heim remained in command.
Heim constructed again nearly a 3-second lead over Riggs with 10 laps remaining earlier than Enfinger mounted a late cost for second.
