Corey Heim was in no temper to mess around after the occasions that transpired through the Window World 250 in North Wilkesboro. The championship chief was on his option to a series-leading fourth race win earlier than Layne Riggs pushed him off his line and despatched him spinning on the final lap of the race.
Livid with Riggs, Heim determined to confront him and ship him a cautionary message. It seemed like there was going to be an alternate of greater than phrases, however the No. 11 driver walked away earlier than issues obtained too heated, leaving followers disenchanted.
Followers Rip Into Corey Heim’s “Faux Powerful Man” Act
Beginning the race from pole place, Heim had led a race-high 166 laps earlier than ultimately settling for a P17 end. He was the final of the lead lap finishers as Entrance Row Motorsports’ drivers achieved a 1-2 end in North Wilkesboro with Chandler Smith visiting the Victory Lane.
After the race, Heim visited Riggs and instructed him to verify his racing type; in any other case, the championship chief must take issues into his personal palms. He didn’t enable Riggs to supply a proof and shortly turned away from the dialog.
Followers famous Heim’s uncommon conduct shortly and ripped into the Tricon Storage driver for placing up a “pretend powerful man” act in entrance of the cameras.
One person even referred to Heim as a “b***h” for strolling away from the confrontation as shortly because it started.
He walked away … what a bitch
— Captain Prepare dinner (@QuietAlien) Could 17, 2025
In the meantime, one other claimed that Riggs did nothing fallacious and it was only a racing maneuver on his half. They felt that Heim ought to have gone over to his motor coach as a substitute.
Talking to Motor Racing after the race, Heim doubled down on his take of Riggs’ racing, claiming it was a present of “scum racing” from the No. 34 driver.
Riggs and Heim have been additionally concerned in an identical, however not so fateful, incident in the beginning of the race, and the latter claimed that the previous hadn’t realized his lesson but. “I’ve raced him so clear all through my years. I simply repeatedly get used up by him.”
He then instructed FS1 that his truck had gotten “actually unfastened” on Flip 3 within the penultimate lap, resulting in him struggling on the brief runs. Due to this fact, Riggs had a chance to wreck him.
Regardless of the occasions that transpired, Heim continues to guide the Truck Sequence standings, with 450 factors and three race wins to his identify. In the meantime, Riggs improved to P8 after Saturday’s outcome, reaching his third top-three end of 2025.
