Brad Keselowski has criticised NASCAR’s Rookie of the Year system after Corey Heim was ruled ineligible for the award despite winning twice during the 2026 season.
Corey Heim won at San Diego and at Indianapolis. Technically, he should’ve been leading the Rookie of the Year standings. In the coming season, he’ll get his full-time Cup ride with 23XI Racing.
Before winning the two Cup Series races that turned Corey Heim into a sensation in 2026, he was already confirmed to have a full-time seat for 2027. 23XI Racing, owned by Denny Hamlin, had roped him in, and his trips to Victory Lane in San Diego and Indianapolis had the NASCAR community buzzing.
When Corey Heim was revealed as a full-time Cup Series driver for 2027, there was little doubt among most fans over who the upcoming Rookie of the Year would be.
Ty Majeski had a fast truck at Richmond on Saturday. He was inside the top 10, the race was going his way, and he had every reason to feel good about where things were headed.
After years of toiling away with small teams, NASCAR crew chief Bootie Barker has found a home at 23XI Racing.
Corey Heim didn't expect to win two NASCAR Cup Series races in 2026, and nobody else necessarily expected him to win, either.
The 23XI Racing team and owner Michael Jordan are having a heck of a NASCAR Cup Series season so far in 2026. As the Cup Series goes to the All-Star break, the 23XI team once again found themselves in the winners circle.
In case it wasn't clear after he won his first race at Naval Base Coronado on June 21, Heim is good at driving race cars.
Heim and Hocevar have quite the history.
For the second time in six weeks, part-timer driver Corey Heim shocked the racing world by taking the checkers in NASCAR's top series, winning the 30th running of the prestigious Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday in Speedway, Ind.
In just his 15th career NASCAR Cup Series start, Corey Heim won one of the sport's biggest races.
Nearly three years later, Heim says the grudge formed between he and Hocevar remains.
A common benchmark in modern NASCAR for young Cup Series drivers is 100 starts.
As if there was any doubt about how good Heim is, the defending NASCAR Truck Series champion earned his first career Cup Series win Sunday at Naval Base Coronado in his 13th start.
Here are four takeaways from the NASCAR Cup Series' Anduril 250.
Kaden Honeycutt and Corey Heim were TRICON Garage teammates in Saturday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, but neither gave the other any quarter as they raced for the win on the final lap.
Heim's rookie campaign during the 2027 NASCAR Cup Series season with 23XI Racing will be among the most hyped-up rookie seasons in recent memory.
23XI Racing co-owner Denny Hamlin believes Corey Heim is one of NASCAR's latest generational talents.
Corey Heim will finally get his long-awaited and much-deserved opportunity to race full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2027.
Corey Heim didn't have brand-new tires sitting in his pit late in Friday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, but he did have scuffs with a few laps on them that would at least be better than the worn tires being used by the rest of the field.
Corey Heim restarted ninth with two laps to go in Friday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Darlington Raceway, but with the help of fresh tires and a herculean effort, passed Ross Chastain in the final corner to score the 24th win of his Truck Series career.
Mother Nature threw NASCAR quite the curveball on Saturday and forced the sanctioning body into an interesting corner.
Corey Heim began Wednesday just hoping to make the Daytona 500 field for the first time and ended the day battling for the Daytona 500 pole.
Heim won't be full-time in any NASCAR series in 2026, but he'll still be gaining some valuable experience behind the wheel.
Heim did what champions do: He found a way.
In one of the most impressive drives of his young NASCAR career, Corey Heim rebounded from a Lap 1 crash to win Friday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series playoff race at the Charlotte Roval.
After pacing the field in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series practice early Friday morning, Corey Heim won the pole for Friday's EcoSave 250 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval.
Corey Heim kept the good times rolling in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series practice at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval on Friday.
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