Corey Heim holds off Kyle Busch in a long, wet, night in the NASCAR Trucks at Martinsville
NASCAR made history of sorts Friday night at Martinsville Speedway as the sport started its first oval race on a damp track with wet weather tires designed for just such a situation. After being delayed by lightning, and a heavy shower that passed over the track, NASCAR was able to start the race and run the first 22 laps with a still damp track before the track was dry enough to change the field to the traditional slick tires.
An accident with 85 laps remaining brought out the yellow flag and after several circuits under caution, NASCAR brought the trucks to pit road where the red flag flew for rain and the race was declared official on lap 124 of the scheduled 200 laps. Heim had to work for this, holding off Busch – who was racing for Kyle Busch Motorsports’ 100th win – and reigning series champion Zane Smith on four different re-starts to claim the famed one-of-a-kind grandfather clock Martinsville trophy only minutes before that clock would strike midnight.
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