The Craftsman Truck Series kicks off a triple header weekend but the Truck Series comes to a brand new track on the road course race at Lime Rock in Connecticut for the Liuna! 150 in a stand alone event.

Thirty-four team brought trucks to Lime Rock Park for the weekend including some road course veterans.

The drivers get a 50 minute practice session before making a qualifying run on Saturday morning for an  afternoon race.

The mile and a half road course is flat and narrow surrounded by grass.

With seven race winners, there are only three spots remaining in the playoff spots.  Corey Heim leads the playoffs with four wins.

Wesley Slimp has a heavily smoking truck with a fire under the truck.  Fire crews were on the scene immediately after Slimp pulled the truck off the course and stopped.  Wesley is out of the care center and fine.

Jordan Taylor tops the leaderboard with the fastest lap of practice; but Rajah Caruth led the way with the most laps when he ran 40 practice laps.

Early on a New England Saturday morning, the drivers take to the track at Lime Rock Park to qualify for the race.

There are no stands at Lime Rock Park, but isn’t deterring the fans with some 30,000 of them expected to attend the race.  The fans began showing up as early as 7:30am.

The drivers have been divided into two groups for 20 minute group qualifying sessions.  With the air temperature just 63 degrees, the drivers will have the best grip of the day.

After a crash during practice on Friday, Wesley Slimp has moved to a backup truck.

This weekend NASCAR is seeing Lime Rock Park for the first time, but one driver calls it his home track and has been racing on the course for years – Thomas Annunziata.

Jack Wood did not make a qualifying run but will start the race from the back of the field with just 34 drivers for 36 starting spots.

Grant Enfinger gets off the track and has some damage to his left front.

Corey Heim ran a qualifying lap of 53.115 seconds – an average speed of 100.175mph – to put his number 11 truck on the pole.  Jordan Taylor will start alongside on the front row.

The lineup for the Liuna! 150:
Corey Heim
Jordan Taylor
Layne Riggs
Ty Majeski
Brent Crews
Kaden Honeycutt
Rajah Caruth
Connor Mosack
Chandler Smith
Andres Perez-
Daniel Hemric
Gio Ruggiero
Thomas Annunziata
Grant Enfinger
Tyler Ankrum
Cam Waters
Jake Garcia
Josh Bilicki
Ben Rhodes
Ben Maier
Matt Mills
Stewart Friesen
Matt Crafton
Tanner Gray
Dawson Sutton
Alex Labbe
Timmy Hill
Toni Breidinger
William Lambros
Frankie Muniz
De Quarterley
Spencer Boyd
Wesley Slimp
Jack Wood

Stages one and two of the race are 35 laps each with stage three lasting 30 laps for a total of 100 laps around the 1.54 mile seven turn road course circuit.

Lime Rock isn’t about all the technical skills; it’s about having some fun!

Corey Heim brings the field down for the green flag start of the race with road course veteran Jordan Taylor alongside.  Heim jumps out in front for the lead.

Lap two, Corey Heim leads the race with Layne Riggs in second; Jordan Taylor, Brent Crews, and Ty Majeski round out the top five.

Lap four, Corey Heim has pulled out to a lead of over a second on Layne Riggs.  Third driver Jordan Taylor is in a truck for the first time.

Lap six, Crey Heim has increased his lead to nearly two seconds on Layne Riggs; Jordan Taylor, Brent Crews, and Ty Majeski round out the top five.

Corey Heim is the only driver in the Craftsman Truck Series to lead at least one lap in every race so far this season.

Lap 13, Corey Heim has left the field behind with a three and a half second lead on Layne Riggs; Jordan Taylor, Brent Crews, and Kaden Honeycutt round out the top five.

Lap 15, Corey Heim is quickly approaching “driving it like he stole it status” with a four second lead.

Spencer Boyd spun out and ended up in the grass with a flat tire.  A local caution was displayed but the track stays green.  Three laps down, Boyd works his way to pit road.

La 17, Crey Heim continues to increase his lead and is now four and a half seconds out in front.

After not making a qualifying run and starting the race at the back of the field in 34th, Jack Wood has moved up to 27th.

Lap 19, Corey Heim now has a five second lead on Layne Riggs; Jordan Taylor, Brent Crews, and Kaden Honeycutt round out the top five.

Actor turned racer Frankie Muniz said that of the two jobs racing is the hardest of the two.

Lap 21, Layne Riggs has cut into Corey Heim’s lead and is now less than five seconds behind the leader.

Spencer Boyd returns to the track six laps down.

Lap 23, all 34 trucks are on the track with 32 of them on the lead lap.

Lap 25, Corey Heim has increased his lead to back over five seconds on Layne Riggs with Jordan Taylor, Brent Crews, and Kaden Honeycutt rounding out the top five.  Heim has begun to lap slower trucks.

Lap 26, Not only has Corey Heim led every lap so far, he has now led 914 laps so far this season.

Lap 29, there are 30 trucks on the lead lap.

Lap 30, Corey Heim is officially in “driving like he stole it” mode with a six second lead.

A stand alone event, there will be no short pitting the end of the stages; the crews have three minutes to make any adjustments, fuel the trucks, and change tires in what NASCAR calls a controlled stop.  The clock begins once every driver is in their pit box and will return to the race in the same running order…unless there is a penalty.

Lap 32, Corey Heim has a lead of over six seconds on Layne Riggs; Jordan Taylor, Brent Crews, and Kaden Honeycutt round out the top five.

Lap 33, there are 27 trucks on the lead lap.

Two laps remain in stage one; Corey Heim has a lead of over six and a half seconds on Layne Riggs.

  Third place driver Jordan Taylor is nearly 14 seconds back.

Corey Heim wins stage one for his 13th stage win of the season.

The top 10 at the end of stage one:
Corey Heim
Layne Riggs
Jordan Taylor
Brent Crews
Connor Mosack
Kaden Honeycutt
Chandler Smith
Rajah Caruth
Ty Majeski
Thomas Annunziata

Alex Labbe has taken his truck to the garage.

While a number of the drivers have asked for various adjustments, Corey Heim said to leave it alone; just fill it up with fuel and change the tires.

Lime Rock has seven turns; only one of them is a left hand turn.

There were big spots of rubber missing form Kaden Honeycutt’s tires.

Corey Heim brings the field down for the green flag start of stage two on lap 40 and edges out Layne Riggs to hold on to the lead.   Several drivers are getting of the pavement and spewing dirt everywhere.

The top five are Corey Heim, Layne riggs, Jordan Taylor, Connor Mosack, and Kaden Honeycutt.

Lap 41, Corey Heim has a near one second lead on Layne Riggs. 

Lime Rock is only 40 feet wide at its widest point; most of the course is only 30 feet wide.

There are 27 trucks on the lead lap.

Lap 43, Corey Heim has a one second lead on Layne Riggs; Jordan Taylor is nearly three seconds back.

Lap 45, Corey Heim has a near second and a half lead on Layne Riggs; Jordan Taylor, Connor Mosack, and Kaden Honeycutt round out the top five.

During qualifying Grant Enfinger had a bit of an off road excursion; in response to the trip he said, “damn driver!”

Lap 47, Corey Heim now has a two second lead on Layne Riggs.

Lap 50, halfway, Corey Heim has led every lap of the race and is over two seconds out in front of Layne Riggs; Jordan Taylor, Connor Mosack, and Kaden Honeycutt round out the top five.

Lap 52, Corey Heim’s lead is now nearly four seconds on Layne Riggs.

Lap 53, the top five remains Corey Heim, Layne Riggs, Jordan Taylor, Connor Mosack, and Kaden Honeycutt.

Jordan Taylor has an alter ego…Jeff Gordon super fan Rodney Sandstorm.

Lap 60, Corey Heim has a lead of over five seconds on Layne Riggs; Jordan Taylor, Connor Mosack, and Kaden Honeycutt round out the top five.

Lap 65, Corey Heim has dominated the race, leading every lap with large leads; he is currently over six seconds in front of second place driver Layne Riggs.  No surprise he has run the fastest lap of the race.

Corey Heim wins stage two by over seven seconds for the stage sweep and stage win number 14 of the season.

The top 10 at the end of stage two:
Corey Heim
Layne Riggs
Jordan Taylor
Connor Mosack
Chandler Smith
Kaden Honeycutt
Ty Majeski
Thomas Annunziata
Rajah Caruth
Grant Enfinger

Once again Corey Heim says fuel and tires only.

Surprisingly for a new course the race has been very clean with the stage breaks the only cautions so far.

The pace truck has stopped the drives on the course; there is some fluid leaking from one of the trucks.  The red flag has come out while the track is cleaned up.

Crews are handing out bottles of water to the drivers in the trucks.

Corey Heim brings the field down for the green flag start of stage three on lap  77.  Drivers fan out, Matt Crafton does some agricultural racing and ends at the back of the field.

Layne Riggs battles with Corey Heim for the lead but Heim holds him off and keeps the lead.

Lap 78, the top five are Corey Heim, Layne Riggs, Connor Mosack, Ty Majeski, and Jordan Taylor.

Matt Crafton takes his truck down pit road.

Twenty to go, Corey Heim has a one second lead on Layne Riggs; Connor Mosack, Ty Majeski, and Jordan Taylor round out the top five.

Alex Labbe is out of the race.

There are 26 trucks on the lead lap.

With 18 laps remaining in the race, Corey Heim holds a one second lead on Layne Riggs.

Just 13 laps to go, Corey Heim had a two second lead on Layne Riggs; Connor Mosack, Ty Majeski, and Jordan Taylor round out the top five.  Matt Crafton had another offroad excursion.

Dawson Sutton lost part of his tire but the carcass landed in the grass and he makes his way to pit road.

The caution flag comes out on al 89 when Matt Mills gets into the tire barrier for the first caution for an on track incident today.

Corey Heim brings the field down for the green flag restart with just five laps remaining in the race.  Drivers get three wide going into turn one,  Jordan Taylor ends up in the grass.  Rajah Caruth gets off into the grass.  Corey Heim holds on to the lead.

Four to go, Corey Heim has a one second lead on Ty Majeski, Gio Ruggiero, Ben Rhodes, and Cam Waters round out the top five.

Corey Heim takes the white flag.

After leading EVERY lap in the race, Corey Heim wins the race to become the first Truck Series driver to win three road course races in a row…and the inaugural winner at Lime Rock Park.

The unofficial results of the LiUNIA 150:
Corey Heim
Ty Majeski
Gio Ruggiero
Ben Rhodes
Came Waters
Chandler Smith
Josh Bilicki
Brent Crews
Daniel Hemric
Tyler Ankrum
Grant Enfinger
Kaden Honeycutt
Layne Riggs
Tanner Gray
Thomas Annunziata
Connor Mosack
Andres Perez
Ben Maier
Matt Crafton
Jordan Taylor
Rajah Caruth
Jack Wood
Stewart Friesen
Jake Garcia
Timmy Hill
Matt Mills
William Lambros
Frankie Muniz
Toni Breidinger
Dawson Sutton
Spencer Boyd
Dale Quarterley
Wesley Slimp
Alex Labbe