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Race 8 of 23 of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | |||
Date | May 4, 2024 | ||
Official name | 24th Annual Heart of America 200 | ||
Location | Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) | ||
Distance | 134 laps, 201 mi (323 km) | ||
Scheduled Distance | 134 laps, 201 mi (323 km) | ||
Average speed | 132.722 mph (213.595 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Spire Motorsports | ||
Time | 30.728 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Corey Heim | Tricon Garage | |
Laps | 79 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 11 | Corey Heim | Tricon Garage | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | FS1 | ||
Announcers | Adam Alexander, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip, and Carson Hocevar | ||
Radio in the United States | |||
Radio | MRN |
The 2024 Heart of America 200 was the 8th stock car race of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the 24th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval shaped intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 134 laps to complete. Corey Heim, driving for Tricon Garage, would cruise to a dominating victory, winning the first stage and leading a race-high 79 laps, eventually holding off a charging Zane Smith in the final few laps to earn his seventh career NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series win, and his second of the season.[9] To fill out the podium, Christian Eckes, driving for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, would finish 3rd, respectively.