Corey Heim celebrates in victory lane after winning Saturday’s ARCA Menards Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway. Photo: ARCA Menards Series
Corey Heim and Venturini Motorsports experienced a déjà vu Saturday at Daytona International Speedway.
Last year, Heim and his team opened the season with a superspeedway victory when he won the race following an overtime restart. While it was not technically an overtime finish this time, Saturday’s ARCA Menards Series season opener ended with a restart on the final lap.
And once again, the Marietta, Georgia speedster wheeled his Toyota for Venturini Motorsports to the checkered flag.
The win marked VMS’ fifth consecutive series victory at Daytona. It was Heim’s eighth trip to Victory Lane in the series dating back to 2020.
“My team made it easy on me,” Heim said. “I had great teammates with me the whole way. Venturini Motorsports — the most organized team out here. Toyota Racing has helped me get here, Crescent Tools … It just all came together for this race, and it worked out.”
The teammate who spent the majority of Saturday’s race pushing Heim was Parker Chase, who finished second.
Chase was on Heim’s bumper as the two crossed the finish line.
“The objective here today was to have a Venturini car win, and we succeeded at that,” Chase said. “Five in a row for Venturini, which is incredible. That’s what we came here to do.”
A stalled car brought out the final caution of Saturday’s race with four laps to go, setting up the final-lap restart. Drew Dollar, who was driving the No. Toyota for Kyle Busch Motorsports, crashed hard on the backstretch during the final lap before the leaders drove on to take the checkered.
Dollar was evaluated in and released from the Daytona infield care center.
Daniel Dye, who attends high school just a few miles away from Daytona in DeLand, Florida, finished third Saturday to open his first full-time season in the ARCA Menards Series running for GMS Racing.
“To finish third, with us points racing this year, I think there were 36 cars in this race — to be in the top five and finish third clean is a great start to our year,” Dye said. “I’m just proud to be here and part of this GMS team.”
Sean Corr finished in fourth, with and Gus Dean in fifth.
Andy Jankowiak, Mason Diaz, Dave Mader III, Toni Breidinger and Ryan Huff rounded out the top 10.
The ARCA Menards Series will return to action on Friday, March 11, at Phoenix Raceway.
ARCA Menards Series
Daytona International Speedway – Daytona Beach, FL
Lucas Oil 200 – February 19, 2022
1. Corey Heim
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3. Daniel Dye
4. Sean Corr
5. Gus Dean
6. Andy Jankowiak
7. Mason Diaz
8. Dave Mader, III
9. Toni Breidinger
10. Ryan Huff
11. Rajah Caruth
12. Dale Quarterley
13. Brayton Laster
14. Willie Mullins
15. Chuck Hiers
16. Amber Balcaen
17. Jason White
18. Tim Richmond
19. Drew Dollar
20. Nick Sanchez
21. Michael Lira
22. Greg Van Alst
23. D.L. Wilson
24. Zachary Tinkle
25. Benny Chastain
26. Bryan Dauzat
27. Brian Kaltreider
28. Brad Smith
29. Con Nicolopoulos
30. Scott Melton
31. Christian Rose
32. Max Gutierrez
33. Bryce Haugeberg
34. Jason Kitzmiller
35. Will Kimmel
36. Eric Caudell
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