Corey Heim has done it again.
Driving a part-time schedule for Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin’s 23XI Racing, the 24-year-old Georgia native raced to victory in his first career Brickyard 400 start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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On the final restart with 34 laps to go, Heim took the lead from his boss Hamlin with a bold block into turn two. He then held off Christopher Bell and Joey Logano in the closing laps to seal his second career victory.
Heim won his first Cup Series race in San Diego last month in just his 13th career start. Continuing his part-time schedule at the Brickyard, Heim now has two victories in 15 tries (just eight starts in 2026 so far). A.J. Foyt is the only other driver to win twice in his first 15 starts.
He’ll be a full-time driver next year for 23XI Racing in a promotion that he’s clearly proven to be ready for. Heim is just the fourth driver to win multiple Cup Series races before their first full-time season, joining Darrell Waltrip, Tim Richmond and Davey Allison.
At 24 years old, Heim is the youngest driver to win the Brickyard 400 since Jeff Gordon did so at 23 years old in the first edition of the race in 1994.
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Behind Heim, Bell and Logano, the top-five was rounded out by Chase Briscoe and Hamlin.
Other notable results included defending winner Bubba Wallace in 28th and two former champions Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson in 37th and 39th, respectively, after wrecking early.
Heim wasn’t the only driver who pulled off an upset at the Brickyard, though. Todd Gilliland of Front Row Motorsports, the No. 25 seed, won the In-Season Challenge by defending No. 3 Ryan Blaney. Gilliland finished 24th and Blaney was 26th after a late spin, netting the former the prize of $1 million.
The Cup Series is off next week before the final stretch of the season with 14 straight race weekends on USA Network or NBC. There are four races left in the regular season before the Chase for the Cup begins on Sept. 6.
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