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Heart of Health Care 200
Location: Kansas City, Kan.
Course: Kansas Speedway
Format: 1.5-mile tri-oval
Laps: 134
NASCAR Truck Series Heart of Health Care 200 Race Preview
Corey Heim won his third race of the season a week ago at Texas Motor Speedway, rubber stamping his dominant start to the 2025 season. This week's stop at Kansas Speedway may offer him a chance to extend that run, too. Heim won the last two Kansas races and will try to grab third consecutive victory at the 1.5-mile oval this weekend. Another victory this week would make him the first driver to win back-to-back races this season, too.
Further back in the standings, the playoff battle continues to simmer. Ben Rhodes holds the 10th and final spot with an 11-point lead over Stewart Friesen in 11th, but less than 30 points separate positions nine through 13. That tight points fight means every position matters, and the importance of those positions continue to increase every week. Ten races remain in the regular season and Kansas is the second of a six-race run before the next week off. With races coming thick and fast, this is the time that teams and drivers need to be maximizing their efforts in order to ensure they earn their right to be part of the 2025 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series championship battle.
Key Stats at Kansas Speedway
- Number of races: 29
- Winners from pole: 4
- Winners from top-5 starters: 17
- Winners from top-10 starters: 25
- Winners from 21st or lower starters: 1
- Fastest race: 139.875 mph
Previous 10 Kansas Winners
2024 fall - Corey Heim
2024 spring - Corey Heim
2023 fall - Christian Eckes
2023 spring - Grant Enfinger
2022 fall - John Hunter Nemechek
2022 spring - Zane Smith
2021 - Kyle Busch
2020 III - Brett Moffitt
2020 II - Matt Crafton
2020 I - Austin Hill
Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile tri-oval most similar in style to Las Vegas. Fantasy players will remember that Corey Heim won at Las Vegas in March and he also won the last two times the series visited Kansas. Over time, the Kansas groove has widened, opening multiple lanes for racing, but track position is still a critical factor at this and any other 1.5-mile oval. Teams will need to be at their best in qualifying to ensure they don't fall behind the pace early in the race.
While the track does promote passing via its multiple lines and progressive banking, restarts are still the best opportunities to make up ground and pit strategy can influence a driver's position. However, Kansas can produce long green-flag stretches that enable faster vehicles to segregate themselves from the competition. Due to the tendency for long stretches of green there can be few chances to make adjustments or take a gamble on strategy. That means trucks behind the pace run a risk of falling a lap down, which can effectively be the end to a driver's afternoon. Starting position is important for this race, but a truck prepared to maximize long-run pace will be a big advantage, too.
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DraftKings Value Picks for the Heart of Health Care 200 (Based on Standard $50K Salary Cap)
DraftKings Tier 1 Values
William Byron - $12,000
Corey Heim - $11,000
Carson Hocevar - $10,500
DraftKings Tier 2 Values
Ty Majeski - $9,500
Layne Riggs - $9,300
Chandler Smith - $9,000
Daniel Hemric - $8,800
DraftKings Tier 3 Values
Tyler Ankrum - $8,500
Grant Enfinger - $8,300
Rajah Caruth - $8,000
Brandon Jones - $7,800
DraftKings Long-Shot Values
Tanner Gray - $7,300
Stewart Friesen - $7,200
Matt Crafton - $6,700
Luke Baldwin - $6,100
NASCAR Truck Series DFS Picks for the Heart of Health Care 200
Corey Heim - $11,000
Layne Riggs - $9,300
Grant Enfinger - $8,300
Rajah Caruth - $8,000
Tanner Gray - $7,300
Luke Baldwin - $6,100
Corey Heim has been at the top of his game (and the series) this season, and Kansas is a venue he'll unload at with a full dose of confidence. He is the two-time defending winner of this race and just a week ago he won his third race of the season and second on a 1.5-mile oval. Despite challenges from William Byron and Carson Hocevar, Heim is the driver with the most wind in his sails at this moment and at this track.
While Layne Riggs may not have the superlative statistics Heim does this week, the Front Row Motorsports driver has shown the pace on 1.5-mile ovals this season. He made contact with Ty Majeski and spun a week ago at Texas, but he was the runner-up finisher behind Heim in March at Homestead. Riggs also finished second to Heim at Kansas last fall. Fantasy players will be expecting him to quickly bounce back from last week's incident. Another driver looking for a better result this week versus last is Grant Enfinger. He is capable of delivering it, too. Enfinger won this race in 2023 and finished ninth at the track last fall despite starting 19th. After leading laps in the last two races, Enfinger just needs to put the whole race together this week.
In the middle of the lineup, fantasy players may want to look to Rajah Caruth. The Spire Motorsports driver sits 13th in the points, trying to claw his way into the playoff positions. His recent progress has been impressive in doing just that, too. Caruth finished in the top 10 in the last four races and scored his first top-10 at Kansas last fall. His results at this track have bee improving and he is in form heading into this weekend, too. Tanner Gray is one of the drivers Caruth is looking to overcome in the points. Gray finished seventh and sixth in the two Kansas races last season and is coming off of a fifth-place finish at Texas. Fantasy players should keep in mind that he also finished third at Homestead in March for yet another top-five at a 1.5-mile oval.
Finally, newcomer Luke Baldwin fits perfectly into our remaining budget. Baldwin will be making his second of three scheduled starts with ThorSport Racing this week. His first came at Martinsville where he started 27th and finished 22nd despite an incident. Baldwin is a SMART Modified Champion gaining NASCAR experience in these few starts but is with one of the best teams in the business and should be up to speed quickly this week.
NASCAR Truck Series Best Bets for the Heart of Health Care 200
Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook as of 4:00 PM ET Friday
Race Winner - Layne Riggs +1000
Top-Three Finish - Kaden Honeycutt +500
Top-Five Finish - Grant Enfinger - +210
Corey Heim is the favorite to win this week's race, but with all the variables at play in a NASCAR race, wagering on his very low odds this week is a tough pill to swallow. Looking further down the odds list, we can take Layne Riggs and get six times the potential payout. Riggs isn't that far off of Heim either. Riggs was the Kansas runner up last fall. He was also the runner up at the 1.5-mile oval at Homestead in March. To get six times the potential payout as Heim, we'll take Riggs to win Saturday.
With just a small step up in performance, Kaden Honeycutt could be a convincing choice to snag a top-three finish this week. The Niece Motorsports driver hasn't landed a top-five yet this season, but he was 12th or better at both Homestead and Las Vegas. Even more telling, Honeycutt heads to Kansas with fourth-place finishes in both races at the track last season. He started 23rd in the spring race, but still pulled out that top-five. This could be the week Honeycutt bags his first top-five of the season, and it wouldn't be a stretch to see him finish in the top three.
A top-five option worth considering is Grant Enfinger. The veteran is sixth in points right now and finished second at Las Vegas in March. With that track's similarity to Kansas, wagerers should expect Enfinger to be competitive again this week. He is a former Kansas winner with six top-fives from 13 starts at the track, too. Enfinger finished ninth at the track last fall. All signs suggest a top-five is within his grasp this week.
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