There was chaos after Saturday night's late model race at Martinsville Speedway, with Caden Kvapil (brother of Carson) winning the prestigious ValleyStar Credit Union 300. This event has existed in some form since 1970, with some calling it the Daytona 500 of late model stock car racing.
At the white flag, Kvapil went three-wide for the lead with Treyten Lapcevich in the middle and Corey Heim on the inside. As they filed into Turn 1, Heim made contact with the rear of Lapcevich, sending him sideways and allowing Kvapil to drive off with the race win.
🏁 Caden Kvapil joins his brother as a ValleyStar Credit Union 300 winner at Martinsville, while there's carnage for second place!#VSCU300 | September 25-26 | Live on FloRacing 📺 pic.twitter.com/rxatG63wJ7
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Heim and Lapcevich then made more door-to-door contact for the rest of the lap with Heim taking second, and Lapcevich third.
Moments later, Heim and Lapcevich made more contact with Heim actually going airborne, climbing over the door and across the hood of Lapcevich's car. Both cars sustained major damage, and again, all of this took place after the race was over.
🤯 BIG COLLISION after the checkered flag between Treyten Lapcevich & Corey Heim at Martinsville!#VSCU300 | September 25-26 | Live on FloRacing 📺 pic.twitter.com/jHy8CX9QBL
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Not long after, a confrontation broke out near the famous hot dog shack inside the Martinsville infield.
Heim appeared to be backing away as members of Lapcevich’s Chad Bryant Racing team approached him, including team owner Chad Bryant himself, who immediately started swinging. Heim continued to try and de-escalate as one individual grabbed him as his back was against the hot dog stand, beneath a menu sign reading ‘A Half Mile of Mayhem’. Heim was hit or punched multiple times while covering his head, and a police officer quickly escorted him away from the scene.
Here's two different views of the fight below:
Longer video of Chad Bryant Racing jumping Corey Heim
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From Buddy Pulley on Facebook pic.twitter.com/QpuGwXUltF
FIGHT AT THE HOTDOG STAND!
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FIGHT AT THE @MARTINSVILLESWY HOTDOG STAND!!!#VSCU300 | September 25-26 | Live on FloRacing 📺 pic.twitter.com/ZOqO2bnVAH
Heim actually had a decent relationship with Chad Bryant entering this race and even drove for him in the past, with Heim making his ARCA debut in a car owned by Bryant. He started 13 ARCA races for Bryant during the 2019 season.
It's also worth noting that Lapcevich also attempted to confront Heim on pit road, but Bryant intervened before the later infield altercation involving the rest of the crew and the team owner.
Heim was wearing his 23XI Racing firesuit, and is set to drive for the team co-owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin on a full-time basis in the 2027 NASCAR Cup season. As a part-time Cup driver, he won the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis and the inaugural running of the San Diego Street Course earlier this season. He is also the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion.
There was also another brawl earlier in the day at Martinsville, involving drivers Brad Housewright and Chase Burrow.
