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Todd Bodine Reacts To Corey Heim Getting Attacked Following Martinsville Finish: “Sickening Is Putting It Mildly”

September 28, 2026  ·
  John Trent

Todd Bodine shared his reaction after Corey Heim was attacked following the conclusion of the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway.

In the final laps of the race, Heim in the No. 22 Nelson Motorsports car battled with Lapcevich and Caden Kvapil for the win. As they got the white flag, Heim gave Lapcevich the bumper in turns 1 and 2 that got him sideways. After he got it corrected exiting the corner, the two beat and banged down the back stretch. Heim then drove it deep into 3 and 4 and pushed Lapcevich up the track. 

While all that was happening, Kvapil pulled away to get the win. Heim finished second and Lapcevich settled for third.

On the cooldown lap, Lapcevich expressed his displeasure by coming down on Heim. Heim responded by running into the side of Lapcevich’s car and then up and over his left front. Heim then crashed into the outside wall while Lapcevich spun to a stop in the outside of turn 2.

Lapcevich reacted to the wreck telling Short Track Scene, “Disappointed, obviously. Disappointed in Corey as a racer, as a person. Obviously, angry about what he did on the track there. He was running into everyone all night. You saw how he was racing with Caden and how he was racing with Lee. Cup guy or not, it doesn’t matter to me. We’re all the same out here when you get to the track.”

“After the race, I kinda went up to his right side, and I was running him tight, and all of a sudden he just gasses it up and drives over my left front. Like you said, kills both of our cars. Just unnecessary. We got to race that car at Newport next week. Obviously, disappointing for sure.”

Heim shared his perspective saying, “He like tried to pin me under the curb and just kept turning left and then my right front hopped his left front and destroyed a perfectly good race car.  So I’m upset for that. He looks classy, and I guess we’ll keep moving forward. It’s not my car, I don’t own it, so I’m not mad.”

“I really don’t understand him. We’re racing for the win, and I can’t see what he sees. And, yeah, I don’t know. I mean, he just tried to destroy my car under cool down laps and succeeded,” Heim added. “So, Late Model Racing I guess.”

Following the post-race interviews, Heim was attacked by multiple individuals at the hot dog stand.

Heim reacted to the attack on X writing, “Solid effort, but at least make it count next time 😂.”

NASCAR icon Kenny Wallace shared his reaction to the fight. He wrote on X, “Corey Heim is a badass.. multiple crew members beating on him like a dog and he stands there. This really is sickening.”

Bodine then took it a step further and called for Heim to press charges and seemingly for NASCAR to ban them, “Sickening is putting it mildly. Couldn’t agree more Herm. Hope he pressed charges and those team members don’t see another race.”

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Author: John Trent