The FloRacing camera is already running when the trouble starts. For the first two seconds the shot is a blur as the person holding it hurries across the pavement toward a white concession building at Martinsville Speedway, past a metal railing and under the night lights. By the four second mark Corey Heim, still in his black firesuit, is in the middle of a group of men in black shirts, and a second later he is up against the counter of the track’s hot dog stand with his helmet in his hand.
@floracing, the racing streaming service, posted the 20 second clip on September 26, 2026, tagged at Martinsville Speedway, with the caption “Corey Heim takes a punch at the Hot Dog Stand after the ValleyStar Credit Union 300.” It is the network’s own footage, shot from inside the crowd as it happened.
At about six seconds a man in a black jacket reaches Heim at the counter, and in the next frame he has an arm extended toward Heim’s head while Heim leans back against the glass. Behind them, the stand’s menu board for “A Half Mile of Mayhem” and the famous Martinsville Speedway hot dog fills the background. From about 10 seconds on, the camera is swallowed by a shoving match in front of the stand, with men in black team shirts and arms locked around chests and shoulders, until a man in a headset stands to the side as the crowd is pushed apart.
Did the Punch Land
The caption says Heim “takes a punch.” Some of the comment section disagreed. One viewer wrote that “That first punch was all board no face.” That is their read of the footage. In the frames captured for this article, the swing comes in close to Heim with the menu board right behind his head, and the clip does not slow down to settle it either way.
What is settled is what came before. Heim took the checkered flag in second in the late model stock car race, then collided with Treyten Lapcevich in a Turn 1 crash, according to NASCAR’s account of its Hauler Talk podcast. That account describes Heim as a Brickyard 400 winner. Caden Kvapil won the race in the No. 88, per NASCAR’s race report.
How NASCAR Worked Out Who Did What
This clip shows why the penalties took a few days. Mike Forde, NASCAR’s vice president of racing communications, said on the podcast that officials spent nearly two days analyzing video from multiple altercations that Saturday, finalized the identities Monday night and issued penalties Tuesday. “There’s no facial recognition software at Martinsville Speedway, so it took a little bit of time to find out,” he said.
Forde said NASCAR reviewed the post race crash between Heim and Lapcevich and “chose not to penalize and focused more on the fight and the crew members.” In its penalty notice, NASCAR fined and suspended indefinitely a team owner and a crew member, and fined and put a third team member on probation, all for a member to member confrontation with physical violence.
“When crew members get involved with putting their hands on the drivers, we’re going to react in a fashion that you probably don’t want to dip your toe into those waters,” Forde said.
What This Means After a Crash on the Road
NASCAR had video from several angles and still needed two days to sort out who was who. After a street collision, the photos and details you collect at the scene are usually all the record there is.
The New York DMV’s guidance for drivers after a crash lists the basics: “Take photos of the damage to both cars.” “Call the police and your insurance company.” “Get the other driver’s plate number and insurance information.” “Record the contact information of anyone in the other car.” Then file a crash report with the DMV.
It also warns against two things people do under pressure at a scene: “Don’t give cash to the other driver,” and be wary of tow trucks that neither you nor law enforcement called.
If the other driver is angry, take the photos from a distance or from inside your car and let the police make contact.