Christian Eckes
| Christian Eckes | |||||||
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| Nationality |  American | ||||||
| Born | November 10, 2000 Greenville, Orange County, New York | ||||||
| ARCA Racing Series career | |||||||
| Debut season | 2016 | ||||||
| Current team | Venturini Motorsports | ||||||
| Car number | 15 | ||||||
| Engine | Toyota | ||||||
| Starts | 27 | ||||||
| Championships | 0 | ||||||
| Wins | 3 | ||||||
| Poles | 2 | ||||||
| Best finish | 16th in 2017 | ||||||
| Finished last season | 16th | ||||||
| Previous series | |||||||
| 2015 2015–2017 | NASCAR K&N Pro Series East CARS Super Late Model Tour | ||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||
| 2016 | Snowball Derby | ||||||
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 46 (Kyle Busch Motorsports) | ||||||
| First race | 2018 M&M's 200 (Iowa) | ||||||
| Last race | 2018 Eaton 200 (Gateway) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of June 23, 2018. | |||||||
Christian Eckes (born November 10, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the ARCA Racing Series, driving the No. 15 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports, and part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 46 Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports. He won the Snowball Derby in 2016 and formerly was a development driver for JR Motorsports.
Racing career
Eckes grew up in Middletown, New York. He began racing Legends Cars at thirteen years old.[1] He later moved up to racing late model stock cars and super late models.[1]
In 2015, Eckes began racing late models for JR Motorsports, as well as super late models for LFR Chassis as one of their driver development program drivers.[2][3]
In April 2016, Eckes made his ARCA Racing Series debut at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in Tennessee, driving for Venturini Motorsports.[4] He finished eighth, the only top-ten in four ARCA races that year.[5] Eckes also made his NASCAR K&N Pro Series East debut at Dominion Raceway.[6] He ran two more events that year, at Columbus Motor Speedway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway.[7]
He won three races in a row to end the season, one at Myrtle Beach Speedway, at Southern National Motorsports Park and the Snowball Derby, at Five Flags Speedway.[8] At the Snowball Derby, Eckes won over John Hunter Nemechek.[9] Although some reports pegged him as the youngest winner, those reports were erroneous, as Chase Elliott won the event in 2011 at age fifteen while Eckes was sixteen when he triumphed.[10]
In December 2016, Eckes and Venturini announced nine ARCA races in 2017.[11]
In July 2017, Eckes and Venturini re-signed for an enlarged ARCA schedule in 2018 that included fifteen races.[12] He triumphed for the first time at Salem Speedway in April of 2018. Eckes kept fellow Venturini Motorsports driver Chandler Smith at bay over the closing portion of the race to secure the victory.[13]
In the week following the win, Eckes landed a deal with NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team Kyle Busch Motorsports to drive the team's No. 46 entry in four races in the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, starting at Iowa Speedway in June.[14]
Personal life
Eckes attends George Washington University Online High School.[1]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Camping World Truck Series
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2018 | Kyle Busch Motorsports | 46 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | LVS | MAR | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | IOW 8 |
GTW 28 |
CHI | KEN | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | -* | -* | |
ARCA Racing Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Racing Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ARSC | Pts |
| 2016 | Venturini Motorsports | 66 | Toyota | DAY | NSH 8 |
SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC | MCH | 40th | 625 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | MAD 14 |
WIN | IOW 11 |
IRP 26 |
POC 13 |
BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | DAY | NSH 3 |
SLM 8* |
TAL | TOL 8 |
ELK 2 |
POC | MCH | MAD 5 |
IOW 8 |
IRP 10 |
POC | WIN 2 |
ISF 6 |
ROA | DSF | SLM 19 |
CHI | KEN | KAN | 16th | 1980 | |||
| 2018 | DAY | NSH 8 |
SLM 1 |
TAL | TOL 21 |
CLT | POC 11 |
MCH | MAD | GTW 4 |
CHI | IOW 11 |
ELK 2 |
POC | ISF 1 |
BLN 11 |
DSF 4 |
SLM 7 |
IRP 1* |
KAN | -* | -* | |||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
References
- ^ a b c Fambro, Cassie (2017-12-20). "Driving fast, but still in class: Christian Eckes' balancing act". Lake Norman Publications. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ White, Heath (2016-01-12). "Christian Eckes Joins JRM Late Model Lineup for 2016". Retrieved 2018-04-09.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Christian Eckes, Tanner Gray and Riley Herbst to Represent LFR Driver Development Group at Hickory Motor Speedway – LFR Chassis". www.lfrchassis.com. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ "Christian Eckes Returns to Familiar Grounds for ARCA Season Debut". SpeedwayDigest. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- ^ "Driver Christian Eckes 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ "Eckes Scores Top 10 Finish in Successful K&N East Debut". Speed51. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
- ^ "Driver Christian Eckes 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ Marquis, Andy (2017-04-27). "Marquis: My Short Track Draft – race22.com". Race22. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Long, Dustin (2016-12-07). "Christian Eckes wins Snowball Derby". NASCAR Talk. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (2017-12-02). "PREVIEW: Kyle Busch to start 15th in Sunday's 50th Snowball Derby". NASCAR Talk. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Snowball Derby winner Christian Eckes signs with Venturini for 2017". ARCA Racing Series. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Rookie Christian Eckes lookin' up; extends partnership with VMS through 2018". ARCA Racing Series. 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Radebaugh, Don (22 April 2018). "Christian Eckes holds off Chandler Smith in ARCA Salem thriller". Autoweek. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^ McFadin, Daniel (26 April 2018). "Christian Eckes lands four-race deal with Kyle Busch Motorsports in Truck Series". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
External links
- Official website
- Christian Eckes driver statistics at Racing-Reference