Christian Eckes

Christian Eckes
Nationality United States American
Born (2000-11-10) November 10, 2000
Greenville, Orange County, New York
ARCA Racing Series career
Debut season 2016
Current team Venturini Motorsports
Car no. 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 Camping World 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)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
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
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

  1. 1 2 3 Fambro, Cassie (2017-12-20). "Driving fast, but still in class: Christian Eckes' balancing act". Lake Norman Publications. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  2. ↑ White, Heath (2016-01-12). "Christian Eckes Joins JRM Late Model Lineup for 2016". Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Christian Eckes Returns to Familiar Grounds for ARCA Season Debut". SpeedwayDigest. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  5. ↑ "Driver Christian Eckes 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  6. ↑ "Eckes Scores Top 10 Finish in Successful K&N East Debut". Speed51. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  7. ↑ "Driver Christian Eckes 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  8. ↑ Marquis, Andy (2017-04-27). "Marquis: My Short Track Draft – race22.com". Race22. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  9. ↑ Long, Dustin (2016-12-07). "Christian Eckes wins Snowball Derby". NASCAR Talk. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  10. ↑ Bonkowski, Jerry (2017-12-02). "PREVIEW: Kyle Busch to start 15th in Sunday's 50th Snowball Derby". NASCAR Talk. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  11. ↑ "Snowball Derby winner Christian Eckes signs with Venturini for 2017". ARCA Racing Series. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  12. ↑ "Rookie Christian Eckes lookin' up; extends partnership with VMS through 2018". ARCA Racing Series. 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  13. ↑ Radebaugh, Don (22 April 2018). "Christian Eckes holds off Chandler Smith in ARCA Salem thriller". Autoweek. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  14. ↑ McFadin, Daniel (26 April 2018). "Christian Eckes lands four-race deal with Kyle Busch Motorsports in Truck Series". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Chase Elliott		 Snowball Derby Winner
2016		 Succeeded by
Kyle Busch
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