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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Buckle Up South Carolina 200

Darlington Raceway

May 12th, 2023

Race #9 of the 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 147
- Extended to 158 laps
Miles Raced : 215.8
Time of Race : 02 Hours 02 minutes 42 seconds
Average Speed: 105.539 mph
Cautions: 8
Caution Laps: 37
Lead Changes: 10
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 23 (64%)

Christian Eckes celebrates in victory lane — Darlington, South Carolina - May 12th, 2023: Christian Eckes, driver of the #19 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Buckle Up South Carolina 200 at Darlington Raceway Photo by Getty Images | Jared C Tilton

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	4	19	Christian Eckes	Chevrolet	58	40	18	6	158	82	4	1	3	Running
2	6	52	Stewart Friesen	Toyota	43	35	8	0	158	0	0	7	7	Running
3	11	15	Tanner Gray	Toyota	34	34	0	0	158	0	0	0	0	Running
4	8	51	William Byron	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	158	7	1	4	1	Running
5	18	42	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	44	32	12	0	158	0	0	6	4	Running
6	13	24	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	31	31	0	0	158	0	0	0	0	Running
7	15	1	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	0	0	0	0	158	0	0	8	5	Running
8	1	11	Corey Heim	Toyota	47	29	18	0	158	66	4	2	2	Running
9	25	5	Dean Thompson	Toyota	28	28	0	0	158	0	0	0	0	Running
10	24	20	Kaden Honeycutt	Chevrolet	27	27	0	0	158	0	0	0	0	Running
11	3	2	Nicholas Sanchez	Chevrolet	28	26	2	0	158	0	0	9	0	Running
12	19	88	Matt Crafton	Ford	25	25	0	0	158	0	0	0	0	Running
13	16	41	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	158	0	0	0	0	Running
14	2	23	Grant Enfinger	Chevrolet	32	23	9	0	158	0	0	5	8	Running
15	17	16	Tyler Ankrum	Toyota	22	22	0	0	158	0	0	0	0	Running
16	29	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	158	0	0	0	0	Running
17	36	9	Colby Howard	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	158	0	0	0	0	Running
18	14	99	Ben Rhodes	Ford	19	19	0	0	158	0	0	0	0	Running
19	20	43	Daniel Dye	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	158	0	0	0	0	Running
20	26	13	Hailie Deegan	Ford	17	17	0	0	158	2	1	0	0	Running
21	12	17	Taylor Gray	Toyota	17	16	1	0	158	1	1	0	10	Running
22	22	38	Zane Smith	Ford	15	15	0	0	158	0	0	0	0	Running
23	34	32	Bret Holmes	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	158	0	0	0	0	Running
24	23	56	Timmy Hill	Toyota	15	13	2	0	157	0	0	0	9	Running
25	7	25	Matt DiBenedetto	Chevrolet	20	12	8	0	157	0	0	3	0	Running
26	5	35	Jake Garcia	Chevrolet	16	11	5	0	157	0	0	0	6	Running
27	32	30	Ryan Vargas	Toyota	10	10	0	0	156	0	0	0	0	Running
28	27	4	Johnny Sauter	Ford	9	9	0	0	156	0	0	0	0	Running
29	35	2	Kris Wright	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	155	0	0	0	0	Running
30	30	45	Lawless Alan	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	126	0	0	0	0	Accident
31	9	98	Ty Majeski	Ford	6	6	0	0	123	0	0	0	0	Running
32	10	4	Chase Purdy	Chevrolet	6	5	1	0	100	0	0	10	0	Accident
33	33	12	Spencer Boyd	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	78	0	0	0	0	Fuel Pump
34	21	75	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	48	0	0	0	0	Oil Leak
35	31	47	Dawson Cram	Toyota	0	0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	Mechanical
36	28	46	Brennan Poole	Toyota	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	Engine

Race Infractions

Buckle Up South Carolina 200 at Darlington Raceway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Nicholas Sanchez	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Ty Majeski	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	47	49	Yellow
Parker Kligerman	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Garage	Tail End	48	0	Yellow
Chase Purdy	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	48	50	Yellow
Ty Majeski	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	51	53	Yellow
Spencer Boyd	Speeding on pit road Garage	Tail End	89	0	Yellow
Kaden Honeycutt	Safety violation	Tail End	93	95	Yellow
Zane Smith	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	101	103	Yellow
Colby Howard	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	102	104	Yellow
Ross Chastain	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	104	106	Yellow
Ben Rhodes	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	104	106	Yellow
Matt DiBenedetto	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	130	132	Yellow
Ty Majeski	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	130	132	Yellow
Timmy Hill	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	146	148	Yellow
Taylor Gray	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	151	153	Yellow
Jake Garcia	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	152	154	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Darlington Raceway
Buckle Up South Carolina 200
Race Winner: Christian Eckes
Age: 22
Team : No. 19 - Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet
Owner: Bill McAnally
Crew Chief: Charles Denike
Christian Eckes won the Buckle Up South Carolina 200, his third victory in 77 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in three races at Darlington Raceway.
Stewart Friesen (second) posted his third top-10 finish in five races at Darlington Raceway. It is his third top-10 finish in 2023.
Tanner Gray (third) posted his first top-10 finish in five races at Darlington Raceway.
Rajah Caruth (sixth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Zane Smith leads the point standings by 9 points over Ty Majeski.

Race Recap

Christian Eckes returns to winning ways in two overtimes at Darlington

May 12th, 2023

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

After five weeks of frustration, Christian Eckes got the rebound he needed on Friday night at Darlington Raceway.

Leading a race-high 82 of 158 laps, Eckes scored a convincing two-overtime victory in the Buckle Up South Carolina 200, the ninth event on the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series schedule.

The win was Eckes' second of the season and third of his career. It followed a string of five races in which the driver of the No. 19 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet had finished 30^th three times and 15^th twice.

"I don't really feel that excited, because the truck was so good it drove itself," said Eckes, who won the race under caution after Grant Enfinger and Nick Sanchez tangled in the second overtime. "It's been a really, really rough couple of weeks.

"To come back and win shows the resilience of this team, and how we had to win it just shows the fight in this team… I was really determined. It's really, really fun to be here, man, and when you have a truck like this, you've just got to finish it out."

A late charge and an excellent restart in the first overtime vaulted Stewart Friesen into second place at the finish. Tanner Gray ran third, followed by full-time NASCAR Cup Series driver William Byron and Carson Hocevar.

The early stages of the race rapidly evolved into a contest between Eckes, Byron and pole winner Corey Heim, who led the first 26 laps before Eckes passed him for the Stage 1 victory and led 35 laps in Stage 2 before Byron passed him for the win with three laps left in the stage.

The first two stages ran caution-free to the breaks, but the complexion of the race changed markedly during the final stage and overtimes, which produced six cautions. Byron would have preferred longer green-flag runs.

"We needed a little bit longer runs, I think," said Byron, who was driving the No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports entry and seeking the 100^th victory for that organization. "Our truck was strong on longer runs—we just had too many medium to short runs, and it was hard to get track position there to advance forward…

"Hopefully, we learned some stuff for the (Goodyear 400) Cup race (on Sunday). We usually run really good here, so it's just a matter of trying to put it all together and learn some nuances with the race track, so hopefully we did that."

Heim led four times for 66 laps but took himself out of contention by failing to pit with the rest of the lead cars on Lap 116. He led the field to the restart on Lap 119 of a scheduled 147 but quickly fell back through the field.

Heim, however, pitted for fresh tires before the first overtime and recovered to finish eighth on the new rubber.

Reigning series champion Zane Smith, who was part of a three-car accident on Lap 101 and finished 22^nd, retained the series lead by nine points over Ty Majeski, who came home 35 laps down in 31^st after his crew changed the steering box in his ThorSport Racing Ford.