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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Weather Guard Truck Race

Bristol Motor Speedway

March 16th, 2024

Race #4 of the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 200
- Extended to 250 laps
Miles Raced : 133.3
Time of Race : 01 Hours 39 minutes 55 seconds
Average Speed: 80.017 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.141 seconds
Cautions: 6
Caution Laps: 50
Lead Changes: 4
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 17 (47%)

Christian Eckes celebrates in victory lane — Bristol, Tennessee - March 16th, 2024: Christian Eckes, driver of the #19 NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Weather Guard Truck Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Photo by Jonathan Bachman | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	1	19	Christian Eckes	Chevrolet	57	40	17	5	250	144	2	2	3	Running
2	4	7	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	250	105	2	1	1	Running
3	7	91	Zane Smith	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	250	1	1	5	5	Running
4	20	88	Matt Crafton	Ford	36	33	3	0	250	0	0	0	8	Running
5	9	18	Tyler Ankrum	Chevrolet	41	32	9	0	250	0	0	7	6	Running
6	15	11	Corey Heim	Toyota	31	31	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
7	3	17	Taylor Gray	Toyota	35	30	5	0	250	0	0	6	0	Running
8	6	71	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	29	29	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
9	13	9	Grant Enfinger	Chevrolet	29	28	1	0	250	0	0	10	0	Running
10	28	38	Layne Riggs	Ford	28	27	1	0	250	0	0	0	10	Running
11	12	41	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
12	8	45	Kaden Honeycutt	Chevrolet	27	25	2	0	250	0	0	9	0	Running
13	10	43	Daniel Dye	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
14	17	13	Jake Garcia	Ford	23	23	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
15	21	15	Tanner Gray	Toyota	22	22	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
16	16	99	Ben Rhodes	Ford	26	21	5	0	250	0	0	8	9	Running
17	2	2	Nicholas Sanchez	Chevrolet	37	20	17	0	250	0	0	3	2	Running
18	25	75	Stefan Parsons	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
19	14	66	Conner Jones	Ford	18	18	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
20	26	25	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
21	19	1	William Sawalich	Toyota	16	16	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
22	23	52	Stewart Friesen	Toyota	19	15	4	0	248	0	0	0	7	Running
23	22	5	Dean Thompson	Toyota	14	14	0	0	247	0	0	0	0	Running
24	27	56	Timmy Hill	Toyota	13	13	0	0	247	0	0	0	0	Running
25	18	42	Matt Mills	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	247	0	0	0	0	Running
26	33	46	Thad Moffitt	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	246	0	0	0	0	Running
27	29	33	Lawless Alan	Ford	10	10	0	0	246	0	0	0	0	Running
28	31	2	Mason Massey	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
29	36	21	Mason Maggio	Ford	8	8	0	0	244	0	0	0	0	Running
30	30	76	Spencer Boyd	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	242	0	0	0	0	Running
31	24	32	Bret Holmes	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	242	0	0	0	0	Running
32	34	22	Keith McGee	Ford	5	5	0	0	238	0	0	0	0	Running
33	11	77	Chase Purdy	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	228	0	0	0	0	Running
34	5	98	Ty Majeski	Ford	17	3	14	0	170	0	0	4	4	Engine
35	35	14	Trey Hutchens	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	113	0	0	0	0	Suspension
36	32	90	Justin Carroll	Toyota	1	1	0	0	57	0	0	0	0	Brakes

Race Infractions

Weather Guard Truck Race at Bristol Motor Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Mason Maggio	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Keith McGee	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	44	52	Yellow
Keith McGee	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	44	52	Yellow
Justin Carroll	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	44	76	Yellow
Justin Carroll	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	44	76	Yellow
William Sawalich	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	48	52	Yellow
Spencer Boyd	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	49	52	Yellow
Matt Mills	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	49	52	Yellow
Bret Holmes	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Exit	Tail End	49	52	Yellow
Rajah Caruth	Unspecified Improper Driver Assist.	Tail End	71	76	Yellow
Rajah Caruth	Car/Truck pitting out of the assigned pit box	Tail End	136	142	Yellow
William Sawalich	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	136	142	Yellow
Keith McGee	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	137	142	Yellow
Spencer Boyd	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	141	142	Yellow
Ben Rhodes	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	145	152	Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	221	226	Yellow
William Sawalich	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	222	226	Yellow
Keith McGee	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	224	226	Yellow
Mason Maggio	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	224	226	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Bristol Motor Speedway
Weather Guard Truck Race
Race Winner: Christian Eckes
Age: 23
Team : No. 19 - NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet
Owner: Bill McAnally
Crew Chief: Charles Denike
Christian Eckes won the Weather Guard Truck Race, his sixth victory in 95 CRAFTSMAN Truck Series races.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in four races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Kyle Busch (second) posted his ninth top-10 finish in 12 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his second top-10 finish in 2024.
Zane Smith (third) posted his third top-10 finish in five races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Layne Riggs (10th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Tyler Ankrum leads the point standings by 17 points over Corey Heim.

Race Recap

Christian Eckes finds redemption in NASCAR Truck Series win at Bristol

March 16th, 2024

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Sometimes a victory tastes sweetest when it comes as a chaser for a bitter defeat.

That was certainly the case for pole winner Christian Eckes, who held off Kyle Busch in the closing laps to win Saturday night’s Weather Guard Truck Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

In last year’s NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Playoff race at Bristol, Eckes gave up the lead to Corey Heim with six laps left and finished second by 0.218 seconds.

The loss cost Eckes, who led 150 laps in that event, a berth in the Championship 4 at Phoenix, where his victory in the season finale gave him a consolation prize but not a title.

On Saturday night, Eckes passed Busch for the lead on Lap 159 and held it for the final 92 circuits as Busch made a frenetic charge that fell just short. In traffic, Eckes crossed the finish line 0.141 seconds ahead of the career Truck Series victory leader.

“Oh, man, it’s so sweet,” said Eckes, who won for the first time this season, the first time at Bristol and the sixth time in his career. “There’s just so much behind this win from last year, missing out on the Championship 4 and losing the race with (six) to go.

“To come back and redeem ourselves was our number one goal, and not only that, but the first three races (of this season), how terribly they’ve gone. We had a lot of issues, and to come back and run really good just show s the resilience of the team.”

By putting his No. 19 McAnally Hilgemann Racing Silverado in Victory Lane, Eckes extended Chevrolet’s 2024 Truck Series winning streak to four races.

Under the sixth and final caution, which slowed Busch’s pursuit for eight laps, Busch radioed to his team, “We’re a second-place truck, maybe third.”

But that didn’t prevent Busch from charging after Eckes after a restart on Lap 227 of 250. As the run progressed, Busch cut into Eckes’ lead, which had grown to more than one second, and closed to his back bumper by the time Eckes crossed the finish line.

“The crazy part about it is, we fought looseall through practice, all through qualifying, all through the beginning part of the race on older date codes,” Busch said. “Then we put on the newer date codes of tires and were instantly tight. So, just not being able to prepare and practice on what you expect to race on hurtus.

“We tightened up all day, and obviously I don’tthink we were as tight as the 19 (Eckes) at the end but, you know, just track position. I let him go early in that run to just goburn his stuff off and track position at the end, just aero effects… Didn’thave enough rubber on the road to outduel him.”

Zane Smith finished third in the first race of a double-duty weekend. Three-time series champion Matt Crafton was fourth after joining Eckes and Busch in a three-way battle for the lead before the final caution for a shunt involving Stewart Friesen and Nick Sanchez on Lap 219.

Series leader Tyler Ankrum was fifth, extending his margin over second-place Corey Heim to 17 points. Heim finished sixth, followed by Taylor Gray, Rajah Caruth, Grant Enfinger and Sunoco rookie Layne Riggs.