Bill McAnally Racing has announced the driver lineup for the No. 19 Chevrolet SS for the remainder of the 2025 ARCA Menards Series West season. Jake Bollman will drive at all the remaining oval races, while current NASCAR Xfinity Series rookie Christian Eckes will take the wheel at two road courses.
Bollman’s schedule will consist of nine races at Phoenix Raceway (March 7), Tuscon Speedway (April 5), Colorado National Speedway (May 24), the second trip to Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway (June 14), Tri-City Speedway (August 9), All American Speedway (September 13), Madera Speedway (September 27), The Bullring at Las Vegas (October 10), and capping hit off in the season-finale at Phoenix Raceway (November 1).
Former NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series driver for the McAnally-Hilgemann Racing team, Christian Eckes, will take control of the No. 19 for the two road courses on the 2025 docket at Sonoma Raceway (July 11), and at Portland International Raceway (August 29).
Daniel Hemric, who replaced Eckes in the Truck Series as he was being promoted to Kaulig Racing in the Xfinity Series, started off the ARCA West season with a ninth-place finish at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway after suffering a mechanical failure late in the race.
Bollman has made five career starts in both ARCA’s main series and the ARCA West competition. His best finish came twice in 2023 while racing for High Point Racing, where he finished 7th at both Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway and the now-defunct Irwindale Speedway in California, driving the No. 55 Ford Mustang. Additionally, Bollman has one career start in the ARCA Menards Series, in which he finished 31st in a Ford Mustang prepared by Naake Klauer Motorsports.
Eckes, a 24-year-old native of Middletown, New York, spent the last two seasons in the Truck Series with McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, where he accumulated a total of eight wins from 2023 to 2024. He has recently been promoted to the NASCAR Xfinity Series, where he is competing in his rookie season with the No. 16 Celsius Chevrolet Camaro for Kaulig Racing. Prior to this, Eckes competed in the ARCA series and became the champion in 2019, securing Venturini Motorsports its first of two titles as an organization.
“We’re looking forward to giving Jake (Bollman) an opportunity to drive the NAPA Auto Care Chevy this year,” said team owner Bill McAnally in a press release. “We’ve prided ourselves on elevating young talented drivers, and I think Jake can take full advantage of this. It’s great to be able to continue working with Christian (Eckes) for a couple of races. He was a monumental part of our truck program, so it’s a great chance for us to help his Xfinity Series effort this year and continue having him as part of our program. We’d love to get the NAPA Auto Care Chevy back in victory lane with both Jake and Christian and make more memories during NAPA’s 100th anniversary.”
The General Tire 150 at Phoenix Raceway will air live on FS1 at 8 pm EST on Saturday, March 7.
