Christian Eckes put on a dominant performance in Friday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event at Martinsville Speedway, leading 187 of 200 laps en route to the victory.
Eckes had to defend against Ben Rhodes, Chase Purdy, and Taylor Gray to capture the victory, his ninth in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
Rhodes finished second, with Purdy and Gray third and fourth. Nick Sanchez completed the top five.
RACE RESULTS:
| Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Laps | Diff | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 19 | Christian Eckes (P) | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet | 200 | --- | Running | 60 |
| 2 | 13 | 99 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing Kubota Ford | 200 | 1.191 | Running | 39 |
| 3 | 4 | 77 | Chase Purdy | Spire Motorsports Bama Buggies Chevrolet | 200 | 1.243 | Running | 37 |
| 4 | 9 | 17 | Taylor Gray (P) | TRICON Garage JBL Toyota | 200 | 2.166 | Running | 40 |
| 5 | 11 | 2 | Nick Sanchez (P) | REV Racing Gainbridge Chevrolet | 200 | 2.537 | Running | 48 |
| 6 | 3 | 38 | Layne Riggs # | Front Row Motorsports Infinity Communications Group Ford | 200 | 2.577 | Running | 37 |
| 7 | 12 | 11 | Corey Heim (P) | TRICON Garage Safelite Toyota | 200 | 2.688 | Running | 42 |
| 8 | 33 | 18 | Tyler Ankrum (P) | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing LiUNA! Chevrolet | 200 | 2.924 | Running | 31 |
| 9 | 18 | 9 | Grant Enfinger (P) | CR7 Motorsports Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet | 200 | 3.082 | Running | 29 |
| 10 | 27 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing Halmar International Toyota | 200 | 3.256 | Running | 32 |
| 11 | 2 | 98 | Ty Majeski (P) | ThorSport Racing Ford | 200 | 3.609 | Running | 44 |
| 12 | 6 | 7 | Connor Zilisch(i) | Spire Motorsports Austin Hatcher Foundation Chevrolet | 200 | 3.819 | Running | 26 |
| 13 | 10 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing / Menards Ford | 200 | 3.961 | Running | 24 |
| 14 | 16 | 1 | William Sawalich | TRICON Garage Starkey / SoundGear Toyota | 200 | 4.128 | Running | 31 |
| 15 | 34 | 25 | Dawson Sutton | Rackley WAR Rackley Roofing Chevrolet | 200 | 4.383 | Running | 22 |
| 16 | 15 | 41 | Bayley Currey | Niece Motorsports DQS Chevrolet | 200 | 4.529 | Running | 21 |
| 17 | 22 | 5 | Dean Thompson | TRICON Garage Thompson Pipe Group Toyota | 200 | 4.702 | Running | 20 |
| 18 | 31 | 81 | Corey Day | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 200 | 4.821 | Running | 19 |
| 19 | 17 | 42 | Matt Mills | Niece Motorsports JF Electric / Utilitra Chevrolet | 200 | 7.104 | Running | 18 |
| 20 | 21 | 13 | Jake Garcia | ThorSport Racing Quanta Services Ford | 199 | 1 lap | Running | 17 |
| 21 | 23 | 56 | Timmy Hill | Hill Motorsports UNITS / Toys for Tots Toyota | 198 | 2 laps | Running | 16 |
| 22 | 29 | 76 | Spencer Boyd | Freedom Racing Enterprises Amthor International Chervolet | 198 | 2 laps | Running | 15 |
| 23 | 30 | 33 | Lawless Alan | Reaume Brothers Racing Ford | 198 | 2 laps | Running | 14 |
| 24 | 32 | 22 | Clayton Green | Reaume Brothers Racing Ford | 197 | 3 laps | Running | 13 |
| 25 | 35 | 90 | Justin Carroll | Terry Carroll Motorsports Carroll's Automotive / Duratain | 197 | 3 laps | Running | 12 |
| 26 | 8 | 91 | Jack Wood | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Mongoose Chevrolet | 196 | 4 laps | Running | 11 |
| 27 | 14 | 44 | Matthew Gould | Niece Motorsports Niece Equipment Chevrolet | 195 | 5 laps | Running | 10 |
| 28 | 19 | 66 | Johnny Sauter | ThorSport Racing Ford | 194 | 6 laps | Accident | 9 |
| 29 | 20 | 15 | Tanner Gray | TRICON Garage Dead On Tools Toyota | 182 | 18 laps | Accident | 8 |
| 30 | 25 | 4 | Brett Moffitt | Hettinger Racing Victory Custom Trailers Chevrolet | 181 | 19 laps | Accident | 7 |
| 31 | 7 | 71 | Rajah Caruth (P) | Spire Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 179 | 21 laps | Running | 6 |
| 32 | 26 | 43 | Daniel Dye | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Champion Container Chevrolet | 166 | 34 laps | Mechanical | 5 |
| 33 | 5 | 45 | Kaden Honeycutt | Niece Motorsports Moore's Venture Foods Chevrolet | 162 | 38 laps | Accident | 11 |
| 34 | 28 | 02 | Dylan Lupton(i) | Young's Motorsports Chevrolet | 96 | 104 laps | Accident | 3 |
| 35 | 24 | 16 | Landen Lewis | Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota Tsusho Toyota | 82 | 118 laps | Mechanical | 2 |
| 36 | 36 | 6 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet | 17 | 183 laps | Mechanical | 1 |
LEADERS/LEAD CHANGES:
| Lead Change | Leader | From | To | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pole | Christian Eckes | 0 | 104 | 104 |
| 1 | Ben Rhodes | 105 | 115 | 11 |
| 2 | Christian Eckes | 116 | 194 | 79 |
| 3 | Taylor Gray | 195 | 195 | 1 |
| 4 | Christian Eckes | 196 | 196 | 1 |
| 5 | Ben Rhodes | 197 | 197 | 1 |
| 6 | Christian Eckes | 198 | 200 | 3 |
CAUTIONS/INCIDENTS:
| Caution # | Lap | Description | Free Pass |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 37 | Truck Stalled on Track | 4 |
| 2 | 52 | Stage 1 Conclusion | 15 |
| 3 | 99 | Dylan Lupton Incident Turn 2 / Stage 2 Conclusion | 42 |
| 4 | 164 | Kaden Honeycutt Incident in Turn 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 183 | Dean Thompson, Tanner Gray, Brett Moffitt, Corey Day Incident in Turn 3 | 41 |
| 6 | 191 | Stewart Friesen, Grant Enfinger, Johnny Sauter, Tyler Ankrum, Connor Zilisch, and Layne Riggs Incident in Turn 2 | 42 |
