Christian Eckes sweeps the stages, dominates Long John Silver's 200 at Martinsville
Tonight, Christian Eckes was in control from start to finish. The NASCAR Truck Series driver swept the stages on his way to victory at Martinsville. Eckes wins for the second time this season.
Just like he did at Bristol, Christian Eckes was great tonight at Martinsville. Last season he won four total races, already he has two wins on the season. Eckes is proving that he is a legit championship contender.
Once again, Ty Majeski comes up short. The short track driver won the pole, but Eckes was too strong during the race.
Eckes is the first driver on the season with two wins. He is going to be a tough one to beat this year.
This race got a little wild at the end. Wrecks kept popping up, cautions were flying. Typical Truck Series stuff at Martinsville. Kaden Honeycutt and his crew chief were called to the NASCAR hauler for their actions on the track. Honeycutt was involved in a couple of incidents tonight.
Christian Eckes was great on the restarts. Every time he was in front on the restart, he was able to easily pull away. That includes the final restart on his way to taking the checkered flag. That 19 truck was just a rocket ship. Even Majeski couldn’t keep up.
This is the third time that Majeski has finished in the top-3 of a Truck Series race this season, his second runner-up.
Christian Eckes picks up where he left off
Outside of a P32 DNF finish at Atlanta, Christian Eckes has finished every race inside of the top-10 this season. He has the win at Bristol and now the win at Martinsville. He was P10 at Daytona, P6 at Las Vegas, and P8 at COTA. So far, his consistency has been much better.
Ty Majeski drives the 98 truck, the truck Eckes drove when he was at ThorSport from 2021-2022. Last season, Eckes had trouble finishing races. He also had issues with speed at times. Right now he looks like the veteran that he is.
At 23 years old, Eckes is still developing. However, it feels like this might be his breakout season. Two wins at this point and he shows no sign of letting up going into Texas. There is a real chance we could see Eckes win next week or at Kansas after that, a track he has race very well at in the past.
Christian Eckes was really solid today and he came away with a win. Chase Purdy finished P3, Nick Sanchez, Tyler Ankrum, Taylor Gray, Rajah Caruth, Sammy Smith, Kaden Honeycutt, and Corey Heim were the rest of the top-10.