Christian Eckes wins the tumultuous Atlanta Truck Race

Christian Eckes pulled off the victory in Saturday’s NASCAR Truck Series race at Atlanta International Speedway despite a tumultuous overtime and a race interrupted by wrecks.

Nick Sanchez was in the lead before a late-race collision that included Carson Hocevar resulted in a two-lap overtime.

Eckes, 22, quickly took the lead after the resumption, subsequently lost it to Sanchez, then reclaimed it just before the final lap’s multi-truck crash in Turn 4 brought out the caution flag.

Eckes, who had to emerge victorious from the back of the field mid-race due to a speeding violation, now has his first victory of the year.

Eckes, a Middletown, New York native, transferred from ThorSport Racing to Bill McAnally Racing over the winter and has one previous series victory.

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“There’s a lot of thoughts for sure. It was a tough offseason,” Eckes said. “I’m driving as hard as I ever have – a have a lot to prove to the people who know who they are.

“Just really happy. Thanks to this team, they work so damn hard and this is what makes it all worth it. I’m pumped. This is going to be a really good year.”

Sanchez finished second, John Hunter Nemechek third, Bayley Currey fourth, and Matt DiBenedetto fifth.

Ben Rhodes, Timmy Hill, Chase Purdy, Matt Crafton, and Jack Wood round out the top 10.

In the course of the 137 laps that were completed, there were 11 cautions, seven of which were in the last stage.

Cla	#	Driver		Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Laps Led
1	19	Christian Eckes		Chevrolet	137	2:17’05.600			35
2	2	Nicholas Sanchez		Chevrolet	137	2:17’05.678	0.078	0.078	11
3	17	John Hunter Nemechek		Toyota	137	2:17’05.806	0.206	0.128	53
4	41	Bayley Currey		Chevrolet	137	2:17’06.035	0.435	0.229
5	99	Ben Rhodes		Ford	137	2:17’06.410	0.810	0.375	3
6	25	Matt DiBenedetto		Chevrolet	137	2:17’06.411	0.811	0.001
7	4	Chase Purdy		Chevrolet	137	2:17’06.835	1.235	0.424
8	56	Timmy Hill		Toyota	137	2:17’06.836	1.236	0.001	2
9	88	Matt Crafton		Ford	137	2:17’07.015	1.415	0.179	29
10	51	Jack Wood		Chevrolet	137	2:17’07.016	1.416	0.001	2
11	98	Ty Majeski		Ford	137	2:17’08.074	2.474	1.058
12	13	Hailie Deegan		Ford	137	2:17’08.143	2.543	0.069
13	32	Bret Holmes		Chevrolet	137	2:17’08.535	2.935	0.392
14	30	Ryan Vargas		Toyota	137	2:17’08.692	3.092	0.157
15	02	Kris Wright		Chevrolet	137	2:17’08.909	3.309	0.217	1
16	43	Daniel Dye		Chevrolet	137	2:17’09.038	3.438	0.129
17	46	Akinori Ogata		Toyota	137	2:17’09.039	3.439	0.001
18	35	Jake Garcia		Chevrolet	137	2:17’09.249	3.649	0.210
19	23	Grant Enfinger		Chevrolet	137	2:17’09.426	3.826	0.177
20	38	Zane Smith		Ford	137	2:17’10.388	4.788	0.962
21	12	Spencer Boyd		Chevrolet	137	2:17’10.389	4.789	0.001
22	52	Stewart Friesen		Toyota	137	2:17’13.114	7.514	2.725
23	22	Josh Reaume		Ford	137	2:17’13.209	7.609	0.095
24	15	Tanner Gray		Toyota	137	2:17’22.065	16.465	8.856
25	24	Rajah Caruth		Chevrolet	137	2:17’33.394	27.794	11.329
26	16	Tyler Ankrum		Toyota	136	2:16’34.521	1 Lap	1 Lap
27	9	Colby Howard		Chevrolet	134	2:15’19.811	3 Laps	2 Laps
28	1	Layne Riggs		Toyota	134	2:17’12.266	3 Laps	1’52.455
29	33	Mason Massey		Ford	134	2:17’17.416	3 Laps	5.150
30	5	Dean Thompson		Toyota	131	2:17’28.124	6 Laps	3 Laps
31	42	Carson Hocevar		Chevrolet	127	2:09’09.921	10 Laps	4 Laps
32	45	Alan Lawless		Chevrolet	126	2:03’33.694	11 Laps	1 Lap
33	04	Kaden Honeycutt		Ford	123	2:17’23.718	14 Laps	3 Laps	1
34	11	Corey Heim		Toyota	83	1:14’23.752	54 Laps	40 Laps
35	20	Mason Maggio		Chevrolet	52	52’34.520	85 Laps	31 Laps
36	34	Keith McGee		Ford	7	7’14.772	130 Laps	45 Laps

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