Christian Eckes wins Truck Series race at Martinsville, clinches Championship 4 spot

Christian Eckes wins the Round of 8 finale at Martinsville, clinching a Championship 4 spot. Check out the full results from Martinsville!

The NASCAR Truck Series arrived at Martinsville Speedway to finalize the Championship 4, and it produced more drama than imagined. Christian Eckes dominated the race, winning the first two stages; however, Taylor Gray made a late charge on 60-lap fresher tires. Gray passed Eckes, but he didn’t end up victorious in a must-win situation.

[autotag]Christian Eckes[/autotag] won the 2024 Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 200 at Martinsville, winning his fourth race of the season and clinching a spot in the Championship 4. Eckes used a bump-and-run on Gray to clinch a Championship 4 spot. Gray, who needed a victory to make the season finale, was not happy and confronted him after the event.

Gray has every right to be upset, and Eckes has every right to go for the victory. It’ll be interesting to see if Gray retalities in any way at Phoenix Raceway as Eckes battles Corey Heim, Ty Majeski, and Grant Enfinger for the 2024 Truck Series championship.

NASCAR results from Martinsville in November 2024:

  1. No. 19 Christian Eckes (P)
  2. No. 99 Ben Rhodes
  3. No. 77 Chase Purdy
  4. No. 17 Taylor Gray (P)
  5. No. 2 Nick Sanchez (P)
  6. No. 38 Layne Riggs
  7. No. 11 Corey Heim (P)
  8. No. 18 Tyler Ankrum (P)
  9. No. 9 Grant Enfinger (P)
  10. No. 52 Stewart Friesen
  11. No. 98 Ty Majeski (P)
  12. No. 7 Connor Zilisch
  13. No. 88 Matt Crafton
  14. No. 1 William Sawalich
  15. No. 25 Dawson Sutton
  16. No. 41 Bayley Currey
  17. No. 5 Dean Thompson
  18. No. 81 Corey Day
  19. No. 42 Matt Mills
  20. No. 13 Jake Garcia
  21. No. 56 Timmy Hill
  22. No. 76 Spencer Boyd
  23. No. 33 Lawless Alan
  24. No. 22 Clayton Green
  25. No. 90 Justin S Carroll
  26. No. 91 Jack Wood
  27. No. 44 Matthew Gould
  28. No. 66 Johnny Sauter
  29. No. 15 Tanner Gray
  30. No. 4 Brett Moffitt
  31. No. 71 Rajah Caruth (P)
  32. No. 43 Daniel Dye
  33. No. 45 Kaden Honeycutt
  34. No. 02 Dylan Lupton
  35. No. 16 Landen Lewis
  36. No. 6 Norm Benning