Christian Eckes Earns First Career ARCA Victory at Salem

Christian Eckes had to hold off charges from both Zane Smith and Chandler Smith to secure his first career ARCA Series victory on Sunday. Over the final 50 laps of the event, Eckes had to battle for the victory, without a doubt it was a battle. The No. 15 team got him out first during the final stop and from then on, Eckes was on the just needed to keep the car out front, and he was successful.

"I can't believe this…I really can't," said Eckes in the ARCA Release. "This is the biggest win of my life. This is Salem. It's so hard to win here. I have no words to describe how relieved I am right now and how much this means to me. This Venturini pit crew won this race…they got us out first. As a whole, we executed perfectly today. There have been so many…so many seconds. To finally get this victory…it's the biggest one of my career."

Nashville winner Zane Smith finished second while Sheldon Creed, Josh Berry, and Chase Purdy rounded out the top five. Chandler Smith was battling with Zane for second on the final lap but Smith's right-front tire went down sending him into the outside wall, he'd finish 10th after starting on the pole.

Results from Salem

  1. Christian Eckes
  2. Zane Smith
  3. Sheldon Creed
  4. Josh Berry
  5. Chase Purdy
  6. Riley Herbst
  7. Gus Dean
  8. Colby Howard
  9. Brandon Grosso
  10. Chandler Smith
  11. Joseph Graf Jr.
  12. Will Kimmel
  13. Bret Holmes
  14. Travis Braden
  15. Mike Basham
  16. Thad Moffitt
  17. Natalie Decker
  18. Jack Dossey III
  19. Thomas Praytor
  20. Dale Shearer
  21. Con Nicolopoulos
  22. Dick Doheny
  23. Mat Dooley
  24. Mark Meunier
Photo Credit - Christian Koelle/CCK Photography

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