Craftsman Truck Series Playoff driver Christian Eckes sits +9 points above the cutline with 2 races before the Final 4 are locked in.
Christian announced Wednesday that he will remain with McAnally-Hilgemann Racing in their No. 19 Silverado RST for the 2024 Craftsman Truck Series Season. The 22-year-old Middletown, New York native is well on his way to his first Round of 4 appearance coming into the Homestead-Miami weekend in his 3rd full-time season in the Series. 2023 marks his first season with MHR and the pairing has worked wonderfully.
2023 Season
The pairing of MHR and Eckes has netted the pair’s best individual seasons. Eckes scored his 2nd career win and MHR’s first-ever win in the Craftsman Truck Series at Atlanta back in March. Eckes would go on to win at Darlington and again in the Playoffs at Kansas. As of this publication, Eckes sits P.3 in the Series standings with 6 stage wins, 9 Top-5s, 12 Top-10s, and his 3 wins.
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing’s 2024 Plans
It was announced a couple weeks ago that following the closing of GMS Racing, Daniel Dye would become the 3rd full-time driver for MHR bringing his No. 43 with him to the team. Today we find out that Eckes will compete for a title for MHR again in 2024. Earlier this week the driver of the No. 35 Truck, Jake Garcia who has so far netted 8 Top-10s in his rookie season for MHR, would be moving on after Phoenix. It is not yet known who will replace Garcia in the 35, or, if MHR will even field a 3rd truck in 2024.
