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NASCAR Chevy Truck Teams Duel For Win At Bristol 2024: Video

Christian Eckes, driver of the No. 19 NASCAR Chevy Silverado RST, outdueled Bristol ace Kyle Busch to the line for his first victory of the 2024 Truck Series season, winning by 0.141 seconds on the half-mile concrete oval.

Eckes passed Busch’s No. 7 Silverado for the lead on Lap 159, and he didn’t look back until the checkered flag waved. Busch mounted a charge as the laps ticked down, but he just couldn’t make it stick, finishing second to the younger Eckes.

“Oh, man, it’s so sweet,” said Eckes. “There’s just so much behind this win from last year, missing out on the Championship 4 and losing the race with (six) to go.”

He added, “The first three races [of this season], how terribly they’ve gone. We had a lot of issues, and to come back and run really good just shows the resilience of the team.”

Busch, meanwhile, was satisfied with his second-place result after battling with the handling of the No. 7 NASCAR Chevy truck.

“The crazy part about it is, we fought loose all through practice, all through qualifying, all through the beginning part of the race on older date codes,” Busch said. “Then we put on the newer date codes of tires and were instantly tight. So, just not being able to prepare and practice on what you expect to race on hurt us.”

Zane Smith finished third in the No. 91 Silverado, followed by Matt Crafton’s No. 88 Ford F-150. Tyler Ankrum rounded out the top five in the No. 18 Silverado.

NASCAR Truck Series Race Results, Bristol Motor Speedway, March 16, 2024
Finish Start Car Number Driver Team Laps Run Laps Led Car
1 1 19 Christian Eckes NAPA Auto Care Chevrolet 250 144 Chevrolet Silverado RST
2 4 7 Kyle Busch(i) Group 1001 Chevrolet 250 105 Chevrolet Silverado RST
3 7 91 Zane Smith(i) Instacoat Premium Products Chevrolet 250 1 Chevrolet Silverado RST
4 20 88 Matt Crafton Great Lakes Flooring/Menards Ford 250 0 Ford F-150
5 9 18 Tyler Ankrum Ullico Chevrolet 250 0 Chevrolet Silverado RST
6 15 11 Corey Heim Safelite Toyota 250 0 Toyota TRD Tundra
7 3 17 Taylor Gray Factory Canopies Toyota 250 0 Toyota TRD Tundra
8 6 71 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 250 0 Chevrolet Silverado RST
9 13 9 Grant Enfinger Champion Power Equipment Chevrolet 250 0 Chevrolet Silverado RST
10 28 38 Layne Riggs # Love's Travel Stops Ford 250 0 Ford F-150
11 12 41 Bayley Currey Niece Chevrolet 250 0 Chevrolet Silverado RST
12 8 45 Kaden Honeycutt Chevy Accessories Chevrolet 250 0 Chevrolet Silverado RST
13 10 43 Daniel Dye Champion Container Chevrolet 250 0 Chevrolet Silverado RST
14 17 13 Jake Garcia Quanta Services Ford 250 0 Ford F-150
15 21 15 Tanner Gray Dead On Tools Toyota 250 0 Toyota TRD Tundra
16 16 99 Ben Rhodes TSPORT Ford 250 0 Ford F-150
17 2 2 Nick Sanchez Gainbridge Chevrolet 250 0 Chevrolet Silverado RST
18 25 75 Stefan Parsons popsells.com Chevrolet 249 0 Chevrolet Silverado RST
19 14 66 Conner Jones # Farm Paint Ford 249 0 Ford F-150
20 26 25 Ty Dillon Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 249 0 Chevrolet Silverado RST
21 19 1 William Sawalich Starkey/Soundgear Toyota 248 0 Toyota TRD Tundra
22 23 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 248 0 Toyota TRD Tundra
23 22 5 Dean Thompson Thompson Pipe Group Toyota 247 0 Toyota TRD Tundra
24 27 56 Timmy Hill Hill Motorsports Toyota 247 0 Toyota TRD Tundra
25 18 42 Matt Mills J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet 247 0 Chevrolet Silverado RST
26 33 46 Thad Moffitt # Petty's Garage Chevrolet 246 0 Chevrolet Silverado RST
27 29 33 Lawless Alan AUTOParkit Ford 246 0 Ford F-150
28 31 02 Mason Massey RANDCO Chevrolet 245 0 Chevrolet Silverado RST
29 36 21 Mason Maggio Rock Hill ACE Hardware Ford 244 0 Ford F-150
30 30 76 Spencer Boyd Freedom Warranty Chevrolet 242 0 Chevrolet Silverado RST
31 24 32 Bret Holmes David's Electric Chevrolet 242 0 Chevrolet Silverado RST
32 34 22 Keith McGee More Core Ford 238 0 Ford F-150
33 11 77 Chase Purdy Bama Buggies Chevrolet 228 0 Chevrolet Silverado RST
34 5 98 Ty Majeski Soda Sense/Curb Records Ford 170 0 Ford F-150
35 35 14 Trey Hutchens Quality Roof Seamers Chevrolet 113 0 Chevrolet Silverado RST
36 32 90 Justin Carroll Carroll's Automotive/Duratain Toyota 57 0 Toyota TRD Tundra

# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver

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Alexandra is a Colorado-based journalist with a passion for all things involving horsepower, be it automotive or equestrian.

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  1. It was a pretty good race compared to the stinker the Cup Series put on.

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