Christian Donald Eckes (pronounced "eck-iss"; born November 10, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

Eckes is the 2019 ARCA Menards Series champion, won the Snowball Derby in 2016, and was formerly a development driver for JR Motorsports and later Toyota.

[3][4] He made his ARCA Racing Series debut at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in April 2016, driving for Venturini Motorsports.

[7][8] Eckes capped off his season by winning three races in a row, including a triumph in the Snowball Derby held at Five Flags Speedway where he beat John Hunter Nemechek.

[12][13] He triumphed for the first time at Salem Speedway in April 2018, keeping teammate Chandler Smith at bay over the closing portion of the event to secure the victory.

In total, Eckes's first four starts in the Truck Series included 38 laps led and three finishes inside the top ten.

[20] Thanks to his three top five finishes, including a decisive third place at the Homestead season finale, Eckes helped the No.

[23] Eckes notably had a verbal and physical altercation with Ben Rhodes, who had spun him out on purpose at the fall Texas race.

[26] Eckes managed to finish inside the top five on five occasions and would take his maiden win in the Truck Series at Las Vegas, besting Todd Gilliland during a late restart and being saved from an attack by Ben Rhodes by a caution that ended the race.

[28] Though he did not win any races that year, Eckes finished eighth in the standings, scoring 15 top tens.

[30][31] The first round of the playoffs turned out to be commanding, as Eckes finished second and third at IRP and Milwaukee respectively before making an outside pass on Corey Heim and Zane Smith after a late restart to win at Kansas.

[41] The following week, Eckes finished third at Phoenix to claim third in the standings, being beaten by Heim and eventual champion Ty Majeski who had dominated the event.

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