The 23-year-old Eckes from Greenville, New York, led a race-high 187 of 200-scheduled laps, swept both stages and bumped Taylor Gray from the lead with five laps remaining to clinch his first Championship 4 berth with a Truck Series victory at Martinsville.
The 21-year-old Retzlaff from Rhinelander, Wisconsin, posted a pole-winning lap at 95.151 mph in 19.901 seconds to claim his second Xfinity Series pole position of the 2024 season and of his career for Saturday's Round of 8 finale.
The 23-year-old Eckes from Greenville, New York, posted a pole-winning lap at 196.830 mph in 19.556 seconds as he will lead the field to the start of the Truck Series' Round of 8 finale at the Paperclip-shaped venue.
NASCAR heads to Martinsville Speedway for the final races in the Round of 8 to determine the four drivers in each series who will contend for the 2024 Championship.
NASCAR travels to Martinsville Speedway for the final races in the Round of 8 this weekend. Four drivers in each series will advance to contend for the coveted 2024 championship title at Phoenix Raceway.
Denike, who is in his second consecutive full-time season as a crew chief in the Craftsman Truck Series for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing, will replace veteran Bootie Barker as Bubba Wallace's No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota crew chief for the 2025 Cup Series season.
A one-race suspension issued to Conner Jones, an L1-level penalty levied to Layne Riggs' No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford team and three Xfinity crew chiefs fined for lug nut violations highlight this past weekend's NASCAR penalty report at Homestead.
The 2021 Daytona 500 champion from Glendale, Arizona, is scheduled to achieve a milestone start in his seventh and final full-time season with Front Row Motorsports while competing in NASCAR's premier series.
Fresh off its first off-weekend of the season, the NASCAR Cup Series will return to action for 16-straight weeks of competition, with the stretch kicking off Sunday at “The Last Great Colosseum” of Bristol Motor Speedway.
Returning from an off weekend in the NASCAR Cup Series schedule, Noah Gragson and the No. 4 team head to Bristol, Tennessee for 500 laps at the Bristol Motor Speedway.
Ryan Ellis was announced as Young’s Motorsports’ full-time driver in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series as the organization enters its third season of competition.
After the Easter break, Josh Berry and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team return to action this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, aiming to carry forward the momentum built over the last two NASCAR Cup Series races.
