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Christian Eckers found his place last year in the Craftsman Truck series.
He posted a third place after winning three races and won 22 top 10, but he made a major movement.
This year, the 24 -year -old is in his first season in the Xfinity series, and although he did not find a similar success, he knew that it was a necessary change.
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The pilot of the Nascar Xfinity series, Christian Ecker, holds an umbrella while it is raining during the qualifications for the united Rentals 300 in Daytona International Speedway. (Mark J. Rebilas / Imagn Images)
“I felt like I had come to a point in the series of trucks where I was not happy or satisfied with success, but it certainly reached a point where I felt quite comfortable going to the higher level, and I felt like it was a great opportunity to go to a different series with Kaulig Racing, also told PK Press Club Digital in a recent interview.
To accompany his move to Xfinity, Eckes has teamed up with Celsius, the energy drink which, according to him, gave him enormous increases on the day of the race.
“It has been an explosion so far. I have been able to meet a lot of cool people and I obviously drink good drinks along the way. And I look forward to the future,” said Ecker.
“It helped me a lot. Some of these races are at night, or even in the morning, really. So get this caffeine definitely helps as well as the hydration packages. There are a lot of things they do that help us succeed. So yes, certainly a large part of our racing weekends.”
The pilot of the NASCAR XFINITY series Christian ECKES (16) rolls during the NASCAR XFINITY race in Texas Motor Speedway. (Jerome Miron / Imagn images)
Eckers admitted that this season was not a party as he would like. He has only six top 10 this year.
“We are always trying to find our way,” said Ecker. “We had some success here and there, we had a certain speed, but not on a coherent basis. So, it is in a way our thing 1 at the moment, it is to try to move this and to go where we feel as if we should be, and it contains every week.”
This weekend, Ecker will run in Nashville, where he reached the height of success. He won last year and Kaulig has already taken the checkered flag there.
“Nashville should be a good place for us. I won the race last year in the truck series, so I hope it was the weekend that we finally turned around,” he said.
Eckers admitted that he was not a fan of Nashville in the past, but “leading every turn of last year, I love him a little better now”.
The pilot of the Nascar Truck series Christian Ecker celebrates the victory of the Rackley Roofing 200 in Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, tenn., June 28, 2024. (Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA Today Network)
“I have already done it in a truck, so I hope I can repeat this success. It will take a lot. The Xfinity series is difficult to win. You must be perfect in all aspects or as close as you can be.
