Christian Eckes looks to become the first 2-time winner of the Buckle Up South Carolina 200 at Darlington Raceway, with qualifying on Friday
Raceday qualifying for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Buckle Up South Carolina 200 roars into action Friday afternoon at Darlington Raceway. The venerable track opened in 1950, with the current track configuration in place since 1953. Dubbed “the Track Too Tough to Tame,” the unique egg-shaped oval with the ends having very different configurations. Legend tells the situation arose from a minnow pond near one end of the track that the owner refused to relocate. The strange layout makes life difficult for crews to find a setup for their cars to handle effectively at both ends of the 1.366-mile track.
How to Watch Buckle Up South Carolina 200, Qualifying, in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Today:
Date: May 10, 2024
Time: 3 p.m. ET
TV: FOX Sports 1
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Christian Eckes took the checkered flag at Darlington last year under caution after 11 laps of overtime ahead of Stewart Friesen. Eckes led a race-high 82 laps, reclaiming the lead on Lap 131 and never relinquishing it. The 200.802-mile race covers 147 laps, with the first two stages encompassing 45 laps each.
Corey Heim rolled to his second victory of the season, winning at Kansas on Saturday to run his streak of consecutive top-10 finishes to all eight starts in 2024, the lone driver to do so. Heim joined Eckes and part-time driver Kyle Busch as two-time winners, with the other victories this season belonging to Nick Sanchez and Rajan Caruth.
Heim holds a seven-point lead over Eckes in the driver standings, with Sanchez 49 points behind. Ty Majeski (65 points behind), Tyler Ankrum (80 points), Caruth (84 points), Taylor Gray (85 points), Matt Crafton (122 points), Tanner Gray (143 points) and Grant Enfinger (152 points) round out the 10 drivers holding playoff spots at this point.
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