18-year-old wins ARCA championship

Christian Eckes, 18, from Middletown, New York, won his first ARCA Menards championship on Friday night at the Kansas 150 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Racing at Kansas Speedway continues at 2 p.m. Saturday with the NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300 and at 1:30 p.m. Sunday with the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)
Several fans together said, “Start your engines,” at the beginning of the ARCA race Friday night at Kansas Speedway. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)
Racing action from the ARCA race Friday night at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)
Racing action from the ARCA race Friday night at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)
Racing action from the ARCA race Friday night at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)
Racing action from the ARCA race Friday night at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)
Christian Eckes won the ARCA championship Friday night at Kansas Speedway in Kansas CIty, Kansas. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)
Christian Eckes won the ARCA championship Friday night at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)