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)

Racing ready to start at Kansas Speedway

ARCA racing is scheduled to begin Friday night at the Kansas Speedway, at I-70 and I-435 in Kansas City, Kansas. The ARCA Menards Series Championship Kansas 150 begins at 7:30 p.m. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)
ARCA racing is scheduled to begin Friday night at the Kansas Speedway, at I-70 and I-435 in Kansas City, Kansas. The ARCA Menards Series Championship Kansas 150 begins at 7:30 p.m. Tanner Gray was the fastest in ARCA qualifying earlier today. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)
Nighttime ARCA racing on Friday, Oct. 18, at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)

ARCA drivers to race for championship tonight at Kansas Speedway in KCK

The ARCA Kansas 150 race tonight at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, will be the final ARCA race of the season.

The ARCA Menards Series Championship 150 race is at 7:30 p.m. Driver introductions will be at 7:15 p.m.

Practice begins at noon Friday at the Speedway, and pole qualifying will be at 5 p.m.

Last year, Sheldon Creed won the ARCA 150 race at Kansas Speedway. Creed will make his second series start of 2019.

This year, Christian Eckes is the points leader, with a 15-point lead over his teammate Michael Self, both from Venturini Motorsports.

Friday’s schedule at the Kansas Speedway also includes the final practice for the Kansas Lottery 300 at 4:05 p.m. The NASCAR Xfinity Series race will be at 2 p.m. Saturday.

At 6:05 p.m. Friday will be the final practice for the Hollywood Casino 400. The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

For ticket information, visit www.kansasspeedway.com. The Kansas Speedway is near I-70 and I-435 in Kansas City, Kansas.

The ARCA entry list, announced earlier this week:

NO. DRIVER/HOMETOWN TEAM & CAR OWNER
0 Con Nicolopoulos/Columbus MI GreatRailing.com Chevrolet Wayne Peterson
1 Dick Doheny/Ballston Spa NY Doheny Racing Ford Michelle Hillenburg
4 Drew Dollar/Atlanta GA Lynx Capital-Dollar Construction Toyota Bo LeMastus
7 Eric Caudell/Piedmont OK CCM Toyota Eric Caudell
10 Tommy Vigh Jr./Parsippany NJ Smart Emissions-Cool Technologies Ford Andy Hillenburg
11 Ed Pompa/Ballston Spa NY Milwaukee Crusher-Double H Ranch Toyota Andy Hillenburg
15 Christian Eckes/Middletown NY JBL Audio Toyota Bill Venturini
18 Riley Herbst/Las Vegas NV Monster-Terrible Herbst-ORCA-Advance Auto Toyota Coy Gibbs
20 Harrison Burton/Huntersville NC Venturini Motorsports Toyota Billy Venturini
22 Ty Majeski/Seymour WI Chad Bryant Racing Ford Chad Bryant
23 Bret Holmes/Munford AL Holmes II Excavation Chevrolet Stacy Holmes
25 Michael Self/Salt Lake City UT Sinclair Lubricants Toyota Cathy Venturini
27 Travis Braden/Wheeling WV MatrixCare-Consonus Healthcare-Liberty Village Ford Don Fike
28 Sheldon Creed/Alpine CA Chevrolet Accessories-KBR Development Chevrolet Mike Bursley
32 Gus Dean/Bluffton SC Win Tron Racing Chevrolet Kevin Cywinski
48 Brad Smith/Shelby Township MI Copraya.com Chevrolet Brad Smith
51 Carson Ware/Jamestown NC Jacob Companies Toyota Rick Ware
54 Tanner Gray/Artesia NM Gray Motorsports-Valvoline-Durst Inc. Toyota David Gilliland
55 Hailie Deegan/Temecula CA TRD 40th Anniversary Toyota Billy Venturini
69 Scott Melton/Rockford MI Melton McFadden Insurance Agency Toyota Bill Kimmel
77 Joe Graf Jr./Mahwah NJ Eat Sleep Race Ford Chad Bryant
06 Tim Richmond/Aurora IL GreatRailing.com Toyota Wayne Peterson