Eckes made a statement that he will be a threat for the ARCA Menards Series championship with a dominant victory in Friday's FORTS USA 150 at Pocono Raceway.

Eckes was awarded the provisional pole position for the CarShield 200 Gander Outdoors Truck Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway Saturday afternoon. Qualifying was cancelled due to rain.

Eckes won the pole for the NextEra Energy Resources 250 Gander Outdoors Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway Friday. He turned a fast lap of 182.604 mph.

Eckes won the General Tire Pole for Saturday's Lucas Oil 200 driven by General Tire for the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards at Daytona International Speedway Friday afternoon, arcaracing.com reports.

Eckes is returning to Kyle Busch Motorsports to compete in seven NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series races this year. Eckes, who is also pursing the ARCA Racing Series championship with Venturini Motorsports, will drive the No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Tundra starting with the season opener at Daytona International Speedway, speedsport.com reports.