Chris Eggleston (born March 27, 1989) is an American professional

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driver. He last competed part-time in the

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, driving the Nos. 17 and 54

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s for

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. He previously competed in the

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, where he won the

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championship.

Racing career

His first year of racing was 2009 and was immediately successful as he won the ASA Late Model Series Northern Division championship driving for 5K Motorsports. He managed to win two out of ten races. He also competed in the ASA Late Model Series Challenge Division and got one podium and one pole position and became 4th in the championship. In addition he competed in the

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and managed to become 15th in his home state

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. In 2010 he made a big step in his career driving five races in the

for the

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team. His best result of the season was an 11th place at

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. In 2011 he drove just a few races in three different championships: the PASS South, the ASA Midwest Tour and the

. He did not enter any registered race events and championships in 2012 and 2013. He returned to racing in 2014. He made his return in the

, again for the

team, and became 19th in the

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, his only NCWTS race that year. He became 24th in the championship in the

after winning one of the three races he entered and he also raced in the

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. In 2015 he competes a full year in the

with the

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team, the same team as in 2014. In 2018, it was announced that Eggleston would make his return to the

with David Gilliland’s new team,

, driving the 17 truck part-time starting with Charlotte. However, Eggleston moved to the No. 54 truck due to rain.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

Camping World Truck Series

K&N Pro Series West

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

References

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