West: AJ Jones scores first last place finish while a former last place finisher gets first win at Iowa

AJ Jones picked up the 1st last-place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series West career in today's Graham Tire 150 at the Iowa Speedway when his #2 WestWorld Computers Chevrolet was involved in a multi-car accident after 2 of the 25 laps.

The finish came in Jones's 6th career series start. 

Before this series, Jones had been a veteran of the SCRL having competed in several series and have scored two wins, one in the SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series at South Boston and the SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series at the road course at Sears Point, and so far this season his best finish is a 2nd place at Fontana but a few bad finishes places him currently 17th in points.

Starting last on the field was the #21 Rockwell / Golden Gate Meat / Bay Bio Diesel Chevrolet driven by Von Kasier but during the pace lap the #52 51 Fifty Energy Drink Ford of Kurt Trenchermen pulled onto pit reporting of a loose wheel and forced to make a for tire stop and was scored last after the first lap and as the field made it's way down the backstretch, trouble broke out.

Much like in the East event earlier in the evening, a wreck would break out on the Backstretch as Jones and the #42 Freightliner of Arizona Chevrolet of Eddie Wycombe made contact spinning both cars out as Jones would make contact with first the #01 itxtdeals.com Ford of Greg Lee and then Mesa Marin race winner of the #15 of D.J. Kurtis as Jones's night would be done after only two nights.

Rounding out the bottom five were drivers who finished the race under power: the aforementioned #52 of Kurt Trenchermen who was the only other driver laps behind, Phoenix last place finisher the #55 First Impression Press / Hinkley Lighting Toyota of Oscar Isaac, the #15 of D.J. Kurtis and the #24 Cabinets by Hayley Toyota of Carter Friesen.

The headline of the race came from the race winner. Having finished last at Pikes Peak three rounds ago, Alejandro Yepez led a race high 17 laps and became the first driver to finish last in a race and go on to win a race in the West Series.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #2 has finished last in a West Series event.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
29) #2-AJ Jones / 2 laps / crash
28) #52-Kurt Trenchermen / 23 laps / running
27) #55-Oscar Isaac /25 laps / running
26) #15-D.J. Kurtis / 25 laps / running
25) #24-Carter Friesen / 25 laps / running

East: Gatlin Downey last after early crash at Iowa

Gatlin Downey picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series East career in today's Graham Tire 150 at the Iowa Speedway when his #37 Viva La Raza Racing Toyota was involved in a multi-car accident after 6 of the 25 laps.

The finish came in Downey's 7th career series start. 

Coming into Season 1 of the SCRL CatDog Pro Series East, Downey was one of many drivers still searching for not only his first win but also to make a name in the SCRL as he has yet to impressive despite being in several series so far in his career.

Starting last on the field was the #99 Boost Mobile Toyota of Rodney Crouch but his stay in the back lasted only through to the backstretch as a wreck would break out, knocking the #8 Sign Innovations Toyota driven by Kyle Hunter down to last for the first two laps before the #98 Curb Records / Celebrity Fight Night Chevrolet of Chris Kyle would take over last on lap three before Hunter would fall back to last on the sixth lap around the same time chaos broke out on the backstretch. Yet another multi-car crash would break out as Downey would be hit by another car and would get damage that would knock him out, but it wasn't until the tenth lap when Hunter passed him, did Downey finally nail down last place.

Rounding out the bottom five were drivers who finished under power: the aforementioned #98 of Chris Kyle who finished three laps down, the #8 of Kyle Hunter(two laps down), the #9 Aaron's / HendrickCars.com Chevrolet of Jack Lagasse(one lap behind) and two-time last place finisher the #1 NASCAR Technical Institute / UTI Toyota of Luke Rainey.


SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #37 has finished last in a East Series race as well as at Iowa.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #37-Gatlin Downey / 6 laps / crash
35) #98-Chris Kyle / 22 laps / running
34) #8-Kyle Hunter / 23 laps / running
33) #9-Jack Lagasee / 24 laps / running
32) #1-Luke Rainey / 25 laps / running

West: Ryan Bower last in first road course event at Willow Springs

Ryan Bower picked up the 1st last-place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series West career in today's Willow Springs 150 at the Willow Springs Raceway when his #14 Cooks / Holleran's Performance Toyota completed all 6 laps under power.

The finish came in Polla's 5th career series start. 

Before this series, Bowyer hadn't yet made his SCRL debut until signing with this series, making his debut earlier in the season and placed an unimpressive 24th at Phoenix but in the next round at Auto Club, Bowyer impressed and finished 3rd in only his second start.

Starting last on the field was the #88 Pick-N-Pull Chevrolet of Steve Larker but his stay would last only a few turns as Bowyer would make a pit stop due to a flat tire and fell so far behind he was never able to catch up due to the lack of cautions and was stuck in last for the remaning laps.

Rounding out the bottom five were drivers who finished the race under power: #22 WestWorld Computers Chevrolet of AJ Jones, the #52 51 Fifty Energy Drink Ford of Kurt Trenchermen, the #9 William Rast / Sunrise Ford / Lucas Oil of King Soking and the #88 of the aforementioned Steve Larker.


SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #14 has finished last in a West Series race as well at Willow Springs.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
29) #14-Ryan Bowyer / 6 laps / running
28) #2-AJ Jones / 6 laps / running
27) #52-Kurt Trenchermen / 6 laps / running
26) #9-King Soking / 6 laps / running
25) #88-Steve Larker / 6 laps / running

Throwback Legends: CGKS23 last at Martinsville in brief SCRL career

CGKS23 picked up the 1st last place finish of her SCRL NASCAR Legends Series career in the S2 Old Dominion 500 at the Martinsville Speedway when her unsponsored #72 Ford fell out with valve trouble after 39 of the 50 laps.

The finish came in her 10th career series start. 

Coming into S2 of the NASCAR Legends Series, CGKS23 had yet to make her racing debut before signing up to a part time ride, deciding to run only the high points paying events and coming into Martinsville she had three Top 5's and Top 10s with only one previous race where she did not finish, however those results have been lost in time.

On race day, CGKS23 would roll off the grid in 26th spot. Starting last on the field was the unsponsored #61 Ford driven by Graham as a field of thrity nine drivers raced around the half mile track, giving room and space were it was needed as no cautions would fly during the fifty lap event but on the 39th lap, CGKS23 began to report her car was smoking and quickly drove to the safety of pit road were her crew discovered the valve was broken, ending her day eleven laps shy from the finish.

Rounding out the bottom five was the unsponsored #02 Dodge of eagle boy, the #9 Pepsi Ford of SpiderTre, the unsponsored #8 Ford of dragon and the unsponsored #45 Ford of Underseen, all of whom finished the race under power but one circuit behind race winner Big Jake23.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
39) #72-CGKS23 / 39 laps / valve
38) #02-eagle boy / 49 laps / running
37) #9-SpiderTre / 49 laps / running
36) #8-dragon / 49 laps / running
35) #45-Underseen / 49 laps / running

West: Maestro Polla's mechanical failure gives him first last place finish at at Mesa Marin

Maestro Polla picked up the 1st last-place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series West career in today's Spears Manufacturing 300 at the Mesa Marin Raceway when his #17 MMI Services / Steak & Grape Chevrolet fell out with camshaft trouble after 2 of the 30 laps.

The finish came in Polla's 4th career series start. 

Coming into the CatDog Pro Series West, Polla had like many others yet to make a mark in the SCRL but in the second event earlier in the season, Polla would finish an impressive 5th at Auto Club and a 15th at Pikes Peak in the last round.

Starting last on the field was the #30 Holleran's Performance Toyota of Daniel Bouchard but his stay in last would only last the first few turns as Phoenix last-place finisher the #55 First Impression Press / Hinkley Lighting Toyota of Oscar Isaac, who finished last at Phoenix earlier in the season would trail the field for the first and second laps when the event's lone caution came out. As the field rode around during the caution laps, the #17 of Polla began smoking as he pulled off the track and into the garage as the crew found that the camshaft had broken.

Finishing 28th was the #22 Century Boatland Chevrolet of Colin Dryburgh, who was the only other driver to not finish on the lead lap.

Rounding out the bottom five were drivers who finished the race under power: 27th was the #12 unsponsored Toyota of Real Mentemalo, 26th the #88 Pick-N-Pull Chevrolet of Steve Larker and 25th the #21 Rockwell / Golden Gate Meat / Bay Bio Diesel Chevrolet driven by Von Kasier.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #17 finished last at Mesa Marin.
*This is the first time the #17 has trailed the field since Jesse Turner was involved in a multi-car crash after completing 1 of 9 laps in the Pre-Season 1 Budweiser 400 at the Riverside International Raceway; 4 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
29) #17-Maestro Polla / 2 laps / camshaft
28) #22-Colin Dryburgh / 29 laps / running
27) #12-Real Mentemalo /30 laps / running
26) #88-Steve Larker / 30 laps / running
25) #21-Von Kaiser / 30 laps / running

East: Zapatos Amarrados last as first lap crash fills up bottom five at Darlington

Zapatos Amarrados picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series East career in today's Gatorade 200 at the Darlington Raceway when his #70 Viva La Raza Racing Toyota was involved in a multi-car accident after 1 of the 37 laps.

The finish came in Yepez's 6th career series start. 

Coming into Season 1 of the SCRL CatDog Pro Series West, Amarrados had yet to make his mark in the SCRL however a a best finish of 3rd at South Boston earlier in the season had given him hope and a 4th at a wreckfest event at Road Atlanta in the previous round gave him some momentum heading into the track known as "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough To Tame".

Starting last on the field was the #31 Integrated Metal Products Toyota of Maria Valera but her stay would last only as the field headed into the Backstretch as a huge multi-car crash broke out and when the smoke settled, the backstretch was a junkyard as replies whould show that Amarrados's car would be hit and he would flip ten times before landing on it's wheels, his car done for the night.

Rounding out the bottom five were others drivers also involved in the wreck: the #49 Eneos Motor Oil Toyota of Al Lagasse, the #7 Woods Towing & Transportation Toyota of Evan Hunter, the #96 Emco Gears / Blue Ox Chevrolet of Diego Yepez and the #62 Octane / SavannahPawn.com Chevrolet driven by rookie Ryan Rush.


SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #70 has finished last in a East Series race as well as at Darlington.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #70-Zapatos Amarrados / 1 lap / crash
35) #49-Al Lagasee / 1 lap / crash
34) #7-Evan Hunter / 1 lap / crash
33) #96-Diego Yepez / 1 lap / crash
32) #62-Ryan Rush / 1 lap / crash

West: Alejandro Yepez involved in early wreck at Pikes Peak

Alejandro Yepez picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series West career in today's NAPA 150 Presented by NAPA Belts & Hose at the Pikes Peak International Raceway when his #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota was involved in a multi-car accident after 2 of the 25 laps.

The finish came in Yepez's 3rd career series start. 

Coming into Season 1 of the SCRL CatDog Pro Series West, Yepez had yet to make his mark in the SCRL, having completed in several series but had yet to score that first win. Finishes of 18th at Daytona and 19th at Fontona had left him in the middle of the points as the series heading up to Pikes Peak.

Starting last on the field was the #24 Cabinets by Hayley Toyota of Carter Friesen but his stay in last would only last the first two turns as Yepez would drop back to last on the first lap while on the second lap, trouble broke out on the backstretch when Yepez getting involved in the crash and then coming back around to the line Yepez again struck another car. Crossing the line in last at the end of lap two was the #21 Rockwell / Golden Gate Meat / Bay Bio Diesel driven by Von Kasier who had recieved damage during the backstretch wreck. As the field made it's way to lap three, Yepez made his way to pit road where the crew found the damage was too much and retired the #18.

Rounding out the bottom five were drivers who finished the race under power: the #88 Pick-N-Pull Chevrolet driven by Steve Larker, the #30 unsponsored Dodge driven by Daniel Bouchard, the aforementioned #21 driven by Von Kasier and the #14 unsponsored Toyota of Ryan Bowyer.


SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #18 had finished last in a West Series race as well at Pikes Peak.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
29) #18-Alejandro Yepez / 2 laps / crash
28) #88-Steve Larker / 25 laps / running
27) #30-Daniel Bouchard / 25 laps / running
26) #21-Von Kaiser / 25 laps / running
25) #14-Ryan Bowyer / 25 laps / running

East: Luke Rainey becomes first driver to fail to complete a lap in the SCRL CatDog Pro Series East history

Luke Rainey picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series East career in today's Road Atlanta 115 at Road Atlanta when his #1 NASCAR Technical Institute / UTI Toyota failed to complete any of the 10 laps.

The finish, which came in his 5th career start, was his second of the season and his first since Daytona, four races ago. With fifteen races to go, Rainey takes over the SCRLASTCAR Championship lead with one more last place finish over his challengers.

Starting last on the field was the #22 Oakley / Bruster's Ice Cream Dodge of Cam Nixey but his stay in last would only last a few seconds as during the pace lap, Luke Rainey, who was to start in 28th, began to start smoking down the backstretch, reporting of a engine that was running sour, and as the field passed him, Rainey stayed out of the racing groove to try and prevent any oil dropping on the track before turning into the garage, his car officially retired by the time drivers reached turn three.

Rounding out the bottom five was completed by the fifth lap as a string of big wrecks would result in several hard hits. The #73 Celtic Waste Dodge of James Stabilito and the #6 Toyota Racing Development Toyota of Simon Fox would both be involved in crashes on the first lap, locking up 35th and 34th respectively. One lap later the #31 Integrated Metal Products Toyota of Maria Valera and the #2 UTI / NASCAR Technical Institute of Sebastian Torres would be involved in their own wreck and would be placed in the final two spots.


SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first time the #1 has finished last at Road Atlanta.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #1-Luke Rainey / 0 laps / engine
35) #73-James Stabilito / 1 lap / crash
34) #6-Simon Fox / 1 lap / crash
33) #31-Maria Valera / 3 laps / crash
32) #2-Sebastian Torres / 4 laps / crash

East: Nick Kennedy involved in early crash and finished last at Nazareth

Nick Kennedy picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series East career in today's Nazareth 100 at the Nazareth Speedway when his #07 Sims Metal Management Ford was involved in a multi-car accident after 3 of the 22 laps.

The finish came in his 4th career start. 

Coming into the East Series, Kennedy had already made a name for himself in the SCRL(Stock Car Racing League) by collecting 10 wins in four different series as well as winning the Formula 1 championship on the strength of winning three races in a row to close the season.

Starting last on the field was the #32 Van Dyk Baler / Bollegraaf Chevrolet of Kevin McHugh but his stay in last would only last during the pace laps as the #4 Toyota Racing Development Toyota of Brian Fox would drive onto pit road, reporting of a flat tire and by the time his crew finished the stop, the field had completed the first lap and Fox came back out on the track making it three wide going into Turn 3.

Brian Fox would make contact with the #46 Aquis Communications / ComServe Dodge of Sammy Sabre Jr. who was the points leader entering Nazareth. Both cars slid up the track collecting South Boston last place finisher the #47 PMC / Health Bridge Imaging Toyota driven by Tim Randolph as a five car wreck would break out with more cars being involved with Kennedy having nowhere to go and slammed into Fox's car and ending Kennedy's day.

Rounding out the bottom five was #62 Octane / SavannahPawn.com Chevrolet driven by rookie Ryan Rush, the #8 Sign Innovations Toyota driven by Kyle Hunter, the #6 Toyota Racing Development Toyota driven by Simon Fox and the #26 American Mountain Rentals / Amtrol Toyota of Cole Nixey, all taken out in a multi-car crash on the eigth lap.


SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #07 has finished last in a East Series race as well as at Nazareth.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #07-Nick Kennedy / 3 laps / crash
35) #62-Ryan Rush / 8 laps / crash
34) #8-Kyle Hunter / 8 laps / crash
33) #6-Simon Fox / 11 laps / crash
32) #26-Cole Nixey / 12 laps / crash

Throwback Legends: TheRacer2448 last at Charlotte in brief racing career

TheRacer2448 picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL NASCAR Legends Series career in the S2 National 500 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway when his unsponsored #2 Ford completed 37 of the 40 laps under power.

The finish came in his 24th career start. 

In his brief career, TheRacer2448 had come from racing on console games before deciding to try his luck in the NASCAR Racing Season 2003 simulation and by the time the 24th race had rolled around, he had yet to have even a Top 10 finish.

Starting last on the field was the unsponsored #76 Ford driven by KurtPikachu but his stay in last wouldn't be long before TheRacer2448 took over by the second lap, reporting to his crew that his steering was off and deciding to ride it out he trailed the field for the remaining laps.

Rounding out the bottom five was the unsponsored #06 Dodge of DARKMATTER, the #17 East Tenn. Motor Co. Ford of Packersrock2010, the unsponsored #45 Ford of Underseen and the unsponsored #1 of Jon Seymour, all of whom finished the race under power.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
38) #2-TheRacer2448 / 37 laps / running
37) #06-DARKMATTER / 37 laps / running
36) #17-Packersrock2010 / 38 laps / running
35) #45-Underseen / 38 laps / running
34) #1-Jon Seymour / 39 laps / running

West: Early wreck gives Jason Larker 1st last place finish at Auto Club

Jason Larker picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series West career in today's Relocate Here 200 by San Bernardino County at the Auto Club Speedway when his #36 PMC / Health Bridge Imaging Toyota was involved in a multi-car accident after 10 of the 25 laps.

The finish came in his 2nd career series start. 

Coming into the West Series, the Larker family had yet to write their name in the win colum in the SCRL, having gone winless despite several series of trying. With the East and West Series returning, the Larker family decided to only enter in the West with both Steve and Jason competing.

Starting last on the field was the #42 Freightliner of Arizona Chevrolet of Eddie Wycombe and Fox would remain in last for the first lap before giving up last to the #14 Cooks / Holleran's Performance Toyota of Ryan Bowyer who would remain in last for the next two laps before the #26 Gene Price Motorsports / Star Nursery Ford of Laura Delano would drop to last on the third lap, followed by the #54 K&N Air Fillters / MGP Chevrolet of Dexter Black would trail the field on the 4th lap.

Black's stay would last one lap before the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota of Alejandro Yepez would take over for the 5th and 6th lap before losing last back to Black on the 7th lap, who then lost it to Delano on the 8th and 9th lap before chaos would break out on the Backstretch.

Just like at Phoenix, a multi-car crash would break out causing drivers to get damage including Jason Larker who was running in the Top 20 at the time as Larker would fail to cross the start/finish line and was recorded as the first driver out of the race followed by the #71 iWorld Connect Chevrolet of Hamish McTavish, the #21 Bay Bio Diesel / Rockwell / Golden Gate Meat Chevrolet of Von Kasier and the #6 Sunrise Ford / Lucas Oil / Eibach of Mike Pearson on the next lap.

Rounding out the bottom five was the #07 Colonial Countertops Chevrolet driven by Evan Rudd who lost a lap due to damage recived during a wreck, but was able to finish under power.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #36 has finished last in a East Series race as well at Auto Club.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
29) #36-Jason Larker / 10 laps / crash led 1 lap
28) #71-Hamish McTavish / 11 laps / crash
27) #21-Von Kaiser / 11 laps / crash led 1 lap
26) #6-Mike Pearson / 11 laps / crash
25) #07-Evan Rudd / 24 laps / running

East: Early mechanical problems gives Tim Randolph last at South Boston

Tim Randolph picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series East career in today's South Boston 150 at the South Boston Speedway when his #47 PMC / Health Bridge Imaging Toyota fell out with tire problems after 13 of the 32 laps.

The finish came in his 3rd career series start. Coming into the East series, Tim Randolph has had some highs, two wins in his entire career, but had yet to really made a name for himself in the SCRL as he had been seen as an average driver but could never get the finish he had worked for.

Starting last on the field was the #4 Toyota Racing Development Toyota driven by Brian Fox and Fox would remain in last for the first two laps before giving up last to the #32 Van Dyk Baler / Bollegraaf Chevrolet of Kevin McHugh for lap 3, the #63 John Salemi Racing Toyota of Zachary Fitzwater on Lap 4 and 5, the #31 Integrated Metal Products Toyota of Maria Valera on Lap 6.

Maria's stay would last two laps before the #98 Curb Records / Celebrity Fight Night Chevrolet of Chris Kyle too over last for the 9th and 10 laps before the #22 Oakley / Bruster's Ice Cream Dodge of Cam Nixey would drop back to last for the 11th lap. Around this time, Tim Randolph began to slow in Turn 3 and 4 and made a pit stop on lap tweleve, dropping him to last as the team reported tire problems as the cause and by the 14th lap, the car was offically retired.

Rounding out the bottom five was the #18 Coca-Cola / Toyota Toyota driven by Marcus Saatchi who lost three laps due to a flat tire and finished 35th, 34th was the #15 Bienvenidos a NASCAR / Mayor Cars Toyota driven by Rodriguez Zapatos, in 33rd was the #32 Van Dyk Baler / Bollegraaf Chevrolet of Kevin McHugh and 32nd Brian Fox, all who finished under power.


SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #47 has finished last in a East Series race as well as at South Boston.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #47-Tim Randolph / 13 laps / tire
35) #18-Marcus Saatchi / 27 lap / running
34) #15-Rodriguez Zapatos / 32 laps / running
33) #32-Kevin McHugh / 32 laps / running
32) #4-Brian Fox / 32 laps / running

West: Oscar Isaac last in wreckfest at Phoenix

Oscar Isaac picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series West career in today's Talking Stick Resort 50 at the Phoenix International Raceway when his #55 First Impression Press / Hinkley Lighting Toyota was involved in a multi-car accident after 7 of the 34 laps.

The finish came in his 1st career series start. 

Oscar Isaac has been trying to write his own legacy in the SCRL for some time now and despite two wins, one each in the SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series and the SCRL ARCA Truck Series, he had yet to really make his mark and after having missed signups for the SCRL Strickly Stock Series, he was looking to rebound with a strong debut in the West Series.

Starting last on the field was the #22 Century Boatland Chevrolet driven by Colin Dryburgh, who has been on fire recently, having the third most wins in league history and only seven back from the all time race winner Truttle. Dryburgh's stay in last would last one lap before the number #36 Holleran's Performance / Pegasus Trans. Ford of Jason Larker would trail the field before a wreck in Turn 1 and 2 resulting in the number #03 Rockstar / Royal Purple Ford of Riley Spurlytube getting damage and would lose a lap and would trail the field before another crash would result in a quick fill up of the bottom five.

A huge pileup would break out on the Backstretch and by the end of the seventh lap, three drivers would be done: the #55 of Oscar Isaac, the #42 Freightliner of Arizona Chevrolet of Eddie Wycombe and the #99 Bad Piggies Toyota of Marcos Yepez. Two others drivers involved in the crash, the #15 Bay Bio Diesel Chevrolet of D.J. Kurtis and the #5 Bay Bio Diesel / Johnnie Walker Chevrolet of Richard Torres, would each complete another lap before retiring themselves on Lap 8.


SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #55 had finished last in a East Series race as well at Phoenix.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
29) #55-Oscar Isaac / 7 laps / crash
28) #42-Eddie Wycombe / 7 lap / crash
27) #99-Marcos Yepez / 7 laps / crash
26) #15-D.J. Kurtis / 8 laps / crash
25) #5-Richard Torres / 8 laps / crash

EAST: Gustavo Arocha last in wreckfest at Bristol

Gustavo Arocha picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series East career in today's Widow Wax 125 Pres. by SealWrap Repair Tape at the Bristol Motor Speedway when his #20 Rockstar / Royal Purple Toyota was involved in a multi-car accident after 1 of the 52 laps.

The finish came in his 2nd career series start. 

Gustavo Arocha had made his league and series debut at Daytona earlier in the week, finishing 29th in a field of 36. Coming into Bristol, Arocha was looking to turn around his luck.

Starting last on the field was the #7 Woods Towing & Transportation Toyota driven by Evan Hunter but as the field rolled off pitroad, Chris Kyle driving the #98 Curb Records / Celebrity Fight Night Chevrolet failed to start as his car was towed to his stall as it appeared Kyle would suffer his first last place finish in the series. But as faith would have it, Kyle's problems was merely a flat tire and his crew would give him four fresh ones, around the same time in Turns 3 and 4, chaos would break out.

A ten car pileup would break out as Bristol's banking led to drivers sliding and crashing as Arocha would be the first scored 35th, his car too damaged to continue and the first official car out of the race. With Chris Kyle back out on the track, it wasn't until the fifth lap that he was able to knock Arocha into the final spot as the rest of the bottom five were filled out before Lap 8.

Jay Jefferson, driving the #10 Widow Wax / SealWrap Heavy Duty Toyota would also retire on the first lap followed by the #15 Bienvenidos a NASCAR / Mayor Cars Toyota of Rodriguez Zapatos and the #4 Toyota Racing Development Toyota of Brian Fox on the second lap. The #26 American Mountain Rentals / Amtrol Toyota of Cole Nixey would round out the bottom five, being taken out in another multi-car crash on the seventh lap.

Chris Kyle would go on to get two of his three laps back due to all the wrecks before he too was wrapped up in a multi-car wreck on the 42nd lap, but would finish 12th in the final rundown.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #20 has finished last in East Series race as well as at Bristol.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #20-Gustavo Arocha / 1 lap / crash
35) #10-Jay Jefferson / 1 lap / crash
34) #15-Rodriguez Zapatos / 2 laps / crash
33) #4-Brian Fox / 2 laps / crash
32) #26-Cole Nixey / 7 laps / crash

Throwback: LEGENDS: Chris Kyle gets first last place finish; tryhard_ak74 gets his lone win

Chris Kyle picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL NASCAR Legends Series career in at the Wilkes 400 at the North Wilkesboro Speedway when his #98 Jim Robbins Ford completed 38 of the 40 laps under power.

The finish came in his 23rd career start. 

Chris Kyle came into the SCRL, then named ONL(Oreius Nascar Leagues), with much fanfare as he himself is a successful league owner on YouTube, Kyle was looking to make his mark in the ONL at the time.

Starting last at North Wilkesboro was Graham, driving the #61 Hoss Ellington car, but he wouldn't be there for long as he would work his way up out of the 35th position as up front soon to be crowned champion Truttle was putting a stomping on the field while the battle in the back was over by lap 10.

Chris Kyle's Talladega Torino would suffer a battery issue and would trail the field, losing not one but two laps before his crew would get him back out on the track. Due to no cautions flying, Kyle was left to finish last, the only car two laps down as tryhard_ak74 would take the lead with three laps to go and score his first and only career ONL win.

Chris Kyle continues to host his own YouTube league, NR Leagues, while still competing part-time in the SCRL with his most recent start being a 8th in the SCRL CatDog Pro Series East at Daytona.

On a sadder note, North Wilkesboro would be tryhard_ak74's only time in the sun as he would retire from racing shortly after the end of the season before passing away in 2016.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
35) #98-Chris Kyle / 38 laps / running
34) #15-Draco Drakul / 39 laps / running
33) #12-The NASCAR Fanatic / 39 laps / running
32) #04-eRok / 39 laps / running
31) #20-nascardenny11 / 40 laps / running

EAST: Luke Rainey trails field in caution free race at Daytona

Luke Rainey picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series East career in Monday's Battle at the Beach at the Daytona International Speedway when his #1 NASCAR Technical Institute / UTI Toyota completed all of the 20 laps under power.

The finish came in his 1st career start.

Luke Rainey came into the series with two wins in his career and after a successful season in the SCRL Stricky Stock Series where he finished 5th in points, was looking to continue his momentum.

Kevin McHugh would start last on the grid but his stay in the back would be short lived as Simon Fox would trail the field for laps 1 and 2. Sebastian Torres would be in last for the 3rd lap, Zapatos Amarrados for the 4th, Jack Lagasse for the 5th before Amarrados would take it back on the 6th before losing it on the 7th to Cam Nixey.

Alexander Rowe entered the battle as his car slowed in Turn 4 and would be in last for laps 8-10 before Gustavo Arocha would take last for the 11th lap. Luke Rainey, a two time SCRL race winner would then slip back into last for laps 12-14 as Maria Valera would slow herself and take the last position for lap 15 before starting her car back up.

Diego Yepez would trail the field on Laps 16 and 17, Rodriguez Zapatos on the 18th before Rainey would claim the last spot for losing the draft in the final laps to seal down last place and became the first driver to finish last in a SCRL CatDog Pro Series East race.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #1 has finished last in East Series race as well as at Daytona.

THE BOTTOM FIVE

36) #1-Luke Rainey / 20 laps / running

35) #15-Rodriguez Zapatos / 20 laps / running

34) #63-Zachary Fitzwater / 20 laps / running

33) #99-Rodney Crouch / 20 laps / running

32) #96-Diego Yepez / 20 laps / running