Mike Pearson picked up the 3rd last-place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series West career in Friday's Pick-N-Pull Racing To Stop Hunger 200 at the Sonoma Raceway when his #6 Sunrise Ford / Lucas Oil / Eibach Ford was involved in a multi-car crash after 1 of 15 laps.
The finish, which came in Pearson's 13th series start, was his third of the season, his first in a West Series race since November 19, 2017, when he suffered camshaft problems without completing a lap of the Western Auto Texas World Shootout at the Texas World Speedway, two races ago.
After scoring the first win of the season, Pearson's season was a struggle as he scored his first last place finish at Evergreen before another followed at Texas World and coming into Sonoma, mathematically eight drivers could still win the LASTCAR championship if they finished last.
On race day, Pearson would roll off pit road starting in 26th, while starting last on the field was Portland last-place finisher the #54 K&N Air Fillters / MGP Chevrolet driven by Dexter Black as he would trail the field for the first few turns before a wreck in Turn 4 would move him up the field. While drivers raced back to the caution, Pearson's car spun off track in the Esses and hitting the tire wall, ending his day and locking up the championship.
28th through 26th were all involved in the same Lap 1 crash; 28th was the #99 Bad Piggies Toyota of Marcos Yepez, 27th was #07 Colonial Countertops Chevrolet driven by Evan Rudd and 26th was Fontana last-place finisher the #36 PMC / Health Bridge Imaging Toyota of Jason Larker. Rounding out the Bottom Five was the #9 William Rast / Sunrise Ford / Lucas Oil of King Soking, taken out in a Lap 4 crash.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This maked the first time the #6 has finished last at Sonoma.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
29) #6-Mike Pearson / 1 lap / crash
28) #99-Marcos Yepez / 1 lap / crash
27) #07-Evan Rudd / 1 lap / crash
26) #36-Jason Larker / 1 lap / crash
25) #9-King Soking / 4 laps / crash
Toby Fox picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series East career in Friday's American Real TV 150 at the Dover International Speedway when his #71 Grimm Construction Chevrolet was involved in a multi-car crash after 2 of 40 laps.
The finish, which came in Fox's 20th series start, was his first in a East Series race since November 8, 2017, when he suffered engine problems without completing any of the 52 laps of the Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 at the Greenville-Pickens Speedway, nine races ago.
Ever since he trailed the field at Greenville, Fox had found some success as he was able to pick up his first career SCRL CatDog Pro Series East win by surviving the wreckfest at Watkins Glen and was sitting 6th in points as the series ran it's final race of the season.
On race day Fox would roll off the grid 20th while starting last was championship contender and Watkins Glen last-place finisher the #10 Widow Wax / SealWrap Heavy Duty Toyota of Jay Jefferson, but his stay would last only two turns before Nazareth last-place finisher the #07 Sims Metal Management Ford of Nick Kennedy would trail the field on Lap one and by the time the field had come back around chaos broke out in Turn 1 as a ten car wreck collected two championship contenders and Fox was the first driver to retire from the race.
Rounding out the bottom five were drivers who also were involved in the second lap wreck; 35th went to the #26 American Mountain Rentals / Amtrol Toyota of Cole Nixey, 34th to the #8 Sign Innovations Toyota driven by Kyle Hunter, 33rd to the SCRLASTCAR Champion the #47 PMC / Health Bridge Imaging Toyota of Tim Randolph and finally 32nd was Iowa last place finisher the #37 Viva La Raza Racing Toyota of Gatlin Downey.
Due to Toby Fox finishing last, that gave the SCRLASTCAR Championship for the East Series to Tim Randolph by virtue of three last place finishes.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #71 has finished last at Dover.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #71-Toby Fox / 2 laps / crash
35) #26-Cole Nixey / 2 laps / crash
34) #8-Kyle Hunter / 3 laps / crash
33) #47-Tim Randolph / 3 laps / crash
32) #37-Gatlin Downey / 3 laps / crash
Ryan Rush picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series East career in Thursday's Biscuitville 125 at the Virginia International Raceway when his #62 Octane / SavannahPawn.com Chevrolet was involved in a multi-car crash after 6 of 12 laps.
The finish, came in Rush's 19th series start. Coming into the East Series, Ryan had yet to make his debut as his brother Joshua had been completing without any success so far. In his series debut at Daytona, Ryan finished 28th while his brother Joshua finished second to another rookie, Sammy Sabre Jr. A finish of second at South Boston was Ryan's high point in the season until his tenth career start, Ryan would score his first career win at the New Jersey road course.
On race day Ryan would roll off the grid 20th while starting last was the #73 Celtic Waste Dodge of James Stabilito but his stay in last would last only a few turns before the #8 Sign Innovations Toyota driven by Kyle Hunter would trail the field after getting damage in a first lap wreck and would trail the field until lap 5 when three time and current SCRLASTCAR title leader the #47 PMC / Health Bridge Imaging Toyota of Tim Randolph would take last after his own bout with damage from a pileup and if Randolph had finished last, he would have won the championship with one race to go.
However just a few laps later yet another wreck would break out and Rush having nowhere to go, ran into the back of Loudon last-place finisher the #39 Generation Rescue Chevrolet of Eli Bright and by Lap 7 Rush's team had officially retired the car, locking up Rush's first last place finish of his career.
Rounding out the bottom five were; 35th and 34th was the #14 Marussia / KSS Design / APO Toyota of Yang Canario and the aforementioned #39 of Eli Bright, both involved in the same Lap 6 wreck. Finishing 33rd was the aforementioned Tim Randolph and 32nd was the #26 American Mountain Rentals / Amtrol Toyota of Cole Nixey, both finishing on the same lap as winner Evan Hunter.
Heading into the season finale at Dover, Tim Randolph has a 1 last place finish more then Kevin McHugh and Luke Rainey, if anyone else but them finished last, the championship will be Randolph's.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #62 has finished last in a East Series race as well as at VIR.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #62-Ryan Rush / 6 laps / crash
35) #14-Yang Canario / 6 laps / crash
34) #39-Eli Bright / 6 laps / crash
33) #47-Tim Randolph / 12 laps / running
32) #26-Cole Nixey / 12 laps / running
Kevin McHugh picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series East career in Wednesday's Goodwrench 200 at the Rockingham Speedway when his #32 Van Dyk Baler / Bollegraaf Chevrolet was involved in a multi-car crash after 2 of 24 laps.
The finish, which came in McHugh's 18th series start, was his first in a East Series race since November 20, 2017 when he suffered engine problems after 7 laps of the All-Pro Auto Parts 300 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, one race ago. With two races to go, McHugh is only one last-place finish behind series leading Tim Randolph.
After suffering early engine problems at Charlotte, McHugh was looking to rebound at the legendary Rockingham Speedway. On race day, McHugh would roll off the grid 8th while starting last on the field was the #26 American Mountain Rentals / Amtrol Toyota of Cole Nixey but by the time the field reached the backstretch chaos broke out as the #11 UTI / NASCAR Technical Institute Toyota of Joe Jefferson would spin out with the #31 Integrated Metal Products Toyota of Maria Valera and as the field came back around to take the caution, yet another wreck would break out.
While running on the high line, McHugh would bounce off the wall and came back across the track, causing a multi-car wreck take place. Once the smoke cleared, McHugh and two time last-place finisher the #1 NASCAR Technical Institute / UTI Toyota of Luke Rainey, would be done for the day, with McHugh being scored in last.
Rounding out the bottom five were drivers who were involved in a multi-car wrecks; 34th and 33rd the #08 Mountain Dew Chevrolet of Hanz DeVice and the #49 Eneos Motor Oil Toyota of Al Lagasse, both involved in a Lap 6 wreck, but Lagasee would complete one more lap before retiring. Rounding out the bottom five in 32nd was Talladega last-place finisher the #2 UTI / NASCAR Technical Institute Toyota of Sebastian Torres, taken out in a Lap 12 wreck.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #32 has finished last at Rockingham.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #32-Kevin McHugh / 2 laps / crash
35) #1-Luke Rainey / 2 laps / crash
34) #08-Hanz DeVice / 6 laps / crash
33) #49-Al Lagasee / 7 laps / crash
32) #2-Sebastian Torres / 12 laps / crash
Scott Smith picked up the 1st last-place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series West career in Tuesday's Jasper Engines & Transmissions 250 at the Salem Speedway when his #47 MSI Development Inc. Toyota was involved in a multi-car crash after 2 of 22 laps.
The finish, which came in Smith's 12th series start. Coming into the West Series, Smith had yet to make a mark in his SCRL career, Smith finished 4th in his series debut at Phoenix and despite not having any wins after eleven rounds, 5 Top 5's and 7 Top 10's had Smith leading the point standings as the West Series raced for the final time on the short tracks, this time at Salem.
On race day, Pearson would roll off pit road starting in 28th, while starting last on the field was the #21 Rockwell / Golden Gate Meat / Bay Bio Diesel Chevrolet driven by Von Kasier but by the time the field had completed the first lap, Willow Springs last-place finisher the #14 Cooks / Holleran's Performance Toyota of Ryan Bowyer would lose ground with the field when chaos broke out in Turn 1 as a multi-car wreck would break out with Smith unable to slow down in time as his car was damaged beyond repair and would lock up his first last place finish.
The remaining bottom five would be filled up quickly as the four other drivers would also be involved in the same second lap crash: 28th was the aforementioned #14 of Ryan Bowyer, 27th was Iowa last-place finisher the #2 WestWorld Computers Chevrolet of AJ Jones, 26th was the #12 unsponsored Toyota of Real Mentemalo and 25th the #5 Bay Bio Diesel / Johnnie Walker Chevrolet of Richard Torres.
With one race to go, Mike Pearson has a one last-place finish over Oscar Isaac, Kurt Trenchermen, Ryan Bowyer, Jason Larker, Steve Larker, AJ Jones, Dexter Black, Alejandro Yepez, Mastello Polla and Scott Smith. If anyone new finishes last, Pearson would win the title outright.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #47 has finished last in a West Series race as well at Salem.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
29) #47-Scott Smith / 2 laps / crash
28) #14-Ryan Bowyer / 2 laps / crash
27) #2-AJ Jones / 2 laps / crash
26) #12-Real Mentemalo / 2 laps / crash
25) #5-Richard Torres / 2 laps / crash
Kevin McHugh picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series East career in Monday's All-Pro Auto Parts 300 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway when his #32 Van Dyk Baler / Bollegraaf Chevrolet fell out with engine problems after 7 of 40 laps.
The finish, which came in McHugh's 17th series start. Coming into the East Series, McHugh had score only one career win when he survived a wreckfest at Watkins Glen to win in the SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series. McHugh finished an uneventful 26th in his series debut at Daytona and four rounds later, McHugh would once again survive another wreckfest at a road course as he finished 2nd at Road Atlanta, but since then a lackluster season placed McHugh 35th in points.
On race day, McHugh would roll off the grid 11th while starting last on the field was Watkins Glen last-place finisher the the #10 Widow Wax / SealWrap Heavy Duty Toyota. Jefferson would trail the field through the first lap before points leader the #98 Curb Records / Celebrity Fight Night Chevrolet of Chris Kyle would trail for the second lap before DuQuoin last-place finisher the #7 Woods Towing & Transportation Toyota of Evan Hunter would trail for the 3rd lap, Nazareth last-place finisher the #07 Sims Metal Management Ford of Nick Kennedy for the 4th lap before the first caution would come out and the #8 Sign Innovations Toyota driven by Kyle Hunter would be damaged and would trail the field starting on the fifth lap as the field ran under caution a car began smoking.
While running in the Top 10, McHugh's car began to smoke as he quickly turns his car down off the track to prevent oil from being on the track as he would drive to the garage, locking up his first career last place finish in the East Series.
Rounding out the bottom five were drivers who were involved in a multi-car wreck that broke out just four laps later; 35th went to Bristol last place finisher the #20 Rockstar / Royal Purple Toyota of Gustavo Arocha, 34th went to the #4 Toyota Racing Development Toyota of Brian Fox, 33rd went to the #73 Celtic Waste Dodge of James Stabilito and 32nd went to the #49 Eneos Motor Oil Toyota of Al Lagasse, who was able to limp across the start/finish line to complete one more lap.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #32 has finished last in a East Series race as well at Charlotte.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #32-Kevin McHugh / 7 laps / engine
35) #20-Gustavo Arocha / 11 laps / crash
34) #4-Brian Fox / 11 laps / crash
33) #73-James Stabilito / 11 laps / crash led 6 laps
32) #49-Al Lagasee / 12 laps / crash
Mike Pearson picked up the 2nd last-place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series West career in Sunday's Western Auto Texas World Shootout at the Texas World Speedway when his #6 Sunrise Ford / Lucas Oil / Eibach Ford fell out with camshaft problems without completing any of the 25 laps.
The finish, which came in Pearson's 11th series start, was his second of the season, his first in a West Series race since November 11, 2017, when he was involved in a multi-car wreck after 2 laps of the NAPA Auto Parts 150 at the Evergreen Speedway, two races ago. With two races to go, Pearson holds a one last-place finish lead over nine other drivers meaning that if Pearson finishes last in the next round, he will lock up the championship with one race to go.
After his first career last place finish at Evergreen, Pearson looked to Kern County to rebound but a lackluster race and a 23rd place finish placed him 17th in points, mathematically eliminated from winning the championship but was hoping his luck would turn around at the legendary superspeedway in College Station, Texas.
On race day, Pearson would roll off pit road starting in 20th, while starting last on the field was the #30 unsponsored Dodge driven by Daniel Bouchard but as drivers rolled off the pit lane, Pearon's car began to smoke and not wanting to put any oil on the track, Pearson made the sharp left turn into the garage, his day done before the green flag could even fly.
The remaining bottom five would be filled up by lap 3 as a multi-car wreck would break out in turn 2 on the second lap: 28th was Willow Springs last-place finisher the #14 Cooks / Holleran's Performance Toyota of Ryan Bowyer, 27th was Fontana last-place finisher the #36 PMC / Health Bridge Imaging Toyota of Jason Larker, 26th went to the #12 unsponsored Toyota of Real Mentemalo and rounding out the bottom five was the #99 Bad Piggies Toyota of Marcos Yepez.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*The #6 has only finished last two times in West Series hisory; both by Mike Pearson this season.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
29) #6-Mike Pearson / 0 laps / camshaft
28) #14-Ryan Bowyer / 2 laps / crash
27) #36-Jason Larker / 2 laps / crash
26) #12-Real Mentemalo / 2 laps / crash
25) #99-Marcos Yepez / 2 laps / crash
Tim Randolph picked up the 3rd last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series East career in Saturday's Strutmasters.com 150 at the South Boston Speedway when his #47 PMC / Health Bridge Imaging Toyota was involved in a multi-car crash after 6 of 30 laps.
The finish, which came in Randolph's 16th series start, was his third of the season, his first in a East Series race since October 22, 2017, when he failed to complete any of the 42 laps of the Blue Ox 100 at the Richmond International Raceway due to engine problems.
As the field made their return trip to South Boston, Randolph had shaken off his back luck at South Boston earlier in the season where a Tire problem had given him his first last place finish as well as at Richmond and rebounded nicely the next round at Talladega where he led three laps to finish 5th, a third at 3rd at DuQuoin Fairgrounds, a 5th at Thompson and with a finish of 14th in the last round at Watkins Glen, Randolph was sitting 9th in points.
On race day, Randolph would roll off the grid 33rd while starting last on the field was the #0 Viva La Raza Racing Toyota of Alexander Rowe. Rowe's stay in last would last for only one lap before points leader the #46 Aquis Communications / ComServe Dodge of Sammy Sabre Jr. would drop back and would trail the field till lap 6 when Loudon last place finisher the #39 Generation Rescue Chevrolet of Eli Bright would drop back and it looked like Bright would score his second career last place finish, but one lap later chaos would break out on the frontstretch.
While racing three wide with the #4 Toyota Racing Development Toyota of Brian Fox, Darlington last-place finisher the #70 Viva La Raza Racing Toyota of Zapatos Amarrados made contact with the the #86 Trauma Doc Chevrolet of Max Anderson sending Anderson down the track just as Randolph was trying to make it four wide, sending both cars into the inside wall just at the wrong angle were the pitroad had an opening, damaging both cars and pushing the cars back up the track where a huge multi-car wreck would break out. The red flag would be brought out to clean up the mess as both the #47 and 86 would be done for the day and due to Randolph crossing the line behind Anderson, Randolph was given the last place spot on the same lap as Anderson.
Rounding out the bottom five was; 34th went to Greenville-Pickens last-place finisher the #71 Grimm Construction Chevrolet of Toby Fox who was involved in a lap fifteen crash just behind Thompson last-place finisher the #50 Bank Street Cafe Chevrolet of Marcos Alejandro, whose's gearbox broke setting up a chain reaction that brought out the second caution of the day. 32nd went to the #22 Oakley / Bruster's Ice Cream Dodge of Cam Nixey, who was running in second at the time brought out the third and final caution when his engine expired and he stalled on the frontstretch on Lap 21.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*Randolph is the only driver in East Series history that the #47 has finished last to, both coming this season.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #47-Tim Randolph / 6 laps / crash
35) #86-Max Anderson / 6 laps / crash
34) #71-Toby Fox / 15 laps / crash
33) #50-Marcos Alejandro / 15 laps / gearbox
32) #22-Cam Nixey / 21 laps / engine
Jay Jefferson picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series East career in Friday's Bully Hill Vineyards 125 at the Watkins Glen International when his #10 Widow Wax / SealWrap Heavy Duty Toyota was involved in a single-car crash after 1 of 15 laps.
The finish came in Jefferson's 14th career series start. Coming into the East Series, Jefferson was part of the Jefferson Brothers team alongside his brother Joe, they had both made their make in the SCRL with Joe scoring six wins while Jay suffered more trouble along his way to two wins. Jay made his debut in the East Series at Daytona earlier in the season and would come home 17th, one spot behind Joe who finished 16th. A wreck at Bristol and a finish of 30th at South Boston knocked Jay down further in points as the series made their first stop at Nazareth. Starting fifth, Jay would go on to lead 11 of the event's 22 laps to score his first East Series win, two more Top 5's and five more Top 10's put Jay 4th in points as the series returned to the road courses.
On race day, Jefferson would roll off the grid 1st by way of a random draw while starting last on the field was the #22 Oakley / Bruster's Ice Cream Dodge of Cam Nixey. Much like Road Atlanta was earlier in the season, drivers would wheel hop the turns and slide off track as DuQuoin last-place finisher the #7 Woods Towing & Transportation Toyota of Evan Hunter would find out as he spun in Turn 1 collecting Cam Nixey and Nixey would trail the field as they entered the turn known as "The Inner Loop" as Jefferson would lose control of his car and slammed hard into the tire berriers on the passenger side of his car, the car was destroyed, but the driver was able to climb out uninjured, but his day done.
Rounding out the bottom five were drivers who were all involved in wrecks; 35th went to Nazareth last-place finisher the #07 Sims Metal Management Ford of Nick Kennedy taken out in a wreck on lap later. 34th through 32nd respectively was the #32 Van Dyk Baler / Bollegraaf Chevrolet of Kevin McHugh, the #97 Hurst Motorsports / Team Little Racing Chevrolet of Joshua Rush and Bristol last-place finisher the #20 Rockstar / Royal Purple Toyota of Gustavo Arocha, all taken out on a Lap 5 crash.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #10 has finished last in a East Series race as well at Watkins Glen.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #10-Jay Jefferson / 1 lap / crash
35) #07-Nick Kennedy / 2 laps / crash
34) #32-Kevin McHugh / 5 laps / crash
33) #97-Joshua Rush / 5 laps / crash
32) #20-Gustavo Arocha / 5 laps / crash
Kurt Trenchermen picked up the 1st last-place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series West career in Thursday's Armed Forces 150 at the Kern County Raceway Park when his #52 51 Fifty Energy Drink Ford was involved in a multi-car accident after 16 of 27 laps.
The finish came in Trenchermen's 10th career series start. Coming into the West Series, Trenchermen was one of many drivers still looking to make a name for themselves as well as pick up that first ever win. In his series debut at Phoenix, Trenchermen was involved in a wreck and finished 23rd and a best finish of 4th at Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway had him sitting in 23rd in points.
On race day, Kurt Trenchermen would roll off pit road starting in 21st. Starting last on the field was Mesa Marin last-place finisher the #17 MMI Services / Steak & Grape Chevrolet of Maestro Polla but by the time the field had completed the first lap Iowa last-place finisher the #2 WestWorld Computers Chevrolet of AJ Jones would trail the field before the #9 William Rast / Sunrise Ford / Lucas Oil of King Soking would trail the field on the 2nd and 3rd lap. Around that time the first caution would come out and Phoenix last-place finisher the #55 First Impression Press / Hinkley Lighting Toyota of Oscar Isaac would get damage and would take over last on the fourth lap and countless pit stops would make him go several laps down and appeared he was on his way to becoming the first driver to finish last in two West Series races.
On the 16th Lap chaos broke out on the backstretch as the #52 of Trenchermen would be hit in the driver's door by the #26 Gene Price Motorsports / Star Nursery Ford of Laura Delano as Trenchermen would flip six times before landing on all four wheels, the driver would climb out of the car shaken up he would be uninjured, but the car would be done for the night.
Rounding out the bottom five were: 28th was the #01 itxtdeals.com Ford of Greg Lee who was also taken out on the Lap 16 wreck. 27th was the aforementioned #55 of Oscar Isaac, 9 laps down, 26th was the #71 iWorld Connect Chevrolet of Hamish McTavish, four laps down and 25th was the #15 Bay Bio Diesel Chevrolet of D.J. Kurtis, who was one lap down from race winner Alejandro Yepez.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #52 has finished last in a West Series race as well as at Kern County
THE BOTTOM FIVE
29) #52-Kurt Trenchermen / 16 laps / crash
28) #01-Greg Lee / 16 laps / crash
27) #55-Oscar Isaac / 18 laps / running
26) #71-Hamish McTavish / 23 laps / running
25) #15-D.J. Kurtis / 26 laps / running
Mike Pearson picked up the 1st last-place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series West career in Wednesday's NAPA Auto Parts 150 at the Evergreen Speedway when his #6 Sunrise Ford / Lucas Oil / Eibach Ford was involved in a multi-car accident after 1 of the 20 laps.
The finish came in Pearson's 9th career series start. Coming into the West Series Pearson had shown a brief wave of talent as he won the season finale of the SCRL Rally Car Series at Road America by starting first and leading every single lap, but aside from that lone win his career had been uneventful. In the West series debut at Phoenix, Pearson was able to make a pass for the lead with two laps to go and would score his first win in West Series competition and several more good finishes had kept him in the top ten in points as the series enter round nine.
On race day, Pearson would roll off pitroad starting in 26th. Starting last on the field was the #30 Holleran's Performance Toyota of Daniel Bouchard but by the time the field had completed the first lap the #52 51 Fifty Energy Drink Ford of Kurt Trenchermen had fallen back to last and was trailing the field when the first caution came out when Pearson misjudged and slammed into the pit road entrance wall, the front end of the car lifting off the ground by the impact. The driver would climb out unharmed but his day was done and he would fall to last place during the caution laps.
Rounding out the bottom five were drivers who also had trouble at Evergreen: Finishing 28th and 27th was the #5 Bay Bio Diesel Chevrolet of Richard Torres and Phoenix last-place finisher the #55 First Impression Press / Hinkley Lighting Toyota of Oscar Isaac both taken out on a Lap 5 wreck. 26th and 25th went to the #01 itxtdeals.com Ford of Greg Lee taken out on a Lap 8 wreck and the aforementioned #52 of Kurt Trenchermen, who was also involved in the Lap 8 wreck but was able to limp across the line to complete one more lap.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #6 has finished last in a West Series race as well as at Evergreen
THE BOTTOM FIVE
29) #6-Mike Pearson / 1 lap / crash
28) #5-Richard Torres / 2 laps / crash
27) #55-Oscar Isaac / 2 laps / crash
26) #01-Greg Lee / 8 laps / crash
25) #52-Kurt Trenchermen / 9 laps / crash
Marcos Alejandro picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series East career in Tuesday's Hannaford / Shop & Save 300 at the Thompson Speedway when his #50 Bank Street Cafe Chevrolet fell out with engine trouble without completing any of the 20 laps.
The finish came in Alejandro's 14th career series start. Coming into the East Series, Alejandro was one of many drivers still trying to make their make in the SCRL as he had yet to score that first career win. In his debut at Daytona, Alejandro was able to finish a impressive 13th and when round 7 came around at Iowa, Alejandro finished a career best 2nd place to race winner Hanz DeVice and entering Thompson, Alejandro was 8th in points.
On race day, Alejandro would roll off the grid 18th while starting last on the field was the #96 Emco Gears / Blue Ox Chevrolet of Diego Yepez. As the field made their way off pit road, Alejandro's car began to smoke as he quickly pulled down to the inside of the track and onto pit road and into the garage and if the team wasn't able to fix the problems, this would make the fifth race of the season a driver didn't complete a lap. By the time drivers got to Lap 2, Alejandro's team had reported the engine was destroyed and officially retired their car.
Rounding out the bottom five were drivers who all completed the race under power; 35th was the #15 Bienvenidos a NASCAR / Mayor Cars Toyota of Rodriguez Zapatos the only other driver to be down a lap. 34th through 32nd respectively was the #4 Toyota Racing Development Toyota of Brian Fox, the aforementioned #96 of Diego Yepez and the #08 Mountain Dew Chevrolet of Hanz DeVice.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #50 has finished last at Thompson.
*This is the first time the #50 has finished last in a East Series race since September 21, 2014, when Oreius Centaur was involved in a multi-car wreck in the Widow Wax 125 Pres. by SealWrap Repair Tape at the Bristol Motor Speedway; 15 races ago.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #50-Marcos Alejandro / 0 laps / engine
35) #15-Rodriguez Zapatos / 19 laps / running
34) #4-Brian Fox / 20 laps / running
33) #96-Diego Yepez / 20 laps / running
32) #08-Hanz DeVice / 20 laps / running
Eli Bright picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series East career in Monday's G-Oil 100 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway when his #39 Generation Rescue Chevrolet fell out with camshaft trouble after completing 7 of the 25 laps.
The finish came in Bright's 13th career series start. Coming into the East Series, Bright had some previous success in the SCRL by scoring wins in three different series, the SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series(at Bristol), the SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series(at Daytona) and the SCRL Formula E Series(at Osterreichring). Bright made his East series debut by finishing an uneventful 27th at Daytona and heading into Loudon his best finish was a 7th in the wreckfest at Road Atlanta.
On race day, Bright would start 18th while starting last on the field was the #32 Van Dyk Baler / Bollegraaf Chevrolet of Kevin McHugh. As the field completed the first lap the #0 Viva La Raza Racing Toyota of Alexander Rowe would trail the field but on the third lap the #31 Integrated Metal Products Toyota of Maria Valera would fall back to last and would trail the field for the next five laps. Bright at the time had only gained one spot since the start of the race and was running in 17th when his car began to smoke. While trying to get out of the way of drivers, Bright held up half the field before finally getting out of the way on the backstretch as he limped to pit road and then into the garage and he would be the lone retiree of the race.
Rounding out the bottom five were drivers who all completed the race under power; 35th was Bristol last-place finisher the #20 Rockstar / Royal Purple Toyota of Gustavo Arocha the only other driver to be down a lap. 34th through 32nd respectively was DuQuoin last-place finisher the #7 Woods Towing & Transportation Toyota of Evan Hunter, the aforementioned #31 of Maria Valera and the #96 Emco Gears / Blue Ox Chevrolet of Diego Yepez.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #39 has finished last in a East Series race as well as at Loudon.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #39-Eli Bright / 7 laps / camshaft
35) #20-Gustavo Arocha / 24 lap / running
34) #7-Evan Hunter / 25 laps / running
33) #31-Maria Valera / 25 laps / running
32) #96-Diego Yepez /25 laps / running
Steve Larker picked up the 1st last-place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series West career in Friday's Coca-Cola 500 at the Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway when his #88 Pick-N-Pull Chevrolet was involved in a multi-car accident after 10 of the 21 laps.
The finish came in Larker's 8th career series start. Coming into the West Series Larker had yet to have made a mark in the SCRL history, having completed in a few series but had yet to get that first victory. Coming into Twin Ring Larker was 25th in points with a best finish of the season was a 7th in the series debut at Phoenix as the West series made their first ever international start outside of the United States.
On race day, Larker would roll off pit road starting in 26th. Starting last on the field was the #42 Freightliner of Arizona Chevrolet of Eddie Wycombe but by the time the field traveled down the backstretch for the first time, chaos broke out as the #2 WestWorld Computers Chevrolet of AJ Jones was spun out after contact from Willow Springs last place finisher the #14 Cooks / Holleran's Performance Toyota of Ryan Bowyer. If AJ Jones had gotten damage that would force him to retire, that would have been his first last place finish since he trailed the field at Iowa, two rounds ago.
Jones would trail the field until he passed Bowyer on the seventh lap and Bowyer would remain in last until chaos broke out again on the frontstretch as a ten car wreck would break out and during the wreck, Larker would try to slam on the brakes but misjudged the distance and ran into the back of Eddie Wycombe as the damage that Larker got was enough for the team to retire the car.
Rounding out the bottom five were: Finishing 28th was the aforementioned Ryan Bowyer also knocked out in the lap ten wreck. 27th was Fontana last place finsher the #36 PMC / Health Bridge Imaging Toyota of Jason Larker whose header broke one circuit later. 26th was Phoenix last place finisher #55 First Impression Press / Hinkley Lighting Toyota of Oscar Isaac and 25th was the #07 Colonial Countertops Chevrolet driven by Evan Rudd both of whom were several laps down behind race winner Riley Spurlytube.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #88 has finished last in West competition as well as at Twin Ring Motegi
THE BOTTOM FIVE
29) #88-Steve Larker / 10 laps / crash
28) #14-Ryan Bowyer / 11 laps / crash
27) #36-Jason Larker /12 laps / header
26) #55-Oscar Isaac / 18 laps / running
25) #07-Evan Rudd / 20 laps / running
Evan Hunter picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series East career in Thursday's Southern Illinois 200 at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds when his #7 Woods Towing & Transportation Toyota was involved in a single-car crash without completing any of the 12 laps.
The finish came in Hunter's 12th career series start. Coming into the East Series, Hunter had some previous success in the SCRL by scoring his first career win in the SCRL V8 Supercar Series, a series that races on road coures, at the Lakeside International Raceway in which he lead every single lap and would go on to finish 8th in points. Making his debut in the series at Daytona, Hunter led one lap before coming home in 6th, one round later he would better that by surviving the wreckfest at Bristol and finished an impressive 3rd, however since then lackluster finishes had knocked Hunter down to 22nd in points as drivers prepared to race on dirt for the first time in series history.
On race day, Evan Hunter would start 28th while starting last on the field was the #0 Viva La Raza Racing Toyota of Alexander Rowe. As the cars were rolling off pit road, all thirty six cars pulled out onto the track and it seemed there would be no one who would fail to complete a lap. Pole sitter Sebastian Torres would lead the field to the green and as the field entered Turn 1, Hunter's car slid off into the turn and smacked the wall with such force his car flipped over ten times before landing on all four wheels. The driver would climb out uninjured, but his car would be destoryed, having no completed a lap in the final rundown and was the first car retired from the race by the time the green would come back out.
Rounding out the bottom five were drivers who were all involved in wrecks by the time the sixth lap was completed; 35th was the #08 Mountain Dew Chevrolet of Hanz DeVice taken out in a wreck in Turn 3 just one turn after Hunter's wreck, but DeVice was able to cross the line to complete one lap, 34th through 32nd respectively was the #18 Coca-Cola / Toyota driven by Marcus Saatchi, the #73 Celtic Waste Dodge of James Stabilito and the #0 Viva La Raza Racing Toyota of Alexander Rowe, all taken out on a Lap 5 crash.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #7 has finished last in a East Series race as well as at DuQuoin.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #7-Evan Hunter / 0 laps / crash
35) #08-Hanz DeVice / 1 lap / crash
34) #18-Marcus Saatchi / 5 laps / crash
33) #73-James Stabilito / 5 laps / crash
32) #0-Alexander Rowe / 5 laps / crash
Truttle picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL NASCAR Legends Series career in the S2 Texas 500 at the Texas World Speedway when his #71 K & K Insurance sponsored Dodge fell out with engine trouble after 10 of the 25 laps.
The finish, came in his 54th career series start in the then named ONL(Oreius Nascar Leagues). By the start of S2 of the Legends Series, Truttle had already shown he was a force to be reckon with as he had scored a record eight wins the previous season(a record that still stands to this day) on his way to being the first ever series and league champion.
Heading into Texas World, Truttle was having a less successful season in terms of win, with only three on the season, but was still in the championship hunt as him and Bulldog67 battled for the second season in a row for the title. A full field of 41 drivers were on hand which meant no one would be going home. Truttle would have a good run in practice as his car had the fastest time but in qualifying his Dodge appeared to lack power and would roll off the grid a disappointing 6th.
Starting 41st was the #39 unsponsored Dodge driven by twistedsoul1031 who was making one of his final starts as he would trail the field the first nine laps before a car starting smoking up ahead.With Truttle stuck on the high side, he dropped back to tenth before getting on the low line and by the ninth lap he had worked his way up to 3rd before his car began to lose power before starting to smoke. Truttle would pull down off the track and coasted to the garage, his day and shot at being a back-to-back champion was over.
Rounding out the bottom five was North Wilkesboro race winner the #121 Harvest Motors Ford of tryhard_ak74 and the #32 Bestline Products Plymouth of Ruby, both of whom were two laps behind race winner Oreius Centaur. The remaining two bottom drivers finished the race on the same lap as Oreius; the #20 of nascardenny11 and the #48 of Umbreon.
Today, Truttle still completes part-time for the SCRL and holds many records(Most wins in a season, most wins in a career among others). While not racing in the SCRL, Truttle has a career in drawing and hopes to come back full time in the near future.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This mark the first SCRL NASCAR Legends Series last-place finish the #71 has finished last in the two year history of the series.The number has yet to ever finish last in a race since
THE BOTTOM FIVE
41) #71-Truttle / 10 laps / engine
40) #121-tryhard_ak74 / 23 laps / running
39) #32-Ruby / 23 laps / running
38) #20-nascardenny11 / 25 laps / running
37) #48-Umbreon / 25 laps / running
Toby Fox picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL CatDog Pro Series East career in today's Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 at the Greenville-Pickens Speedway when his #71 Grimm Construction Chevrolet fell out with engine trouble without completing any of the 52 laps.
The finish came in Fox's 11th career series start. Coming into the East Series, Toby Fox had yet to make a mark in the SCRL, having not been as successful as the other Fox members, Brian and Simon, but had no relation to them. Coming into Greenville, Toby had a somewhat successful season as he had several top fives and top ten's, resulting in him being in the Top 5 in points.
On race day, Toby Fox would start 12th while starting last on the field was the #50 Bank Street Cafe Chevrolet of Marcos Alejandro but as the field rolled off pitroad, Toby's car began to smoke as he quickly pulled into the garage, his day over before the race even started while at the same time Darlington last place finisher the #70 Viva La Raza Racing Toyota of Zapatos Amarrados also stayed on pitroad and it appeared for the second time this season two drivers would trail the field without completing a lap. Amarrados's team however reported that the car had only a flat tire and by Lap 2 he was back out on the track and dropped Toby down to last by Lap 3.
Rounding out the bottom five were drivers who were all involved in wrecks throughout the race; the #0 Viva La Raza Racing Toyota of Alexander Rowe taken out on a Lap 13 wreck, the aforementioned #4 Toyota Racing Development Toyota of Brian Fox who ran into the back of another car on the 27th lap. Rounding out the bottom two was the #32 Van Dyk Baler / Bollegraaf Chevrolet of Kevin McHugh and the #49 Eneos Motor Oil Toyota of Al Lagasse taken out on a Lap 34 wreck.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #71 has finished last in a East Series race as well as at Greenville-Pickens.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #71-Toby Fox / 0 laps / engine
35) #0-Alexander Rowe / 13 laps / crash
34) #4-Brian Fox / 27 laps / crash
33) #32-Kevin McHugh / 34 laps / crash
32) #49-Al Lagasee /35 laps / crash
