Trucks: Early engine failure gives Carter Frisen first career last-place finish at I-70; becomes 11th driver to fail to complete a lap in series history

Carter Frisen picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Sunday's Western Auto / Parts America 200 at the I-70 Speedway when his #88 PBA Tour Chevrolet fell out with engine problems without completing any of the 20 laps.

The finish came in Frisen's 7th career series start. Entering Season 3 of the truck series, Carter was one of many drivers just looking for his first career win, having been winless in several series, a stat that would change rather quickly as in his first ever series start, Frisen would lead the final two laps to score his first ever win. A best finish of 6th at Homestead over the next six races resulted in Frisen being 5th in points as the series headed to I-70 for the third time in series history.

On race day, Frisen would roll off the field in 17th spot while starting last was Tucson race winner the #80 LCI Telecommunications Ford of Greg Lee, but as the field was rolling off pit road and onto the track, the #88 of Frisen begain to start smoking and the driver quickly pulled to the inside of the track to prevent oil getting on the track. Frisen would make it to pit road as the green flag came out and Frisen would pull into the garage, his truck retired as the field got to the backstretch, scoring the driver his first last place finish in series history.

The remaining bottom five were drivers who were all able to finish on the same lap as the race winner: 32nd went to the #21 Orleans Hotel & Casino Chevrolet of Eli Bright, 31st went to the #16 NAPA Brakes Chevrolet of Bafode Sacko, 30th went to the #3 GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet of Samet Ozkan and finally 29th went to the #66 Carlin Burners & Controls Ford of Zaptos Amarrados.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #88 has finished last in a truck series race as well as at I-70.
*This is the first time a driver has failed to complete a lap in the truck series since December 13th, 2017, when Gustavo Arocha suffered engine failure as well in the Florida Dodge Dealers 400K at the Miami-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex, four races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
33) #88-Carter Frisen / 0 laps / engine
32) #21-Eli Bright / 20 laps / running
31) #16-Bafode Sacko / 20 laps / running
30) #3-Samet Ozkan / 20 laps / running
29) #66-Zaptos Amarrados / 20 laps / running