The finish, which came in Truttle's 26th career series start, was his first of the season, and his first in a truck series race since December 24, 2016 when he suffered Camshaft problems without completing a single lap in the Season 1 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic at the Phoenix International Raceway, 30 races ago.
Entering Season 3 of the truck series, Truttle had written his name in the history books by becoming the first ever champion in league history by winning the NASCAR Legends title and since then has ranked up multiple wins and currently holds several records including most wins in a season(8) and most wins in a career(23) but had yet to score a win in the truck series.
After having not compete in a race in Season 2, Truttle made his return to the series by finishing an uneventful 28th at Walt Disney World, a 5th at Tucson, 17th at Homestead, 35th at Phoenix and a 28th at Portland left him 24th in points.
On race day, Truttle would roll off the field in 32nd spot while starting last was the #98 Raybestos Ford of Jason Larker as Larker would trail the field for the first lap and entering turn one, Truttle's truck moved to the high side of the track, the driver reporting of a flat left front tire. Truttle was able to limp back to pit road and get a new tire, but doing so put him down a lap. Due to no cautions coming out, Truttle was never able to get his lap back and he was the only driver to not finish on the same lap as race leader Sebastian Torres.
The remaining bottom five was filled up by drivers who were all able to finish on the same lap as the race winner: 32nd went to the #42 Hot Wheels Chevrolet of Gustau Odenberg, 31st went to the #66 Carlin Burners & Controls Ford of Zaptos Amarrados, 30th went to SCRLASTCAR Championship points leader the #4 Link-Belt Construction Chevrolet of Jeff Bright and finishing 29th was the #13 Key Federal Savings VISA Chevrolet of Simon Fox.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #7 has finished last at Evergreen.
*This is the first time the #7 has trailed a truck series race since May 30, 2017, when Greg Lee was involved in a multi-truck crash on the 5th lap of the Season 2 GM Goodwrench / AC Delco 300 at the Phoenix International Raceway.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
33) #7-Truttle / 19 laps / running
32) #42-Gustau Odenberg / 20 laps / running
31) #66-Zaptos Amarrados / 20 laps / running
30) #4-Jeff Bright / 20 laps / running
29) #13-Simon Fox / 20 laps / running
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