Chakat Whitelion picked up the 1st last place finish of hir ONL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 1 Motor Trend 500 at the Riverside International Raceway when hir #24 Casa Linda / Sahara Motel Ford completed all 19 laps under power.
The finish came in hir 1st career start. The first ever race in the history of the SCRL, then the ONL(Oreius Nascar League), was in the legends series which uses the NASCAR Legends computer game. Twenty drivers signed up to compete is the historic race which was a scheduled 19 laps around the 2.620 mile road course in Riverside, California.
On race day, Chakat Whitelion would roll off starting in the 15th spot while the #64 Woodfield Ford of dragonboy would start in the last spot as the field took the green flag. Much of what happened during the race is unknown as records wasn't kept as detailed as they are now, but by the time the Checkered Flag came out, Whitelion had dropped to last and became the first ever driver to trail a race in league history.
The remaining Bottom Five was filled by drivers who all finished on the same lap as race winner Packersrock2010; 19th went to the aforementioned #64 of dragonboy, 18th went to the #32 Bestline Products Plymouth of Draco Drakul, 17th went to the #22 Saddleback Dodge of hunter2224 and 16th went to the #06 the Warren Fox Dodge of bigdaddy RCN.
Today Chakat Whitelion is the most successful driver in SCRL history, with 4 championships over the five year history and has the second most wins in league history, 19. Shi is currently completing in the SCRL Wrangler Jean Busch Grand National Series where shi is the current points leader.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #24 had finished last in a Legends race as well as at Riverside.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
20) #24-Chakat Whitelion / 19 laps / running
19) #64-dragonboy / 19 laps / running
18) #32-Draco Drakul / 19 laps / running
17) #22-hunter2224 / 19 laps / running
16) #06-bigdaddy RCN / 19 laps / running
Connor Hurley picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series career on Wednesday's DAPCO 200 at the Greenville-Pickens Speedway when his #24 Budweiser Ford fell out with engine problems without completing any of the 20 laps.
The finish occurred in his 24th career series start. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 1st for car #24 and the 1st for reason by engine. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 9th for Car #24 and 30th for reason by engine.
Connor Hurley is one of many drivers trying to make a name for themselves, with Hurley having yet to visit victory lane despite competing for several series. Hurley made his busch series debut at Daytona, finishing 29th, a finish of 3rd at the previous Greenville-Pickens event has been his best finish in 23 previous starts as the series returned to Greenville-Pickens for what would be the second and final time in the busch series history.
On race day, Hurley was going to roll off the starting grid in 7th while starting last was spring South Boston last-place finisher the #21 Chattanooga Chew Pontiac of Christian Vargas. As the field rolled off pit road, Hurley's car remained in his pit stall as the crew looked under the hood and found that the engine's problem was terminal as the car was pushed behind the wall and listed as "out" by the end of the third lap.
Finishing 41st was the #11 J.W. Hunt Produce Pontiac of Al Lagasee, who brought out the lone caution when he stalled in Turn 1 when his valve broke. 40th was the #7 Mello Yello Oldsmobile of Matt Hamill, who suffered header problems in the remaining laps, falling out in the final three laps.
39th was Season 1 Champion and Summer South Boston last-place finisher the #28 Skoal Bandit Pontiac of Jack Lagasse, who was one lap down. Rounding out the Bottom Five in 38th was the #95 Metro Pontiac of Sebastian Torres who finished on the same lap as race winner Sammy Sabre Jr.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #24 has finished last in a Busch Series race as well at Greenville-Pickens.
*The most recent time a driver has failed to complete a lap was on June 26, 2018 when Gatlin Downey suffered engine problems in the Kroger 200 at the Indianapolis Raceway Park, 1 race ago.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #24-Connor Hurley / 0 laps / engine
41) #11-Al Lagasee / 8 laps / valve
40) #7-Matt Hamill / 17 laps / header
39) #28-Jack Lagasee / 19 laps / running
38) #95-Sebastian Torres / 20 laps / running
Gatlin Downey picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series career on Tuesday's Kroger 200 at the Indianapolis Raceway Park when his #04 unsponsored Pontiac fell out with tire problems without completing any of the 20 laps.
The finish occurred in his 23rd career series start, was his first on the circuit since February 28, 2018 at Rockingham, where he suffered header problems, while also failing to complete a lap, 20 races ago. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 2nd for car #04 and the 2nd for reason by tire. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 5th for Car #04 and 11th for reason by tire.
Ever since trailing the field at Rockingham, Downey had found success, just one race after scoring his first last-place finish, he finished 2nd at Hickory followed up by several more Top 10 finishes at North Wilkesboro, Hickory, Langley, twice at Orange County as well as a 3rd place finish at South Boston while solidly in the Top 20 in points.
On race day, Downey was going to roll off the starting grid in 12th while starting last was the #70 unsponsored Pontiac of Kion Vargas. As the field rolled off the pit road, Downey's pulled into the garage, his team reporting an unusual problem; tire problems, as the cause, and by the end of the first lap, the car was listed as "out" just a few seconds before chaos broke out in Turn 3.
As the field made their way down the backstretch, the #11 J.W. Hunt Produce Pontiac of Al Lagasee was running three-wide with the #22 Miller High Life Pontiac of Danyal Gitirokh and two time last-place finisher the #98 Levi Garrett Pontiac of James Stabilito, sending all three cars for a spin, stacking up the field behind them. The #71 Maxie's Vending Pontiac of Truttle was able to get around the wreck on the low side but the #41 Marvaco Inc. Pontiac of Marcus Saatchi was on his right side, entering turn to the two cars made contact when Saatchi connected with the right side of Truttle's car sending Truttle nearly head on into the concrete wall as more cars crashed and stacked up into Turn 3 as well. Truttle's car was destroyed and despite the hard hit, he was able to walk away with no injuries but was scored 41st just above Downey.
The remaining Bottom Five was filled by drivers who were also knocked out by crash damage; 40th went to the #32 Pet Dairy Pontiac of Ying Canario, he himself got damage from the same wreck but was able to limp across the start/finish line to complete one lap, 39th went to the #95 Metro Pontiac of Sebastian Torres who also took damage, was told by his team to ride around the apron for the caution laps, completing two laps to be scored higher before pulling off and finishing 38th was the #42 unsponsored Pontiac of Derek Hamill, he himself taken out in a later crash on Lap 6.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #04 has finished last at IRP.
*The most recent time a driver has failed to complete a lap was on May 23, 2018 when Chakat Whitelion was involved in a multi-car crash in the Goody's 200 at the Caraway Speedway, 5 races ago,
*This is the first time "tire" has been listed for the reason of a driver being last since the Season 1 Busch 200 at the South Boston Speedway when the #00 Thomas Bros. Country Ham Buick of Dinkdrinker trailed the field after completing 20 of the 30 laps, 45 races ago.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #04-Gatlin Downey / 0 laps / tire
41) #71-Truttle / 0 laps / crash
40) #32-Ying Canario / 1 lap / crash
39) #95-Sebastian Torres / 2 laps / crash
38) #42-Derek Hamill / 6 laps / crash
Packersrock2010 picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series career in the Pre-Season 1 Atlanta ARCA 400 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway when his #1 ModSpace Ford completed all the 17 laps under power.
The finish came in his 3rd career start. At the point in his career, Packersrock2010 had reached the height of his SCRL career, having won three times in the SCRL NASCAR Legends series with two victories at Riverside and one at Bowman Gray as he was prepared to try his luck at the ARCA Series. A 15th in his series debut at Daytona and a 3rd place finish at Mobile gave the driver momentum heading into Atlanta for the series first race at the track.
On race day, Packers would roll off starting in the 14th spot while the #44 Ansell / Menards Toyota of Oreius Centaur would start in the final spot. For the second race in a row, drivers kept their fenders clean and gave each other room, as no cautions would fly and when the Checkered Flag flew, Packers had fallen back to last and his first last-place finish was his.
The remaining Bottom Five were drivers who finished on the same lap as race winner Jus Nimh; 22nd went to the #17 Roulo Brothers Racing Ford of Jimmy Green, 21st went to the #77 Cunningham Motorsports Dodge of Jon Seymour, 20th went to Mobile last-place finisher the #10 Milwaukee Crusher Co. / Double H Ranch Chevrolet of Bulldog67 and 19th was the #55 Country Music Artist Jaclyn North Toyota of Jackson Braun.
The Atlanta race would be the last start ever of Packersrock2010 as the canceled series and the reformation of the then ONL(Oreius Nascar Leagues) would result in the ARCA Series being rebranded before coming back as the SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series in 2016. Packers would announce his retirement from the ONL and has continued on his gaming ways through the years and has yet to pop back up in a SCRL race since 2014.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #1 had finished last in the SCRL ARCA Series as well at Atlanta.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
23) #1-Packersrock2010 / 17 laps / running
22) #17-Jimmy Green / 17 laps / running
21) #77-Jon Seymour / 17 laps / running
20) #10-Bulldog67 / 17 laps / running
19) #55-Jackson Braun / 17 laps / running
Maria Valera picked up the 3rd last place finish of her SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series career on Monday's Virginia 200 at the Langley Speedway when her #63 Ashby Sheet Metal & Machine Pontiac fell out with header problems after completing 6 of the 20 laps.
The finish occurred in her 22nd career series start, was her first on the circuit since April 11, 2018 at Dover, where she was taken out in a multi-car crash after 1 of the 40 laps, 12 races ago. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 5th for car #63 and the 4th for reason by header. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 5th for Car #63 and 14th for reason by header.
Ever since trailing the field at Dover, Valera's best finish has been a 6th at Hickory but she has struggled to just stay inside the Top 30 in points, with the high point of her season coming in her third career start when she scored her first career busch series win entering the season's second trip to Langley where in the previous event she finished 31st.
On race day, Kennedy would roll off the field in 13th while starting last for the second race in a row was South Boston last-place finisher the #15 Wrangler Jeans Pontiac of Chris Kyle, a spot he would keep for only two turns before the #6 Mason Day Paving Chevrolet of Henry Urchman took last, trailing the field for the length of the first caution but while running in 13th, Valera's car began to smoke as she quickly pulled to the inside of the track and coasted back to pit road and into the garage, her car listed as "out" by Lap 8 with header problems being given as the reason, giving her the third last-place finish of the season.
Under that same caution, the #32 Pet Dairy Pontiac of Ying Canario began to slow down the backstretch just before the field was able to restart the race as Canario pulled into the garage, his team reporting a piston had broke and with the race almost half out, they decided it was better to call it a day and focus on the next event at the Indianapolis Raceway Park, giving Canario his first finish in the Bottom Five.
The remaining Bottom Five finished the race under power; 40th went to the aforementioned #15 of Chris Kyle, who lost two laps in the final five laps, 39th went to Richmond last-place finisher the #98 Levi Garrett Pontiac of James Stabilito and finishing 38th was the #41 Marvaco Inc. Pontiac of Marcus Saatchi, both of whom who finished one lap down to race winner AJ Jones.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #63 has finished last at Langley.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #63-Maria Valera / 6 laps / header
41) #32-Ying Canario / 8 laps / piston
40) #15-Chris Kyle / 18 laps / running
39) #98-James Stabilito / 19 laps / running led 1 lap
38) #41-Marcus Saatchi / 19 laps / running
Bulldog67 picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series career in the Pre-Season 1 Mobile ARCA 200 at the Mobile International Speedway when his #10 Milwaukee Crusher Co. / Double H Ranch Chevrolet completed all the 30 laps under power.
The finish came in his 2nd career start. At the point in his career, Bulldog67 had scored his first in only championship in Season 2 of the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series and had the second most wins in league history, but he was on his way down in the racing totem pole as newer and fresh faces came into the SCRL. In the previous race at Daytona, Bulldog67 made his series debut and finished a respectable 3rd place as the series made their first ever stop on the short track at Mobile as for the second event in a row, the #99 Roulo Brothers Racing Ford of Rick Rome chose to skip the Mobile event and focus their attention on the big event at Atlanta in the next round.
On race day, Bulldog67 would roll off starting in the 12th spot while the #69 Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery Ford of wolfmoon would start in the last spot as the field took the green flag. Due to no cautions flying during the event, the battle for positions happened every lap and by the time the Checkered Flag fell, Bulldog67 had fallen behind by almost a second to the nearest driver and took the last place award.
The remaining Bottom Five were drivers who finished on the same lap as race winner Truttle. 21st went to the #8 UNOH / Dodge Motorsports Dodge of Seth Brooks, 20th went to the #28 Aluma Aluminum Trailers Chevrolet of Jus Nimh, 19th went to the #2 ModSpace / Hixson-Belmont Ford of Jason Pedro and 18th went to Daytona last-place finisher the #68 Kimmel Racing Ford of Joseph Chapman.
Bulldog67 has left a legacy in the SCRL that will last forever, becoming the second ever champion in league history and has amassed 13 career wins, which ranks him 6th on the all time win list. He last competed in the 2017 Shaker Memorial Race and pops up now and then to complete in special races while working as a mechanic in real life.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #10 had finished last in the SCRL ARCA Series as well at Mobile.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #10-Bulldog67 / 30 laps / running
21) #8-Seth Brooks / 30 laps / running
20) #28-Jus Nimh / 30 laps / running
19) #2-Jason Pedro / 30 laps / running
18) #68-Joseph Chapman / 30 laps / running
Nick Kennedy picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series career on Wednesday's Goody's 200 at the Hickory Speedway when his #19 Gardiner's Auto Parts Pontiac was involved in a multi-car accident after 10 of the 20 laps.
The finish occurred in his 50th career series start, was his first on the circuit since March 14, 2017 at Martinsville, where he was also taken out in a multi-car crash after 7 of the 50 laps, 16 races ago. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 2nd for car #19 and the 23rd for reason by crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 8th for Car #19 and 183rd for reason by crash.
Ever since trailing the field at Martinsville, Kennedy's best finish is a 4th in the last round at South Boston. Entering Hickory, Kennedy also continues to look for his first series victory, having a record of 0-49 entering this race as Kennedy was looking to finally get rid of the goose egg.
On race day, Kennedy would roll off the field in 5th while starting last was spring South Boston last-place finisher the #15 Wrangler Jeans Pontiac of Chris Kyle as the field took the green, but he wouldn't be there long. The #9 unsponsored Pontiac of Zachary Fitzwater would fall back to last after completing one lap before chaos broke out on the backstretch as the #22 A.G. Dillard Pontiac of Danyal Gitirokh would get severe damage on his right front as he limped back to the pits, his crew working hard to get their driver back out and prevent him from getting his first last-place finish in his 21st start.
Luckly for Gitirokh, his crew only lost one lap due to repairs and get back on track as he would remain in last place before Summer South Boston last-place finisher the #1 New Con Leasing Pontiac of Carter Friesen would drop back to last on Lap 11, having gotten damage himself in the second caution, which involved ten cars, one of them Kennedy, who slammed into two cars before hitting the #95 Metro Pontiac of Sebastian Torres in the side door, nearly flipping Torres. Kennedy limped around the track before pulling into the garage, his car listed as "Out" by lap eleven, but didn't take the final spot until one lap later on Lap 12.
32nd went to the aforementioned #1 of Carter Frisen, who finished 3 laps down to race winner Truttle. 31st went to spring Hickory last-place finisher the #62 1 Stop Food Store Pontiac of Marcos Yepez, 30th went to the previous South Boston last-place finisher the #28 Skoal Bandit Pontiac of Jack Lagasee and rounding out the Bottom Five in 29th was Jack's brother the #11 J.W. Hunt Produce Pontiac of Al Lagasee, all of whom were two laps behind the race winner.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #19 has finished last at Hickory.
*Across all SCRL Series, this is Kennedy's 8th last-place finish, tying him with Grayson Acevedo, Colin Dryburgh and brothers Cam and Cole Nixey.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
33) #19-Nick Kennedy / 10 laps / crash
32) #1-Carter Friesen / 17 laps / running
31) #62-Marcos Yepez / 18 laps / running
30) #28-Jack Lagasee / 18 laps / running
29) #11-Al Lagasee / 18 laps / running
Jack Lagasee picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series career on Wednesday's Coca-Cola 200 at the South Boston Speedway when his #28 Skoal Bandit Pontiac was involved in a multi-car accident after 3 of the 30 laps.
The finish occurred in his 49th career series start. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 1st for car #11 and the 22nd for crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 6th for Car #11 and 182nd for crash.
Jack Lagasee is the defending SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series Champion on the strength of three wins, while entering Season 2, Jack had yet to finish last in all 29 previous starts. Jack's season starting off by finishing 15th at Daytona for the second year in a row but it wouldn't be until the 13th race of the Season at South Boston where Jack would return to victory lane while at the same time, he was in a season long battle with Chakat Whitelion over the points lead entering the fourth South Boston race of the season.
On race day, Jack would roll off the field in 13th while starting last was the #89 unsponsored Pontiac of Joshua Rush a spot he would hold for the first lap before on Lap 2 two time last-place finisher the #98 Levi Garrett Pontiac of James Stabilito was knocked back to last and was trailing the field when chaos broke out as Jack Lagasee made contact with the #17 Aladdin Industries Pontiac of Sammy Sabre Jr., sending both cars into the inside wall as Lagasee would flip four times before landing on all four wheels as more cars behind them were involved. Amazingly, Lagasee would drive away from the crash scene, but only a short distance as he pulled into the garage, his car listed as out by Lap 4.
41st went to the #23 Miller High Life Pontiac of Samet Ozkan, who was scored on the same lap as Jack Lagasee, but was placed in 41st. 40th went to the aforementioned #98 of James Stabilito, as he was able to limp across the line and complete Lap 4, 39th went to North Wilkesboro last-place finisher the #45 Luck Stone Pontiac Patrick Smith and rounding out the Bottom Five in 38th was the #6 Mason Day Paving Chevrolet of Henry Urchman, all of whom also completed one more lap then Lagasee and Ozkan.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #11 has finished last in a Busch Series race as well at South Boston.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #28-Jack Lagasee / 3 laps / crash
41) #23-Samet Ozkan / 3 laps / crash
40) #98-James Stabilito / 4 laps / crash
39) #45-Patrick Smith / 4 laps / crash
38) #6-Henry Urchman / 4 laps / crash
Joseph Chapman picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series career in the Pre-Season 1 Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at the Daytona International Speedway when his #68 Kimmel Racing Ford was involved in a multi-car crash after 2 of the 20 laps.
The finish came in his first start. Much to popular demand, the legendary ARCA Series was requested by many fans for this league owner to run and to comply with them I was able to start up a series using the 2012 ARCA Carset and signed up twenty three drivers to participate in the first ever event, but one driver chose to sit out of the series debut race at Daytona and make his series debut in the third event at Mobile, that being the #99 Roulo Brothers Racing Ford of Rick Rome.
On race day, Chapman would roll off starting in the 10th spot while the #00 Thunder 2 Chevrolet of Chakat Whitelion would start in the last spot took the green flag and shi would trail the field for the first lap while on the next lap the #17 Roulo Brothers Racing Ford of Jimmy Green would trail on Lap Two as the field made their way into Turn 1, chaos broke out as the #11 Syngenta Ford of nascardenny11 was turned by the #5 Lucas Oil Slick Mist Chevrolet of Draco Drakul into the #44 Ansell / Menards Toyota of Oreius Centaur as a ten car pileup broke out as the first ever "Big One" happened on Lap 2. Chapman, unable to see through all the smoke, ran right into the passenger door of Draco, sending the car over for three flips before landing on all four wheels. Chapman and Draco would both limp their cars to the garage, but Chapman was scored last, giving him the honor of the first driver to trail in SCRL ARCA event.
20th went to the #8 UNOH / Dodge Motorsports Dodge of Seth Brooks, who was leading under caution when on the sixth lap his car broke a header and he was done for the day. The remaining Bottom Five was in 19th the #16 Strutmasters.com Chevrolet of guitarhero01234 and 18th the #02 Southwest Florida Cable Construction Ford of Truttle, who finished two and one circuit behind race winner Nitahbk.
Joseph Chapman is a small footnote in the SCRL history as his career was both brief and uneventful as he never was able to visit victory lane under the SCRL sanction and has appeared to have fallen off the racing world in terms of the SCRL.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #68 had finished last in the SCRL ARCA Series as well at Daytona.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #68-Joseph Chapman / 2 laps / crash
21) #5-Draco Drakul / 2 laps / crash
20) #8-Seth Brooks / 6 laps / header led 4 laps
19) #16-guitarhero01234 / 18 laps / running
18) #02-Truttle / 19 laps / running
Jay Jefferson picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series career on Monday's Mello Yello 200 at the Orange County Speedway when his #3 unsponsored Pontiac was involved in a single-car accident after 1 of the 20 laps.
The finish occurred in his 48th career series start, was his first on the circuit since April 6, 2017 at Martinsville when he suffered camshaft problems after 6 of the 50 laps, 44 races ago. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 1st for car #3 and the 21st for crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 8th for Car #3 and 181st for crash.
Jay Jefferson is one half of the Jefferson Family, along with his brother Joe, both drivers have tasted success in the SCRL, with both drivers having scored eight career wins. Joe became the first to visit victory lane in the busch series when he won at Hickory in season one before he would repeat by becoming the first driver to win a Last Chance Qualifier(LCQ) and the main event on his way to scoring win #2 at Langley on his way to finishing 23rd in points. Meanwhile, Jay struggled all season long, failing to score a victory and finished 28th in points. Entering Season 2, Jay was determined to get that first win, and it was in the eighth event of the season, Jay finally broke through, scoring the win at Greenville-Pickens while Joe has struggle this season as he leads the SCRLASTCAR championship battle after last-place finishes at Langley and Bristol.
On race day, Jay would roll off the field in 17th while starting last was #97 unsponsored Pontiac of Joshua Rush, who had won the last event at Orange County. Rush was trailing the field as the green came out and down the backstretch when chaos broke out in turn three as the lack of grip on the track caused drivers to slide out of control. Jefferson was able to avoid the spinning cars, but misjudged the closing rate as he slammed into the pit road wall, his car destroyed and done for the day.
The remaining Bottom Five was filled by drivers who also struggled at Orange County; 32nd went to March Hickory last-place finisher the #62 1 Stop Food Store Pontiac of Marcos Yepez, who got damage in the same wreck as he limped around another lap to be scored higher. 31st went to the #17 Aladdin Industries Pontiac of Sammy Sabre Jr., who was able to limp around and passed Yepez by a few feet to be scored one spot higher. 30th went to South Boston last-place finisher the #1 New Con Leasing Pontiac of Carter Friesen, he himself a victim of a single car crash on Lap 7 and finishing 29th was the #95 Metro Pontiac of Sebastian Torres, who was taken out in another crash on Lap 13.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #3 has finished last in a Busch Series race as well at Orange County.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
33) #3-Jay Jefferson / 1 lap / crash
32) #62-Marcos Yepez / 2 laps / crash
31) #17-Sammy Sabre Jr. / 2 laps / crash
30) #1-Carter Friesen / 7 laps / crash
29) #95-Sebastian Torres / 13 laps / crash
Chakat Whitelion picked up the 2nd last place finish of hir SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series career on Sunday's Goody's 200 at the Caraway Speedway when hir #5 unsponsored Pontiac was involved in a multi-car accident without completing any of the 20 laps.
The finish occurred in hir 47th career series start, was hir first on the circuit since April 3, 2018 at Greenville-Pickens, 10 races ago. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 2nd for car #5 and the 20th for crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 12th for Car #5 and 180th for crash.
Whitelion is one of the most successful drivers in the first year history of the SCRL having won four championships and 17 career wins but none in the busch series, however after shi got hir first last place finish at Greenville-Pickens, in the very next race, Whitelion picked up hir first win at Langley followed up by hir second seven rounds later at South Boston as shi has been battling Season 1 Champion Jack Lagasee all season long for the championship battle as the series entered North Carolina for the third and final race at the Caraway Speedway.
On race day, Whitelion would roll off the field in 30th while starting last was the #7 Mello Yello Oldsmobile of Matt Hamill as drivers raced got the green flag, drivers went wide into Turns 1 and 2 as a wreck would break out as Whitelion would run into the back of the #22 A.G. Dillard Pontiac of Danyal Gitirokh while behind Whitelion, North Wilkesboro last-place finisher the #45 Luck Stone Pontiac Patrick Smith was unable to slow down and ran into the back of Whitelion. Both cars were destroyed and limped back to the pits as at first scoring showed the #45 in last before it was changed to the #5 of Whitelion, the spot being given to hir since shi pulled off the track earlier then Smith.
The remaining Bottom Five was filled by drivers who also struggled at Caraway; 31st went to Martinsville last-place finisher the #19 Gardiner's Auto Parts Pontiac of Nick Kennedy who was involved in the same crash, but was able to cross the start/finish line to be scored higher. 30th went to two-time last-place finisher the #63 Ashby Sheet Metal & Machine Pontiac of Maria Valera taken out in a Lap 7 crash and finishing 29th was the #4 unsponsored Pontiac of AJ Jones who finished on the same lap as Valera.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #5 has finished last in a Busch Series race at Caraway.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
33) #5-Chakat Whitelion / 0 laps / crash
32) #45-Patrick Smith / 0 laps / crash
31) #19-Nick Kennedy / 1 lap / crash
30) #63-Maria Valera / 7 laps / crash
29) #4-AJ Jones / 7 laps / crash
