Thursday, June 21, 2018

Throwback ARCA: Packersrock2010 trails the field in second straight caution free race in series history at Atlanta

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

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