Thursday, June 28, 2018

Throwback LEGENDS: Chakat Whitelion becomes the first ever driver to trail a field in a NASCAR Legends Series race at Riverside

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

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