Nick Kennedy picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Icebreakers Whelen Series career in the Outside Pole Qualifier at the Thompson Speedway when his #3 D & H Potato Farms Chevrolet was involved in a single-car crash after completing 16 of 22 laps.
The finish came in his 12th career start, was his first on the circuit since November 14, 2018 in the Axelrod Tire Modified Madness at the Stafford Motor Speedway when failed to complete any of the 20 laps due to engine problems, 1 race ago. In the SCRL Icebreakers Whelen Series, it's the 2nd for car #3 and the 5th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 10th for the #3 and the 195th from a crash.
After scoring his ninth career last-place finish which ranks him 4th all time on the last-place finishing rankings, Kennedy was looking to rebound at Thompson, a track where he had finished 21st earlier in the season.
On race day, Kennedy rolled off starting in the 9th spot while starting last was the #09 Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet of Kyle Hunter. Hunter would trail for only the first two turns before New Egypt last-place finisher the #11 Marek Engineering Chevrolet of Evan Hunter had fallen back to last and would trail the field for the first thirteen laps. On Lap 14 the #43 Supreme Mfg. Co. Chevrolet of Marko Tellez took the final spot and was trailing the field the next lap when Kennedy, who was running in 4th at the time, went wide in Turn 4 and hit the outside guardrail head on, flipping the car over onto it's roof. The driver was able to climb from the car shaken, but unharmed and the car was done for the day.
Finishing 23rd was the #4 Overland Driveshaft Chevrolet of AJ Jones, who had led all 17 laps up to that point, but had to pit due to a flat tire. 22nd was the #121 of Ryan Pritchard, who had ran into Kennedy's flipped over car and gotten damage. 21st was the #43 of Marko Tellez, who suffered brake problems just before the green, white, checkered was to come out to extend the race.
Rounding out the Bottom Five was Spencer last-place finisher the #23 unsponsored Chevrolet of Cole Nixey.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #3 has finished last at Thompson.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
24) #3-Nick Kennedy / 16 laps / crash
23) #4-AJ Jones / 18 laps / running led 17 laps
22) #121-Ryan Pritchard / 19 laps / running
21) #43-Marko Tellez / 19 laps / brakes
20) #23-Cole Nixey / 22 laps / running
Jack Marks picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Snap-On Tools Whelen Southern Series career in the Made In America Whelen 300 at the Martinsville Speedway when his #15 TAS Country Homes Chevrolet fell out with camshaft problems after completing 25 of the the 50 laps.
The finish came in his 6th career start. In the SCRL Snap-On Tools Whelen Southern Series, it's the 1st for car #15 and the 1st for camshaft issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 7th for the #15 and 28th for camshaft issues.
Entering Season 1 of the SCRL Snap-On Tools Whelen Southern Series, Jack is a rookie to the SCRL and was joining brother Jim in the Whelen's second highest division run in the southern states of North America. Jack finished 14th in his debut at Caraway, 7th in the second round, a career best third in the third race after leading twelve laps early before finishing 11th in the 4th event at Caraway. In the first ever series event outside of Caraway, Jack finished in 11th spot.
On race day, Jack would roll off starting in the 9th spot while the #4 DMC Auto Exchange Chevrolet of Chase McDowell would roll off in the final spot. McDowell would remain in the final spot for the first six laps before Bowman Gray last-place finisher the #00 G. Lopes Construction Chevrolet of James Stabilito fell back to last on Lap 7 and would remain in last till Lap 10 when Chase regain the final spot briefly before Stabilito took it back on Lap 13 and he was trailing the field on Lap 22 when the battle for the final spot ended.
By this point, Jack had fallen back to 15th spot when entering Turn 1, second Caraway last-place finisher the #14 Motorsports Designs Chevrolet of Trevor Collins made contact with Jack, spinning him out and bringing out the lone caution of the day and knocking Jack back to last. While riding around under caution, Jack's car began to song and the driver quickly pulled his car to the inside of the track and onto pit road and into the garage, the camshaft broken and the car was retired just shortly before the race resumed.
Finishing 19th was the aforementioned #4 of Chase McDowell, the only other driver to not finish on the lead lap, one circuit down to the race leaders.
The remaining Bottom Five were; 18th the #00 of James Stabilito, 17th the #01 Marek Eng. Co. / Holmes and Bahr Chevrolet of Pritti Shah and 16th was the #04 WTQR / Foothill Ford of Joe Jefferson.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #15 has finished last in a Whelen Southern race as well at Martinsville.
*This was the first time in Whelen Southern Series history a driver failed to finish the race.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
20) #15-Jack Marks / 25 laps / camshaft
19) #4-Chase McDowell / 49 laps / running
18) #00-James Stabilito / 50 laps / running
17) #01-Pritti Shah / 50 laps / running
16) #04-Joe Jefferson / 50 laps / running
Oreius Centaur picked up the 1st last place finish of his ONL K&N East Series career in the Pre-Season 1 Widow Wax 125 Pres. by SealWrap Repair Tape at the Bristol Speedway when his #50 Bank Street Cafe Chevrolet was involved in a multi-car crash after 1 of the 50 laps.
The finish came in his 2nd career start. Oreius Centaur is known for creating this league that has been around for five years, but back in 2014, Oreius was on the down swing of his career. While he had a great career in the Legends Series, Oreius had willingly skilled down his schedule to allow other drivers to compete, but would race in special series and decided to compete in the East Series. In a action packed race, Oreius scored the historic win and became the first driver to win in the East Series in the series debut at Daytona. Before the race even started, the field was cut from 23 cars to 22 as the #7 Woods Towing & Transportation of Draco Drakul decided to pull out from the race, deciding to run only a part-time schedule and focus only on the bigger events.
On race day, Oreius would roll off starting in the 6th spot while the #99 Boost Mobile Toyota of Dan Bandon rolled off in the last spot. By the end the first lap, chaos broke out on the backstretch as Oreius was spun out, slamming into the inside wall. Amazingly, Oreius kept on driving, but came up onto the track, right in front of the #47 PMC / Health Bridge Imaging Toyota of Devin Olasin, sending both cars into the Turn 4 head on, destroying both cars as Oreius would score his first last-place finish.
Olasin would complete one more lap before pulling into the garage, his day done, just seconds before the #22 Race Alert / Oakley Tank Lines Dodge of Jimmy Green, who also got damage in the same wreck, pulled into the garage, being scored 20th. The aforementioned #99 of Dan Bandon and the #96 Emco Gears / Blue Ox Chevrolet of Jesse Turner, both of whom was taken out in the second caution on Lap 17.
Oreius Centaur would compete for another three years, never winning a championship, but picking up 17 career wins in the SCRL, his last being in his final start, the Season 1 SCRL ARCA Truck Series California 200 at the Mesa Marin Raceway. Due to fan backlash at the league owner winning in his own league, despite the fact other league owners doing the same thing, Oreius decided to retire from ever racing again to allow others a spot. Oreius currently runs this site, the official Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channel where this league is hosted as well as competing in another YouTube league owned by Chris Kyle, aka NR Leagues, where he has over 40 career wins and is a former champion in the ISCR Lowe's Sportman Series.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #50 had finished last at Bristol as well as in a East Series race.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #50-Oreius Centaur / 1 lap / crash
21) #47-Devin Olasin / 2 laps / crash
20) #22-Jimmy Green / 2 laps / crash
19) #99-Dan Bandon / 17 laps / crash
18) #96-Jesse Turner / 17 laps / crash
Tony Newman picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Sun Energy Whelen Euro Elite 1 career in Round 6 at the Kyalami Circuit when his #21 Port Cirt Race Cars Chevrolet completed all 11 laps under power.
The finish came in his 6th career start. In the SCRL Sun Energy Whelen Euro Elite 1, it's the 1st for car #21 and the 3rd for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 12th for the #21 and the 130th for running at the finish.
Tony Newman is a veteran in the SCRL, having competed for several years in various series, along the way visiting victory lane two times in his career, his first career win coming in Season 2 of the SCRL Lucas Oil ARA Racing Series at Michigan and in the Season 2 SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series at Bristol. Newman finished 11th in his Whelen Euro Elite 2 debut at Monza, a 7th at Brands Hatch before picking up career win #3 at Circuit de Spa by leading the final lap. A finish of 6th at Estoril and a 10th at Hockenheimring in the last round proved his win was not a fluke as the driver had skill in the cars.
On race day, Newman would roll off starting in the 22nd spot while Circuit de Spa last-place finisher the #87 Frisby Prancer Dodge of Ryan Rush. A caution free race once again happened at Kyalami as Newman had fallen back to last by Turn 7 and would lose touch with the field, falling nearly fifteen seconds by the end of the race.
The remaining Bottom Five also finished the race on the lead lap; 23rd was the #51 Bobcat of Buffalo Dodge of Toby Fox, 22nd was the #44 of Greg Lee, 21st was the #39 of Matt Hamil and finishing 20th was the #87 of Ryan Rush.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #21 has finished last in a Euro Elite 1 Series race as well as at Kyalami.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
24) #21-Tony Newman / 11 laps / running
23) #51-Toby Fox / 11 laps / running
22) #44-Greg Lee / 11 laps / running
21) #39-Matt Hamill / 11 laps / running
20) #87-Ryan Rush / 11 laps / running
Turd Ferguson picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Sun Energy Whelen Euro Elite 2 career in last Monday's Round 6 at the Sebring International Raceway when his #28 Micromoney Ford completed all 7 laps under power.
The finish came in his 6th career start. In the SCRL Sun Energy Whelen Euro Elite 2, it's the 1st for car #28 and the 3rd for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 7th for the #28 and the 129th for running at the finish.
Turd Ferguson is a rookie entering the SCRL's brand newest series and was one of eleven drivers to sign up originally to compete for a championship. In his league debut, Ferguson finished in 6th at Monza, a career best runner up finish at Brands Hatch and Circuit de Spa, 13th at Hungaroring and in the last round he survived a late race wreckfest and led his first ever lap, which turned out to be the final lap, and scored his first career win at Hockenheimring.
The entry list for grew from 14 cars to 15 as Season 3 SCRL IROC Series Champion Draco Drakul made his return to the league for the first time in over a year, as he was entered in the #54.
On race day, Ferguson would roll off 6th while starting last was the #31 of Mikail Kose. Kose trailed the field for the first four laps uncontested, losing touch with the rest of the drivers by nearly a second. Entering Turn 6, Ferguson was running in the Top 10 and ran into the back of another driver, causing his hood to bend and making the driver unable to see. Ferguson had to coast back to pit road as the team worked fast to try and remove the hood and get their driver back out onto the track. After nearly thirty seconds, they finally did and Ferguson rode around hoping to get a caution, but one would never come, and he finished forty one seconds behind the race leaders.
The remaining Bottom Five also finished on the lead lap; 14th was the aforementioned #31 of Mikail Kose, 13th was the #8 Italicus Ford of Leroy Jones, 12th was Monza last-place finisher the #1 Leonessa Group Ford of Jason Larker and finishing 11th was the #33 Mavi Jeans Chevrolet of Soran Taheri.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #28 has finished last in a Euro Elite 2 Series race as well as at Sebring.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
15) #28-Turd Ferguson / 7 laps / running
14) #31-Mikail Kose / 7 laps / running
13) #8-Leroy Jones / 7 laps / running
12) #1-Jason Larker / 7 laps / running
11) #33-Soran Taheri / 7 laps / running
Nick Kennedy picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Telcel Mexico Series career in the Season 1 Allstate Texas Thunder 150 at the Central Texas Speedway when his #28 Policia Federal Dodge suffered camshaft problems without completing any of the 20 laps.
The finish came in his 2nd career series start, was his first on the circuit since he was knocked out in a multi-car crash after 4 of 34 laps at Phoenix, 1 race ago. After finishing dead last at Phoenix after a hard crash, Kennedy's team was looking to rebound as the series visited a short track for the very first time.
On race day, Kennedy was scheduled to roll off the pit road 4th while the #46 Avaya / Axtel X-Tremo Toyota of Connor Hurley would start last. As the field made it's parade lap, Kennedy's car began to smoke and the driver turned hard right into the garage area, his team reporting that the camshaft was broken and would prevent Kennedy from even completing a lap. Oddly enough, at the same time the #3 Telcel / Samsung Toyota of Morgan McPherson would also stall up on pit road, reporting of an engine problem as the team worked all race long to get their driver out, which they did on the final lap, making McPherson be scored higher then Kennedy, but was not able to complete a lap as well.
Finishing 10th was another car who struggled to even get going, the #2 Arris Toyota of Steve Morgan suffered mechanical problems all race long, but he was able to limp out onto the track in time to be scored completing one lap.
Rounding out the Bottom Five was two drivers who finished on the same lap as the race leaders; in 9th was the #31 54D Chevrolet of Rocco Twyman and 8th was the #1 FedEx Toyota of Simon Fox.
Today, Nick Kennedy is one of the longest active drivers in the SCRL, having picked up 11 career wins and is a former champion in the SCRL Formula One Series Presented by Red Bull.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #28 had finished last at Central Texas.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
12) #28-Nick Kennedy / 0 laps / camshaft
11) #3-Morgan McPherson / 0 laps / running
10) #2-Steve Morgan / 1 lap / running
9) #31-Rocco Twyman / 20 laps / running
8) #1-Simon Fox / 20 laps / running
Nick Kennedy picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Icebreakers Whelen Series career in the Axelrod Tire Modified Madness at the Stafford Motor Speedway when his #3 D & H Potato Farms Chevrolet fell out with engine problems without completing any of the 20 laps.
The finish came in his 11th career start. In the SCRL Icebreakers Whelen Series, it's the 1st for car #3 and the 2nd for engine issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 9th for the #3 and the 33rd for engine issues.
Entering Season 1 of the SCRL Icebreakers Whelen Series, Kennedy is one of the most successful drivers in league history, having scored 11 career wins, which ranks him 9th on the all time list, as well as having one championship to his credit, the Season 1 SCRL Formula One Series Championship. Kennedy's Whelen career didn't start of well, finishing 21st at Thompson, finishing 11th at Martinsville, 22nd at the first Stafford event, 12th in the second Martinsville race, 17th in the first New Egypt race, before in his 6th career start, Kennedy score his first Top 10, a 7th at Waterford. Finishes of 14th at the second New Egypt, 12th at Spencer, 20th at Riverhead and a finish of 24th in the last round at Twin State has made the season a depressing one for the former Formula One Champion.
On race day, Kennedy was scheduled to roll off starting in the 2nd spot while starting last was the #52 Dari-Farms Ice Cream of Patrick Smith, however just as the field began to roll off for the pace lap, Kennedy's car stalled on the frontstretch, preventing the high line from catching up to the leaders when the green came out. Kennedy's car was towed back to the garage and by Lap 3 it was determined the #3 has a engine failure, their day done without completing a single foot.
Just seconds after the #3 of Nick Kennedy would have problems, the #0 Stakey's Pumpkins / Jessup Chevrolet of Carter Friesen suffered valve problems and also stalled up on the start, his car towed back and was listed as "out" by Lap 4, but was listed as also not completing a lap, but was scored higher then Kennedy.
Rounding out the Bottom Five were drivers who finished a lap behind the race winner; 22nd was New Egypt last-place finisher the #11 Marek Engineering Chevrolet of Evan Hunter, 21st was Riverhead last-place finisher the #99 Gearhart Chevrolet of Joshua Rush and 20th was the #71 Draco / Purple Spring / Fluidyne Chevrolet of Daniel Bouchard.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #3 has finished last in a Whelen race as well as at Stafford.
*This was the first time two cars failed to complete a lap since a "big one" struck in the opening seconds of the Season 2 Coca-Cola 200 at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, causing five drivers to fail to complete a lap.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
24) #3-Nick Kennedy / 0 laps / engine
23) #0-Carter Friesen / 0 laps / valve
22) #11-Evan Hunter / 19 laps / running
21) #99-Joshua Rush / 19 laps / running
20) #71-Daniel Bouchard / 19 laps / running
Bafode Sacko picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Icebreakers Whelen Series career in the Whitcomb / Granite State 85 at the Twin State Speedway when his #48 A-Best Forklift Chevrolet of Bafode Sacko fell out with tire problems after completing 8 of the 20 laps.
The finish came in his 10th career start. In the SCRL Icebreakers Whelen Series, it's the 1st for car #48 and the 1st for tire issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 4th for the #48 and the 12th for tire issues.
Entering Season 1 of the SCRL Icebreakers Whelen Series, Sacko is one of many drivers still trying to make a name for himself in the SCRL. In his Whelen debut, Sacko finished a respectable 13th at Thompson. Over the next three races Sacko could only score a 11th place finish at the second Martinsville event until the series made a return trip to New Egypt, where Sacko would score his first Top 5 and Top 10 be finishing 4th at New Egypt. A finish of 15th at Spencer and 17th at Riverhead in the last round has made his season somewhat of a disappointment for the driver.
On race day, Sacko would roll off starting in the 22nd spot while starting last was Waterford last-place finisher the #1 DMC Auto Exchange Chevrolet of Anthony Lopez. By the time the first lap was completed, the #43 Supreme Mfg. Co. Chevrolet of Marko Tellez trailed for the first two laps before the #4 Overland Driveshaft Chevrolet of AJ Jones took the final spot on Lap 3 and trailed till Lap 5 before Riverhead last-place finisher the #99 Gearhart Chevrolet of Joshua Rush entered the battle on Lap 7 and was trailing the field as the cars made their way around the track under caution when Sacko's car began to slow down the backstretch as the driver pulled into the garage, the team retiring due to tire problems.
Just seconds later, the #3 D & H Potato Farms Chevrolet of Nick Kennedy would pulled into the garage as well, citing header problems as the cause. Finishing 23rd was the aforementioned #4 of AJ Jones, taken out on a Lap 14 crash. Finishing 22nd was Spencer last-place finisher the #23 unsponsored Chevrolet of Cole Nixey, the only other car to finish down a lap to the leaders.
Rounding out the Bottom Five as the last driver on the lead lap in 21st was Thompson last-place finisher the #59 Space Fitters / Ed Bennett Prop. Chevrolet of Zachary Fitzwater.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #48 has finished last in a Whelen race as well as at Twin State.
*This is the first time a driver finished last due to tire issues since Gatlin Downey failed to complete any laps in the Season 2 of the SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series Kroger 200 at the Indianapolis Raceway Park.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
25) #48-Bafode Sacko / 8 laps / tire
24) #3-Nick Kennedy / 8 laps / header
23) #4-AJ Jones / 14 laps / crash led 2 laps
22) #23-Cole Nixey / 19 laps / running
21) #59-Zachary Fitzwater / 20 laps / running
Joshua Rush picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Icebreakers Whelen Series career in the Winston 125 at the Riverhead Raceway when his #99 Gearhart Chevrolet was involved in a single-car crash after completing 13 of 22 laps.
The finish came in his 9th career start. In the SCRL Icebreakers Whelen Series, it's the 1st for car #99 and the 4th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 8th for the #99 and the 194th from a crash.
Entering Season 1 of the SCRL Icebreakers Whelen Series, Joshua has raked up success in the SCRL, having four career wins to date and had high hopes for the brand new Whelen Series after scoring two wins in Season 2 of the SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series and finishing 14th in points. Rush's Whelen career started off with an impressive 6th place finish at Thompson and while he struggled at Martinsville and Stafford, a return trip to Martinsville netted him his first Top 5 finish with an impressive 5th. Rush would enter another slump, finishing 21st in the first ever dirt event at New Egypt, a 17th at Waterford, a 22nd at the second New Egypt and a 16th in the last round at Spencer.
On race day, Rush would roll off starting in the 5th spot while starting last was the #52 Dari-Farms Ice Cream of Patrick Smith. Smith would trail the field for the first lap before the #0 Stakey's Pumpkins / Jessup Chevrolet of Carter Friesen took last on Lap 2, but one lap later the #43 Supreme Mfg. Co. Chevrolet of Marko Tellez entered the battle as he trailed the next two laps before Thompson last-place finisher the #59 Space Fitters / Ed Bennett Prop. Chevrolet of Zachary Fitzwater fell back on Lap 6 and trailed till Lap 9. New Egypt last-place finisher the #11 Marek Engineering Chevrolet of Evan Hunter entered the battle on Lap 10 and trailed the next two laps. At this point the battle was still wide open when the first caution came out when Fitzwater and Stafford last-place finisher the #50 SMG Motoring Chevrolet of Samet Ozkan wrecked hard in Turn 3. Ozkan would lose a lap and appeared on his way to his second last-place finish of the season but the battle was quickly ended two laps later.
Rush at this point had also lost a lap but was able to pass the race leaders to get himself back on the lead lap and was hoping for a caution to rejoin the tail of the field, but on Lap 13 he entered Turn 2 too fast, the car drifted up the track and he nailed the wall at the end of pit road head on, completely destroying his car. The driver was able to climb from his car, shaken, but not injured, but his car was done for the day.
Finishing 23rd was the aforementioned #50 of Samet Ozkan, who suffered a blown engine during the final caution laps before the race was extended by rule of the Green, White, Checkered. 24th was the aforementioned #11 of Evan Hunter, who was caught up in the final caution and was unable to compete in the GWC due to not finishing on the lead lap.
The #43 of Marko Tellez and the #3 D & H Potato Farms Chevrolet of Nick Kennedy would round out the Bottom Five.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #99 has finished last in a Whelen race as well as at Riverhead.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
24) #99-Joshua Rush / 13 laps / crash
23) #50-Samet Ozkan / 18 laps / engine
22) #11-Evan Hunter / 18 laps / running
21) #43-Marko Tellez / 22 laps / running
20) #3-Nick Kennedy / 22 laps / running
Amir Allen-Park picked up the 1st last place finish of his ONL Canadian Tire Series career in the Pre-Season 1 Crown Jewel 200 at the Cayuga International Speedway when his #21 A&W / Bower & Wilkins Dodge was involved in a multi-car crash after 10 of the 20 laps.
The finish came in his 2nd career series start. After finishing a disappointing 24th in the series debut at Mosport, Park was looking to rebound as the series moved to their first ever stop at a short track, the 0.625 mile track in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada at the Cayuga International Speedway.
On race day, Olasin would roll off the field starting 3rd while the #09 Lake Excavating Ford of Heisenberg would trail the field as the green flag flew. There would be three cautions throughout the day, during the second one the #97 Vannini Motorsports Ford of Axel Simmons made contact with Park, sending both cars into the Turn 2 wall, causing Park to flip over four times as more cars were involved, with Park being scored in last place.
Finishing 28th and 27th was the #76 Rev Energy / Direct Buy / Get-A-Grip Tire Chevrolet of Alex Tanker and the #39 Motos Illimitees / DLGL / Polaris Dodge of John Green, both of whom was involved in the same Lap 10 crash.
Rounding out the Bottom Five 26th was the #4 Fitzpatrick Motorsports Chevrolet of Oreius Centaur and finishing 25th was the aforementioned #97 of Axel Simmons, themselves taken out in a Lap 16 crash that would end the race under the yellow flag.
Amir Allen-Park's time in the then ONL, now the SCRL, lasted only two races before never signing up for a league race again. This would be the last race of the division as the series was canceled and put on hold, being rebranded into the SCRL Tim Hortons Canadian Series.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #21 has finished last in a Canadian Series race as well as at Cayuga.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
29) #21-Amir Allen-Park / 10 laps / crash
28) #76-Alex Tanker / 10 laps / crash
27) #39-John Green / 10 laps / crash
26) #4-Oreius Centaur / 16 laps / crash
25) #97-Axel Simmons / 16 laps / crash
Cole Nixey picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Icebreakers Whelen Series career in the Meisenzahl / Firecracker 100 at the Spencer Speedway when his #23 unsponsored Chevrolet was involved in a single-car crash after completing 1 of 20 laps.
The finish came in his 8th career start. In the SCRL Icebreakers Whelen Series, it's the 1st for car #23 and the 3rd from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 4th for the #23 and the 193rd from a crash.
Entering Season 1 of the SCRL Icebreakers Whelen Series, Cole is the most successful member of the Nixey Family, having scored 6 career wins across various series as well as being the only Nixey family member to date to have won a championship in the SCRL, that coming in the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series. Nixey's Whelen career started off by finishing 17th at Thompson, before scoring his first Top Ten at Martinsville in the next race by finishing 6th. Nixey struggled in the next two events, finishing 20th at Stafford and 13th in the return trip to Martinsville. A finish of 9th at the first ever dirt race at New Egypt and a 11th Waterford seemed to motivate Nixey as in the last round at New Egypt, Nixey scored his best finish to date, a 3rd.
On race day, Nixey would roll off starting in the 3rd spot while starting last was Stafford last-place finisher the #50 SMG Motoring Chevrolet of Samet Ozkan. Ozkan trailed the field for the first lap and just as the field entered Turn 1, chaos broke out as Nixey was spun out by the #10 Chevrolet of Sammy Sabre Jr. as Nixey's car slammed hard into the Turn 1 wall head on, the car was instantly destroyed and any hopes of a good finish was over by the second Lap as the car was listed as "out" by the second lap.
Finishing 23rd was the #0 Stakey's Pumpkins / Jessup Chevrolet of Carter Friesen, who was the only other driver to not finish the race, falling out on Lap 7 due to a broken gearbox while running in 6th just before the race was to be restarted.
The remaining Bottom Five finished on the same lap as the race leaders; 22nd was summer New Egypt last-place finisher the #57 M-M Stone Chevrolet of Danyal Gitirokh, 21st was the #71 Draco / Purple Spring / Fluidyne Chevrolet of Daniel Bouchard and 20th was the #121 of Ryan Pritchard.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #23 has finished last in a Whelen race as well as at Spencer.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
24) #23-Cole Nixey / 1 lap / crash
23) #0-Carter Friesen / 7 laps / gearbox
22) #57-Danyal Gitirokh / 20 laps / running
21) #71-Daniel Bouchard / 20 laps / running
20) #121-Ryan Pritchard / 20 laps / running
