The finish came in his 8th career start. In the SCRL Snap-On Tools Whelen Southern Series, it's the 1st for car #16 and the 7th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 5th for the #16 and the 135th for running at the finish.
Entering the Whelen Southern Series, Kyle had already proven himself in the SCRL, having scored seven career wins and was looking to become the series first ever champion. Kyle's season got of to a great start as he became the first to write his name in the SCRL history books as the first ever winner at Caraway. A finish of 8th, 11th and 6th followed in the three next rounds at Caraway, then at Bowman-Gray, Kyle scored his worse finish to date; a 16th. A finish of 11th followed in the first night race at Martinsville and in the previous Ace race ran earlier in the night, Kyle finished 8th.
On race day, Kyle would roll off starting in the 19th spot while the #01 Marek Eng. Co. / Holmes and Bahr Chevrolet of Pritti Shah rolled off from the final spot. Shah would quickly lose touch with the field, keeping the final spot till Lap 7 when the first caution came out when the #11 S&R Motor Co. / Pegg Realty Dodge of TJ Dent made contact with the #10 Ron Bouchard Auto Stores / Red Line Oil Chevrolet of Mitchell Collins, sending Dent for a spin and back to the final spot. Dent trailed the field for five laps, most of them under the caution before Kyle made his attempt at the final spot.
Having lost a lap, Kyle restarted beside the race leaders and was catching race leader Joe Jefferson, when Kyle overshot Turn 1, sending his car for a spin and bringing out the second caution of the night. The race would have to be extended by way of the Green, White, Checkered rule and Kyle was unable to compete due to not being on the lead lap.
Finishing 19th was second Caraway last-place finisher the #14 Motorsports Designs Chevrolet of Trevor Collins, who was the only other car not on the lead lap, as he suffered a fuel injection failure and finish on the same lap as Kyle.
The remaining Bottom Five were; 18th was the #4 DMC Auto Exchange Chevrolet of Chase McDowell, 17th was 4th Caraway last-place finisher the #48 Wheelers Auto / Mr. Rooter Chevrolet of Jay Jefferson and 16th was first Ace last-place finisher the #2 Kleet Lumber / Reynolds Insurance Chevrolet of Carter Joey.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #16 has finished last in a Whelen Southern race as well at Ace.
*This is the first time Kyle has finished last in a SCRL race since Season 2 of the SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series the Miller 300 at the South Boston Speedway when his #15 Wrangler Jeans Pontiac fell out with header problems after completing 10 of the 30 laps.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
20) #16-Chris Kyle / 23 laps / running
19) #14-Trevor Collins / 23 laps / fuel injection
18) #4-Chase McDowell / 27 laps / running
17) #48-Jay Jefferson / 27 laps / running
16) #2-Carter Joey / 27 laps / running
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