The finish came in his 22nd career start. In the SCRL Icebreakers Whelen Series, it's the 1st for car #10 and the 9th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 14th for the #10 and the 199th from a crash.
In a short amount of time, Sabre Jr. has quickly established himself as one of the fastest growing rookies in SCRL history, having raked up five career wins, his first coming in his debut of Season 1 of the SCRL CatDog Pro Series East, he would later score win #2 at Loudon on his way to becoming the inaugural champion. In his last series he competed in, Season 2 of the SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series, he picked three more wins, at South Boston, IRP and Richmond and finished 13th in the overall points.
Sabre Jr. wasn't around to compete in the first two Whelen races which were held back in 2014 so his debut for the series came when he made his debut when the series was brought back and many were worried he would be unable to fair well in the cars, but he quickly put any doubts down when he finished 3rd in his first ever start at Thompson, an 8th at the first Martinsville race, 14th at Stafford, 7th in the second Martinsville event and back-to-back 10th place in the first ever dirt event at New Egypt and at Waterford. A 12th in the second trip to New Egypt, before tying his series best of 3rd at Spencer, 19th at Riverhead, 5th at Twin State, 8th at Stafford, 12th at Thompson, 7th in the third and final dirt track at New Egypt.
In his 14th career start, Sabre Jr. started first at Holland and led every single lap for his 6th career win and first in the Whelen series. A return trip to Holland wouldn't be as great as the first race, a 14th. A 21st at Riverhead followed, 7th at Catamount, 15th at Star, 22nd at Thompson, 23rd at Waterford and a 12th in the last round at Riverhead.
On race day, Sabre Jr. rolled off starting 18th while the #8 Al's Mobile Home Chevrolet of Eli Bright started in the final spot and Bright was the first driver to trail a lap when chaos broke out in Turn 1. The #71 Draco / Purple Spring / Fluidyne Chevrolet of Daniel Bouchard drove hard into Turn 1, trying to pass third Thompson last-place finisher the #52 Dari-Farms Ice Cream Chevrolet of Patrick Smith as Bouchard and Smith's cars made contact, sending Smith into a spin and up the track right into the path of Sabre Jr. who had no where to go as he slammed hard into the back of Bouchard's car, damaging the radiator of his car as Sabre was able to make it across the start/finish line to be scored on Lap 3 before pulling into the garage, his day done.
The remaining Bottom Five finished on the same lap as the race leaders: 24th was two-time last-place finisher the #3 D & H Potato Farms Chevrolet of Nick Kennedy, 23rd was the aforementioned #52 of Patrick Smith, 22nd was the #18 Buoy One Seafood Restaurant Chevrolet of Chakat Whitelion and 23rd was the #121 of Ryan Pritchard.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #10 has finished last in a Whelen Series race as well at Stafford.
*The only other time Sabre Jr. trailed an SCRL field was in the July 26, 2018 Season 2 SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series, the Solomon Enterprises 200 at the Orange County Speedway when his #17 Aladdin Industries Pontiac was involved in a multi-car accident after completing 13 of the 20 laps.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
25) #10-Sammy Sabre Jr. / 3 laps / crash
24) #3-Nick Kennedy / 20 laps / running
23) #52-Patrick Smith / 20 laps / running
22) #18-Chakat Whitelion / 20 laps / running
21) #121-Ryan Pritchard / 20 laps / running
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