The finish, which came in his 11th career start, was his first on the circuit since September 2, 2017, in Round 1 at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza where he fell out with camshaft problems after completing 5 of the 7 laps, 10 races ago. In the SCRL Sun Energy Whelen Euro Elite 1, it's the 2nd for car #88 and the 6th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 13th for the #88 and the 145th for running at the finish.
Ever since becoming the first driver to trail the field in series history, Ismail has struggled to get a handle on the cars, finishing 11th at Brands Hatch, a career best 3rd at Spa, 19th at Estoril, 20th at Hockenheimring, tying his career best with another 3rd at Kyalami, 21st at Red Bull Ring, 14th at Catalunya, 13th at Hungaroring and a 15th in the last round at Monaco.
On race day, Ismail rolled off starting 18th while the #80 Monster Energy Ford of Tim Randolph started from the final spot. As soon as the green came out, Randolph quickly made his move in Turn 2 knocking the #72 Taco Casa Dodge of Devin Anderson into the final spot as Anderson would trail for the first two laps, and had he been unable to move up any, it would have been Anderson's first overall last-place finish of his career. Lucky for Anderson, he was able to make a move coming to complete the third lap when he knocked Ismail into the final spot. Ismail would try his hardest to move up over the final two laps but was unable to, setting up a four-way battle for the championship in the season finale.
The remaining Bottom Five were: 23rd was Circuit de Spa last-place finisher the #87 Frisby Prancer Dodge of Ryan Rush, 22nd was the #77 NAPA / Mohawk Dodge of Diego Yepez, 21st was the #31 Blackwells Auto Chevrolet of Marcus Saatchi and finishing 20th was the #75 Ray's Body Shop Dodge of Adrian Ford.
With one race to go at Nurburgring, the battle for the SCRLASTCAR Championship is down to three drivers; two-time last-place finishers Floyd Wilson, Ismail and Mark Owens. If any of the three pick up a last-place finish, they will lock up the championship. Should neither finish last, the tied breaker goes to Wilson with one more Bottom Ten compared to Ismail and two over Owens. The only other driver that could mathematically win the championship is Ryan Rush, if he finishes last at Nurburgring, he would win the championship by having one more Bottom Five then anyone else.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #88 has finished last at Silverstone.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
24) #88-Said Ismail / 5 laps / running
23) #87-Ryan Rush / 5 laps / running
22) #77-Diego Yepez / 5 laps / running
21) #31-Marcus Saatchi / 5 laps / running
20) #75-Adrian Ford / 5 laps / running
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