The finish came in his 2nd career series start. In the SCRL Tim Hortons Canadian Series, it's the 2nd for car #48 and the 5th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 6th for the #48 and the 155th for running at the finish.
For Bright, the SCRL has been his home for several years, having competed against the very best the league has had to offer; Truttle, Whitelion, Dryburgh, Turner, Torres and many up and coming talent like Sammy Sabre Jr., Ryan Rush and Cassie Dent to name a few. Bright has found success in the SCRL, having picked up 7 career wins along the way but was still looking for his first championship. Due to signups filling up so fast, Bright could only sign on to compete in a part-time schedule, with 8 races being the number planned for the team. Their first attempt at the field was the first race on the schedule at CTMP where Bright finished 17th, and having to skip ICAR in the last round, Bright was eager to get back out on track at CTMP Oval.
The entry list for CTMP Oval was bumped from 27 cars to 32 as both full and part-time drivers competed for only the second time in Season 2; along with Bright competing in his second event, so was Cole Nixey, Trey Wright and Logan Bueckert.
On race day, Bright would roll off the field starting 16th while starting last was the #94 Carquest Canada Dodge of Rocco Twyman, but once the green flag came out, it was clear Twyman didn't want to be in last for long, as he knocked the #18 Dr. Tint / FRS Dodge of Nick Kennedy into the final spot, but his own stay lasted one lap as the #10 Affichage.ca Dodge of Sammy Sabre Jr. entered the battle on Lap 2. Sabre Jr. would lose touch with the field despite an early cautions and appeared on his way to his first last-place finish in the series. However with three laps to go, Bright, who was running in 16th at the time, began to slow going into Turn 1 before stalling in Turn 2, bringing out the second caution that would extend the race two more laps by way of the Green, White, Checkered rule. Bright's car was towed back to the pits and the crew quickly put four fresh tires on the car, and got their driver back out on track, but with no events happening, Bright easily scored the last-place award.
Rounding out the Bottom Five were drivers who finished on the same lap as the race leaders: 31st was the #69 Lake Excavating / EMCO Waterworks Dodge of Ty Dent, 30th the aforementioned #18 of Nick Kennedy, the #6 West World Motorsports Chevrolet of Leroy Jones and finishing 28th was the #94 of Rocco Twyman.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #48 has finished last at CTMP Oval.
*The only other time the #48 has finished last in a SCRL Tim Hortons Canadian Series race was the Season 1 Keystone Light 200 at the Delaware Speedway when Nitahbk failed to complete any of the 30 laps due to camshaft issues, 12 races ago.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
32) #48-Eli Bright / 22 laps / running
31) #69-Ty Dent / 22 laps / running
30) #18-Nick Kennedy / 22 laps / running
29) #6-Leroy Jones / 22 laps / running
28) #94-Rocco Twyman / 22 laps / running
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