The finish came in his 10th career start. In the SCRL Tim Hortons Canadian Series, it's the 1st for car #23 and the 1st for engine issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 5th for the #23 and the 36th for engine issues.
Sylas is the newest member of the Nixey family to compete in the SCRL following in brother Cam and Josh who each have 3 career wins, and Cole, who has 9 career wins and is the only member of the Nixey family to win a championship, the Season 3 SCRL NASCAR Legends Series Championship. Sylas had big shoes to fill as he made his debut at CTMP, finishing a respectable 5th. In the very next round at ICAR, Sylas started 2nd, passing Olivia Dick in Turn 1, and would go on to lead every single lap for his first career win in just his second start. Sylas would struggle the next two rounds, finishing 13th at both CTMP Oval and Delaware, before rebounding with a 6th at Motoplex. A 23rd at Edmonton, a 26th at Saskatoon, 20th at Trois-Rivieres and 14th at Montreal in the last round as the series returned to the short track at Barrie.
The entry list for the Barrie race was bumped back down to 32 cars as Oreius Centaur, who finished second at Montreal, officially retired from the series. Oreius retired after competing in 8 races, where he had 1 career win, at Exhibition Place in Season 1, and having 2 Top 5's, 4 Top 10's and having led 15 laps in the series.
On race day, Nixey would roll off starting 31st while starting last was the #35 Whitemud Mech. / EMCO Dodge of Joe Jefferson, but just as the field took the green flag, Sylas began to slow in Turn 1, pulling down on the apron and onto pit road to his crew. The team looked under the hood and found that the engine was sour, but to make sure they scored points, the team sent their driver back out onto the track as he would limp around the track during the four cautions flags, completing 3 laps, before pulling behind the wall for good on Lap 20, the only driver out of the race.
Rounding out the Bottom Five were drivers who finish the race on the same lap as the race leaders: 31st was the #10 Affichage.ca Dodge of Sammy Sabre Jr., 30th was Motoplex last-place finisher the #18 Dr. Tint / FRS Dodge of Nick Kennedy and 28th was the #15 Bill Mathews Motors Ford of Bafode Sacko.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #23 has finished last in a Canadian Series race as well at Barrie.
*This is the first time "engine" has been the reason for a driver to finish last in the Canadian Series.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
32) #23-Sylas Nixey / 3 laps / engine
31) #10-Sammy Sabre Jr. / 30 laps / running
30) #18-Nick Kennedy / 30 laps / running
29) #71-Brian Fox / 30 laps / running
28) #15-Bafode Sacko / 30 laps / running
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