LEGENDS: Race long battle for last place ends after early wreck at Bristol gives Trevor Collins the second last-place finish of his career

Trevor Collins picked up the 1st place finish of his SCRL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 4 Volunteer 500 at the Bristol International Speedway when his #68 Auto Specialists / Auto Lad Ford involved in a multi-car crash after 12 of the 50 laps.

The finish came in his 16th start. In the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series, it's the 1st for car #68 and the 22nd from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 2nd for the #68 and the 220th from a crash.

Entering Season 4 of the Legends Series, Collins had already proven himself to be a proven winner, having scored two career wins in the SCRL Snap-On Tools Whelen Southern Series and finished 7th in points. Collins would finish 30th in his debut at the twisting road course at Riverside and would struggle for the next seven races with only a best finish of 31st at Ontario before finishing a series best 4th at North Wilkesboro. Collins would continue his streak by scoring a 9th at Darlington, a 10th at Charlotte, a 15th at Martinsville before scoring back-to-back 16th place finishes at Michigan and Riverside. In the next round at Greenville-Pickens, Collins would score his third career SCRL sanctioned win and in the last round at Thompson, he finished 26th.

As the field entered the 16th race of the season, the entry list was one car short as Ontario race winner the #43 Plymouth By Petty Plymouth of Oreius Centaur decided to not compete at the half mile at Bristol, much like the team had decided to do earlier in the season, and would focus their attention to Oreius's home track at Atlanta in the next round.

On race day, Collins rolled off starting in 31st while starting last was Charlotte last-place finisher the #10 unsponsored Ford of Sammy Sabre Jr. a spot that Sabre would hold for only one turn as he knocked the #18 unsponsored Plymouth Cassie Dent into the final spot and would trail for the first lap. Dent's stay would only last one lap before she passed the #34 unsponsored Ford of Al Lagasee for the final spot. Lagasse would also stay in last for only one lap as he knocked Martinsville last-place finisher the #75 Kentucky Fried Chicken Special Plymouth of Dilan Ebrahimian into the final spot, but one lap later Ebrahimian would knock the #64 Woodfield Ford of Josh Nixey into the final spot.

The constant battle for last would appear to be happening every lap as Nixey would knock the #36 Coca-Cola Dodge of Eddie Wycombe into the final spot on Lap 5. Wycombe would get a run down the backstretch and knocked the #06 Warren Fox Dodge of Ty Dent into last on Lap 6, Dent would then pass the #17 Purolator Ford of AJ Jones for the final spot. Jones would remain in last for one lap as well, knocking the #22 unsponsored Dodge of Sebastian Torres into the final spot on Lap 8. The next lap, Torres would pass the #70 unsponsored Ford of Brock Beard into the final spot, a position that Beard would hold for two laps until the battle for last quickly ended on Lap 12.

While running in 33rd spot, Collins was running the high side trying to pass Al Lagasse, when he misjudged the turn and slammed hard into the guardrail at just the wrong angle where it joined into a concrete wall, sending Collins into the air, landing on top of the #71 K & K Insurance Dodge of Sylas Nixey and the #17 of AJ Jones, completely destroying those two cars, before landing back on the track in front of Torres, who also slammed into Collins's upside down car. Torres, Jones and Nixey would all limp back to the garage done for the day, while Collins had to climb from his car and walked to the infield care center, he was alright, but due to his car being left on the track, he was given the final spot.

Rounding out the Bottom Five in 37th was the #16 unsponsored Chevrolet of Dale Jones, who suffered camshaft issues just before the race went back to racing, pulling into the garage after completing 15 laps.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first last-place finish for the #68 in the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series.
*The only other time Collins has trailed an SCRL field was in the SCRL Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 at the Caraway Speedway when his #14 Motorsports Designs Chevrolet completed all 15 laps under power.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
41) #68-Trevor Collins / 12 laps / crash
40) #22-Sebastian Torres / 12 laps / crash
39) #17-AJ Jones / 12 laps / crash
38) #71-Sylas Nixey / 12 laps / crash
37) #16-Dale Jones / 15 laps / camshaft

Throwback Formula E: Eli Bright becomes second straight driver to complete every lap at Kyalami

Eli Bright picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Formula E Series career in the Season 1 South Africa Sprint at the Kyalami Circuit when his #3 Red Bull completed all 11 laps under power.

The finish came in his 2nd career start. Bright had already proven he had talent before the newest series was made, having scored several career wins in different series. In the previous round at Mexico City, Bright finished 3rd behind Alex DeFranco and race winner Jonathan Raines.

On race day, Bright would roll off starting 21st while starting in the final spot was the #6 of Ryan Pritchard, a spot he would hold for only one turn as Pritchard was able to pass Bright in just the first turn. Bright would struggle to keep up with the field as the engine seemed to lose power around the third circuit, falling ten seconds behind the race leader by the end of the race, and nearly a full second behind the driver in from of him.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 21st the #12 of Dustin Joshua, 20th was the #44 of Daniel Evans, 19th was the aforementioned #6 of Ryan Pritchard and 18th was the #88 of Kelly Lee.

Bright's career in the SCRL would continue to grow, as he would pick up a total of seven career wins and continues to compete to this day in the SCRL.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL Formula E Series last-place finish for the #3 as well at Kyalami.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #3-Eli Bright / 11 laps / running
21) #12-Dustin Joshua / 11 laps / running
20) #44-Daniel Evans / 11 laps / running
19) #6-Ryan Pritchard / 11 laps / running
18) #88-Kelly Lee / 11 laps / running

LEGENDS: Late tire problem at Thompson gives Jimmy Sampson the first last-place finish of his career

Jimmy Sampson picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 4 Thompson Speedway 200 at the Thompson Speedway when his #00 Thomas Brothers Country Ham Chevrolet finished under power after 19 of the 20 laps.

The finish came in his 14th start. In the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series, it's the 5th for car #00 and the 42nd for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 11th for the #00 and the 196th for running at the finish.

Sampson is a complete rookie in the SCRL, having not completed a lap before signing up for the longest active series in the SCRL. Despite having no previous experience in the SCRL, Sampson impressed in his debut, by finishing 9th at the twisting road course at Riverside. After finishing 12th at Ontario and a 9th at Richmond before the team would struggle the next 5 races with a best finish of 15th at Talladega before finishing 11th at North Wilkesboro. A 10th at Darlington, a 27th at Charlotte, 33rd at Martinsville, 36th at Michigan, 30th in the return trip to Riverside before finishing 29th at Greenville-Pickens in the last round.

On race day, Sampson rolled off starting in 39th while starting last was the #29 unsponsored Chevrolet of Marko Tellez, a spot that Tellez would hold for the first two laps before passing the #64 Woodfield Ford of Josh Nixey on Lap 3. Nixey would remain in the final spot for only one lap before he passed Tellez the very next lap, before swapping last again as Nixey fell back to last for the second time on Lap 5. Nixey would remain in last for the next three laps when Greenville-Pickens last-place finisher the #13 unsponsored Chevrolet of Leroy Jones made contact with the #21 60 Minute Cleaners Mercury Cyclone of Bryan McKayson, sending Jones for a spin in Turn 1, and falling to the final spot.

Jones would suffer some damage after being hit by Richmond last-place finisher the #98 Jim Robbins Co. Ford of Chris Kyle and was forced to pit during the caution to repair the damage. When the green flag came back out, Jones trailed the field and struggled to keep up and appeared to become the first driver to finish last twice in Season 4. With five laps to go, Sampson, who had worked his way up to the 35th spot, began to slow coming off Turn 2 and quickly pulled to the apron and then onto pit road, as the driver was reporting a flat left front tire. While the team was able to put on only left side tires, Sampson had fallen a lap down, getting back out on track and unable to gain any spots over the final four laps, was the lone driver to not finish on the lead lap.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was: 41st was the #34 unsponsored Ford of Al Lagasee, 40th was the aforementioned #64 of Josh Nixey, 39th was the #13 of Leroy Jones and 38th was Atlanta last-place finisher the #25 unsponsored Plymouth of TJ Dent.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL NASCAR Legends Series last-place finish for the #00 at Thompson.
*This is the first time the #00 has trailed an SCRL NASCAR Legends Series field since the Season 3 World 600 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway when Dinkdrinker fell out with engine problems without completing any of the 40 laps; 32 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #00-Jimmy Sampson / 19 laps / running
41) #34-Al Lagasee / 20 laps / running
40) #64-Josh Nixey / 20 laps / running
39) #13-Leroy Jones / 20 laps / running
38) #25-TJ Dent / 20 laps / running

LEGENDS: Former Champion Leroy Jones gets third career last-place finish after early wreck at Greenville-Pickens

Leroy Jones picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 4 Greenville 200 at the Greenville-Pickens Speedway when his #13 unsponsored Chevrolet was involved in a multi-car crash after 3 of the 20 laps.

The finish came in his 14th start. In the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series, it's the 1st for car #13 and the 20th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 3rd for the #13 and the 218th from a crash.

Jones is still a relative rookie in the SCRL, but quickly showed himself to be a real threat on the track, having scored two career wins which pushed him to winning the SCRL Sun Energy Whelen Euro Elite 2 Championship. Jones finished 12th in his first career start at Riverside, would finish a disappointing 33rd at Ontario, scoring a 13th at Richmond before scoring back-to-back Top 10 finishes, 6th at Rockingham and a 10th at Atlanta. Finishes of 11th at Bristol, 20th at Talladega, a series worst 39th at North Wilkesboro, a 25th at Darlington, 23rd at Charlotte, 12th at Martinsville, 15th at Michigan before scoring the second best finish of the season, a 9th in the return trip to Riverside.

On race day, Jones rolled off starting in 27th while starting last was Atlanta last-place finisher the #25 unsponsored Plymouth of TJ Dent, a spot he would only hold till the field raced down the backstretch as he knocked the #97 Long-Lewis Ford of Ryan Rush into the final spot, a position that Rush would hold until the battle for last ended when the first caution came out. Martinsville last-place finisher the #75 Kentucky Fried Chicken Special Plymouth of Dilan Ebrahimian was racing three wide with the #6 unsponsored Dodge of Adam McDowell and the #22 Coca-Cola Dodge of Sebastian Torres coming off Turn 2 as the three cars made contact, spinning out Ebrahimian in front of the field as the #11 Don Wagner Ford Sales Ford of Muhammad Zain Abdullah hit Ebrahimian causing a chain reaction. Jones was running behind the #4 Mills Plumbing Dodge of Mitchell Collins and wasn't able to hit the brakes fast enough as he slammed into Collins, while he was also run into from behind by the #00 Thomas Brothers Country Ham Chevrolet of Jimmy Sampson. Jones was able to limp back around to pitroad before pulling into the garage, his car listed as "out" on Lap 7.

Finishing 41st was Ontario last-place finisher the #8 unsponsored Ford of Zachary Fitzwater, who suffered tire problems and was seen on pit road during the second caution when the #40 7-Up Plymouth of Brian Fox also ran into the back of Mitchell Collins, knocking Fox out and being scored 40th.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was the #16 unsponsored Chevrolet of Dale Jones and the aforementioned #75 of Dilan Ebrahimian, who both finished three laps down to the race winner Trevor Collins.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL NASCAR Legends Series last-place finish for the #13 at Greenville-Pickens.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #13-Leroy Jones / 3 laps / crash
41) #8-Zachary Fitzwater / 9 laps / tire
40) #40-Brian Fox / 11 laps / crash
39) #16-Dale Jones / 17 laps / running
38) #75-Dilan Ebrahimian / 17 laps / running

LEGENDS: Late spin at Riverside gives Derrick Edison the fourth last-place finish of his career

Derrick Edison picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 4 Riverside 400 at the Riverside International Raceway when his #32 Bestline Products Plymouth completed all 15 laps under power.

The finish came in his 13th start. In the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series, it's the 4th for car #32 and the 41st where the car was still running. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 12th for the #32 and the 195th where the car was still running.

Edison had never competed in a Legends Series race before the start of Season 4, but he was a veteran, having competed for several years and while he hadn't yet become a household name, he had visited victory lane once in his career; in the Season 2 Lund Look 225 at Heartland Park Topeka. Using his past experience on road courses, Edison finished an impressive 4th in his first start at Riverside but the team would struggle the next three races with finishes of 41st at Ontario, 34th at Richmond and a 28th at Rockingham. A decent 15th at Atlanta would follow before scoring his second best finish of the season, a 9th at Bristol. After a disappointing 39th at Talladega, Edison would rebound with a series best 3rd at North Wilkesboro. After struggling to finish 31st at Darlington and 32nd at Charlotte, a finish of 13th at Martinsville before finishing 26th in the last round at Michigan.

Carter Friesen stalls at the start of the race.

On race day, Edison rolled off starting in 37th while starting last was Martinsville last-place finisher the #75 Kentucky Fried Chicken Special Plymouth of Dilan Ebrahimian but just after the command was given to start, North Wilkesboro's last-place finisher the #31 unsponsored Dodge of Carter Frisen stalled just shortly before Turn 9 due to a flat tire as the field took the green. Friesen's crew was able to replace all four tires and sent their driver back out onto the track just seconds before the race leaders. Had no caution come out, Frisen would become the first driver to finish last twice in Season 4. On Lap 10 the lone caution would come out when the #5 unsponsored Dodge of Logan Bueckert and the #19 unsponsored Ford of Christian Russel spun out in Turn 3, at this same time the #59 Pepsi Ford of Carter Joey had visited pit road for a flat tire.

Joey would remain in last under the caution period and when the green came back out once again he trailed the field for the first two turns when once again contact would happen as Edison made contact with Carter, spinning Edison and Carter out right in front of the field. Everyone was able to avoid Edison and Joey's spun cars as Joey quickly put his car in gear and would rebound quickly to finish 37th, while Edison struggled to regain control and was trailing the field for the last four laps, having fallen twenty seconds behind the race leaders.

The rounding out the Bottom Five was: 41st the #17 Purolator Ford of AJ Jones, 40th the #18 unsponsored Plymouth Cassie Dent, 39th was the #40 7-Up Plymouth of Brian Fox and 38th was Richmond last-place finisher the #98 Jim Robbins Co. Ford of Chris Kyle.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL NASCAR Legends Series last-place finish for the #32 at Riverside.
*This is the first time the #32 has trailed a SCRL NASCAR Legends Series field since the Season 3 Volunteer 500 at the Bristol International Speedway when Nick Productions fell out with engine problems without completing any of the 50 laps; 24 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #32-Derrick Edison / 15 laps / running
41) #17-AJ Jones / 15 laps / running
40) #18-Cassie Dent / 15 laps / running
39) #40-Brian Fox / 15 laps / running
38) #98-Chris Kyle / 15 laps / running

Throwback Formula One: Bulldog67 becomes first driver to trail in a Formula One race twice at Phoenix

Bulldog67 picked up the 1st last place finish of his ONL Formula One Series career in the Pre-Season 1 Iceberg United States Grand Prix at the Phoenix Grand Prix Circuit when his #22 completed all 7 laps under power.

The finish came in his 3rd career start, was his first on the circuit since he completed all 11 laps at Kyalami, 2 races ago.

On race day, Bulldog67 would roll off starting in the 9th spot while rolling off in the final spot was the #18 of Nitahbk. During the short caution free race, Bulldog67 actually spun out in Turn 4 after going wide, and while no caution came out, he had fallen back to last by the first lap. No matter how hard he pushed himself, Bulldog67 was unable to recover, and became the first ever driver to finish last twice in the Formula One Series.

The remaining Bottom Five also finished on the same lap as the race leaders: 20th was the #18 of Nitahbk, 19th the #15 of jdseymour, 18th the #11 of twistedsoul1031 and 17th the #10 of Heisenberg.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #22 had finished last at Phoenix.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
21) #22-Bulldog67 / 7 laps / running
20) #18-Nitahbk / 7 laps / running
19) #15-jdseymour / 7 laps / running
18) #11-twistedsoul1031 / 7 laps / running
17) #10-Heisenberg / 7 laps / running

LEGENDS: "Big One" strikes early at Michigan as Ryan Rush is scored last just feet before AJ Jones

Ryan Rush picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 4 Motor State 400 at the Michigan International Speedway when his #97 Long-Lewis Ford was involved in a multi-car crash after 2 of 20 laps.

The finish came in his 12th start. In the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series, it's the 1st for car #97 and the 19th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 1st for the #97 and the 217th from a crash.

Rush signed up to compete for the first time ever in the Legends Series and while he had never completed a lap in the series, Rush was no stranger to the SCRL. Having completed in multiple series over the past few years, Rush has struggled to make a name for himself, having picked up only one career win, that coming in the Season 1 SCRL CatDog Pro Series East division at New Jersey Motorsports Park. With his lone win coming on a road course Rush was excited to see the Riverside event start off the season, but the team struggled to a 25th place finish. A 6th at Ontario would be the best finish of the season as the team would struggle for the next eight races with a best finish of 16th at Bristol before scoring the second best finish of the season, a 8th at Martinsville in the last round.

On race day, Rush rolled off starting in 20th while starting last was the #28 Piper Trash Can Liners Dodge of Jack Lagasee, a spot that Lagasee would hold for only two turns when he knocked the #6 unsponsored Dodge of Adam McDowell into the final spot when McDowell's car suffered a flat tire. McDowell would make it to pit road and the team was putting tires on the car when chaos broke out on the backstretch. The #59 Pepsi Ford of Carter Joey made a four wide move in Turn 2 but ran out of room as he made contact with Richmond last-place finisher the #98 Jim Robbins Co. Ford of Chris Kyle and sent him into the #3 Moss-Thornton Dodge of Cam Nixey, causing what would be the race's biggest wreck of the day.

Rush would be spun out coming out of Turn 2 by the #12 Coca-Cola Dodge of Samet Ozkan and sending him right across the track, blocking the field and causing the wreck. Rush would have minor damage and started rolling again before he ran into the drivers door of the #32 Bestline Products Plymouth of Derrick Edison with such force that the entire front end of Rush's vehicle flew off the car and over the outside fence, and into the small field behind the track. As Rush's car rested on the backstretch, just feet ahead was the #17 Purolator Ford of AJ Jones, who had been the first car to hit Rush as he spun nearly five times and hit in the drivers door, the car coming to rest just ahead of Rush. While both cars were towed back to the garage and scored with only completing two laps, Rush was given the final spot by virtue where his car had stopped on track.

The remaining Bottom Five wouldn't be decided until the 13th lap when yet another "Big One" struck when leaders the #13 unsponsored Chevrolet of Leroy Jones and Atlanta last-place finisher the #25 unsponsored Plymouth of TJ Dent got together causing a fifteen car pileup, when the dust was settled, the backstretch was a junkyard as eight of the fifteen would be done for the day; 40th was the #16 unsponsored Chevrolet of Dale Jones, 39th was the #29 unsponsored Chevrolet of Marko Tellez and 38th was the #4 Mills Plumbing Dodge of Mitchell Collins.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL NASCAR Legends Series last-place finish for the #97 as well at Michigan.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #97-Ryan Rush / 2 laps / crash
41) #17-AJ Jones / 2 laps / crash
40) #16-Dale Jones / 13 laps / crash
39) #29-Marko Tellez / 13 laps / crash
38) #4-Mitchell Collins / 13 laps / crash

LEGENDS: Early crash gives rookie Dilan Ebrahimian first last-place finish of his career at Martinsville

Dilan Ebrahimian picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 4 Virginia 500 at the Martinsville Speedway when his #75 Kentucky Fried Chicken Special Plymouth was involved in a multi-car crash after 4 of 50 laps.

The finish came in his 11th start. In the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series, it's the 1st for car #75 and the 18th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 5th for the #75 and the 216th from a crash.

Ebrahimian had never competed in a single SCRL race prior to complete in the NASCAR Legends but was looking to make a quick first impression in his first race and did just that, after starting on the pole at Riverside, the rookie would lead for ten of the 19 laps, only to be passed on the final turn by Sammy Sabre Jr. and scored a runner up finish. Over the next two events the team would struggle, finishing 36th at Ontario and a 33rd at Richmond before rebounding with a strong 4th at Rockingham. However the team would once again continue to struggle, finishing 21st at Atlanta, 34th at Bristol, 40th at Talladega before scoring two back-to-back Top 20 finishes, a 13th at North Wilkesboro and a 12th at Darlington before finishing 40th for the second time this season in the last round at Charlotte.

On race day, Ebrahimian rolled off starting in 21st while starting last was Rockingham last-place finisher the #07 Cunningham-Kelley Chevrolet of Bob Joseph, a spot that Joseph would hold for the first five laps as the driver struggled with the handling of his car before catching and passing the #71 K & K Insurance Dodge of Sylas Nixey. Nixey would only trail the final spot for one lap when he knocked Talladega last-place finisher the #27 unsponsored Ford of Cole Nixey into the final spot, a position he would hold for less then half a lap when chaos broke out in Turns 3 and 4 that would end the battle for last.

While battling for 23rd, Darlington last-place finisher the #43 Plymouth By Petty Plymouth of Oreius Centaur made contact with the #3 Moss-Thornton Dodge, sending Oreius for a spin right in front of the path of the the #12 Coca-Cola Dodge of Samet Ozkan, causing a chain reaction as ten cars would be involved. Ebrahimian would be one of those cars, slamming hard into the back of the #32 Bestline Products Plymouth of Derrick Edison while Ebrahimian was also hit from behind by the #04 unsponsored Dodge of Chakat Whitelion, completing destorying Ebrahiman's car as he pulled into the garage his day done, while two laps later Bristol last-place finisher the #09 unsponsored Chevrolet of Paul Hogan, who had hit Oreius and destroyed his front end, pulled into the garage just before the race went back to green, being scored having completed 6 laps.

Finishing 40th was Ozkan, who would be involved in yet another crash and pulled in just twenty laps from the finish, followed two laps later by Riverside last-place finisher the #72 DeWitt Enterprises Mercury of Nathan Ormond, who also had been involved in the Turn 3 crash.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was the #6 unsponsored Dodge of Adam McDowell, who finished three laps down to the race leaders under power despite being involved in all three cautions that would fly during the day.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL NASCAR Legends Series last-place finish for the #75 as well at Martinsville.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #75-Dilan Ebrahimian / 4 laps / crash
41) #09-Paul Hogan / 6 laps / crash
40) #12-Samet Ozkan / 30 laps / crash
39) #72-Nathan Ormond / 32 laps / crash
38) #6-Adam McDowell / 47 laps / running

LEGENDS: Flat tire keeps Sammy Sabre Jr. trapped a lap down at Charlotte

Sammy Sabre Jr. picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 4 World 600 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway when his #10 unsponsored Ford finished under power after 39 of the 40 laps.

The finish came in his 10th start. In the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series, it's the 2nd for car #10 and the 40th where the car was still running. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 15th for the #10 and the 194th where the car was still running.

Sabre Jr. had never competed in the Legends Series before Season 4, but he had already proven himself to be one of the most improved and fastest rising rookies in the history of the SCRL, finding success almost instantly, having scored 7 career wins in various series, as well as being a former champion, winning the Season 1 SCRL CatDog Pro Series East Championship on the strength of two wins. Sabre Jr. signed up to drive the same car that Benoit Lothaire-Irvine had driven to victory lane at Darlington in Season 3 and finished 22nd in points. 

In his first career start in the Legends Series, Sabre Jr. started 6th and used his past experience racing on road courses, taking the lead on the final turn on the final lap to score the win in his first ever start. A disappointing 40th at Ontario followed before scoring a 12th at Richmond and his second Top Ten of the season, a 9th at Rockingham. The next five races would be a struggle for the team as a 30th at Atlanta, 38th at Bristol, a decent 16th at Talladega, a 17th at North Wilkesboro before finishing 21st in the last round at Darlington.

On race day, Sabre Jr. rolled off starting in 29th while starting last for the second race in a row was the #75 Kentucky Fried Chicken Special Plymouth of Dilan Ebrahimian but as soon as the field entered Turn 2 on their lone pace lap, Sabre Jr. pulled to the apron of the track and rode around back to the pits, following the pace car onto pit road, as Sabre Jr.'s team quickly put on four fresh tires and sent their driver back out onto the track as the field quickly drove past Sabre Jr. coming out of the pits. While Sabre Jr. was able to catch back up and race with the pack, due to no cautions or wrecks happening during the season's longest race, he was unable to gain any spots, and was the lone driver to not finish on the lead lap when the checkered flag was flown.

The remaining Bottom Five finished on the same circuit as the race leaders; 41st was the #70 unsponsored Ford of Brock Beard, 40th was the aforementioned #75 of Dilan Ebrahimian, 39th was the #21 60 Minute Cleaners Mercury Cyclone of Bryan McKayson and 38th was the #99 Dow Chemicals Dodge of Joshua Rush.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL NASCAR Legends Series last-place finish for the #10 at Charlotte.
*This is only the second time the #10 has trailed the field a SCRL NASCAR Legends Series race; the other other time was in the Season 3 Southeastern 500 at the Bristol International Speedway when Benoit Lothaire-Irvine was involved in a multi-car crash without completing any of the 50 laps; 31 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #10-Sammy Sabre Jr. / 39 laps / running
41) #70-Brock Beard / 40 laps / running
40) #75-Dilan Ebrahimian / 40 laps / running
39) #21-Bryan McKayson / 40 laps / running
38) #99-Johua Rush / 40 laps / running

LEGENDS: League creator Oreius Centaur caught up in early "Big One" at Darlington

Oreius Centaur picked up the 4th last place finish of his SCRL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 4 Darlington 400 at the Darlington Raceway when his #43 Plymouth By Petty Plymouth was involved in a multi-car crash after 7 of the 29 laps.

The finish, which came in his 88th start, was his first on the circuit since the Season 3 Michigan 400 at the Michigan International Speedway when he fell out with camshaft issues after he completed 1 of 19 laps; 18 races ago. In the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series, it's the 4th for car #43 and the 18th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 9th for the #43 and the 216th from a crash.

Oreius was entering his fourth and final series as a active driver, having competed in all three of the previous seasons, the 4th season would be his last as the driver announced his retirement from racing, with his last coming in the very series he made his debut; the NASCAR Legends Series. Entering his final season, Oreius has picked up 17 career wins, 10 of which came in this very series. In his first race of the season, Oreius finished 26th at Riverside, before picking up career win #18 at Ontario in the very next round. A 31st at Richmond, a 32nd at Rockingham and a 25th at his hometown track in Atlanta forced Petty Enterprises to skip the short track event at Bristol and focus their resources at the 2.660 mile superspeedway, where he finished 25. In the last round at North Wilkesboro, a track where Oreius has four career wins, he started from the pole and led 11 laps before finishing second to Cole Nixey, who scored his first ever Legends Series event.

On race day, Oreius rolled off starting in 23rd while starting last was the #75 Kentucky Fried Chicken Special Plymouth of Dilan Ebrahimian a spot that Ebrahimian would hold for the first lap before he would knock the #97 Long-Lewis Ford of Ryan Rush into the final spot on Lap 2. Rush would keep last for two laps when he knocked the #13 unsponsored Chevrolet of Leroy Jones into the last spot. Jones would be in last for only a lap when he passed Atlanta last-place finisher the #25 unsponsored Plymouth of TJ Dent into the final spot. Dent would remain in last for a lap as well when he passed Jones back, a spot Jones would hold when the first caution would come out that ended the battle for last.

While battling for 8th, the #17 Purolator Ford of AJ Jones made contact with the #04 unsponsored Dodge of Chakat Whitelion, spinning Whitelion out right in front of Bristol last-place finisher the #09 unsponsored Chevrolet of Paul Hogan, as due to the tight turns, there wasn't anywhere drivers could go as ten cars would stack up in Turns 3 and 4, with Oreius hitting Hogan head on while Oreius was then hit from behind by both the #59 Pepsi Ford of Carter Joey and then by the #4 Mills Plumbing Dodge of Mitchell Collins. Oreius wouldn't drive back to pit road or the garage like several others drivers were, as his car sat in Turn 3 before it would be towed back, as the car was listed as "out" by the 10th circuit.

The remaining Bottom Five was filled by the 9th Lap by drivers also involved in the same crash, but all would be scored completing 8 laps; 41st was the #09 of Paul Hogan, 40th was the #99 Dow Chemicals Dodge of Joshua Rush, 39th was the #12 Coca-Cola Dodge of Samet Ozkan and finishing 38th was the #11 Don Wagner Ford Sales Ford of Muhammad Zain Abdullah.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL NASCAR Legends Series last-place finish for the #43 at Darlington.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #43-Oreius Centaur / 7 laps / crash
41) #09-Paul Hogan / 8 laps / crash
40) #99-Joshua Rush / 8 laps / crash
39) #12-Samet Ozkan / 8 laps / crash
38) #11-Muhammad Zain Abdullah / 8 laps / crash

Throwback EAST: Nathan Hudson becomes second straight driver to complete only one lap in the East Series after wreck at Lee USA

Nathan Hudson picked up the 1st last place finish of his ONL K&N East Series career in the Pre-Season 1 NASCAR K&N Pro Series 125 at the Lee USA Speedway when his #31 Integrated Metal Products Toyota was involved in a multi-car crash after 1 of the 20 laps.

The finish came in his 3rd career start. In his series debut, Hudson finished 20th at Daytona and in the next event at Bristol, Hudson finished 15th as the series moved on to their next event at the Lee USA Speedway. The entry list had grown from 23 to 25 entries as two drivers were making their series debuts, the #1 NASCAR Technical Institute / UTI Toyota of Rick Rome and the #07 Sims Metal Management Ford of dragonboy.

On race day, Nathan Hudson would roll off starting in the 18th spot while the #9 Aaron's / HendrickCars.com Chevrolet of Bo Dinger rolled off the grid in the final spot. As the field ran down the backstretch, Daytona last-place finisher the #26 American Mountain Rentals / Amtrol Chevrolet of guitarhero01234 was clipped and swerved to the inside of the track, coming back up in front of Hudson, sending both cars into the tire barrier in Turn 4. Hudson's car was completely destroyed and scored last while guitarhero was able to limp away back to the garage, completing two laps.

23rd went to the #99 Boost Mobile Toyota of Dan Bandon and 22nd went to the debuting #07 of dragonboy, both cars knocked out when both cars wrecked hard in Turn 4 on Lap 13. Rounding out the Bottom Five was the #14 Marussia / KSS Design / APO Toyota of Truttle, who finished two laps behind the race leaders.

Nathan Hudson's career in the then named ONL was brief as he would compete in several series, however never able to score a single win and has not competed in the now named SCRL in several years. The future of the East Series would also change as the series was canceled to be rebranded into the newly renamed SCRL CatDog Pro Series and the league renamed as well into the SCRL.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #31 had finished last at Lee USA as well as in a East Series race.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
25) #31-Nathan Hudson / 1 lap / crash
24) #26-guitarhero01234 / 2 laps / crash
23) #99-Dan Bandon / 13 laps / crash
22) #07-dragonboy / 13 laps / crash
21) #14-Truttle / 18 laps / running

LEGENDS: Veteran Carter Frisen gets first career last-place finish after early wreck at North Wilkesboro

Carter Friesen picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 4 North Wilkesboro 400 at the North Wilkesboro Speedway when his #31 unsponsored Dodge was involved in a multi-car crash after 5 of the 40 laps.

The finish came in his 8th start. In the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series, it's the 1st for car #31 and the 17th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 7th for the #31 and the 215th from a crash.

Friesen had yet to make a start in the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series, but he had already proven himself, having scored three career wins in the SCRL. In his first ever Legends race, Frisen finished a disappointing 40th on the twisting road course at Riverside. A 21st at Ontario and a 27th at Richmond would continue to make his season struggle, but a 3rd place at Richmond boosted the team's spirits as they finished 12th at Atlanta, 4th at Bristol and in the last round they survived a late race crash to finish 6th at Talladega.

On race day, Friesen rolled off starting in 28th while starting last was the #71 K & K Insurance Dodge of Sylas Nixey but Nixey's stay in the final spot lasted only two turns as he knocked the #21 60 Minute Cleaners Mercury Cyclone of Bryan McKayson into last while going down the backstretch. McKayson's Cyclone would struggle to keep up as he was about a second behind the car in front of him when the battle for last ended when chaos broke out on the frontstretch. While battling for 17th, the #36 Coca-Cola Dodge of Eddie Wycombe went three wide with the #40 7-Up Plymouth of Brian Fox and the #59 Pepsi Ford of Carter Joey as the three cars made contact, causing a pileup as the #99 Dow Chemicals Dodge of Joshua Rush came back down across the track in front of Frisen as his car's front end was completely destroyed while behind him he was hit from behind by the #64 Woodfield Ford of Josh Nixey and damaging his own car. Frisen was able to limp around and pulled into the garage, his day done, while Nixey limped around to complete one more lap before also pulling in.

As drivers entered Turn 2, Beard made contact with the #75 Kentucky Fried Chicken Special Plymouth of Dilan Ebrahimian, starting a ten car pileup in Turn 2 and down the backstretch. Nixey was stuck on the high side and had nowhere to go as Ebrahimian's car slid up the track and right in front of the #27 car as Nixey's front end was crushed. While Nixey was able to limp back around to pit road, his crew didn't even try to attempt to repair the car as the radiator had been damaged and their car was done for the day.

40th was the #6 unsponsored Dodge of Adam McDowell and 39th was the #13 unsponsored Chevrolet of Leroy Jones, who both finished a lap down to the race leaders.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was Bristol last-place finisher the #09 unsponsored Chevrolet of Paul Hogan, who was the last car on the lead lap.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL NASCAR Legends Series last-place finish for the #31 as well at North Wilkesboro.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #31-Carter Friesen / 5 laps / crash
41) #64-Josh Nixey / 6 laps / crash
40) #6-Adam McDowell / 39 laps / running
39) #13-Leroy Jones / 39 laps / running
38) #09-Paul Hogan / 40 laps / running

LEGENDS: Season 3 SCRL NASCAR Legends Series Champion Cole Nixey picks up the first last-place finish in series after early "big one" at Talladega

Cole Nixey picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 4 Alabama 500 at the Alabama International Motor Speedway when his #27 unsponsored Ford was involved in a multi-car crash after 4 of the 18 laps.

The finish came in his 34th start. In the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series, it's the 2nd for car #27 and the 16th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 4th for the #27 and the 214th from a crash.

Despite going winless in his first Legends Series, Nixey had consistency, scoring 7 Top 5's and 10 Top 10's and won the championship, the first for the Nixey family in the SCRL. Nixey returned for Season 4 driving for the same team that had won him the championship and was determined to become the first ever back-to-back champion. Nixey would struggle in the series first event at Riverside, finishing 27th, finishing 11th at Ontario, 23rd at the series first short track event at Richmond, 31st at Rockingham, a 13th at Atlanta and a disappointing 23rd in the last round at Bristol.

The entry list was bumped back up to 42 cars as Petty Enterprises brought back the #43 Plymouth By Petty Plymouth of Oreius Centaur who was competing to score his first win at the 2.500 mile superpeedway.

On race day, Nixey rolled off starting in 23rd while starting last was the #99 Dow Chemicals Dodge of Joshua Rush. Rush's stay in the final spot would only last two turns as he knocked Richmond last-place finisher the #98 Jim Robbins Co. Ford of Chris Kyle took the final spot and trailed for the first lap but the very next lap the #70 unsponsored Ford of Brock Beard fell back to the last spot. Much like with Kyle, Beard would only remain in last for one lap when he knocked the #32 Bestline Products Plymouth of Derrick Edison into the final spot on Lap 3 but Edison would work his way past Beard to make him be last on Lap 4 as the battle would be over by the Backstretch.

As drivers entered Turn 2, Beard made contact with the #75 Kentucky Fried Chicken Special Plymouth of Dilan Ebrahimian, starting a ten car pileup in Turn 2 and down the backstretch. Nixey was stuck on the high side and had nowhere to go as Ebrahimian's car slid up the track and right in front of the #27 car as Nixey's front end was crushed. While Nixey was able to limp back around to pit road, his crew didn't even try to attempt to repair the car as the radiator had been damaged and their car was done for the day.

Finishing 41st through 39th were drivers also involved in the same Lap 4 "Big One", 41st was the #40 7-Up Plymouth of Brian Fox, 40th was the aforementioned #75 of Dilan Ebrahimian and 39th was the #32 of Derrick Edison, as all three cars were stalled on the backstretch and had to be towed back to the garage, with none of the cars coming back out on track.

Rounding out the Bottom Five in 38th was the #21 60 Minute Cleaners Mercury Cyclone of Bryan McKayson, who was taken out coming to the start/finish line on the last lap and never made it back to the line to compete the final lap.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL NASCAR Legends Series last-place finish for the #27 at Talladega.
*This was only the second time the #27 had trailed a field in the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series; the only other time it had trailed the field was in the Season 2 Virginia 500 at the Martinsville Speedway when dragonboy suffered engine problems after completing 18 of 50 laps; 50 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #27-Cole Nixey / 4 laps / crash
41) #40-Brian Fox / 4 laps / crash
40) #75-Dilan Ebrahimian / 4 laps / crash
39) #32-Derrick Edison / 4 laps / crash
38) #21-Bryan McKayson / 17 laps / crash

Throwback CANADA: Late race crash gives Zachary Fitzwater first last-place finish in Series first race at Circuit ICAR

Zachary Fitzwater picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Tim Hortons Canadian Series career in the Season 1 Grand Prix ICAR at Circuit ICAR when his #84 Schick Hydro Chevrolet was involved in a multi-car crash after completing 6 of the 8 laps.

The finish came in his 2nd career series start. After the league had been rebranded into the SCRL, Fitzwater was one of thirty five drivers that signed on to compete to see who would be the first ever champion. In his first ever start, Fitzwater made history, starting on the pole and leading every single lap to become the series first ever winner and was looking to become the first ever back-to-back winner in series history as the series visited the 2.113 mile road course at Circuit ICAR.

On race day, Fitzwater would roll off the field starting in the final spot. A slippery track caused for the race to be slowed by two cautions, one of which forcing the race to be extended two laps by way of the Green, White, Checkered(GWC) rule. With all thirty cars still running, Fitzwater had remained in last the entire race and was trailing the field when the drivers took the green and entering Turn 1, a pileup happened, causing Fitzwater to run into the back of another car, most likely the #97 Vannini Motorsports Ford of Evan Rudd, damaging the radiator, and forcing Fitzwater to pull into the pits and then the garage just before the white flag was flown, his car unable to complete the race.

Finishing 29th was the #29 Bonzai Racing Dodge of Dinkdrinker, himself getting a damaged car and unable to complete the final two laps. 28th was the #22 Canadian Tire / MotoMaster Dodge of Derrick Edison, damaged as well and unable to complete the final lap, but did limp around to cross the start/finish line to be running at the end. Finishing 27th was the #7 Hy-Tech Drilling / National Exhaust Dodge of Jay Barker, who limped around to be running at the finish, but was also two laps down.

Rounding out the Bottom Five as the last car on the lead lap was the aforementioned #97 of Evan Rudd.

Fitzwater would go the rest of the season without another win or last-place finish and would finish 18th in points. Fitzwater's brightest days were coming as he has collected 10 career wins at the time this blog is being posted and has collected two championships, winning the Season 3 SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series title and just won the Season 7 IROC Series Championship

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #84 had finished last in the Canadian Series as well as at ICAR.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
30) #84-Zachary Fitzwater / 6 laps / crash
29) #29-Dinkdrinker / 6 laps / crash
28) #22-Derrick Edison / 6 laps / running
27) #7-Jay Barker / 6 laps / running
26) #97-Evan Rudd / 8 laps / running

LEGENDS: Early wreck keeps Paul Hogan trapped two laps down at Bristol; Chakat Whitelion becomes the all time winningest driver in SCRL history

Paul Hogan picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 4 Southeastern 500 at the Bristol International Speedway when his #09 unsponsored Chevrolet completed 48 of the 50 laps under power.

The finish came in his 6th start. In the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series, it's the 1st for car #09 and the 39th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 5th for the #09 and the 193rd for running at the finish.

Hogan signed on to compete in one of his first series he had ever competed in, joining the longest active series the SCRL produces. Hogan's Legends career started with a 10th place finish in his debut at Riverside, in the next round he led his first ever lap before finishing 3rd at Ontario. Hogan and his team would struggle at Richmond, finishing 41st, before rebounding with a 7th at Rockingham and in the last round at Atlanta, Hogan would struggle again, limping home to a 33rd place finish after being involved in the second caution of the day.

As the field entered the 6th race of the season, the entry list was one car short as Ontario race winner the #43 Plymouth By Petty Plymouth of Oreius Centaur decided to not compete at the half mile at Bristol as the team decided to focus their attention to the bigger race at Talladega a couple days later.

On race day, Hogan rolled off starting in 14th while starting last was the #36 Coca-Cola Dodge of Eddie Wycombe but by the end of the first lap the #40 7-Up Plymouth of Brian Fox would drop back into the final spot before he would pass the #68 Auto Specialists / Auto Lad Ford of Trevor Collins. Collins would trail the field for the next six laps when the battle for last ended on Lap 9. Hogan was battling for a Top ten spot then contact between himself and the #21 60 Minute Cleaners Mercury Cyclone of Bryan McKayson sent both cars up the track right in front of Ontario last-place finisher the #8 unsponsored Ford of Zachary Fitzwater. Hogan's car was the most severely damaged and limped back around to the pits, the crew tried to repair it as much as possible, but nothing could be down. Hogan would be forced to limp around the track trying to stay out of other drivers way, and due to no one else dropping out of the race, Hogan was the only car to be two laps down when the checkered flag was flown.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were drivers who were all a lap behind the race leaders: 40th was the unsponsored Ford of Brock Beard, 39th was the aforementioned #36 of Eddie Wycombe, 38th was the #10 unsponsored Ford of Sammy Sabre Jr. and 37th was the #17 Purolator Ford of AJ Jones.

Taking the checkered flag was Chakat Whitelion, who took the checkered flag for the 28th time in hir career, breaking a tie with Truttle, to become the all time winningest driver in SCRL history.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL NASCAR Legends Series last-place finish for the #09 as well at Bristol.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
41) #09-Paul Hogan / 48 laps / running
40) #70-Brock Beard / 49 laps / running
39) #36-Eddie Wycombe / 49 laps / running
38) #10-Sammy Sabre Jr. / 49 laps / running
37) #17-AJ Jones / 49 laps / running

LEGENDS: Early battle for last at Atlanta ends after mid-race wreck gives TJ Dent the first last-place finish of his career

TJ Dent picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 4 Atlanta 500 at the Atlanta International Speedway when his #25 unsponsored Plymouth was involved in a multi-car crash after 13 of the 32 laps.

The finish came in his 5th start. In the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series, it's the 3rd for car #25 and the 15th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 10th for the #25 and the 213th from a crash.

Dent is one of many drivers who is still looking to make a name for himself in the SCRL, despite having one career win, coming at Charlotte in the SCRL Classic Truck Series, Dent hasn't won a race since and has struggled to return back to victory lane. Joining his brother Ty to compete in the fourth ever SCRL NASCAR Legends, TJ finished 15th in his series debut at Riverside, 19th at Ontario before finishing impressive 2nd at Richmond while in the last round at Rockingham, TJ backed up his performance with a 8th place finish.

On race day, Dent rolled off starting in 26th while starting last was Season 3 Champion the #27 unsponsored Ford of Cole Nixey. Nixey would trail the field for the first lap before he knocked the #75 Kentucky Fried Chicken Special Plymouth of Dilan Ebrahimian into the final spot on the second lap. On Lap 3 the #70 unsponsored Ford of Brock Beard fell back to last but his stay in last also lasted only one lap as on Lap 4 the #31 unsponsored Dodge of Carter Friesen fell back into the last spot. On Lap 5 the #09 unsponsored Chevrolet of Paul Hogan took the final spot for the first time in his career, but on Lap 6 it was the #11 Don Wagner Ford Sales Ford of Muhammad Zain Abdullah that took last but the very next lap it was the #75 of Dilan Ebrahimian who took last for the second time in the race.

Ebrahimian would remain in last for one lap as he knocked Abdullah back to the final spot on Lap 8 and would be the first driver to trail for two straight laps, before finally knocking the #43 Plymouth By Petty Plymouth of Oreius Centaur into the final spot on Lap 10, before Oreius would pass Ebrahimian back to the final spot on Lap 11. On Lap 12 the #21 60 Minute Cleaners Mercury Cyclone of Bryan McKayson fell back to last, a spot he would hold for one lap as well as the #68 Auto Specialists / Auto Lad Ford of Trevor Collins into last, a spot he would hold when the battle for last quickly ended. As drivers battled for position, the first of two cautions would fly at Dent was spun out in Turn 2, coming back down the track in front of the #40 7-Up Plymouth of Brian Fox, the #28 Piper Trash Can Liners Dodge of Jack Lagasee and the #5 unsponsored Dodge of Logan Bueckert, destroying all four cars as Dent's car came to a rest on the apron of Turn 2 while Fox, Lagasee and Bueckert all limped around to complete another lap before pulling behind the wall, as the three drivers finished 42nd through 39th. 

Rounding out the Bottom Five in 38th was the #17 Purolator Ford of AJ Jones, who was caught up in the second caution on Lap 21.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL NASCAR Legends Series last-place finish for the #25 at Atlanta.
*This was the first time the #25 has trailed a field since the Season 2 Talladega 500 at the Alabama International Motor Speedway when RaTed-Rk0_0RTON completed all 19 laps under power; 40 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #25-TJ Dent / 13 laps / crash
41) #40-Brian Fox / 14 laps / crash
40) #28-Jack Lagasee / 14 laps / crash
39) #5-Logan Bueckert / 14 laps / crash
38) #17-AJ Jones / 21 laps / crash