The finish, which came in his 21st start, was his first on the circuit since the Riverside 500 at the Riverside International Raceway when fell out with camshaft problems after completing 12 of the 19 laps, 20 races ago. In the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series, it's the 5th for car #72 and the 5th for header issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 7th for the #72 and the 17th for header issues.
After trailing for the first time in his career at Riverside, Ormond's team would continue to struggle with finishes of 34th at Ontario, 38th at Richmond, 22nd at Rockingham before scoring back-to-back Top 5 finishes, a 4th at Atlanta and a 3rd at Bristol. A 32nd at Talladega, a 15th at North Wilkesboro and a 26th Darlington would be the finishes as the series visited Charlotte for the first time, a race that Ormond started 6th and would lead lead four laps and scored his first career SCRL sanctioned win. Ormond would struggle in the next race, finishing 39th at Martinsville. Finishes of 10th at Michigan and a 5th at Riverside would boost the team's spirits but a 23rd at Greenville would be a disappointment. A 11th at Thompson, 4th in the fall Bristol event would be followed with a 21st at the fall Atlanta event, 18th at the fall Michigan, 13th at Talladega before finishing 4th at Bowman-Gray in the last round.
On race day, Ormond rolled off starting 17th while starting off in the final spot for the second time in three races was Ontario last-place finisher the #8 unsponsored Ford of Zachary Fitzwater, but his stay in the final spot lasted only one turn as he knocked spring Martinsville last-place finisher the #75 Kentucky Fried Chicken Special Plymouth of Dilan Ebrahimian into the final spot. Ebrahimian would touch with the field, falling behind the closest driver by nearly a second by the fifth lap, and two seconds around Lap 7. During this time, Ormond had fallen back to 25th when going down the backstretch, Ormond's car started smoking and pulled to the apron of the track, limping back to the garage with a broken header. At the same time, leader the #7 unsponsored Plymouth of Simon Fox pulled to the inside of the track and began to slow, suffering a broken piston as he would be scored 41st.
Rounding of the Bottom Five were drivers who would be caught up in a multi-car crash on Lap 31: 40th was the #28 Piper Trash Can Liners Dodge of Jack Lagasee, 39th was the #99 Dow Chemicals Dodge of Joshua Rush and finishing 38th was spring Darlington last-place finisher the #43 Plymouth By Petty Plymouth of Oreius Centaur, who was able to limp across the start/finish line to be scored completing 32 laps before pulling into the garage.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL NASCAR Legends Series last-place finish for the #72 at Darlington.
*This is the first time a driver has trailed the field due to header issues since the Season 3 Old Dominion 500 at the Martinsville Speedway when Aidan Shepherd's #04 unsponsored Dodge fell out after completing 10 of the 50 laps; 23 races ago.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #72-Nathan Ormond / 9 laps / header
41) #7-Simon Fox / 10 laps / piston led 4 laps
40) #28-Jack Lagasee / 31 laps / crash
39) #99-Joshua Rush / 31 laps / crash
38) #43-Oreius Centaur / 32 laps / crash led 4 laps
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