Thursday, June 27, 2019

Throwback LEGENDS: ItalianDragon gets first last place-finish in caution free race at Atlanta

ItalianDragon picked up the 1st last place finish of his ONL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 1 Atlanta 500 at the Atlanta International Raceway when his #30 unsponsored Dodge completed all 32 laps under power.

The finish came in his 5th career start. ItalianDragon was one of the first drivers to sign up for the brand new racing league, one of twenty to do so. In his series debut, he finished a respectable 14 out of 20, finishing 10th at Ontario, 9th at Richmond before scoring his worst finish in his fourth start by finishing next to last at Rockingham in the last round.

On race day, ItalianDragon would roll off starting in the last spot and by the time the Checkered Flag flew, Dragon remained in the final spot as the lack of cautions would keep him in the final spot.

The Remaining Bottom Five all finished on the same lap as the race leaders; 19th was the #32 Bestline Products Plymouth of Draco Drakul, 18th was the #40 7-Up Plymouth of Dinkdrinker, 17th was Riverside last-place finisher the #24 Casa Linda / Sahara Motel Ford of Chakat Whitelion and 16th was the #48 Mullins Ford of Umbreon.

ItalianDragon's racing career would be somewhat uneventful as he never visited victory lane like many other drivers have struggled, but did scored 10 Top 10 finishes in his 27 career starts, and he went out on top, finishing a career best 5th in his final race in the Season 1 finale at Texas World. Not much is known about this driver and since his final race his whereabouts are unknown.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #30 had finished last in a Legends race as well as at Atlanta.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
20) #30-ItalianDragon / 32 laps / running
19) #32-Draco Drakul / 32 laps / running
18) #40-Dinkdrinker / 32 laps / running
17) #24-Chakat Whitelion / 32 laps / running
16) #48-Umbreon / 32 laps / running

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