The finish came in his 7th career series start.
Truttle at this point had proven he was a first ballot Hall of Famer when his career comes to an end by having many league records, 8 wins in one season, most wins in a career, 27, until that was broken by Chakat Whitelion, and becoming the first ever champion in league history by winning the Season 1 ONL NASCAR Legends Championship. Truttle had made his debut in the original Canadian Series by finishing 28th at CTMP and then winning at Cayuga before the series was canceled and re-branded. Truttle returned in Season 1 but only on a part-time deal, and after choosing to sit out the first two races at Mosport and Circuit ICAR, Truttle made his first start of the season at Delaware, finishing 8th, and finishing 22nd in the last round at CTMP
On race day, Truttle started 4th while rolling off from the final spot was the #22 Canadian Tire / MotoMaster Dodge of Derrick Edison but it wouldn't take long before the battle for last was over before it even began. As the field entered Turn 1, the #9 Rheem / PartSource Dodge of Jay Jefferson made a three wide move, forcing Truttle to go wide and make contact with the #8 Farmers Feed Families Dodge of AJ Jones, and entering Turn 3 the two cars touched, with Jones turning Truttle hard into the Turn 3 wall. Truttle's car spun out back across the track and into the path of the #66 Quaker State / Durabody Dodge of Tony Newman, sending both cars for a flip, before landing back on all four wheels. Truttle's car was completely destroyed, and while he was shaken from the wild ride, he suffered no injuries and was cleared from the infield care center.
Also taken out in the same crash was AJ Jones, having taken a wild flip as well as his car had actually hit the fence with the roof of his car before landing back on all four wheels. Amazingly, Jones drove his car back around and crossed the start/finish line to be scored as completing one lap before the car was retired from the race.
33rd was the #5 EMCO / Whitemud Mechanical Dodge of Grayson Acevedo, who took a wild ride himself just three laps later on Lap 4, flipping in Turn 3 as well, and thankfully he too was uninjured.
Rounding out the Bottom Five in 32nd and 31st was the #90 Veloce Dodge of Jonathan Raines and the #97 Vannini Motorsports Ford of Evan Rudd, both involved in a Lap 7 crash, with Rudd completing one more lap to be scored higher, but Rudd was unable to escape the Bottom Five.
Truttle's career with the SCRL has cooled off in recent years with him completing time-to-time before serving a three month suspension in late 2018 for failing to comment on races. With the suspension lifted, Truttle returned to compete in Season 7 of the SCRL IROC Series, failing to visit victory lane, but scoring a runner up finish to Zachary Fitzwater at Michigan and finishing 2nd in points. Truttle has since lost his first place ranking on the all time win list, with Chakat Whitelion now leading with 31 career wins.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #82 had finished last in the Canadian Series as well as at Exhibition Place.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
35) #82-Truttle / 1 lap / crash
34) #8-AJ Jones / 1 lap / crash
33) #5-Grayson Acevedo / 4 laps / crash
32) #90-Jonathan Raines / 7 laps / crash
31) #97-Evan Rudd / 8 laps / crash
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