The finish came in his 27th start. In the SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series, it's the 1st for car #11 and the 2nd for camshaft issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 12th for the #11 and the 32nd for camshaft issues.
Entering Season 3 of the SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series, Newman has found success in his SCRL career, having won 7 career wins, including one in the ARCA Series at Michigan in Season 2, and has one career SCRL Championship, coming in Season 1 of the SCRL Sun Energy Whelen Euro Elite 1 Series. Newman started off his second ever season in the ARCA series by finishing a disappointing 36th at Daytona, before rebounding with a 7th at Atlanta. A 18th at Nashville Fairgrounds and a 9th at Salem before being crashed out at Talladega, 13th, and Charlotte, 38th as the series returned to Gateway for the third season in a row, a track that Newman had finished 13th at in Season 2.
In qualifying, Anthony Logan scored his first career series pole with a time of 32.244 seconds with Newman posting a time of 32.551 seconds, 0.307 behind Logan's pole run, placing Newman 24th on the grid while starting last was the #1 ModSpace Ford of Truttle.
Just seconds after the field rolled off pit road, Newman pulled to the inside of the track, as the car started to instantly began to smoke, staying well below the racing line to prevent any oil from getting onto the track, with Newman reporting that the engine was done, as he followed the pace car down pit road and then back that sharp left turn into the garage as the field took the green flag. Newman's crew would work hard to try and at least send their driver back out onto the track and complete a lap, but the damage had been down, with Newman's car being listed as "out" on Lap 3.
Just two laps before Newman's car was retired, the first caution of the day would come out with Nashville last-place finisher unsponsored #67 Kimmel Racing Ford of Oriana Dent and the unsponsored #54 Kurzejewski Motorsports Dodge of Arina McShane would both be knocked out of the race, being scored having completed one lap.
The remaining Bottom Five would be involved in the event's second caution of the day as pole sitter the #15 Zaxby's Toyota of Anthony Logan would crash while leading coming off Turn 4 and would be ran into by points leader the #52 Federated Auto Parts Chevrolet of Blaise Zebrataur, ending both cars night after six laps, with Logan having led every lap he completed until the crash happened.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #11 has finished last in a ARCA Series race as well at Gateway.
*The last time a driver failed to finish a lap in the ARCA Series was the International Motorsports Hall of Fame 200 at the Talladega Superspeedway when Jack Lagasee's #23 Allegiant Air Chevrolet fell out with engine problems without completing any of the 21 laps; 2 races ago.
*This marked only the second time a driver has finished last due to a broken camshaft. The only other time it happened was when Aidan Shepherd has trailed in the Season 2 International Motorsports Hall of Fame 250 at the Talladega Superspeedway when his #92 Fight For Life Chevrolet fell out without completing any of the 21 laps; 21 races ago.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #11-Tony Newman / 0 laps / camshaft
39) #67-Oriana Dent / 1 lap / crash
38) #54-Arina McShane / 1 lap / crash
37) #15-Anthony Logan / 6 laps / crash led 5 laps
36) #52-Blase Zebrataur / 6 laps / crash
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