ARCA Midget: Eugene Underwood trails in caution free race at Knoxville

Eugene Underwood picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL ARCA Midget Series career in the Knoxville 100 at the Knoxville Raceway when his #36 completed all 15 laps under power.

The finish came in his 13th career series start. In the SCRL ARCA Midget Series, it's the 1st for car #36 and the 9th where the car was still running. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 5th for the #36 and the 264th where the vehicle was still running.

Eugene was one of several rookies who decided to sign up and compete in the ARCA Series's Midget Series with hopes of one day competing in bigger series. In his debut, Eugene finished 15th at Toledo, 14th at Salem, before in just his third career start, Eugene scored his first career SCRL win at Flat Rock. In the very next round, he would struggle once again with a 16th at Devil's Bowl, 12th at Kil-Kare and Indianapolis Speedrome, before rebounding with a 6th at Santa Fe, before struggling again to a 17th at Columbus, 5th at Grundy County, 8th at Eldora, 4th at New Egypt before finishing 8th in the last round at Baer Field. 

In qualifying, Juniper Skunktaur scored his first career series pole with a time of 20.987 seconds with Eugene posting a time of 22.098 seconds, a full second behind Juniper's pole run, placing Eugene in last in qualifying for the first time in his brief career.

Eugene would trail around the half mile short track for the event's first lap before the very next time around, Eugene knocked Flat Rock last-place finisher the #71 of Bafode Sacko into the final spot, before Bafode would knock the #3 of Chakat Lightingblaze into last on Lap 3. Lightingblaze would struggle for the first half of the race, while shi would stay with the field, shi found it difficult to pass on the rough Knoxville surface, trailing until Lap 10 when shi finally began to get into a rhythm, knocking Eugene back into the final spot with just five laps to go, and as hard as Eugene tried, he was unable to gain any more spots over the final laps.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 19th was the #12 of Nick Kennedy, 18th was Kil-Kare last-place finisher the #8 of Juniper Skunktaur, 17th was the aforementioned #71 of Bafode Sacko and 18th was the #3 of Chakat Lightingblaze.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #36 has finished last in the SCRL ARCA Midget Series as well at Knoxville.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
20) #36-Eugene Underwood / 15 laps / running
19) #12-Nick Kennedy / 15 laps / running
18) #8-Juniper Skunktaur / 15 laps / running
17) #71-Bafode Sacko / 15 laps / running
16) #3-Chakat Lightingblaze / 15 laps / running

ARCA: Broken gearbox prevents Tony Newman from competing a lap at Kentucky

Tony Newman picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series career in the ZLOOP 150 at the Kentucky Speedway when his #11 Hudson Perf / Drivelines / Warrick Tubing Dodge fell out with gearbox problems without completing any of the 27 laps.

The finish, which came in his 31st start, was his first on the circuit since the Shop n' Save 150 at the Gateway International Raceway when he fell out with camshaft problems without completing any of the 22 laps; 4 races ago. In the SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series, it's the 2nd for car #11 and the 3rd for gearbox issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 14th for the #11 and the 12th for gearbox issues. 

After having trailed for the first time in the ARCA Series, Newman would crash out in the next two rounds at Pocono and Chicagoland he would finish 22nd, before finishing 27th in the last round at Lucas Oil. As the field made it's return to the Kentucky Speedway for the third time in series history, Newman was looking to rebound in his first event at the track, finishing 25th one year ago.

In qualifying, Nathan Ormond scored his first career series pole with a time of 30.218 seconds, while Newman posted a time of 30.691 seconds, 0.473 behind Ormond's pole run, placing Newman 20th on the grid while starting last was the #44 Ansell / Menards Toyota of Riley Spurlytube.

When the command was given for drivers to start their engines and begin their lone pace lap, Newman's car began to slow going down the backstretch, pulling to the inside of the track while at the same time, Spurlytube's car began to slow as well, following the pace car and Newman onto pit road. Newman would make the sharp right turn behind the wall as the green flag waved, while Spurlytube's team put on four fresh tires on their car before sending Spurlytube back out onto the track. Newman's crew would work for most of the race to try and get their driver back out on the track, but it was discovered the gearbox was broken, with the car being listed as "out" on Lap 5.

Spurlytube would battle to try and work his way through the field and regain his lap back, as on Lap 7 the unsponsored #69 Kimmel Racing Ford of Ray Dent Jr. would suffer a flat tire and would lose a lap to the leaders, with Spurlytube passing and knocking him in 39th, a position that Dent would hold for the remaining laps while Spurlytube would fight to finish 38th, the first car one lap down.

The remaining Bottom Five finished on the same lap as the race leaders; 37th was the #16 Strutmasters.com Chevrolet of Tim Randolph and 36th was the #15 Zaxby's Toyota of Anthony Logan

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #11 has finished last in the ARCA Series race at Kentucky.
*This marked the third time a driver has trailed the field in a ARCA Series race due to gearbox problems; the most recent time it happened was the Season 2 Scott Get Geared Up 200 at the Lucas Oil Raceway when Luke Rainey's unsponsored #99 Roulo Brothers Racing Ford fell out with gearbox problems without completing any of the 22 laps; 21 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #11-Tony Newman / 0 laps / gearbox
39) #69-Ray Dent Jr. / 26 lap / running
38) #44-Riley Spurlytube / 26 laps / running
37) #16-Tim Randolph / 27 laps / running
36) #15-Anthony Logan / 27 laps / running

ARCA Sportsman: Mid race contact with Grayson Acevedo at I-70 gives rookie Frodomar Otts his first last place finish

Frodomar Otts picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL ARCA Sportsman Series career in Friday's Missouri 200 at the I-70 Speedway when his #46 Dollar General / Dickies Ford completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish came in his 9th start. In the SCRL ARCA Sportsman Series, it's the 1st for car #46 and the 6th where the car was still running. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 3rd for the #46 and the 263rd where the vehicle was still running. 

Otts was one of several drivers making their SCRL debut by signing up to complete in the SCRL ARCA Sportsman Series, a division created to allow more drivers to compete in a SCRL race while not racing in the top main series. Otts would impress in his first ever race, starting and finishing 8th in the series first ever event at Toledo. A 12th at Mansfield, 13th at Heartland Park, 15th at Lucas Oil would follow before Otts finally got a chance to shine, finishing a career best 3rd at Iowa followed by a 6th in the next round at Rockingham would be followed with a 19th at Winchester and a 11th in the last round at Palm Beach.

Unfortunately, in qualifying Otts would struggle in qualifying losing traction in Turns 1 and 2 nearly spinning out and posting a time of nearly six full seconds off Rocco Twyman's pole winning time that would place Otts in the last spot on the starting grid while Twyman won his third career series pole and second in a row after winning the pole in the last race at the twisting road course of Palm Beach.

Otts would remain in the final spot as the field took the green flag but would get a run going onto the Backstretch as he would knock the #22 Raybestos / Supergard Chevrolet of Erik Sieg into the final spot. Sieg would trail for the first two laps around the half mile track before Sieg would make a move on Lap 3, knocking the #25 Pennzoil / Autolite Chevrolet of Grayson Acevedo into the final spot on Lap 3. Just like with Sieg, Acevedo's stay in last would only be two laps as on Lap 5 he knocked Toledo last-place finisher the #72 Top Choice Lumber Products Chevrolet of Ryan Benjamin into last. Benjamin would be in last for just one lap, knocking Sieg back to last on Lap 6, before being passed again on Lap 7.7

On Lap 9, Otts retook the final spot for the first time before the very next lap he would knock two time last-place finisher the #9 Haas Automation / Food City Toyota of Andrew Olsen into the final spot on Lap 10. Olsen would rebound the next lap by knocking Otts back to last on Lap 11, but Otts again fought back on Lap 12 when he knocked Acevedo back into the final spot. Entering Turn 1, Acevedo had worked his way up a few spots making a three wide move but ran out of room as he ran into the #38 Jani-King Ford of Josephi Krakowski and the #92 Summit Racing Equipment / CompCams Chevrolet of Jacob Britts, causing the three cars to slide up the track with Acevedo spinning out while Otts tried to avoid but misjudged and ran into the back of Acevedo. Both cars would make a pit stop during the caution in a attempt to repair the damage before sending both drivers back out onto the track. Acevedo would rebound slightly by gaining one spot over the final seven laps, while Otts fell to ten seconds behind the race leaders pace and a full two seconds behind Olsen in front of him when the checkered flag waved.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 26th was the #51 Tire Kingdom / Cometic Ford of AJ Jones and 25th was the aforementioned #72 of Ryan Benjamin.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #46 has finished last in the SCRL ARCA Sportsman Series as well at I-70.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
29) #46-Frodomar Otts / 20 laps / running
28) #9-Andrew Olsen / 20 laps / running
27) #25-Grayson Acevedo / 20 laps / running
26) #51-AJ Jones / 20 laps / running
25) #72-Ryan Benjamin / 20 laps / running

ARCA Late Model: Broken header late at Madison gives Hanz DeVice the Wisconsin sweep

Hanz DeVice picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL ARCA Late Model Series career in the Herr's Live With Flavor! 100 at the Madison International Speedway when his #34 North and East Recycle Chevrolet fell out with header problems after completing 18 of the 30 laps.

The finish, which came in his 11th career series start, was his first on the circuit since the Dixieland 100 at the Wisconsin International Raceway when he completed all 30 laps under power, 9 races ago. In the SCRL ARCA Late Model Series, it's the 2nd for car #34 and the 1st for header issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 10th for the #34 and the 22nd for header issues. 

After having trailed at Wisconsin, Hanz finished a disappointing 13th in the next round at Elko, 3rd at Lanier, 14th at Salem, 14th at Flat Rock, 11th at Nashville, 5th at Louisville, 8th at South Boston before finishing 8th again in the last round at Winchester as the series would return to the state of Wisconsin for the series first ever trip at the half mile Madison short track.

In qualifying Shannon Lowe would score his first career series pole with a time of 20.963, while Hanz would struggle, posting a time of 21.678, 0.715 seconds behind Lowe, which would place him 17th on the starting grid, while starting last was two time last-place finisher the #84 Community Pharmacies Dodge of Carter Friesen.

Georgio Tsutomu stalls at the start.

When the command was given for drivers to start their engines and begin their lone pace lap, Lanier last-place finisher the #53 T&K Concrete Chevrolet of Georgio Tsutomu stalled on the frontstretch and would be towed back to his pit stall while the other 19 drivers started the race. Tsutomu would be discovered to have have a flat left front tire and get back out on track to rejoin the field in the back of the pack at the green flag and would trail for the first three laps before he knocked the unsponsored #28 Ford of Franz DeVice into the last spot on Lap 4, but his stay in last would be brief as Franz knocked Toledo last-place finisher the #09 Mechanical Services Inc. Pontiac of Jeff Cornils into last on Lap 5. Cornils would lose touch with the pack in front of him as he fell to five seconds behind the driver in front of him by the 15th circuit. 

Hanz's header breaks entering Turn 1.

At this point, Hanz had worked his way up into the 12th spot on the track on Lap 18 when he entered Turn 1, Hanz's car started to smoke before he began to slow down in Turn 1 as he would stall in Turn 1 as the #29 Bailey's Chevrolet of Richard Torres would run into the back of Hanz, stacking up a group of four cars. Hanz would be transported back to his pit stall, while no caution would come out, as Torres rode around the track deciding to not make a trip to the pits as well, while it wasn't until Lap 22 that Hanz's car was pushed behind the wall, being listed as out on Lap 24, with a broken header the cause while Torres would limp around for the remaining laps, losing one to the race leaders.

The remaining Bottom Five would fins on the same lap as the race leaders: 18th was Winchester last-place finisher the #7 PH Crane and Hoist Chevrolet of Kevin Cook, 17th was the #09 of Jeff Cornils and 16th was the #28 of Franz DeVice.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #34 has finished last at Madison.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
20) #34-Hanz DeVice / 18 laps / header
19) #29-Richard Torres / 29 laps / running
18) #7-Kevin Cook / 30 laps / running
17) #09-Jeff Cornils / 30 laps / running
16) #28-Franz DeVice / 30 laps / running

ARCA Midget: Race long battle at Baer Field ends with Michael Collins getting the first last-place finish of his career

Michael Collins picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL ARCA Midget Series career in the Baer 100 at the Baer Field Speedway when his #5 completed all 30 laps under power.

The finish came in his 12th career series start. In the SCRL ARCA Midget Series, it's the 1st for car #5 and the 8th where the car was still running. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 17th for the #5 and the 262nd where the vehicle was still running.

Michael was one of the SCRL's newest driver to sign up to compete, choosing to sign up to competing in the SCRL's lowest ARCA division, the ARCA Midget Series. In his first ever SCRL start, Michael finished a 11th in his debut at Toledo, a disappointing 19th at Salem, 4th at Flat Rock, 2nd at Devil's Bowl, 4th at Kil-Kare, 20th at Indianapolis Speedrome, 12th at Santa Fe, 18th at Columbus, 17th at Grundy County, 6th at Eldora before finishing 10th in the last round at New Egypt.

In qualifying, Sebastian Dent scored his first career series pole with a time of 21.043 seconds with Michael posting a time of 21.423 seconds, 0.380 seconds behind Dent's pole run, placing Michael 12th on the grid while starting last was the #24 of Michael Brown, 0.749 seconds off Dent's pole sitting time.

Michael Brown's stay in the final spot would be very brief as he would knocked the #12 of Nick Kennedy into the final spot to complete the first lap, before knocking Brown back to last on Lap 2, before Brown would work his way past two time last-place finisher the #21 of John Hunter into last on Lap 3. Hunter would stay in last for the next two laps before passing the #90 of Christian Vargas into last on Lap 5. Vargas would stay in last till Lap 9 when he knocked the #14 of Taylor Dent into last. Dent would struggle to stay caught up with the field for a few laps as he cooled down his tires before working his way up a spot, knocking the #34 of Conner Thunder into last on Lap 15. Thunder would remain in last for the next three laps before knocking Michael Collins into last for the first time. Collins would slowly begin to loose touch with the drivers in front of him, and by the end of the race he was a full second behind the driver in front, while finishing a full 15 seconds behind the race leaders.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 19th was the #21 of John Hunter, 18th was Eldora last-place finisher the #04 of Mario Junqueira, 17th was Kil-Kare last-place finisher the #8 of Juniper Skunktaur and 16th was the #34 of Conner Thunder.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #5 has finished last in the SCRL ARCA Midget Series as well at Baer Field.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
20) #5-Michael Collins / 30 laps / running
19) #21-John Hunter / 30 laps / running
18) #04-Mario Junqueira / 30 laps / running
17) #8-Juniper Skunktaur / 30 laps / running
16) #34-Conner Thunder / 30 laps / running

ARCA: Mid-race header problems gives Blaise Zebrataur his second career last-place finish; prevents Ray Dent Jr. from getting his first

Blaise Zebrataur picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series career in Sunday's Shore Lunch 200 at the Lucas Oil Raceway when his #52 Federated Auto Parts Chevrolet fell out with header problems after completing 9 of the 20 laps.

The finish came in his 10th start. In the SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series, it's the 1st for car #52 and the 5th for header issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 4th for the #52 and the 21st for header issues. 

Blaise Zebrataur

Blaise had a lot of pressure on his hooves, as he was the replacement of one of the most longest active and most successful drivers in league history, Oreius Centaur, who retired after competing for 5 years and ranking up 20 career wins as well as winning a championship in the ISCR. Blaise also happened to be stock car racing's first and only pegasus zebrataur to race in a league in the entire history of gaming. Blaise was making only his second ever full time season after having competed full time in Season 2 of the SCRL Formula E Series Presented by Twitter, a season he posted a best finish of 2nd in the series final race of the season at Surfers Paradise and would finish 14th in the overall point standings. Despite having only one full time season under his belt, Blaise was tapped by Ken Schrader Racing to drive full time in the ARCA Series, having signed up for at least three seasons driving for the team in hopes of one day possibly racing in the SCRL's Strictly Stock Series.

In just his first career ARCA start, Blaise would once again impress starting 3rd and would lead 5 laps and would finish 2nd once again, in the next round at his home track, Blaise led 7 laps and was the race leader when the race was extended by way of the Green, White, Checkered rule and had to settle for a 3rd place finish. A disappointing 24th at Nashville would be followed with 6th at Salem, 27th at Talladega, 33rd at Charlotte and a 36th at Gateway before he would score his second runner up finish at Pocono before finishing 14th in the last round at Chicagoland.

In qualifying, Ray Jones scored his first career series pole with a time of 23.503 seconds, winning the pole by one thousandths of a second, while Blaise posting a time of 24.163 seconds, 0.660 behind Jones's pole run, placing Blaise 39th on the grid while starting last was Salem last-place finisher the unsponsored #40 Carter 2 Motorsports Dodge of Matthew Logan

Ray Dent Jr. stalls on pit road.

When the command was given for drivers to start their engines and begin their lone pace lap, the unsponsored #69 Kimnmel Racing Ford of Ray Dent Jr. stalled on pit road and was forced to be pushed into his pit stall while the other 39 drivers started the race. Dent would remain on pit road for two laps as his crew replaced all four tires before sending their driver back out onto the track. Dent would trail the first through the first caution and appeared on his way to his first last place finish of his career. That all changed on Lap 10 when Blaise, who had worked his way up to the 34th spot, began to slow going down the backstretch, his car starting to smoke as he pulled onto pit road and then making that hard left turn into the garage. His team would look under the hood and discovered the header was broken, and with only ten laps to go, the team, would not have enough time to repair it, so their night was done, not taking the final spot until Lap 12, one lap after the car had been listed out by officials while Dent would drive home finishing 39th, avoiding his first last place finish.

Rounding out the Bottom Five all finished on the same lap as the race leaders; 38th was the #15 Renton Coil Spring /  Venturini Motorsports Toyota of Anthony Lopez, 37th was the aforementioned #40 of Matthew Logan and 36th was the unsponsored #99 Roulo Brothers Racing Ford of Grace Takayoma.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #52 has finished last in the ARCA Series race at Lucas Oil Raceway.
*This marked only the second time in the history of the ARCA Series the #52 has finished last; the only other time it happened was in the Season 2 ModSpace 125 at the Pocono Raceway when Jay Jefferson was involved in a multi-car crash after 5 of the 22 laps; 16 races ago.
*This marked the fifth time a driver has trailed the field in a ARCA Series race due to header problems; the most recent time it happened was the Pocono ARCA 200 at the Pocono Raceway when Sebastian Cucalon's #19 Battomi-Lawton Insurance Dodge fell out with header problems without completing any of the 22 laps; 2 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #52-Blaise Zebrataur / 9 laps / header
39) #69-Ray Dent Jr. / 18 lap / running
38) #15-Anthony Logan / 20 laps / running
37) #40-Matthew Logan / 20 laps / running
36) #99-Grace Takayoma / 20 laps / running

ARCA Trucks: Flat tire early at Mesa Marin gives rookie Chakat Duskwatcher hir second last-place finish in three races; takes SCRLASTCAR Championship lead with 2 races to go

Chakat Duskwatcher picked up the 1st last place finish of hir SCRL ARCA Truck Series career in Friday's California 50 at the Mesa Marin Raceway when hir #72 Big Blue Dodge finished under power after 28 of 30 laps.

The finish, which came in hir 10th career series start, was his first on the circuit since the ARCATRUCKRACING.com 50 at the Toledo Speedway when shi completed all 20 laps under power, 2 races ago. In the SCRL ARCA Truck Series, it's the 4th for truck #72 and the 13th where the truck was still running. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 10th for the #72 and the 261st where the vehicle was still running. 

After trailing in hir first ever SCRL race, Duskwatcher and hir team loaded their truck up and traveled to the legendary Eldora Speedway in hir first attempt at racing on the dirt. Duskwatcher would qualify 9th and remained inside the Top 10 all race long and would settle for a 7th place finish in the last round before the drivers had to travel across the country to the Mesa Marin Raceway for the series second ever race at the short track in series history.

In qualifying, Derrick Jones won his first career pole with a time of 20.255 seconds, while Duskwatcher would post a respectable time of 20.563, 0.308 seconds behind Jones's pole winning time, placing Duskwatcher 10th on the grid while starting last was the unsponsored #88 Chevrolet of Ty Dent, 0.853 seconds behind Jones's pole time.

When the race started, Dent would struggle around the half mile track for the first two laps before knocking Nashville last-place finisher the #3 Gearheart Timber Management Chevrolet of Miguel Rodriguez on the third lap. As the field raced down the backstretch, Duskwatcher who had fallen back to the 15th spot, began to slow entering the backstretch when shi began to slow down, pulling to the inside of the track before stalling, bringing out race's lone caution of the race. Duskwatcher's truck would be towed back to the pits as the crew put four fresh tires on the truck before sending their driver back out on the track, two laps down however. Duskwatcher's only chance of gaining any spots was for another truck to have problems, and for a brief moment there was a little hope when Oxford Plains last-place finisher the #50 Corona Extra / Goosebumps Ford of Jimmy Potter suffered a flat tire himself in the late stages of the race, losing one lap, but would still be Duskwatcher.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders: 24th was the aforementioned #3 of Miguel Rodriguez, 23rd was the unsponsored #6 Ford of Alan Hamilton and 22nd was the #05 Little Mountain Insurance Ford of Hunter Blade.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the second year in a row the #72 has finished last in the SCRL ARCA Truck Series at Mesa Marin when Lowden Clear's turn in the same truck during the California 200 at the Mesa Marin Raceway when he completed all 30 laps under power; 20 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
26) #72-Chakat Duskwatcher / 28 laps / running
25) #50-Jimmy Potter / 29 lap / running
24) #3-Miguel Rodriguez / 30 laps / running
23) #6-Alan Hamilton / 30 laps / running
22) #05-Hunter Blade / 30 laps / running

ARCA Sportsman: Muhammad Zain Abdullah trails for only the third time in his career in series first visit to Palm Beach

Muhammad Zain Abdullah picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL ARCA Sportsman Series career in Thursday's Tire Kingdom 100 at the Palm Beach International Raceway when his #77 Jasper / Lucas Oil Dodge completed all 10 laps under power.

The finish came in his 8th start. In the SCRL ARCA Sportsman Series, it's the 1st for car #77 and the 5th where the car was still running. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 10th for the #77 and the 260th where the car was still running. 

Abdullah has quickly become a top runner in the SCRL after years of competing and never really finding his place until he signed up to compete in the SCRL Formula 2 Series, a season in which he scored four career wins and would pick up his first career championship. Coming back across the pond, Abdullah signed up to compete in the ARCA's Sportsman division in a attempt to possibly winning another championship. Abdullah would finish 21st in his first series start at Toledo, 16th at Mansfield, 21st at the series first road course event at Heartland Park. A 9th at Lucas Oil, 21st at Iowa, 5th at Rockingham before scoring his first series win in the last round at Winchester.

In qualifying Rocco Twyman scored his second career series pole while Abdullah would struggle in qualifying placing Abdullah 28th while starting last was the #66 Lincoln Welders / Bojangles' Dodge of Daryl Lee.

When the race started to begin the series's third and final road course event of the season, Lee would struggle around the two mile road course for the first two laps before finally making a move and knocking Abdullah into the final spot for the third lap. Lee and Abdullah would lose touch with the cars in front of them with Abdullah struggling on the track himself to get back around Lee over the final seven laps and would finish nearly a full second behind Lee at the end of the race.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 27th was the #21 of Top Choice Lumper Products / Jackaroo Toyota of Karl-Jong Bensson, 26th was the #25 Pennzoil / Autolite Chevrolet of Grayson Acevedo and 25th was the #79 Auto Value / Bumper To Bumper / Lucas Oil Dodge of Kenny Webster.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #77 has finished last in the SCRL ARCA Sportsman Series as well at Palm Beach.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
29) #77-Muhammad Zain Abdullah / 10 laps / running
28) #66-Daryl Lee / 10 laps / running
27) #21-Karl-Jong Bensson / 10 laps / running
26) #25-Grayson Acevedo / 10 laps / running
25) #79-Kenny Webster / 10 laps / running

ARCA Late Model: Late race spin at Winchester gives rookie Kevin Cook the first last-place finish of his short career

Kevin Cook picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL ARCA Late Model Series career in Wednesday's Winchester 100 at the Winchester Speedway when his #7 PH Crane and Hoist Chevrolet completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish came in his 10th career series start. In the SCRL ARCA Late Model Series, it's the 1st for car #7 and the 10th where the car was still running. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 14th for the #7 and the 259th where the car was still running. 

Entering the brand new year of racing, Cook was one of several new drivers looking to make a name for himself in the SCRL, signing up for the ARCA division's second lowest series, the ARCA Late Model Series. Cook finished 9th in his SCRL debut in the series first ever race at Toledo before finishing 3rd in back-to-back races at Wisconsin and Elko. A 7th place finish at Lanier and a 4th at Salem would continue his hot streak but it ended with a disappointing 17th at Flat Rock, before he rebounded with a 6th at Nashville, before struggling again with a 18th at Louisville before finishing 7th in the last round at South Boston.

In qualifying Shane Russell would score his first career series pole with a time of 19.115, while Kevin would struggle, posting a time of 19.558, over half a second behind Russell, which would place him 13th on the starting grid, while starting last was the #9 Champion Direct Chevrolet of Tracey Dent.

Tracey's stay in the final spot would be brief as she quickly knocked the #29 Bailey's Chevrolet of Richard Torres into the final spot, but the very next lap he knocked South Boston last-place finisher the unsponsored #28 Ford of Franz DeVice, but his stay in last was also brief and would knock Richard back into last on Lap 3, before Franz reclaimed last on Lap 4. Franz this time would remain in last for two laps, before knocking Richard back into last on Lap 6. The very next lap, Richard knocked the #48 Spray Paint and Equipment Chevrolet of Shannon Lowe into the final spot on Lap 7.

Lowe would continue to struggle to stay caught up with the rest of the field as he fell to seven seconds behind the race leader. While racing with Cook on Lap 13, Cook was tapped by Lowe in Turn 4, causing Cook to spin out briefly on the frontstretch, while no caution would come out, Cook would be passed and would try to pass Lowe back but never could over the remaining seven laps, with Lowe finishing just a half second before Cook.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 18th was two time last-place finisher the #84 Community Pharmacies Dodge, 17th was the aforementioned #29 of Richard Torres and 16th was the #28 Franz DeVice.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #7 has finished last in the SCRL ARCA Late Model Series as well at Winchester.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
20) #7-Kevin Cook / 20 laps / running
19) #48-Shannon Lowe / 20 laps / running
18) #84-Carter Friesen / 20 laps / running
17) #29-Richard Torres / 20 laps / running
16) #28-Franz DeVice / 20 laps / running

ARCA Midget: Spin knocks John Hunter out early at New Egypt; now in a three way tie for SCRLASTCAR Championship with four races to go

John Hunter picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL ARCA Midget Series career in Tuesday's Spring Fling 100 at the New Egypt Speedway when his #21 was involved in a multi-car crash after 4 of the 20 laps.

The finish, which came in his 11th career series start, was his first on the circuit since the Vermont 100 at the Devil's Bowl Speedway when he completed all 12 laps under power, 7 races ago. In the SCRL ARCA Midget Series, it's the 2nd for car #21 and the 3rd from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 21st for the #21 and the 254th from a crash.

After having trailed the field for the first time in his career at Devil's Bowl, John would continue to struggling with a disappointing 15th at Kil-Kare and an even worse 18th place at Indianapolis Speedrome, before finishing 5th at Santa Fe, before struggling once again with a 15 at Columbus. An 11th at Grundy County and a 18th in the last round at Eldora has placed John far down in the championship standings.

In qualifying, Taylor Dent scored his first career series pole with a time of 17.451 seconds with John posting a time of 17.837 seconds, 0.386 seconds behind Dent's pole run, placing John 15th on the grid while starting last was the #90 of Christian Vargas, 0.584 seconds off Dent's pole sitting time.

Vargas's stay in the final spot would be brief as he knocked the #24 of Michael Brown into the final spot by Turn 2 with Brown trailing for the first lap before he knocked the #11 of Keri Benjamin into last by the end of the first lap. Keri's stay in last would for the next three laps as on the 4th lap when the lone caution of the day came out when Keri was spun out by the #19 Servan Sarihan, sending Keri for a spin as John Hunter tried to avoid but slammed into the right side of her car, as well as the #56 of Ethan Walker. Hunter would limp around the track before pulling behind the wall on the next lap, having been scored competing 4 laps, while Walker pulled in the next lap, which is when Hunter officially took the final spot. Despite both cars sitting on pit road, neither car would never make it back out onto the track as the crews worked on both cars to try and be running at the finish, with neither driver making it. Due to finishing last for the second time this season, John is now in a three way tie with Dave Benjamin and Daniel Hunter with four races left to go in the season.

The remaining Bottom Five would be filled by drivers who would finish on the same lap as the race leaders: 18th was the #34 of Conner Thunder, 17th was the aforementioned #19 of Servan Sarihan and 16th was the #24 of Michael Brown.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #21 has finished last at New Egypt.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
20) #21-John Hunter / 4 laps / crash
19) #56-Ethan Walker / 5 laps / crash
18) #34-Conner Thunder / 20 laps / running
17) #19-Servan Sarihan / 20 laps / running
16) #24-Michael Brown / 20 laps / running

ARCA: Crash at Chicagoland makes Randy Ward the third straight driver to fail to complete a lap

Randy Ward picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series career in Monday's Ansell ActivArmr 150 at the Chicagoland Speedway when his #4 Cessna Chevrolet was involved in a multi-car crash without completing any of the 33 laps.

The finish came in his 9th start. In the SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series, it's the 1st for car #4 and the 24th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 12th for the #4 and the 253rd from a crash. 

Entering Season 3 of the SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series, Ward was a rookie who had never competed in a single SCRL race and would sign up to drive in the ARCA's division highest series driving for Turner Scott Motorsports. Ward's ARCA career started off with a disappointing 38th at Daytona in his league and series debut, a 8th at Nashville would be followed up with surprise trip to victory lane in just his 3rd career start. A 12th at Salem, 38th at Talladega, 29th at Charlotte before Ward would return to victory lane for the second time in his career in his 7th start at Gateway before finishing 28th in the last round at Pocono.

In qualifying, Arina McShane scored her first career series pole with a time of 28.516 seconds with Ward posting a time of 28.737 seconds, 0.221 behind McShane's pole run, placing Ward 30th on the grid while starting last was the #34 Bob Brent's Orchard Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-RAM Chevrolet of Trey Wright.

Just seconds after the field rolled off pit road, Charlotte last-place finisher the #77 Barbera's Autoland Dodge of Samet Ozkan, who was scheduled to start 26th, stalled on pit road and had to be pushed to his pit stall as the team looked over the car as the field took the green flag, the team discovered that the car had a flat tire and quickly put on four fresh tires and was able to send their driver back out but was told by their spotter to hold off as at that same time, the race's first caution came out. 

As the field entered Turn 4, the #94 Harley Davidson of Pikeville / Pop's Chevrolet of Jimmie Fox was racing four wide with Salem last-place finisher the unsponsored #40 Carter 2 Motorsports Dodge of Matthew Logan, the unsponsored #6 Eddie Sharp Racing Chevrolet of Colin Dryburgh and Randy Ward as contact between Fox and Dryburgh caused the two cars to move up the track and into the outside wall, causing Dryburgh's car to flip over while Ward's car flew up into the air, nearly flying over the catch fence as a six car wreck would break out, with Ward being the only car to be scored not competing a lap, his car stopping just two hundred feet from the start/finish line while Dryburgh would limp around for a lap before pulling behind the wall while Logan would make it one extra lap before he made his trip to the garage, but it wasn't until Lap 4 that Ozkan would finally knock Ward back into the final spot.

37th was the #9 Aaron's / Hendrickcars.com Chevrolet of Tom Schmidt, who was running in the 14th spot during the second caution period, began to smoke and slow going down the backstretch, making it to pit road before pulling behind the wall, a quick look under the hood and it was discovered that the header was broken, ending their day after 10 laps.

Rounding out the Bottom Five in 36th was the unsponsored #99 Roulo Brothers Racing Ford of Grace Takayoma, who would be involved in two of the event's three big crashes, and while he did lose multiple laps to the leaders, he was the last driver to be running at the finish, 7 laps down to the race leaders.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #4 has finished last in a ARCA race as well at Chicagoland.
*The last time a driver failed to finish a lap in the ARCA Series was the Pocono ARCA 200 at the Pocono Raceway when his Sebastian Cucalon's #19 Battomi-Lawton Insurance Dodge fell out with header problems without completing any of the 22 laps; 1 race ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #4-Randy Ward / 0 laps / crash
39) #6-Colin Dryburgh / 1 lap / crash
38) #40-Matthew Logan / 2 laps / crash
37) #9-Tom Schmidt / 10 laps / header
36) #99-Grace Takayoma / 26 laps / running

ARCA Trucks: Broken piston early at Eldora places Chakat Blizzardmane last for the first time in hir career

Chakat Blizzardmane picked up the 1st last place finish of hir SCRL ARCA Truck Series career in Sunday's Season 2 Dirt Derby 50 at the Eldora Speedway when hir #8 Gearheart Timber Management Chevrolet fell out with piston problems after completing 9 of the 20 laps.

The finish came in hir 9th start. In the SCRL ARCA Truck Series, it's the 2nd for truck #8 and the 2nd for piston issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 20th for the #8 and the 11th for piston issues. 

Chakat Blizzardmane

Blizzardmane is the 6th chakat to ever compete in the SCRL and had some big paws to fill after Whitelion has scored over thirty wins and won six championships. Blizzardmane signed on to compete in the ARCA's division second highest series despite having never made a single start in racing as shi would place 16th in hir debut at Toledo. A 5th at Kil-Kare, 25th at Nashville, 22nd at Lanier, 25th at Flat Rock before in just hir 6th career start at Salem, Blizzardmane scored hir first career win. A 8th place in the next round at Oxford Plains proved the win was not a fluke before shi would struggle to a 19th in the last round at Toledo.

In qualifying, Chakat Whitelion won hir second pole of the season with a time of 21.630 seconds, while Blizzardmane would struggle posting a time of 22.389, 0.759 seconds behind Whitelion's pole winning time, placing Blizzardmane 23rd on the grid while starting last was the #81 unsponsored Chevrolet of Jordan McKee, 0.921 seconds behind Whitelion's pole time.

When the race started, McKee quickly would start to lose ground to the truck in front of him, that being the unsponsored #30 of Alexander Jones, by the end of the first lap, and then nearly a full second behind after the completion of Lap 2. At that time, Blizzardmane made a trip to pit road, reporting of engine problems, as the crew looked under the hood to try and find the problem, dropping back to last on Lap 3. Blizzardmand would lose only one lap before shi was sent back out on the track to try and nurse the truck home, never losing another lap to the leaders until on Lap 9, shi begin to slow entering Turn 1 and coasted on the lower part of the track to prevent any oil getting in the racing groove and would pull behind the wall, hir day done after competing nine laps while McKee was unable to gain anymore spots and finished 25th.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 24th was Flat Rock last-place finisher the unsponsored #18 Ford of Dain Martin, 23rd was Kil-Kare last-place finisher the #54 Mansfield Welding Service Chevrolet of Leonard Pearson and 22nd was the #30 unsponsored Ford of Alexander Jones.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #8 has finished last at Eldora.
*This marked only the second time in series the #8 has finished last; the only other time that it happened was in the Season 1 ARCATRUCKRacing.com 100 at the Winchester Speedway when Zach Borgerding completed all 20 laps under power; 12 races ago.
*This also marked only the second ever time a driver has trailed due to piston problems; the only other time that it happened was in the Georgia 50 Presented by Jani-King at the Lanier National Speedway when Nick Productions's unsponsored #77 Chevrolet fell out with piston problems without completing any of the 9 laps; 5 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
26) #8-Chakat Blizzardmane / 9 laps / piston
25) #81-Jordan McKee / 20 lap / running
24) #18-Dain Martin / 20 laps / running
23) #54-Leonard Pearson / 20 laps / running
22) #30-Alexander Jones / 20 laps / running