Throwback ARCA: Big One strikes on Lap 1 as Cole Nixey is scored last at Michigan

Cole Nixey picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series career in the Season 1 RanEater Wiper Blades 200 at the Michigan International Speedway when his #25 Venturini Motorsports Toyota was involved in a multi-car crash after 1 of the 20 laps.

The finish came in his 8th career start. 

Cole joined the ARCA Series with his brothers Cam and Josh as the three brothers were looking to make a name for each other to one day race in the Cup Series. Cole would finish 13th in his debut at Daytona, 6th at Atlanta, 25th at Charlotte, 30th at Talladega, 31st at Gateway and in just his 6th start, Cole became the first Nixey to visit victory lane in the ARCA Series by leading only the final lap to win at Kentucky. After scoring his first career ARCA win, Cole was looking to bring that momentum to Pocono, but would be caught up in the event's second Big One that took place on Lap 8, finishing a disappointing 23rd.

On race day, Cole would roll off 34th while starting last was Kentucky last-place finisher the #22 Ebay Motors / St. Jude Children's Hospital Dodge of Cam Nixey a position that Cam would hold for the first lap but just seconds later the battle for last ended. While racing four-wide, Pocono last-place finisher the #66 Phoenix Air Toyota of John Arndt would make contact with the #5 Lucas Oil Chevrolet of Jay Barker, sending both cars up the track and into Cole as a big one would break out. Despite being involved in the crash, Cole would actually drive away with minimal damage and would have been able to continue on, but further up the track another crash broke out, and with Cole going back to full speed, he misjudged and wasn't able to hit the brakes in time, hitting the #1 ModSpace Ford of Grayson Acevedo with enough force that it sent Acevedo's car off the ground while Cole's car was completely destroyed along with several other cars.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same circuit as Cole: 40th was the #06 unsponsored Wayne Peterson Racing Ford of Tim Holiday, 39th was Charlotte last-place finisher the #69 Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery Ford of Daniel Bouchard, 38th was the #66 of John Arndt and 37th was the aforementioned #1 of Grayson Acevedo.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #25 had finished last in a ARCA Series race as well as at Michigan.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
41) #25-Cole Nixey / 1 lap / crash
40) #06-Tim Holiday / 1 lap / crash
39) #69-Daniel Bouchard / 1 lap / crash
38) #66-John Arndt / 1 lap / crash
37) #1-Grayson Acevedo / 1 lap / crash

Throwback TRUCK: Matt Johnson becomes the first driver to trail the field in a night race after early rollover at Louisville

Matt Johnson picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in the Season 1 Ford Credit 200 at the Louisville Motor Speedway when his #84 Coca-Cola Classic Ford was involved in a multi-truck crash after 8 of the 23 laps.

The finish, which came in his 8th career series start, was his first on the circuit since the Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic at the Phoenix International Raceway when he fell out with engine problems after completing 23 of the 32 laps, 7 races ago. 

After trailing the field at Phoenix, Johnson finished 8th at Tucson, 26th at Saugus, 8th at Mesa Marin, 17th at Portland, 19th at Evergreen before finishing 6th in the last round at I-70.

On race day, Johnson would roll off starting 20th while starting last was the #23 ASE / American Racing Wheels Ford of Benoit Lothaire-Irvine a position that Irvine would hold for the first six laps until the battle for last quickly ended one lap later. Johnson had fallen back to 25th when he was put into a three wide battle with the #52 AC Delco Chevrolet of Cesar Chavez and the #20 Walker Evans Racing Dodge of Aidan Shepherd, with Shepherd making contact with Chavez, sending him up into Johnson, causing Johnson's truck to roll over two times before landing on all four wheels. Johnson was amazingly able to drive it across the start/finish line and back around to the pits before pulling behind the wall, his night done.

Finishing 35th was the #43 Snapper Power Equipment of Josh Nixey, who lost several laps in the pits due to a mechanical issues that left him at half speed for most of the race, the only other truck to not finish on the lead lap.

The remaining Bottom Five were; 34th was the #29 Winnebago / Mopar Dodge of Dinkdrinker, 33rd was the #8 MJ Soffe Chevrolet of Eli Bright and 32nd was Evergreen last-place finisher the #83 Coffee Critic Chevrolet of Richard Torres.

Johnson would never visit victory lane in the SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series, but he would score 5 career wins in other SCRL Series. Decker's best finish in the truck series would be a 6th at I-70 and in the season finale at Phoenix; he would finish 28th in the overall point standings.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #84 had finished last at Louisville.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #84-Matt Johnson / 8 laps / crash
35) #43-Josh Nixey / 19 laps / running
34) #29-Dinkdrinker / 23 laps / running
33) #8-Eli Bright / 23 laps / running
32) #83-Richard Torres / 23 laps / running

INTERVIEW: SCRL veteran Chris Kyle opens up about his racing experiences

Today I have the honor of sitting down to chat with one of longest friends I've had, the very reason I got into league racing to begin with. He is a former champion in the SCRL Tim Horton's Canadian Series, has collected 10 wins in his SCRL career, and runs his own YouTube league, the ISCR(International Stock Car Racing), he is the one and only NR Leagues, better known as Chris Kyle.

HOW DID YOU GET STARTED IN RACING?
"Hard to remember but my dad told me he was flipping through the channels and then NASCAR pop up."

ON THAT SAME SUBJECT, WHAT GOT YOU STARTED IN MAKING AN OFFLINE LEAGUE?
"I used to watch a channel called 24Camshaft24. He ran a forum based offline league called Sunset Racing. He posted race recaps on his channel. I though it was the coolest thing everyand it look fun to do. So I started my own channel and league and went on from there."

YOU HAD ALREADY BEEN DOING YOUR OWN LEAGUE FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS WHEN YOU WERE INVITED TO COMPETE IN THE THEN ONL'S NASCAR LEGENDS SERIES DEBUT SEASON. AT THIS POINT THE SEASON HAD ALREADY STARTED AND YOU MADE YOUR DEBUT IN THE SEASON'S SEVENTH RACE AT TALLADEGA, YOU WOULD START 18TH AND FINISHED 16TH. HOW DID IT FEEL TO GO FROM RUNNING A LEAGUE TO COMPETING IN ANOTHER BEHIND THE WHEEL?
"Well I've competed in other leagues before so it wasn't new to me. I've believe I joined an offline league before starting my own. Officially at least."

DESPITE MISSING SIX RACES, YOU WOULD FINISH 10TH OVERALL IN THE FINAL POINTS, WITH A BEST FINISH OF 2ND AT BRISTOL. WHAT WERE YOUR GOALS YOU HAD SET FOR YOURSELF IN YOUR FIRST SEASON BEHIND THE WHEEL?
"Well like most things, doing something for the first time you can't really set any high expectations. Just go out there and have fun."

SPEAKING OF BRISTOL, IT WOULD BE IN YOUR 36TH CAREER START IN YOUR SECOND SEASON THAT YOU WOULD SCORE YOUR FIRST CAREER SCRL SANCTIONED WITN AT BRISTOL. HOW DID IT FEEL TO GO SO LONG WITHOUT A WIN, BUT WHEN IT FINALLY DID COME, IT WAS AT THE SAME TRACK ONE YEAR BEFORE YOU FINISHED RUNNERUP AT?
"I wouldn't say long. I say it's just about right. But like always it felt great to win and even better at a legendary track like Bristol."

THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER YOU HAVE TRAILED THE FIELD A TOTAL OF 10 TIMES, RANKING YOU 5TH ON THE ALL TIME LIST. IT'S NOT SOMETHING MOST WOULD BE PROUD ABOUT, BUT SOME DAYS IN RACING YOU FINISH FIRST AND THE NEXT YOU FINISH IN THE TAIL END OF THE FIELD. HOW DOES A RACER BOUNCE BACK SO FAST?
"Well racing, all types of racing, it is impossible to predict how things are going to go in a race. I could finished last 5 times in one season and still win the championship. I could 10 races in one season and lose the championship. But of course there are other reason like the type of track, how good the setup is or even the weather can be a factor."

OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SIX YEARS, YOU HAVE COLLECTED 10 WINS IN THIS LEAGUE, WINNING ON ALL DIFFERENT TRACK TYPES SUCH AS SUPERSPEEDWAYS, SHORT TRACKS AND ROAD COURSES. FOR YOU, WHAT IS THE MOST TOUGHEST AND HOW DID YOU GET TO BE SO SKILLED ON WINNING ON ALL SURFACES WHILE OTHERS STRUGGLED?
"Well toughest no doubt would be road courses. Racing in multiple leagues, series and all sorts of tracks helps out a ton. Most tend just stay in one series one league and one type of car."

SPEAKING OF MOMENTS, OF THOSE 10 RACE WINS, WHAT RACE WIN WOULD YOU SAY WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR YOU?
"Well it would be my first one. Yeah, Trois-Rivieres is in Canada but it's not in Ontario."

YOUR BIGGEST MOMENT IN YOUR CAREER OBVIOUSLY HAPPENED LAST YEAR WHEN YOU JOINED THE EXCLUSIVE CLUB OF WINNING A CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT IT HAPPENED IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY OF CANADA IN THE SCRL TIM HORTON'S CANADIAN SERIES. COULD YOU HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER PLACE TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY, AND HOW BIG WAS IT TO COMPETE FOR FIVE YEARS AND FINALLY GET YOUR FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP?
"Couldn't ask for a better place to win a championship and it was really big to win it all in Canada."

OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS OF COMPETING IN THE SCRL YOU'VE ALSO BEEN RUNNING YOUR OWN LEAGUE, THE ISCR, TO QUITE A SUCCESSFUL LEAGUE. WHAT IS IT DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR OWN LEAGUE THAT SEPARATES YOURS FROM THE OTHERS OUT THERE THAT RUN THEIR OWN?
"I think the one biggest thing that separates my league from the rest is amount of fictional series I used to run. Such as the Superspeedway Division. The most popular. Even though I don't run the division anymore I believe it gave a big boost to the league. Also expanding to rFactor 2 for Formula and Road racing. Haven't seen some one do that."

YOU HAVE BEEN COMPETING ON AND OFF FOR OVER SIX YEARS, IN OVER TWO HUNDRED RACES AND IN NEARLY EVERY SINGLE SERIES, HAVE PICKED UP 10 CAREER WINS AND ARE A FORMER CHAMPION, WHEN WILL IT BE THE TIME FOR YOU TO HANG UP THE HELMET AND GLOVES FOR THE FINAL TIME?
"Hard to say. When it comes to competing I haven't really thought of retirement. So I guess as long you keep hosting, I'll keep racing."

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Throwback BUSCH: Rookie Hank Willis trails the field in LCQ at Langley

Hank Willis picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series career in the Season 1 Hampton Chevy 200 at the Langley Speedway when his #39 unsponsored Chevrolet completed all 10 laps under power.

The finish came in his 10th start. 

Entering Season 1 of the Busch Series, Willis was a rookie who was tabbed to drive in the SCRL's second highest division, with the team looking to make a name for themselves against some of the best the SCRL had to offer. Willis's career started off with a 19th at Daytona, 24th at Richmond, 23rd at Bristol, 38th at Martinsville, 26th at Darlington, before scoring his first career Top 10, a 8th at Hickory. Wills's team would continue to struggle with a 32nd at South Boston and 28th at Caraway before Willis scored his second ever Top 10, a 7th at the second Richmond in the last round, but the driver was still down in points and had to compete in the LCQ(Last Chance Qualifier) at Langley.

On race day, Willis would roll off starting 20th while starting last was Caraway last-place finisher #02 unsponsored Pontiac of Grayson Acevedo. The racing action would be non-stop and run without in cautions as only ten laps would determine who would advance to the main race as by the end of the race Willis would fall back into the final spot and would be scored in last.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 41st was South Boston last-place finisher the #00 Thomas Bros. Country Ham Buick of Dinkdrinker, 40th was the aforementioned #02 of Grayson Acevedo, 39th was the #16 Bobby Cash Auto Parts Pontiac of Riley Spurlytube and 38th was Hickory last-place finisher the #7 unsponsored Pontiac of Truttle.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #39 had finished last in the Busch Series as well as at Langley.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #39-Hank Willis / 10 laps / running
41) #00-Dinkdrinker / 10 laps / running
40) #02-Grayson Acevedo / 10 laps / running
39) #16-Riley Spurlytube / 10 laps / running
38) #7-Truttle / 10 laps / running

Throwback LEGENDS: dragonboy gets fourth last-place finish of the season and second in a row at Darlington

dragonboy picked up the 4th last place finish of his ONL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 1 Darlington 400 at the Darlington Raceway when his #64 Woodfield Ford completed 28 of the 29 laps under power.

The finish came in his 9th career start, was his first on the circuit when he completed all 49 laps of the North Wilkesboro 400 at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, 1 race ago.

Just nine races into the twenty seven race season, dragonboy had picked up three last-place finishes with only a best finish of 7th in the season's second event at Ontario as his only time in the sun before his bad lucked continued at North Wilkesboro one race ago and he was looking at Darlington to change his luck.

On race day, dragonboy would roll off starting in 11th while starting last was Atecom. Racing information was still not saved up to this point in the ONL, but by the time the Checkered Flag flew, dragonboy had lost a lap, and scored his series leading fourth last-place finish in just nine starts.

Finishing 19th was the #11 Don Wagner Ford of Onuki, who had a tangle with the #17 East Tenn. Motor Co. Ford of Packersrock2010, on the last lap and Packers was forced to pull into pit road, failing to complete the final lap, both drivers being scored one lap down.

The Remaining Bottom Five finished on the same lap as the race leaders; 17th was Riverside last-place finisher the #24 Casa Linda / Sahara Motel Ford of Chakat Whitelion and 16th was the #32 Bestline Products Plymouth of Draco Drakul.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #64 had finished last at Darlington.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
20) #64-dragonboy / 28 laps / running
19) #11-Onuki / 28 laps / running
18) #17-Packersrock2010 / 28 laps / crash
17) #24-Chakat Whitelion / 29 laps / running
16) #32-Draco Drakul / 29 laps / running

ARCA: First lap crash takes out championship contender Alex Jones at Kansas

Alex Jones picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series career in the Kansas 150 at the Kansas Speedway when his #7 Advanced Mobile Power Systems Chevrolet was involved in a multi-car crash after 1 of the 27 laps.

The finish came in his 19th start. In the SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series, it's the 1st for car #7 and the 27th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 15th for the #7 and the 277th from a crash. 

Entering Season 3 of the ARCA Series, Jones had never competed in the SCRL and was looking to have a decent season, having signed a one year deal for Bobby Gerhart Racing. In his SCRL debut, Jones started an impressive 7th and would finish 6th in just his first career start at the legendary Daytona International Speedway. A 10th at Atlanta, 29th at Nashville, a 19th at Salem before going on a three race streak, finishing 9th at Talladega and Charlotte before finishing 8th at Gateway. A 29th at Pocono before scoring his first SCRL win at Chicagoland in his 9th career start. A 26th at Lucas Oil, 24th at Kentucky, a 22nd at Iowa, 11th at DuQuoin, a 25th at Michigan, 22nd in the second Pocono, 31st in the second Salem event, 14th at Road America before finishing 19th in the last round at Winchester.

In qualifying, Max Anderson would score his first career General Tire Pole Award with a time of 28.334 seconds(190.584 mph), while Jones would struggle to find any speed, posting a time of 28.430 seconds(189.940mph), 0.096 seconds behind Anderson's time, placing him 32nd. Starting last for the second race in a row was the #69 Messina's / Ingersoll Rand Ford of Ray Dent Jr., 0.154 seconds off Anderson's pole winning time.

With over ninety thousand people in the stands to watch the final race of the season, the green flag waved with nine drivers with a mathematical chance of winning the championship. Dent Jr. would trail for the first four turns when coming off the final turn, chaos would break out. Championship contender Daytona last-place finisher the #22 Ebay Motors / St. Jude Children's Hospital Dodge of Mitchell Collins made contact with two time last-place finisher the #11 Hudson Perf / Drivelines / Warrick Tubing Dodge of Tony Newman, sending both cars into fellow championship contender Lucas Oil last-place finisher the #52 Federated Auto Parts Chevrolet of Blase Zebrataur, causing a multi-car crash, with Jones trying to avoid the wreck, but was hit from behind by the unsponsored #0 Wayne Peterson Racing Ford of Brock Beard, causing for Jones to slide up the track and into the #1 ModSpace Ford of Truttle, giving Jones severe damage to Jones's car. Jones's car would remain on the frontstretch destroyed while Blaise was able to limp back to the garage, being scored having completed two laps, while Jones's car was towed back to the garage, being listed as competing one lap and was listed as out just before the race went back to racing.

The remaining Bottom Five would be filled up ten laps later when the event's second a final caution came out for a multi-car crash in Turn 1 and Turn 2; 38th was the unsponsored #43 David Levine Racing Dodge of Pria McShane, 37th was DuQuoin last-place finisher the unsponsored #99 Roulo Brothers Racing Ford Grace Takayoma and 36th was the #2 Realtor / DK-LOK Ford of Greg Torres.

The Season 3 SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series went to Colin Dryburgh, who would also win the Sioux Chief Short Track Challenge Championship. Dryburgh would go the entire season without any last-place finishes, a worst finish of 39th at Road America, as well as scoring one win, that coming in the second Pocono race. Congratulations to Dryburgh for having a great year.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #7 has finished last in a ARCA Series race as well at Kansas.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #7-Alex Jones / 1 lap / crash
39) #52-Blaise Zebrataur / 2 laps / crash
38) #43-Pria McShane / 12 laps / crash
37) #99-Grace Takayoma / 12 laps / crash
36) #2-Greg Torres / 12 laps / crash

ARCA Trucks: Early crash at Winchester places Mike Pearson last; Chakat Duskwatcher wins SCRLASTCAR Championship

Mike Pearson picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL ARCA Truck Series career in the ARCA TRUCK Racing 50 at the Winchester Speedway when his unsponsored #21 Chevrolet of was involved in a multi-truck crash after 3 of the 30 laps.

The finish came in his 24th career series start. In the SCRL ARCA Truck Series, it's the 1st for truck #21 and the 6th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 24th for the #21 and the 258th from a crash. 

Pearson had previous been one of the few drivers to compete in the ARCA Truck Series before, having ran all twelve races in season one and had scored a best finish of 3rd in the season finale at Airborne and would finish 7th in the overall all point standings and was one of only three drivers who decided to come back and compete after competing in season one. Pearson finished 8th at Toledo, at Kil-Kare he would finish 18th, 6th at Nashville, 18th at Lanier, 24th at Flat Rock, 22nd at Salem, before leading 11 of the 30 laps and finished runner up to Jordan McKee at Oxford Plains. A 22nd in the return trip to Toledo would be followed with a 13th at Eldora, 16th at Mesa Marin and a 8th in the last round at Lake Erie.

In qualifying, Brandon Parker would win his first career pole, posting a time of 19.822 seconds(90.808 mph). Pearson would be quite impressive on his qualifying lap, posting a 20.156, 0.0334 seconds behind Parker, which would place him 8th on the starting grid. Staring last on race night would be championship points leader the #91 DeSales U Chevrolet of Chakat Whitelion, 0.763 seconds off Parker's pole winning time.

When the race started, Whitelion entered the race with a 16 point lead, needing to finish only seven spots within Jordan McKee to score hir league leading 7th championship, and would trail for the first two laps around the half mile track, when chaos would break out. Entering Turn 1, Lake Erie last-place finisher the #05 Little Mountain Insurance Ford of Hunter Blade was racing with the unsponsored #30 Ford of Alexander Jones when the two trucks made contact and drove nearly head on into the Turn 1 wall. Blade would go for a spin right in front of traffic as Pearson had nowhere to go and slammed into Blade's truck, causing Pearson to spin out himself in Turn 2. Pearson would limp it back around before pulling behind the wall, the damage too much for his truck, and the truck was listed as "out" on Lap 5. As soon as his truck was retired from the race, it officially gave Chakat Duskwatcher the SCRL ARCA Truck Series S2 SCRLASTCAR Driver's Championship.

It would take another 19 laps before the next spot would be decided as the unsponsored #9 Chevrolet of Zachary Fitzwater Jr. would be involved in the night's second caution of the night, slamming into the back of another truck, and would be listed as "out" on the 25th circuit. Blade would also be involved in the second caution of the night, but was able to make minor repairs to the truck, losing a lap in the process, but would be running at the finish and would be scored 24th.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders: 23rd was the unsponsored #88 Chevrolet of Ty Dent and 22nd was the aforementioned #91 of Chakat Whitelion.

The Season 2 SCRL ARCA Truck Series Championship went to Chakat Whitelion, hir 7th SCRL Championship, as shi had one win on the season, at Lanier, and no last-place finishes in hir championship season. Congratulations to Whitelion for having a great year and setting another SCRL record.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #21 has finished last in the SCRL ARCA Truck Series as well at Winchester.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
26) #21-Mike Pearson / 3 laps / crash
25) #9-Zachary Fitzwater Jr. / 22 lap / crash
24) #05-Hunter Blade / 29 laps / running
23) #88-Ty Dent / 30 laps / running
22) #91-Chakat Whitelion / 30 laps / running

ARCA Sportsman: Late spin at North Wilkesboro gives Chakat Raindancer hir first last-place finish in hir first career start; Olsen wins SCRLASTCAR Championship

Chakat Raindancer picked up the 1st last place finish of hir SCRL ARCA Sportsman Series career in the Holly Farms 200 at the North Wilkesboro Speedway when hir #90 Champion Spark Plugs / Timber Wolf Toyota completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish came in hir 1st start. In the SCRL ARCA Sportsman Series, it's the 1st for car #90 and the 12th where the car was still running. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 1st for the #90 and the 276th where the vehicle was still running. 

Raindancer is the latest chakat to compete in the SCRL, along with hir sister, Chakat Snowchaser, both drivers competed in the ISCR's JEGS Late Model Series, where Raindancer dominated to win 5 races while Snowchaser won twice, but both had ever competed in a SCRL race. Entering the season finale, Celious Wolf's team entered two extra rides to help Wolf gain his first ever championship, the first time it had ever been done in league history.

In qualifying, Snowchaser would win the pole in hir first attempt, posting a time of 20.087 seconds(112.013 mph) joining a very small list of drivers winning the pole in their first start. Hir sister Raindancer however would struggle around the 0.625 mile short track, posting a time of 20.311, 0.224 seconds behind Snowchaser, which would place hir 19th on the starting grid. Staring last on race day would be the #51 Tire Kingdom / Cometic Ford of AJ Jones, 0.416 seconds behind Snowchaser's pole winning time.

Jones would remain in last for only the first turn before he knocked the #66 Lincoln Welders / Bojangles' Dodge of Daryl Lee into last, before the very next lap Lee would knock the #97 John Deere Ford of Joshua Rush into last on Lap 2. Rush would trail for two laps before knocking Toledo last-place finisher the #72 Top Choice Lumber Products Chevrolet of Ryan Benjamin into last on Lap 4. Benjamin would struggle to keep pace with the drivers in front of him as laps ticked off the season ending race, until with four laps to go, Benjamin finally made his move, knocking the #38 Jani-King Ford of Josephi Krakowski into last on Lap 17. As the field made their way down the backstretch, Raindancer had moved up to 16th spot and was entering Turn 3 when Rockingham last-place finisher the #11 Melling / Menards Chevrolet of Ray Dent went into the corner too hot and ran into Raindancer, sending both cars up the track and smacking the wall, with Raindancer's car turning at such an angle that the caution had to be thrown. The race was never able to finish under green, with Raindancer trailing the field for the final two laps of the race.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 30th was the aforementioned #72 of Ryan Benjamin, 29th was the #38 of Josephi Krakowski, 28th was the #26 Jackaroo / Shell Chevrolet of Mark Austin and 27th was championship contender the #21 of Top Choice Lumper Products / Jackaroo Toyota of Karl-Jong Bensson.

By virtue of Raindancer finishing last, Olsen has won the SCRLASTCAR Championship for Season 1 of the SCRL ARCA Sportsman Series on the strength of having two last-place finishes, at Heartland Park and Iowa. This is the first SCRLASTCAR Championship for Olsen.

Season 1 SCRL ARCA Sportsman Champion
Celious Wolf

The Season 1 SCRL ARCA Sportsman Championship went to Celious Wolf, who had a career season, visiting victory lane 2 times in route to win the championship. Wolf would not trail a single race in his championship season, scoring a worst finish of 23rd at Springfield. Congratulations to Wolf for having a great year.







SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #90 has finished last in the SCRL ARCA Sportsman Series as well at North Wilkesboro.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
31) #90-Chakat Raindancer / 20 laps / running
30) #72-Ryan Benjamin / 20 laps / running
29) #38-Josephi Krakowski / 20 laps / running
28) #26-Mark Austin / 20 laps / running
27) #21-Karl-Jong Bensson / 20 laps / running

ARCA Late Model: Engine failure prevents Carter Joey from competing a lap at Lucas Oil; Carter Friesen wins SCRLASTCAR Championship

Cater Joey picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL ARCA Late Model Series career in the Meijer 200 Presented by SK Hand Tool at the Lucas Oil Raceway when his #15 Chebucto / Fraserway Ford fell out with engine problems without completing any of the 20 laps.

The finish, which came in his 13th career series start, was his first on the circuit since the Louisville 200 at the Louisville Motor Speedway when he completed all 23 laps under power, 5 races ago. In the SCRL ARCA Late Model Series, it's the 2nd for car #15 and the 1st for engine issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 10th for the #15 and the 52nd for engine issues. 

After having trailed for the first time earlier in the year at Louisville, Joey would rebound with a finish of 3rd at South Boston, 4th at Winchester, 12th at Madison, before finishing 18th in the last round at Mesa Marin, and entered the final race without having scored a single career win in the series to that point.

In qualifying, Georgio Tsutomu would score his second career series pole of the year with a time of 25.570 seconds(96.582 mph), while Joey would struggle around the 0.686 mile short track, posting a time of 26.361, 0.791 seconds behind Tsutomu, which would place him 19th on the starting grid. Starting last on race night was Toledo last-place finisher the #09 Mechanical Services Inc. Pontiac of Jeff Cornils, who posted a time of 30.830 seconds, a full five seconds slower and 16 mph slower after having smacked the backstretch wall on his qualifying lap.

On race night as the field rolled off pit road to begin it's lone pace lap, Joey's car almost instantly started to smoke, as he pulled down to the inside of the track and limped back around as he followed the pace car down pit road, but at the same time he did, the #9 Champion Direct Chevrolet of Tracey Dent also pulled down pit road, reporting of a flat tire. As Joey pulled behind the wall and Tracey made it to her pit stall, the green flag waved for the other 18 drivers. Joey would climb from his car, his season ending in disappointment, his car listed as "out" on the third circuit. Tracey's team was able to put four fresh tires on their car before sending her back out, but having lost a lap. Tracey was hoping that a caution would come out so she could attempt to get her lap back, but it never came and she would be trapped one lap down the entire race, finishing 19th.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 18th was the #29 Bailey's Chevrolet of Richard Torres, 17th was the #24 Lux Enterprises / Pullen Heavy In Chevrolet of Matt McIntyre and 16th was the #48 Spray Paint and Equipment Chevrolet of Shannon Lowe.

In the battle for the SCRLASTCAR Championship, while finishing last for Carter Joey did tie him with Carter Frisen for most last-place finishes and Bottom Five's, Frisen won the tie-breaker by having 10 Bottom Ten finishes compared to Joey's 7, giving Friesen's first ever SCRLASTCAR Championship.

The Season 1 SCRL SCRL ARCA Late Model Series Championship went to Danyal Gitirokh, who had a career season, having entered the season with only one career win, would visit victory lane 4 times in route to win the championship. Gitirokh would not trail a single race in his championship season, scoring a worst finish of 19th at Elko. Congratulations to Gitirokh for having a great year.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #15 has finished last in the SCRL ARCA Late Model Series at Lucas Oil.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
20) #15-Carter Joey / 0 laps / engine
19) #9-Tracey Dent / 19 laps / running
18) #29-Richard Torres / 20 laps / running
17) #24-Matt McIntyre / 20 laps / running
16) #48-Shannon Lowe / 20 laps / running