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
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