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
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
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