The finish, came in his 11th career series start. In his series debut for the league, Draco finished 18th at Riverside before scoring a 4th place finish in the very next round at Ontario, and other then a finish of 8th at North Carolina, Draco struggled to finish even inside the Top ten, finishing 15th at Charlotte in the last round as the series traveled to Virginia for the first ever event at the legendary half-mile.
On race day, Drakul would roll off the grid starting last and due to the early results of this league being lost in time, not much in known about the race other then who won, and by the time the Checkered Flag had flown, Draco had lost a lap and the first last-place finish of his career was his.
Finishing 19th was four time last-place finisher the #64 Woodfield Ford of dragonboy, who was the only other driver to lose a lap during the event.
The remaining Bottom Five finished on the same lap as the race leaders: 18th was the #40 7-Up Plymouth of Dinkdrinker, 17th was the unsponsored #27 Ford of Clone and finishing 16th was the #11 Don Wagner Ford of Onuki.
Draco's 4th at Ontario would be the best finish the driver would have in his NASCAR Legends career, but he would find success in a short amount of time picking up three career wins, scoring one in the now discontinued ONL Classic Truck Series, and back-to-back victories at Talladega and Michigan in Season 3 of the SCRL IROC Series, a season in which he walked away as the Series Champion. Draco is known to pop up from time to time to compete against the rising rookies of the future in the SCRL, and has shown he still has the talent he had when he won the SCRL IROC Championship.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #32 had finished last in a Legends race as well as at Martinsville.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
20) #32-Draco Drakul / 49 laps / running
19) #64-dragonboy / 49 laps / running
18) #40-Dinkdrinker / 50 laps / running
17) #27-Clone / 50 laps / running
16) #11-Onuki / 50 laps / running
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