TRUCKS: Bob Jenkins's day ends before it has a chance to start

Bob Jenkins picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Monday's Tempus Resorts 300K at the Pikes Peak International Raceway when his #77 Doran Racing Enterprises Chevrolet fell out with engine issues without completing any of the 22 laps.

The finish occurred in his 13th career series start. In the Truck Series, it's the 4th for the #77 and the 12th for engine issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 12th for the #77 and 55th for engine issues.

Jenkins was one of ten drivers who would be making not only their truck series debuts in Season 4, but Jenkins was also making his first ever SCRL sanctioned start, with Jenkins signing on to drive for the same team that won the overall championship in Season 2 with Jonathan Raines; Doran Racing. Jenkins would impress in his first career start by finishing 11th in the season's first event at Walt Disney World followed by a 9th place at Homestead. In just his third career start, Jenkins would once again impress by qualifying 3rd and would 13 of the event's first 16 laps before he blew up while leading, finishing a disappointing 35th. A 7th at Portland, 22nd at Evergreen, a career best 3rd at I-70, a 4th at Watkins Glen, 24th at Texas, 27th at Bristol, 7th at Milwaukee Mile, 22nd at Nazareth before finishing 20th in the last round at Fontana.

The entry list for the ninth time this season would be 37 trucks. Darren Allen would collect his second career pole of his career in qualifying, posting a time of 26.741 seconds, while Jenkins would struggle, posting a time of 26.911, while only 0.170 seconds behind Allen's pole winning time, it placed him all the way back in the 20th position. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was the #15 Acxiom Ford of Colby Harris, who posted a time of 27.099, a time that was 0.358 seconds behind Allen's pole time. However during qualifying, the #7 Tempus Resorts Chevrolet of Chakat Lightingblaze, who had posted a time of 26.959 which would have placed hir 30th, spun out on hir cool down lap and crashed hard into the Turn 1 wall, forcing hir team to switch to the backup truck.

On race day, as the field began their lone pace lap, Jenkins's truck began to instantly smoke as the driver pulled over to the left out of the way of the drivers behind him and into his pit box as the team looked under the hood while the other trucks went racing. The team would discover that the cause of the smoke was terminal engine damage, and so the truck was pushed behind the wall and after a brief recheck, the team decided it wasn't worth the risk sending their driver back out, so the truck was listed as "out" by the race's third lap.

Finishing 36th was Portland last-place finisher the #35 Ortho Lawn & Garden Products Chevrolet of Chakat Flaremane who, while shi missed the first crash on Lap 3, suffered a broken header just one lap later, and after a brief trip behind the wall and to the garage, the team was forced to retire from the race, the truck being listed as "out" on the 6th lap.

The remaining Bottom Five would be filled up by the end of the next caution that came out on Lap 8: 35th was the #4 All American Museum Dodge of Daniel Bouchard who was a lap down at the time of the crash, 34th was the #26 Auto Trim Design Network Ford of Derrick Edison and 33rd was the #87 BellSouth Mobility Chevrolet of Ben Crouch.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #77 has finished last in the Truck Series at Pikes Peak.
*The last time the #77 has trailed in a Truck Series race was the Season 3 NAPA 200 at the Tucson Raceway Park when Diego Yepez's #77 Cristel / Mobil 1 / Copec Chevrolet fell out with engine problems after 8 of 25 laps; 37 races ago.
*This is the first time a driver has trailed due to Engine issues since The No Fear Challenge at the California Speedway when Monika Flores's #2 Team ASE Racing Ford fell out with engine issues without completing any of the 20 laps; 1 race ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #77-Bob Jenkins / 0 laps / engine
36) #35-Chakat Flaremane / 4 laps / header
35) #4-Daniel Bouchard / 6 laps / crash
34) #26-Derrick Edison / 8 laps / crash
33) #87-Ben Crouch / 8 laps / crash

TRUCKS: Engine failure at Fontana gives Monika Flores her first career last-place finish

Monika Flores picked up the 1st last place finish of her SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Saturday's The No Fear Challenge at the California Speedway when her #2 Team ASE Racing Ford fell out with engine issues without completing any of the 20 laps.

The finish occurred in her 12th career series start. In the Truck Series, it's the 3rd for the #2 and the 11th for engine issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 14th for the #2 and 54th for engine issues.

Monika is one of the SCRL's newest fastest rising stars as she had never made a single SCRL start until the 5th annual Shaker Memorial, a race that surprisingly she would win, even though it was a non points win, Flores had impressed enough in the garage that she was offered, and agreed, to sign a one year deal for Jim Smith to drive his primary for Ultra Motorsports. Flores started off her career by finishing a decent 21st at Walt Disney World before scoring an impressive 2nd place finish in just her second career start at Homestead. A disappointing 21st place at Phoenix would once again be followed by her second runner up finish in just her fourth career start at Portland. A 12th at Evergreen, 9th at I-70, 10th at the twisting road course at Watkins Glen would be followed with a disappointing 33rd at Texas, 24th at Bristol, 25th at Milwaukee before rebounding by finishing 6th in the last round at Nazareth.

The entry list for the eighth time this season would be 37 trucks. Celious Wolf would collect his second career pole of his career in qualifying, posting a time of 39.441 seconds, while Flores would struggle, posting a time of 39.665, while only 0.224 seconds behind Wolf's pole winning time, it placed her all the way back in the 33rd position. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was I-70 last-place finisher the #43 Cummins Engines Dodge of Marcus Saatchi, who posted a time of 39.739, a time that was 0.298 seconds behind Wolf's pole time..

On race day, as the field began their lone pace lap, Monika's truck began to smoke as she quickly moved to the inside of the track to allow the others around her a chance to pass by. Flores reported to her team that the engine had shut off and she had no power, as she coasted on the apron as the field got ready to go racing. Flores would follow the pace truck down pit road as the field took the green, as Flores would pull into the garage. The team would look over the truck for the next few laps to see if they could diagnosed the problem of the truck, before finally giving up, with the truck being listed as "out" on the 5th lap, with Flores never crossing the start/finish line and being listed as engine failure on the final results.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders: 36th was the #22 Red Dog Ford of Riley Spurlytube, 35th was the #19 Pennzoil Ford of Chakat Raindancer, 34th was the #70 Easy Care / Town & Country Ford of Brock Beard and 33rd was the #44 Federated Auto Parts / 1-800-Collect Ford of Chase Harris.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #2 has finished last in the Truck Series at Fontana.
*This is the first time a driver has trailed due to Engine issues since the Loadhandler 200 at the Bristol Motor Speedway when Samet Ozkan's #3 GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet fell out with engine issues without completing any of the 52 laps; 3 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #2-Monika Flores / 0 laps / engine
36) #22-Riley Spurlytube / 20 laps / running
35) #19-Chakat Raindancer / 20 laps / running
34) #70-Brock Beard / 20 laps / running
33) #44-Chase Harris / 20 laps / running

TRUCKS: Early pileup at Nazareth gives Joshua Rush his second last-place finish in a row

Joshua Rush picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Friday's NAPA Autocare 200 at the Nazareth Speedway when his #75 Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet was eliminated in a multi-truck accident after 4 of 20 laps.

The finish, which occurred in his 28th career series start, was his first on the circuit since the DieHard 200 at the Milwaukee Mile when he fell out with camshaft problems after completing 4 of the 20 laps, 1 race ago. In the Truck Series, it's the 2nd for the #75 and the 32nd from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 7th for the #75 and 265th from a crash.

After finishing last for the first time in his Truck Series career, Joshua and his Spears Motorsports team traveled from Wisconsin and down to Pennsylvania as the series returned to the Nazareth Speedway for the third time in series, a track that one year prior, Rush would finish 18th place and was looking to improve on that finish.

The entry list for the seventh time this season would be 37 trucks. Chakat Whitelion would collect the first career pole of hir career, posting a time of 30.694 seconds, while Rush would disappoint in qualifying, only 0.582 seconds behind Whitelion's pole winning time. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was the #52 Purolator PureOne Filters Chevrolet of Blaise Zebrataur, who posted a time that was 0.703 seconds behind Whitelion's pole winning time.

On race day, Blaise would trail for the first three turns before he knocked the #22 Red Dog Ford of Riley Spurlytube into the final spot and would trail for the first two laps around the one mile track, before Spurlytube would knock the #15 Acxiom Ford of Colby Harris into the final spot on Lap 3. As the field entered Turn 3, the #10 A & G Coal Chevrolet of Celious Wolf was racing with the #4 All American Museum Dodge of Daniel Bouchard and Phoenix last-place finisher the #18 Dana Corporation Dodge of Carter Joey as the three trucks raced three wide before they made contact and sent Wolf head on into the outside wall, bringing out the race's first caution of the day.

As the field took the caution flag, the unsponsored #60 Addington Racing Chevrolet of Christian Russell made contact with the I-70 last-place finisher the #43 Cummins Engines Dodge of Marcus Saatchi which sent Saatchi into Watkins Glen last-place finisher the #88 PBA Tour Chevrolet of Carlos Rodriguez, which caused Saatchi and Rodriguez to spin out in Turn 1 which would cause a big pileup in Turn 1. As the field tried to brake and avoid the wreck, Rush ran into the back of the #2 Team ASE Racing Ford of Michael Brown, which severely damaged the front end of Rush's truck, and destroyed the radiator of Rush's truck. Rush would circle around the track one more lap before he would pull behind the wall, done for the day.

The Bottom Five would be filled up in a battle of second before the race's third caution as the #24 Team Hendrick Chevrolet of Nathan Ormond, who suffered a broken piston while leading on Lap 15, just before the race went back to racing. Ormond was unable to make it back to pit road and stalled on the Frontstretch, just after the start/finish line, bringing out the race's third caution and extended the race by way of the Green, White, Checkered rule. Just seconds later, the #8 PBA Tour Chevrolet of Jay Jefferson, would suffer engine failure entering Turn 2 and would cost back to the pits, being scored in 35th. As the field entered Turn 3, the #16 NAPA Brakes Chevrolet of Chris Kyle was racing for 2nd place when he was spun out by the #1 Team ASE Racing Ford of Monika Flores, sending Kyle for a spin into the outside wall. As the field raced past, the #4 of Daniel Bouchard was stuck on the high side and hit Kyle's truck, destroying the right front and ending both drivers day, but they were scored having competed 17 laps.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #75 has finished last in the Truck Series at Nazareth.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #75-Joshua Rush / 5 laps / crash
36) #24-Nathan Ormond / 15 laps / piston led 4 laps
35) #8-Jay Jefferson / 16 laps / engine
34) #4-Daniel Bouchard / 17 laps / crash
33) #16-Chris Kyle / 17 laps / crash

TRUCKS: Broken Camshaft early at Milwaukee gives Joshua Rush the second last-place finish of his SCRL career

Joshua Rush picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Thursday's DieHard 200 at the Milwaukee Mile when his #75 Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet fell out with camshaft problems after completing 4 of the 20 laps.

The finish occurred in his 27th career series start. In the Truck Series, it's the 1st for the #75 and the 9th for engine issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 6th for the #75 and 35th for camshaft issues.

Entering his first full time season in the truck series, Joshua has already found success in the series, having competed in 18 of the 26 events the season before on a part-time ride, a season that gave Joshua his first truck series win when he took the checkered flag by winning at Sears Point, while collectively Rush has scored five career wins in his career. Rush would come back and sign a one year contract with Spears Motorsports to try and win his first ever SCRL Championship but his season would start off with a rocky start by finishing 26th at Walt Disney before finishing 17th at Homestead, 33rd at Phoenix, 19th at Portland, 26th at Evergreen before Rush would score the first Top 10 of the season, a 6th place at I-70. A 33rd at Watkins Glen, 25th at Texas before being crashed out while racing for third before finishing 36th at Bristol.

The entry list for the sixth time this season would be 37 trucks. Dilan Ebrahimian, driving for Chesrown Racing, would collect the first career pole of his career, posting a time of 31.158 seconds, while Rush would impress in qualifying, only 0.230 seconds behind Ebrahimian's pole winning time. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was the #20 Orleans Hotel & Casino Chevrolet of Chakat Stripepaws, who a time that was nearly a full second behind Ebrahimian's pole winning time.

On race day, Stripepaws would remain in last for only the first two turns before knocking Texas last-place finisher the #90 NHL Dodge of Muhammad Zain Abdullah, who would trail for the first lap around the one mile track. Abdullah would then knock the #44 Federated Auto Parts Ford of Chase Harris into last on the very next lap. As the field entered Turn 1, the #99 Exide Batteries Ford of Darren Allen was racing three wide with the #2 Team ASE Racing Ford of Monika Flores and the #70 Easy Care / Town & Country Ford of Brock Beard, with all three trucks sliding up the track and hitting the Turn 4 wall, with Allen hitting it nearly head on. Allen would trail the next two laps as his crew worked on Allen's truck, losing a lap in the process. 

During this time as the field ran behind the pace truck, Rush, who had fallen back to the 7th spot, began to slow down the backstretch with his truck smoking heavily. Rush would make his way to pit road and then pulled behind the wall just a lap before the field went back to racing. Allen would pull back out onto the track and would knock Rush back to last on the 6th lap, but it wasn't until Lap 8 that the truck was officially listed as out of the race, while Allen would never get his lap back and would finish 36th.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders: 35th was the aforementioned #70 of Brock Beard, 34th was the #26 Auto Trim Design Network Ford of Derrick Edison and 33rd was the aforementioned #20 of Chakat Stripepaws.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #75 has finished last in the Truck Series as well at Milwaukee.
*The last time a driver has trailed the field due to camshaft issues was the Season 3 GM Goodwrench / Delco 300 at the Phoenix International Raceway when Simon Fox's #13 Key Federal Savings VISA Chevrolet fell out after completing 7 of the 32 laps; 11 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #75-Joshua Rush / 4 laps / camshaft
36) #99-Darren Allen / 19 laps / running
35) #70-Brock Beard / 20 laps / running
34) #26-Derrick Edison / 20 laps / running
33) #20-Chakat Stripepaws / 20 laps / running

TRUCKS: Blown engine prevents Samet Ozkan from completing a lap at Bristol; takes lead in SCRLASTCAR battle

Samet Ozkan picked up the 3rd last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Wednesday's Loadhandler 200 at the Bristol Motor Speedway when his #3 GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet fell out with engine issues without completing any of the 52 laps.

The finish, which occurred in his 35th career series start, was his first on the circuit since the Chevy Trucks Challenge at the Walt Disney World Speedway when he was eliminated in a multi-truck accident after 6 of 22 laps, 8 races ago. In the Truck Series, it's the 3rd for the #3 and the 10th for engine issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 20th for the #3 and 53rd for gearbox issues.

After crashing out at Walt Disney, Ozkan would finish a disappointing 32nd at Homestead, before scoring the best finish of his season by finishing 13th at Phoenix. Ozkan's Richard Childress Racing team would try to build momentum the next race but would struggle on the truck season's "West Swing" by finishing 22nd at Portland before scoring back-to-back 21st finishes at at Evergreen and I-70 before finishing a disappointing 26th at Watkins Glen. With a best finish of only 13th at Phoenix, the series returned to the Texas Motor Speedway, a race Ozkan would lead 13 of the 36 laps and scored his first win in the truck series

The entry list for the fifth time this season would be 37 trucks. Chris Kyle, driving for Dale Earnhardt, Inc. would collect the first career pole of his career, posting a time of 17.210 seconds, while Ozkan would struggle in qualifying, posting a time of 17.498, only 0.288 seconds behind Kyle's pole winning time, but placing him in the 23rd lineup. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was the #26 Auto Trim Design Network Ford of Derrick Edison, who posted a time of 17.742 seconds, 0.532 seconds behind Kyle's pole winning time.

On race day as the field was starting their pace lap, Ozkan's truck began to start smoking immediately as Okzkan would slow up and made contact with Evergreen last-place finisher the #14 Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford of Mitchell Collins before pulling down the backstretch pit road, before Ozkan would pull behind the wall as the field took the green flag to begin the race. Ozkan's team looked over the truck and discovered that in fact the engine was blown, with the team giving up the fight, with the truck being listed as "out" by lap 5.

It would be another 17 laps before the 36th spot would be filled, as the #75 Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet of Joshua Rush, who was racing in 3rd when he made contact with I-70 last-place finisher the #43 Cummins Engines Dodge of Marcus Saatchi, sending both trucks into the wall in Turn 4, as Saatchi would continue on with several right side damage but was able to continue on to a 7th place finish. Rush on the other hand, his truck was completely destroyed, having to limp around the track before pulling behind the wall, done for the day.

The remaining Bottom Five would be knocked out of the race with less then two laps to go when the race's 2nd and 3rd cautions came out: 35th was the #6 RE/MAX International Chevrolet of Dilan Ebrahimian, 34th was Homestead last-place finisher the #25 Team Hendrick Chevrolet of Nathan Ormond and 33rd was the #98 Hastings Premium Filters Ford of Al Lagasee.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #3 has finished last in the Truck Series at Bristol.
*The last time a driver has trailed the field due to engine issues was the Season 3 Carquest Auto Parts 420K at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway when Ozkan once again fell out with engine problems without completing any of the 27 laps; 9 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #3-Samet Ozkan / 0 laps / engine
36) #75-Joshua Rush / 17 laps / crash
35) #6-Dilan Ebrahimian / 41 laps / crash
34) #24-Nathan Ormond / 45 laps / crash
33) #98-Al Lagasee / 46 laps / crash

TRUCKS: Muhammad Zain Abdullah's broken Gearbox prevents him from completing a lap at Texas; gives him the 5th last-place finish of his career

Muhammad Zain Abdullah picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Tuesday's Pronto Auto Parts 400K at the Texas Motor Speedway when his #90 NHL Dodge fell out with gearbox issues without completing any of the 36 laps.

The finish, occurred in his 34th career series start. In the Truck Series, it's the 1st for the #90 and the 2nd for gearbox issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 2nd for the #90 and 13th for gearbox issues.

Abdullah has been competing in the SCRL for several years now, and was struggling to make a name for himself in the SCRL until he signed up to drive in the first ever season of the SCRL Formula 2 Series, a season in which he scored 4 wins on the season and won his first ever SCRL Championship. This time however for Abdullah, he would sign on to compete on a part-time schedule, driving for team owner Ron Norick and their team L&R Racing. Abdullah's return for his second season in the truck series would begin in the season's second event at Homestead, where he would finish 4th, 36th at Phoenix before taking the next three races off before returning in the last round in the season's first road course event of the season at Watkins Glen, a race Abdullah would finish a disappointing 31st.

The entry list for the fourth time this season would be 37 trucks. For the second race in a row, there was a surprise pole winner, with Chakat Stripepaws collecting the first career pole of hir career, posting a time of 29.661 seconds, while Abdullah would post a time of 29.923, only 0.262 seconds behind Stripepaws pole winning time. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was the #1 Team ASE Racing Ford of Michael Brown, who posted a time of 30.069 seconds, 0.408 seconds behind Stripepaws's pole winning time.

Flaremane stalls in Turn 1.

On race day as the field was starting their pace lap, Portland last-place finisher the #35 Ortho Lawn & Garden Products Chevrolet of Chakat Flaremane, would slow going into Turn 1 before stalling in Turn 1 after being spun out by Brown. No caution would come out as Flaremane would be towed to pit road, reporting of a flat left front tire. 

As the field entered Turn 3, Abdullah pulled down onto the apron with a smoking truck, with him reporting some wrong in the engine. Abdullah would pull behind the wall as the field took the green flag, Abdullah's team looked over the truck and found that the gearbox was broken. With being a mid-field of the pack team going only for wins, the team decided it was best to call it a night, with Abdullah being listed as "out" by the 3rd lap.

Flaremane however would get back out on track around the same time and would start beside the leaders when the race went back racing, but would be caught up in the race's second caution of the night, hitting the inside concrete wall and destroying hir truck and ending hir day after six laps.

Finishing 35th would be Evergreen last-place finisher the #14 Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford of Mitchell Collins, who would retire from the race eight laps later when he suffered a broken Piston, pulling behind the wall just before the race went back under green after the race's third caution.

It would take a whole seven other laps before the next spot would be filled, as finishing 35th was the #1 Team ASE Racing Ford of Michael Brown, who would suffer a broken header just before the race would be extended by way of the Green, White, Checkered rule.

The remaining Bottom Five would be filled up just three laps later when another caution flew that would fill up the final two spots: 34th was the #44 Federated Auto Parts Ford of Chase Harris and 33rd was the #1 Team ASE Racing Ford of Monika Flores.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #90 has finished last in the Truck Series as well at Texas.
*This marked only the second time in the four year truck history that a driver has trailed due to gearbox issues; the only other time it happened was in Season 3 in the Federated Auto Parts 250 at the Nashville Speedway when his #17 Sears DieHard Chevrolet fell out with gearbox problems after completing 17 of the 20 laps; 16 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #90-Muhammad Zain Abdullah / 0 laps / gearbox
36) #35-Chakat Flaremane / 6 laps / crash
35) #14-Mitchell Collins / 14 laps / piston
34) #44-Chase Harris / 17 laps / crash
33) #2-Monika Flores / 17 laps / crash

TRUCKS: Carlos Rodriguez edges out Derrick Edison after first lap crash at Watkins Glen for the first last-place finish of his career

Carlos Rodriguez picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Monday's Parts America 150 at Watkins Glen International when his #88 Pick-Ups Plus / PBA Tour Chevrolet was eliminated in a multi-truck accident after 1 of 13 laps.

The finish occurred in his 7th career series start. In the Truck Series, it's the 2nd for truck #88 and the 31st from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 15th for the #88 and 264th where the vehicle was eliminated from a crash.

Rodriguez is still a rookie when it comes to completing in the SCRL and was looking to make a decent name for himself in his first ever truck season, having signed to drive for ThorSport Racing in it's main truck, while having three time series winner Jay Jefferson as his teammate, however despite having the truck's main entry, Carlos would be competing on a part time schedule while Jay would drive full season for the championship. With the team deciding to skip the season's first event at Walt Disney, Carlos would make his debut at Homestead finishing 20th in his first career start. In his second career start, Carlos would finish 32nd at Phoenix as the team decided to skip the next three races so they could focus on their next event at the series third race at the twisting road course at Watkins Glen.

The entry list for the third time this season would be bumped up to 37 trucks with Carlos returning as well as Darren Allen, Ryan Pritchard, Chakat Stripepaws, Muhammad Zain Abdullah and Chakat Raindancer. Darren Allen would surprise the world when he would go on to win the first career pole in his #99 Exide Batteries Ford 88.851 seconds, while Carlos would struggle in his first road course attempt, posting a time of 90.528 seconds a full second and a half behind Allen's time, placing him 36th on the grid. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was the #87 BellSouth Mobility Chevrolet of Ben Crouch, who posted a time of 90.890 seconds, a full two seconds behind Allen's pole winning time.

On race day, Crouch would trail for only the first turn before chaos would break out on the straight before the esses as the #16 NAPA Brakes Chevrolet of Chris Kyle made contact with the #26 Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool Ford of Derrick Edison, sending Edison into the #00 Sprayer Auto Parts Chevrolet of Nick Kennedy, sending Edison into the outside guard rail, sending Edison for a spin. While a few drivers would just barely miss Edison's spinning truck but by the time Carlos had reached the same spot, the gap was closed, hitting Edison almost head on, destroying both trucks. Carlos and Edison would both limp back around the two mile road course before pulling behind the wall, both being listed as "out" of the race by the race's third circuit, with Carlos being scored last since he was trailing at the time the wreck happened.

It would take a whole seven other laps before the next spot would be filled, as finishing 35th was the #1 Team ASE Racing Ford of Michael Brown, who would suffer a broken header just before the race would be extended by way of the Green, White, Checkered rule.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders; 34th was the #98 Hastings Premium Filters Ford of Al Lagasee and finishing 33rd was the #75 Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet of Joshua Rush.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #88 has finished last in the Truck Series at Watkins Glen.
*This marked only the second time in the four year truck history the number has finished last; the only other time it happened was in Season 3 in the Western Auto / Parts America 200 at the I-70 Speedway when Carter Friesen fell out with engine problems without completing any of the 20 laps; 26 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #88-Carlos Rodriguez / 1 lap / crash
36) #26-Derrick Edison / 1 lap / crash
35) #1-Michael Brown / 8 laps / header
34) #98-Al Lagasee / 13 laps / running
33) #75-Joshua Rush / 13 laps / running

Throwback BUSCH: Broken Camshaft prevents AJ Jones from completing a lap at Hickory; becomes the first driver in series history to not complete a lap

AJ Jones picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series career in the Season 1 Sunkist 200 at the Hickory Speedway when his #4 Connie Mining Tire Pontiac fell out with camshaft problems without completing any of the 10 laps.

The finish came in his 12th start. 

Entering Season 1 of the Busch Series, Jones was looking to make a name for himself in the SCRL's second biggest series. Jones's busch career started off with a 27th at Daytona, a 15th at the first Richmond event, 19th at Bristol, 36th at Martinsville, 33rd at Darlington, 35th at Hickory, 12th at South Boston, 39th at Caraway, 41st at the second Richmond event, 28th at Langley before scoring a series best 3rd at Dover in the last round.

On race day, Jones would roll off starting 5th while starting last was Daytona last-place finisher the #6 Mason Day Paving/Old Milwaukee Pontiac of Colin Dryburgh but just seconds after the field rolled off pit road to begin the pace lap, Jones's car began to smoke as he slowed down and pulled to the apron and onto pit road as the field took the green flag. Jones would pull into the infield that held the small garage as the team looked under the hood and found that the engine was beyond repair, and so Jones became the first ever driver to fail to complete a lap in the busch series.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same circuit as the race leader; 41st was South Boston last-place finisher the #00 Thomas Bros. Country Ham Buick of Dinkdrinker, 40th was the second Richmond last-place finisher the #63 Ashby Sheet Metal & Machine Shop Pontiac of James Barker, 39th was Caraway last-place finisher #02 unsponsored Pontiac of Grayson Acevedo and 38th was the #82 unsponsored Pontiac of Aidan Shepherd.

For Jones, he would score his first busch win just seven race later at the Lowes 200 at the South Boston Speedway and would finish 32nd in points. Jones currently has 5 career wins, and 2 non point wins in LCQs(Last Chance Qualifer), with three wins coming in the busch series.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #4 had finished last in the Busch Series as well as at Hickory.

*This marked the second time in series history a driver trailed due to camshaft issues; the first was in the Dogwood 500 at the Martinsville Speedway when Jay Jefferson's #75 PET Dairy Pontiac fell out after completing 6 of the 50 laps; 8 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #4-AJ Jones / 0 laps / camshaft
41) #00-Dinkdrinker / 10 laps / crash
40) #63-James Barker / 10 laps / crash
39) #02-Grayson Acevedo / 10 laps / crash
38) #82-Aidan Shepherd / 10 laps / crash

TRUCKS: Race long battle in caution free race at I-70 gives Marcus Saatchi the sixth career last-place finish of his SCRL career

Marcus Saatchi picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Tuesday's Yellow Freight 200 at the I-70 Speedway when his #43 Cummins Engines Dodge completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish, which occurred in his 56th career series start, and his first on the circuit since the since the Season 3 Dodge California Truckstop 300 at the Mesa Marin Raceway when he completed 26 of the 32 laps under power; 9 races ago. In the Truck Series, it's the 2nd for truck #43 and the 21st where the truck was still running. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 10th for the #43 and 278th where the vehicle was still running.

Saatchi has build up a pretty decent career in the SCRL to this point, having scored six career wins, but he has also found heart break as he nearly won the championship for Season 2 of the SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series before being taken out in a crash in the season finale at Las Vegas and losing to Jonathan Raines. Saatchi would return to the truck series for the same team he had driven for all of his previous truck seasons; Petty Enterprises with redemption on his mind to try and win the championship he came within ten laps of winning. Saatchi started off his third truck season by finishing 16th at Walt Disney World, 19th at Homestead, 22nd at Phoenix, 26th at Portland before finishing 15th in the last round at Evergreen.

The entry list for the third race in a row would be the usual 31 trucks that had signed up to compete in all races for the schedule. Zachary Fitzwater would win the pole with a time of 19.637 seconds, while Saatchi would post a decent time in qualifying, 20.055 seconds, placing him 16th on the grid. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was the #10 A & G Coal Chevrolet of Celious Wolf, who posted a time of 20.301 seconds, 0.664 seconds behind Fitzwater's pole winning time around the 0.543 mile short track

On race day, Ormond would trail for only the first turn before he knocked Walt Disney World last-place finisher the #3 GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet of Samet Ozkan, who would trail for the first two laps. Ozkan would knock the #16 NAPA Brakes Chevrolet of Chris Kyle to the final spot on Lap 3 as Kyle would lose nearly a full second to the trucks in front of him as he rebounded with his truck, closing back in with the trucks before knocking Saatchi into last for the first time on Lap 11. Saatchi would remain in last for one lap before knocking Kyle back to last on Lap 12 before Saatchi retook it back on Lap 13. Saatchi would trail for two more laps before knocking Kyle into the final spot on Lap 15. Kyle would also stay in last for two circuit before he passed Saatchi on Lap 17. Saatchi would fight back again and knocked Kyle to last on the 18th circuit but coming to the white flag, Kyle made the final move of the race, knocking Saatchi back to last and Saatchi would fail to get back around Kyle, less then two truck lengths behind Kyle when the checkered flag fell.

The remaining Bottom Five were; 29th was the #1 Team ASE Racing Ford of Michael Brown, 28th was the #87 BellSouth Mobility Chevrolet of Ben Crouch and for the second race in a row in 27th was Portland last-place finisher the #35 Ortho Lawn & Garden Products Chevrolet of Chakat Flaremane.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #43 has finished last in the Truck Series at I-70.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
31) #43-Marcus Saatchi / 20 laps / running
30) #16-Chris Kyle / 20 laps / running
29) #1-Michael Brown / 20 laps / running
28) #87-Ben Crouch / 20 laps / running
27) #35-Chakat Flaremane / 20 laps / running

TRUCKS: Early crash at Evergreen gives Mitchell Collins the first last-place finish of his Truck Series career

Mitchell Collins picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Monday's NAPACARD 200 at the Evergreen Speedway when his #14 Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford was eliminated in a multi-truck accident after 2 of 22 laps

The finish occurred in his 5th career series start. In the Truck Series, it's the 1st for truck #14 and the 30th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 7th for the #14 and 263rd from a crash.

Mitchell Collins is still a relative rookie when it comes to the SCRL racing world, but has found success in the past by having scored two wins, scoring his first in the SCRL Snap-On Tools Southern Whelen Modified Tour at Caraway before scoring his second and most recent in the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series at the Martinsville Speedway. Collins would sign up to drive for the Circe Bar Racing team, making his debut at Walt Disney World, finishing 8th. Back-to-back finishes of 6th at Homestead and Phoenix would follow before he could finish 17th in the last round at Portland.

The entry list for the series fifth race of the season would be the usual 31 full time trucks. Jay Jefferson would be the driver to beat, winning the pole with a time of 21.297 seconds. Collins would struggle in qualifying, starting a disappointing 28th with a time of 21.662 seconds. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was Homestead last-place finisher the #24 Team Hendrick Chevrolet of Nathan Ormond, who posted a time of 21.684 seconds, 0.387 seconds behind Jefferson's pole winning time.

On race day, Ormond would trail for only the first two turns before the #52 Purolator PureOne Filters Chevrolet of Blaise Zebrataur was spun out on the Backstretch, but no caution would fly as he would trail for the first lap but the next time around it was the #77 Doran Racing Enterprises Chevrolet of Bob Jenkins who would trail for the second lap when he was forced to pit for a flat tire. While he was on pit road, leaders Jay Jefferson and the #7 Purvis Brothers Ford of Chakat Lightingblaze got together coming off Turn 4 and ran into the inside wall as the race's first caution of the day came out. As the field raced back to the start/finish line, Collins would be racing back to the line when he misjudged and ran into the pit road wall, sending him up the track and in front of the #16 NAPA Brakes Chevrolet of Chris Kyle, destroying the left front and side of Kyle's truck. Kyle would limp back around the half mile track before pulling into the garage while Collins's truck would be towed from the spot on the track, with Collins being scored in the final spot, completing two laps, with his truck being listed as "out" by the fourth circuit with Kyle being listed as finishing one lap more then Collins by crossing the start/finish line.

With the damaged he received in his crash with Lightingblaze, Jefferson would circle the track two more laps as his ThorSport Racing team tried to repair the damage but soon the team found out the damage was to severe that they had no choice, with Jefferson pulling behind the lap after four laps completed, finishing in 29th.

The remaining Bottom Five would be knocked out on the race's second caution on Lap 8; 28th was the #26 Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool Ford of Derrick Edison and 27th was Portland last-place finisher the #35 Ortho Lawn & Garden Products Chevrolet of Chakat Flaremane.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #14 has finished last in the Truck Series as well at Evergreen.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
31) #14-Mitchell Collins / 2 laps / crash
30) #16-Chris Kyle / 3 laps / crash
29) #8-Jay Jefferson / 4 laps / crash 2 laps led
28) #26-Derrick Edison / 8 laps / crash
27) #35-Chakat Flaremane / 8 laps / crash

TRUCKS: Rookie Chakat Flaremane trails in caution free race for hir first last-place finish

Chakat Flaremane picked up the 1st last place finish of hir SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Friday's Craftsman 200 Presented by NAPA Auto Parts at the Portland Speedway when hir #35 Ortho Lawn & Garden Products Chevrolet completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish occurred in his 4th career series start. In the Truck Series, it's the 2nd for truck #35 and the 20th where the truck was still running. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 2nd for the #35 and 277th where the vehicle was still running.

Flaremane is new to the racing world but hir family has been a part of it for years with hir father being Blaise Zebrataur and hir mother being the all time winngest driver and all time championship winner Chakat Whitelion. After having hir older sisters such as Lightingblaze and Snowchaser would score wins themselves before Flaremane decided to try hir paw at racing, signing up to compete in hir first full time season, driving for team Charles Hardy Racing. Flaremane would miss the first event at Walt Disney World as the team was still preparing their truck for the season, with Flaremane making hir debut in the second event of the season at Homestead and would instantly find success as shi would win when the race was extended by way of a GWC(Green, White, Checkered) before finishing 5th at Phoenix in the last round.

The entry list for the series fourth and final event to be held at the Portland Speedway would be bumped back down to the usual 31 full time trucks. Celious Wolf would go down in history as becoming the last pole sitter on the track, winning the pole with a time of 20.972 seconds. Flaremane would struggle in qualifying a disappointing 27th with a time of 21.350 seconds. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was Walt Disney World last-place finisher the #3 GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet of Samet Okzan, who posted a time of 21.408 seconds, 0.436 seconds behind Wolf's pole winning time.

On race day, Ozkan would trail for only the first turn before he knocked the #50 Grainger Ford of Cameron Hathaway into last, who would trail for the first two laps around the half mile track. Hathaway would knock the #44 Federated Auto Parts Ford of Chase Harris into last on Lap 3. Harris wouldn't be long for trailing the field as he would pass the unsponsored #09 Greenfield Racing Dodge of Season 3 Champion Zachary Fitzwater, who would trail for the next three laps. On Lap 7, Fitzwater would knock the #43 Cummins Engines Dodge of Marcus Saatchi into the final spot, but the next lap Saatchi knocked Flaremane into last for the first time.

Flaremane would remain in last for the next eight laps, till lap 16 when shi passed Phoenix last-place finisher the #18 Dana Corporation Dodge of Carter Joey into last. Joey, who didn't want to trail for the second race, knocked Flaremane back to last two laps later on Lap 18. Flaremane however had some fight left in hir as shi passed Joey again on the last lap, but coming to the checkered flag, Joey made a move down the backstretch and cleared Flaremane and with time up, Flaremane would finish two truck lengths behind Joey and scored the first last-place of hir career.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders: 29th was the #15 Acxiom Ford of Colby Harris, 28th was the #98 Hastings Premium Filters Ford of Al Lagasee and 27th was the #24 Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce Chevrolet of Nathan Ormond.

For the SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series, this would be the fourth and final event held at the Portland Speedway, with officials announcing that in Season 5 the race would be moving over to the Portland International Raceway. In the four races held at the track, Jay Jefferson would win twice at the track(S1 and S3) while Cam Nixey(S2) and Celious Wolf(S4) would win the other two events. It is a sad thing to see when the smaller tracks would be phased out much like in the real NASCAR Truck Series, but it was obvious that times were changing to move on to bigger tracks in the future.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #35 has finished last in the Truck Series at Portland.
*This is the first time the #35 has trailed in a Truck Series race since the Season 1 Fas Mart Supertruck Shootout at the Richmond International Raceway when Cam Nixey was involved in a multi-truck wreck after 2 of the 40 laps; 59 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
31) #35-Chakat Flaremane / 20 laps / running
30) #18-Carter Joey / 20 laps / running
29) #15-Colby Harris / 20 laps / running
28) #98-Al Lagasee / 20 laps / running
27) #24-Nathan Ormond / 20 laps / running

TRUCKS: Chaos breaks out early for third race in a row as Carter Joey scored the first last-place finish of his truck series career; now 5th on the all time list

Carter Joey picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Thursday's Chevy Trucks NASCAR 150 at the Phoenix International Raceway when his #18 Dana Corporation Dodge was eliminated in a multi-truck accident after 3 of 32 laps.

The finish occurred in his 3rd career series start. In the Truck Series, it's the 2nd for truck #18 and the 29th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 8th for the #18 and 262nd from a crash. By finishing last, Joey is now tied with Chris Kyle, Riley Spurlytube and Truttle for 5th on the all time last-place finishing list with 10 finishes in last-place.

Joey is one of many drivers still looking to make a name for themselves in the SCRL, with Joey having competed for several years now without scoring a championship, however he has scored three wins in his career with his most recent coming in the SCRL ARCA Late Model Series when he won at Flat Rock. Joey would sign up to drive for L&R Racing. Joey's truck career started off with a 11th at Walt Disney World before finishing 18th in the last round at Homestead.

The entry list for the season's third event would remain at a field of 37 trucks. Chakat Stripepaws, sister to Chakat Flaremane who had won the race at Homestead one day prior, would find success for hirself this time around in qualifying, taking hir first pole in just hir second start. Joey would struggle a little around the one mile track, posting a time only 0.174 seconds behind Stripepaws pole winning time. Starting last for the second race in a row was the #1 Team ASE Racing Ford of Michael Brown, this time able to complete a lap in qualifying without spinning out on his lap.

On race day, Brown would trail for the first two turns before knocking the #28 Federated Auto Parts Ford of Jack Lagasee into the final spot, a position he would hold for the first circuit before coming to the line to complete lap two the #5 Llumar Window Films Chevrolet of Chakat Whitelion would get together with the #75 Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet of Joshua Rush coming out of Turn 4, starting a chain reaction as the first caution would come out. Joey would try and miss but misjudged and ran into the back of Rush's truck, destroying the front end of Joey's truck and sending him into the inside wall. Joey would cross the start/finish line but it was the #99 Exide Batteries Ford of Darren Allen who would trail for Lap 2. Joey would coast around the track before pulling behind the wall, the damage wall to severe to continue and by Lap 5 Joey's truck was listed as "out" on the scoring board.

Finishing in the 36th spot was the #90 NHL Dodge of Muhammad Zain Abdullah, who originally was thought to have been involved in the crash, but replays showed he had barely avoided getting hit, but seconds later his truck's gearbox broke. Abdullah would lead Joey into the garage as the team looked over the transmission and gearbox, and the team thought about going back out on track, but with only one spot able to be gain, the team officially gave up and on Lap 13 the truck was listed as out.

Finishing in 35th would be the #77 Doran Racing Enterprises Chevrolet of Bob Jenkins, who would lead 13 of the event's first 16 laps, but just before the race went back under green, his engine blew up and with disappointment over the radio, Jenkins thanked his crew for giving him a fast truck to compete in. Jenkins would pull behind the wall and on the next lap his truck was officially listed as "out" with engine failure being the cause.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders: 34th was the aforementioned #99 of Darren Allen and 33rd was the #75 of Joshua Rush.

Taking victory lane in a major upset was the owner and writer of LASTCAR Brock Beard, who would assume the lead shortly after Jenkins went out of the race and held off Christian Russell to score the first win of his SCRL career in just his 49th overall start.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #18 has finished last in the Truck Series at Phoenix.
*This is the first time the #18 has trailed in a Truck Series race since the Season 3 Pennzoil Discount Center 200 at the New Hampshire International Speedway when Chakat Whitelion was involved in a multi-truck crash after 1 of 26 laps; 21 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #18-Carter Joey / 3 laps / crash
36) #90-Muhammad Zain Abdullah / 3 laps / gearbox
35) #77-Bob Jenkins / 16 laps / engine led 13 laps
34) #99-Darren Allen / 32 laps / running
33) #75-Joshua Rush / 32 laps / running

TRUCKS: Early crash at Homestead gives Nathan Ormond the third last-place finish of his career

Nathan Ormond picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career on Wednesday's Florida Dodge Dealers 400K at the Miami-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex when his #24 Quaker State Chevrolet was eliminated in a multi-truck accident after 2 of 31 laps.

The finish occurred in his 2nd career series start. In the Truck Series, it's the 4th for truck #24 and the 28th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 15th for the #24 and 261st from a crash.

Nathan's career could be best described as a mixed bag with flashes of talent followed by races with horrible luck. Nathan's career started when he signed up to compete in Season 4 of the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series, and in his 10th career start, he would take the checkered flag for the first time in his career by winning the World 600 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway and in the next series he would compete in the SCRL Formula 3 Series, where he would score his second career win at the Kyalami Circuit. Since then Ormond had tried to find his way back to victory lane, and despite some good races, he's also had some horrible luck, and was hoping to turn that around as he made his truck series debut, signing up to drive for Hendrick Motorsports, Ormond finished 4th in the last round at Walt Disney World.

The entry list for the season's second event was bumped up from 30 trucks to a field of 37 trucks as with tracks that could fit more then 30 trucks would allow the part-time drivers to race. The first of those drivers was Chakat Raindancer, who had made hir debut in the season finale of the SCRL ARCA Sportsman Series at North Wilkesboro, only to trail the field in hir debut. Raindancer was originally signed to drive the #43 for Petty Enterprises but just hours before the season began, shi stepped away to allow Marcus Saatchi to take the seat for the third straight year, while Raindancer moved over to drive for Tyler Jet Motorsports. Also joining Raindancer was hir sister Chakat Stripepaws, who signed to drive for team owner Walker Evans. Carlos Rodriguez would sign up to drive for ThorSport Racing, Ryan Pritchard would drive for, reigning SCRL Formula 2 Champion Muhammd Zain Abdullah would drive for L&R Racing and lastly Darren Allen would be driving the #99 Exide Batteries Ford for Roush Racing.

For only the second time in Truck Series history, qualifying would determine the starting lineup, and with no drivers going home, all of the teams would have the pressure off their shoulders. Ormond would impress in qualifying, posting a time of 35.697 seconds, just over a hundredth of a second behind pole winner Ben Crouch. Starting last for the second race in a row was caused by a spin, as the #1 Team ASE Racing Ford of Michael Brown, who spun off Turn 2 during his qualifying lap and posted a time a full minute behind Crouch's lap time.

On race day, Brown would trail for the first two turns before coming off Turn 2 the #50 Grainger Ford of Cameron Hathaway was spun out by the #18 Dana Corporation Dodge of Carter Joey, sending Hathaway for a spin to the inside of the track and inside the inside wall. No caution would come out but Hathaway was behind the field when chaos broke out three turns ahead of him. Ormond had been shuffled up to the high side when entering Turn 2 he made contact with Walt Disney World race winner the #8 PBA Tour Chevrolet of Jay Jefferson sending both trucks up and into the wall. Jefferson would spin out Ormond and drive away with minor damage, going on to finish 26th, while Ormond would turn his truck to try and get going again when it was at this moment Hathaway had caught back up and ran into the back of Ormond. Ormond, who was already having a horrible day was understandably upset with the rookie. "If he can't see this big green truck in the middle of the track on a clear day, we all are in trouble" the driver said after his trip to the infield care center. Ormond and Hathaway would both drive their trucks to the garage and their trucks retired on Lap 5.

Finishing in 35th was the #26 Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool Ford of Derrick Edison, who would be involved in a massive 20 truck pileup on the Frontstretch that started when the #19 Pennzoil Ford of Chakat Raindancer was racing intensely with the #89 Precision Automotive Ford of Ryan Pritchard as both trucks came out of Turn 4 before making contact and going into the #4 All American Museum Dodge of Daniel Bouchard as the three trucks would block the track and would start the pileup. Edison would move to the inside of the track to try and avoid the wreck without slowing down but the hole closed up and he ran into Raindancer's spun truck with enough force that Edison's radiator was damaged and after going around for another lap, Edison pulled behind the wall and was done for the day, being listed at out on Lap 10.

Finishing in the 34th spot would be the Raindancer, who would pit for repairs and would lose a lap in the final stages before the race went into Green, White, Checkered and would finish as the only truck one lap down.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was the #98 Hastings Premium Filters Ford of Al Lagasee, who was running in the Top 20 on the final lap before he was spun out and crashed hard in Turn 4, bringing out a caution at the end of the race, but crossed the start/finish line to be running at the finish.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #24 has finished last at Homestead.
*This is the first time the #24 has trailed in a Truck Series race since the Season 3 Kragen / Exide 151 at the Sears Point Raceway when Sebastian Torres completed all 12 laps under power; 6 races ago.
*This marked only the third time in his SCRL career that Ormond has trailed the field; the most recent was in the Season 4 of the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 4 Southern 500 at the Darlington Raceway when his #72 DeWitt Enterprises Mercury fell out with header problems after completing 9 of the 36 laps.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #24-Nathan Ormond / 2 laps / crash
36) #50-Cameron Hathaway / 2 laps / crash
35) #26-Derrick Edison / 7 laps / crash
34) #19-Chakat Raindancer / 30 laps / running
33) #98-Al Lagasee / 31 laps / running

TRUCKS: Early "Big One" at Walt Disney World gives Samet Ozkan his second straight last-place finish in the Truck Series

Samet Ozkan picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career on Tuesday's Chevy Trucks Challenge at the Walt Disney World Speedway when his #3 GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet was eliminated in a multi-truck accident after 6 of 22 laps.

The finish occurred in his 27th career series start, was his first on the circuit since January 17, 2018 in the Season 3 Carquest Auto Parts 420K at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway when he fell out with engine problems without completing any of the 27 laps, 1 race ago. In the Truck Series, it's the 2nd for truck #3 and the 27th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 19th for the #3 and 260th from a crash.

Ever since trailing in the truck's finale, Ozkan would could to compete in series as he would score a win in the next series, winning at Richmond Fairgrounds in the SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series, in the SCRL Icebreakers Whelen Series at Waterford and in the Formula 3 Series at Monza, before finishing a disappointing 32nd in the SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series with no wins on the season. Entering just his second full time season in the Truck Series, Ozkan would sign a contract to race for the same team and drive the same truck he had a season before, Richard Childress Racing and the iconic #3 truck painted in the same paint scheme that Dale Earnhardt drove in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series that same year in 1998, the same year Earnhardt won his lone Daytona 500.

The entry list for the final race at Martinsville was a field of 30 trucks as only the full time drivers would have a chance to race, while throughout the season there would be a possible chance with a field as big as 40 trucks. Ozkan would return to the sight of his truck series debut just one season earlier, a track he finished 21st at. This would also be the final truck race held at the three turned "Mickyard", with the track being run close by the Walt Disney World theme park, the park couldn't handle the space to hold both events, and so the truck race would be cut from the schedule after one final race.

For the first time in Truck Series history, qualifying would determine the starting field, and Ozkan would struggle to find any speed, posting a time of 29.572 seconds, almost a full second slower then Christian Russell who scored his first career league and series pole. However was the #70 unsponsored Buford Racing Ford of Brock Beard, writer and owner of LASTCAR, would be the one who would start last, struggling during his qualifying lap and almost spinning out, but would complete his lap, four seconds behind Russell's time.

On race day, Brock would trail for the first two turns in his first career start, but his stay in the final spot ended as in Turn 3 the first of four cautions came out in Turn 3 as a multi-truck spin broke out, with the #5 Llumar Window Films Chevrolet of Chakat Whitelion being held up by the spin and would be last across the start/finish line. Shi would remain in last for the next lap as during pitstops shi would get out in front of pit stops and would knock the #6 RE/MAX International Chevrolet of Dilan Ebrahimian, a position he would hold for two laps before knocking Whitelion back down to last on Lap 6 when chaos would break out on the Frontstretch.

While battling for 6th, the unsponsored #60 Addington Racing Chevrolet of Christian Russell smacked the Turn 3 wall and came across the track of the #75 Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet of Joshua Rush, which would set of a chain reaction as a "Big One" would break out on the Frontstretch, forcing the officials to red flag the event. Ozkan was running around the back of the pack as the crash started and with the track blocked he had no where to go and slammed hard into the back of the #98 Hastings Premium Filters Ford of Al Lagasee, nearly sending Lagasee over another truck while the #10 A & G Coal Chevrolet of Celious Wolf would hit Russell's spinning truck and then be hit by the #7 Purvis Brothers Ford of Chakat Lightingblaze sending Wolf for a spin while Lightingblaze would be turned to the inside wall and hit it head on. With the red flag out, Ozkan, Wolf and Lagasee would all drive their trucks around before pulling behind the wall, being scored as "out" by the 9th lap, while Ozkan being scored last since he was behind the others when the crash began.

Rounding out the Bottom Five Lightingblaze and Rush, who both drove around for another lap after the crash and one more lap when the red flag lifted before pulling behind the wall, both scored having completed one more lap then Ozkan, Lagasee and Wolf.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #3 has finished last at Walt Disney.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
30) #3-Samet Ozkan / 6 laps / crash
29) #98-Al Lagasee / 6 laps / crash
28) #10-Celious Wolf / 6 laps / crash
27) #7-Chakat Lightingblaze / 7 laps / crash
26) #75-Joshua Rush / 7 laps / crash