Throwback ARCA TRUCK: Anthony Lopez trails the field for the fourth time at Lanier

Anthony Lopez picked up the 4th last place finish of his SCRL ARCA Truck Series career in the Season 1 Georgia 250 Presented by Jani-King at the Lanier National Speedway when his unsponsored #20 Chevrolet completed all 22 laps under power.

The finish, which came in his 8th career series start, was his first on the circuit since the Oxford Plains 150 at the Oxford Plains Speedway when he was involved in a multi-truck crash after 20 of the 25 laps, 1 race ago.

After trailing at Oxford Plains, Lopez rebounded by scoring back-to-back 7th place finishes at Gateway and in the last round at Eldora.

On race day, Lopez would roll off the field starting 11th while starting last was the #88 unsponsored Chevrolet of Davis Sylvester. A clear day in Georgia gave the crowd a great chance to watch the drivers of the ARCA Truck Series compete as two cautions would force the race to be extended by the Green, White, Checkered(GWC) rule. At that point, Lopez was running in the final spot and over the last two laps, he was unable to gain any positions and scored his fourth last-place finish of the season.

The remaining Bottom Five were; 25th was the #3 Gearhart Timber Management Chevrolet of Jon Burge, 24th was the unsponsored #9 Chevrolet of Laura Delano, 23rd was the #47 PB2 Chevrolet of Michael Matoushek and 22nd was the #28 ETS / Engine Rebuilders Chevrolet of Caiden Irene.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #20 had finished last at Lanier.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
26) #20-Anthony Lopez / 22 laps / running
25) #3-Jon Burge / 22 laps / running
24) #9-Laura Delano / 22 laps / running
23) #47-Michael Matoushek / 22 laps / running
22) #28-Caiden Irene / 22 laps / running

TRUCKS: Late race crash at Las Vegas gives Ben Crouch the second last-place finish of his SCRL career; Joshua Rush wins SCRLASTCAR Championship

Ben Crouch picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Sunday's Sam's Town 250 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway when his #87 BellSouth Mobility Chevrolet was eliminated in a multi-truck accident after 13 of 19 laps.

The finish occurred in his 27th career series start. In the Truck Series, it's the 1st for the #87 and the 36th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 4th for the #87 and 269th from a crash.

Ben entered the fourth ever season of the Truck Series having found success previous by scoring one win in his career, but he had never himself drove a truck before this season, but would sign to drive for NEMCO Motorsports for at least one season on a full-time ride schedule. Ben finished 10th at Walt Disney in his Truck Series debut, before scoring a 3rd at Homestead, 8th at Phoenix, 20th at Portland, 16th at Evergreen, 28th at I-70, 32nd at Watkins Glen, 22nd at Texas, 31st at Bristol, 15th at Milwaukee Mile, 25th at Nazareth, 15th at Fontana, 33rd at Pikes Peak, 9th at IRP, 10th at Loudon, 27th at Flemington, 18th at Nashville, 6th at Heartland Park, 14th at Louisville, 7th at Richmond, 24th at Memphis before in his 22nd career start, Ben would score his first Truck Series win at Gateway. After scoring his first career Truck win, Crouch would finish 17th at Martinsville, 29th at Sears Point, 21st at Mesa Marin before finishing 15th in the last round at Phoenix.

The entry list, for the 17th time this season, and second in a row, would be 37 trucks. Jay Jefferson would collect his second career series pole in qualifying, his first since Evergreen Speedway, by posting a time of 32.161 seconds, while Crouch would fair well in qualifying, posting a time of 32.252 seconds, 0.091 seconds behind Jefferson's pole winning time, placing Crouch in 10th position. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was Nashville last-place finisher the unsponsored #60 Addington Racing Chevrolet of Christian Russell, who was 0.227 seconds behind Jefferson's lap time.

On race day, Russell would trail for only the first two turns before knocking Fontana last-place finisher the #2 Team ASE Racing Ford of Monika Flores into last. Flores would trail for the first two laps around the 1.5 mile track before she would knock two time last-place finisher the #88 PBA Tour Chevrolet of Carlos Rodriguez would fall back into last on Lap 3. The next time by the unsponsored #09 Greenfield Racing Dodge of Season 3 Champion Zachary Fitzwater would fall back to last on Lap 4, but his stay wouldn't be for long as the next circuit by he would knock the #16 NAPA Brakes Chevrolet of Chris Kyle into last on Lap 5. Kyle would trail for the next two laps before he would knock Homestead last-place finisher the #24 GMAC Financial Services Chevrolet of Nathan Ormond into last on Lap 7. Next time by I-70 last-place finisher the #43 Cummins Engines Dodge of Marcus Saatchi would fall back to last on Lap 8, as Saatchi would trail the field for the next three laps till Lap 12 when he knocked Rodriguez back to last. Carlos's stay was once again only one lap as the next time by the start/finish line, the battle for last would come to an end as a multi-truck crash would break out.

Contact between the #15 Acxiom Ford of Colby Harris and Flores would cause Flores to come down the track and into Crouch, causing Crouch to slide up the track right into the path of the #28 Federated Auto Parts Ford of Jack Lagasee, causing Crouch's truck to flip over and lands on his roof, sliding across the start/finish line with Flores last on Lap 13. Crouch's truck had to be flipped over before the driver climbed out of the truck uninjured, but his truck was done for the day, as well as Ormond's, who was able to limb around the track and crossed the line before pulling behind the wall.

Finishing 35th was the #16 of Chris Kyle, who suffered a flat tire just before the field started the Green, White, Checkered and would fall one lap down behind the race leaders, but was able to finish the race under power.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders; 34th was the aforementioned #2 of Monika Flores and 33rd was the #4 All American Museum Dodge of Daniel Bouchard.

By virtue of Crouch finishing last, Joshua Rush would lock up the SCRLASTCAR Championship on the strength of two last-place finishes at Milwaukee and Nazareth. It is Rush's first ever SCRLASTCAR Championship in his career.

The Season 4 SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series Championship went to Zachary Fitzwater, the second straight the driver, and fourth overall in his career, and the first for his team owner, Dick Greenfield. Fitzwater had no last-place finish in the season, with his worst finish of the seaosn being a 35th - coming at Gateway. Congratulations to Fitzwater and the Greenfield Racing team for having a great year and making history in the SCRL.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #87 has finished last in a Truck Series race as well at Las Vegas.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #87-Ben Crouch / 13 laps / crash
36) #24-Nathan Ormond / 14 laps / crash
35) #16-Chris Kyle / 18 laps / running
34) #2-Monika Flores / 19 laps / running
33) #4-Daniel Bouchard / 19 laps / running

TRUCKS: Darren Allen crashes out early at Phoenix and into championship battle; SCRLASTCAR five-way battle set for Las Vegas

Darren Allen picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Saturday's GM Goodwrench Service Plus / AC Delco 300 at the Phoenix International Raceway when his #99 Exide Batteries Ford was eliminated in a multi-truck accident after 2 of 32 laps.

The finish, which occurred in his 26th career series start, was his first on the circuit since the Ram Tough 200 Presented by Pepsi at the Gateway International Raceway when he was eliminated in a multi-truck accident after 14 of 22 laps; 4 races ago. In the Truck Series, it's the 4th for the #99 and the 35th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 16th for the #99 and 268th from a crash.

After trailing for the first time in his career at Gateway, Allen would fight back with a 7th at Martinsville, 20th at the twisting road course of Sears Point before having to miss the last round at Mesa Marin as his Roush Racing team focused their truck on the one mile Phoenix track.

The entry list, for the 16th time this season, and the first since Martinsville, would be bumped back up to 37 entries. Points leader Zachary Fitzwater would collect his second career series pole in qualifying, his first since I-70 Speedway, a race he would win, by posting a time of 28.537 seconds, while Allen would struggle in qualifying, posting a time of 28.815 seconds, 0.278 seconds behind Fitzwater's pole winning time, placing Allen in 30th position. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was the #00 Sprayer Auto Parts Chevrolet of Nick Kennedy, who was 0.383 seconds behind Kyle's lap time.

On race day, Kennedy would trail for the first lap around the mile track before the race's first caution would come out when two time last-place finisher the #3 GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet of Samet Ozkan would make contact with the #4 All American Museum Dodge of Daniel Bouchard which sent Ozkan up the track and into the #20 Orleans Hotel & Casino Chevrolet of Chakat Stripepaws, which would cause a chain reaction and broke out into a seven truck crash. While the wreck was happening, Allen stayed on the high side of the track to try and avoid the crash, but actually ran into Nashville last-place finisher the unsponsored #60 Addington Racing Chevrolet of Christian Russell, as it would damage the front end of Allen's truck, as he would limped back to the pits and into the garage. The team would look over the truck and found that the impact to Russell's truck had damaged the radiator, ending their day after only two laps.

Finishing 36th was two time last-place finisher the #75 Spears Manufacturing, who was also damaged in the same crash and while his team did make repairs to the truck, he was well off pace, losing a lap in the final stages and would fall back to the 36th spot.

Finishing 35th was the #98 Hastings Premium Filters Ford of Al Lagasee, who suffered a blown tire while running in 12th just seconds before the final caution of the race came out. While it prevented from Lagasee from going multiple laps down, he was able to remain one lap down and when the rest of the field caught Rush's slow truck, Lagasee was able to pass him easily as well and would finish above Rush.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders; 34th was the #16 NAPA Brakes Chevrolet of Chris Kyle and 33rd was the aforementioned #20 of Chakat Stripepaws.

Entering the season finale at Las Vegas, mathematically only Joshua Rush, Darren Allen, Jay Jefferson, Samet Ozkan and Carlos Rodriguez can win the SCRLASTCAR Championship. If anyone but those four drivers trail at Vegas, it will give Rush the championship out right, but if either of the other four drivers can finish last, even if Rush finishes in the Bottom Five, they will win the championship.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #99 has finished last in a Truck Series race at Phoenix.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #99-Darren Allen / 2 laps / crash
36) #75-Joshua Rush / 31 lap / running
35) #98-Al Lagasee / 31 laps / running
34) #16-Chris Kyle / 32 laps / running
33) #20-Chakat Stripepaws / 32 laps / running

TRUCKS: Blown Engine prevents Jay Jefferson from completing a lap at Mesa Marin; enters battle for SCRLASTCAR Championship with two races to go

Jay Jefferson picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Friday's Dodge California Truck Stop 300 at the Mesa Marin Raceway when his #8 PBA Tour Chevrolet fell out with engine issues without completing any of the 30 laps.

The finish, which occurred in his 94th career series start, was his first on the circuit since the Kroger 225 at the Louisville Motor Speedway when he completed 21 of the 23 laps under power; 6 races ago. In the Truck Series, it's the 3rd for the #8 and the 15th for engine issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 22nd for the #8 and 58th for engine issues.

After trailing for the first time in his four year truck career at Louisville, Jay would bounce back with a 13th place finish at Richmond before he would struggle in the next three races with a 22nd at Memphis, 32nd at Gateway and a 31st at Martinsville. For the third and final road course event of the season, Jay would survive all the wrecks and a record 5 Green, White, Checkers to cross the line in a respectable 7th at Sears Point.

The entry list, for the first time since Louisville, would be cut down to only 31 trucks for the ninth and final time in Season 4, with the final two events at Phoenix and Las Vegas being able to hold all 37 entries. Chris Kyle would collect his third career series pole in qualifying, posting a time of 16.399 seconds, while Jay would struggle in qualifying, posting a time of 16.833 seconds, 0.434 seconds behind Kyle's pole winning time, placing Jay in 27th position. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was the #44 Federated Auto Parts Ford of Chase Harris, who was 0.473 seconds behind Kyle's lap time.

On race day as drivers began their lone pace lap around the half mile track, Jefferson's truck instantly started to smoke, with the driver on the inside line he would quickly move out of the way of the drivers behind him and pulled to the inside of the track, following the pace truck down pit lane as the field took the green flag. Jefferson would pull into the garage and not his pit stall as his ThorSport Racing crew rushed behind the wall to see what the problem was. Jay climbed out of the truck obviously in disgust, with the team looking over the truck for a few minutes before deciding there was nothing to be done, with Jay being listed as "Out" by the 7th lap.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders; 30th was the #20 Orleans Hotel & Casino Chevrolet of Chakat Stripepaws, 29th was the aforementioned #44 of Chase Harris, 28th was Richmond last-place finisher the #7 Prime Performance Chevrolet of Chakat Lightingblaze and 27th was Martinsville last-place finisher the #6 RE/MAX International Chevrolet of Dilan Ebrahimian.

With two races to go in the season, Jay has now joined Joshua Rush, Carlos Rodriguez and Samet Ozkan with two last-place finishes a piece on the season. If anyone other then those three drivers finishes last at Phoenix, it could set up a five driver battle at Las Vegas, but if Rush or Jay finishes last at Phoenix, they could lock up the championship with one race to go.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #8 has finished last in a Truck Series race at Mesa Marin.
*This is the first time a driver has trailed due to Engine issues since the Kragen / Exide 151 at the Sears Point Raceway when Ryan Pritchard's #89 Precision Automotive Ford fell out with engine issues without completing any of the 18 laps; 1 race ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
31) #8-Jay Jefferson / 0 laps / engine
30) #20-Chakat Flaremane / 30 lap / running
29) #44-Chase Harris / 30 laps / running
28) #7-Chakat Lightingblaze / 30 laps / running
27) #6-Dilan Ebrahimian / 30 laps / running

TRUCKS: Blown Engine prevents Ryan Pritchard from completing a lap at Sears Point just seconds before three truck wreck in chaotic first lap

Ryan Pritchard picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Thursday's Kragen / Exide 151 at the Sears Point Raceway when his #89 Precision Automotive Ford fell out with engine issues without completing any of the 18 laps.

The finish occurred in his 16th career series start. In the Truck Series, it's the 1st for the #89 and the 14th for engine issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 2nd for the #89 and 57th for engine issues.

Entering the fourth ever season of the Truck Series, Pritchard had found victory lane just once in his SCRL career despite having competed for several series, having won at the Star Speedway in Season 1 of the SCRL Icebreakers Whelen Series. Pritchard would sign up to compete in his first ever truck series season, but due to the amount of drivers trying to get in, Pritchard was forced to sign to compete on a part-time schedule, which would be for 18 of the event's 27 races. Pritchard's team would miss the first race of the season at Walt Disney World, with Pritchard's first ever start coming at Homestead, a race he would finish 21st before finishing 28th at Phoenix. After missing the next three races at Portland, Evergreen and I-70, Pritchard would return with a 25th at Watkins Glen, 30th at Texas before he would score in impressive 4th place at Bristol. A 14th at Milwaukee Mile would be followed with his second 4th place finish at Nazareth, 30th Fontana, 16th at Pikes Peak, 16th at IRP and a 22nd at Loudon. After being forced to miss the next four races at Flemington, Nashville, Heartland Park and Louisville, Pritchard would come back with a 5 place finish at Richmond, 27th at Memphis, 17th at Gateway before finishing 5th in the last round at Martinsville.

Rohan Marmot excited to be in his first race.

The entry list, for the first time since the finale at Las Vegas in Season 3, would be bumped up to 38 trucks with the announcement that Rohan Marmot, who would be making his SCRL debut in his hometown and at his home track, would race at the twisting road course of Sears Point. Rohan, a centaur, would sign to drive a third truck for Roush Racing, choosing to drive the #80 Grainger Ford with no past experience in racing with most of the other drivers were worried about and voiced their concern before the weekend begin. Rohan would also be making history by becoming only the second ever centaur in league history to race with the first ever being Oreius Centaur who retired at the end of 2019.

Blaise Zebrataur would collect his first career series pole in qualifying, posting a time of 102.167 seconds, while Pritchard fair well in qualifying, post a time of 103.016 seconds, 0.849 seconds behind Blaise's pole winning time, placing Pritchard in 17th position. During qualifying there were 11 drivers that would not post a time due to inspections taking to long for some drivers, so starting last on race day was Pikes Peak last-place finisher the #77 Doran Racing Enterprises Chevrolet of Bob Jenkins.

On race day as drivers began their lone pace lap around the 1.949 mile road course, Pritchard's truck started to smoke as the field reached Turn 4 as he would pull out to try and not get any old on the track, reporting to his team that something was wrong under the hood. At the same time, Memphis last-place finisher the #50 Grainger Ford Cameron Hathaway, who also started to slow in the esses, reporting that he had a flat left front tire. Both drivers pulling onto pit road as the race began, with Pritchard pulling behind the wall as his team looked over the truck, while Hathaway's team quickly put on four fresh tires and sent their driver back out onto the track as the field reached Turn 4. 

At that same time, the #20 Orleans Hotel & Casino Chevrolet of Chakat Stripepaws would be spun out by two time last-place finisher the #3 GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet of Samet Ozkan in Turn 4 as Ozkan would be able to continue on with minor damage, while Stripepaws's truck would be destroyed from hitting the tire barrier. As the field raced toward Turn 10, I-70 last-place finisher the #43 Cummins Engines Dodge of Marcus Saatchi would make contact with Homestead last-place finisher the #24 GMAC Financial Services Chevrolet of Nathan Ormond, sending both trucks off track and hard into the tire barrer, bringing out the race's first caution. After some brief confusion on who would be scored where, Pritchard's truck would be listed as "out" on the second lap with Stripepaws being scored in 37th, following by Saatchi and Ormond, all being scored having not completed a lap.

Rounding out the Bottom Five in 34th was the #15 Acxiom Ford of Colby Harris, who would suffer a broken camshaft just before the race went back under green.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #89 has finished last in a Truck Series race as well at Sears Point.
*This is the first time a driver has trailed due to Engine issues since the NAPA 250 at the Martinsville Speedway when Dilan Ebrahimian's #6 RE/MAX International Chevrolet fell out with engine issues without completing any of the 25 laps; 1 race ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
38) #89-Ryan Pritchard / 0 laps / engine
37) #20-Chakat Stripepaws / 0 lap / crash
36) #43-Marcus Saatchi / 0 laps / crash
35) #24-Nathan Ormond / 0 laps / crash
34) #15-Colby Harris / 2 laps / camshaft

TRUCKS: Sour Engine prevents Dilian Ebrahimian from completing a lap at Martinsville

Dilian Ebrahimian picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Wednesday's NAPA 250 at the Martinsville Speedway when his #6 RE/MAX International Chevrolet fell out with engine issues without completing any of the 25 laps.

The finish occurred in his 23rd career series start. In the Truck Series, it's the 1st for the #6 and the 13th for engine issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 17th for the #6 and 56th for engine issues.

Entering the fourth ever season of the Truck Series, Dilian had found victory lane just once in his SCRL career despite having competed for several series. Dilian would sign up to compete in his first ever truck series season. In his first ever start, Dilian would finish a impressive 15th at Walt Disney while he would go on to struggle in the next two rounds, with a 31st at Homestead and a 23rd at Phoenix. A 14th at Portland, would be followed by his first ever Top 5 in the Truck Series, a 4th at Evergreen. A 12th at I-70 and a 12th at Watkins Glen would be followed with a series best 3rd at Texas, and while he would struggle to a 35th place at Bristol, in the next round at the Milwaukee Mile, he would finish 2nd to Chakat Whitelion, who visited victory lane for the 33rd time in hir career. A 16th at Nazareth would be followed with a 11th at Fontana, 8th at Pikes Peak, 11th at IRP, 19th at Loudon, 11th at Flemington, 9th at Nashville, 25th at Heartland Park and 9th at Louisville. In just his 20th start, Dilian would survive a wild race at Richmond and would take the lead on a Green, White, Checkered to score his second ever SCRL sanctioned win. A 4th at Memphis would continue the streak before he would be caught up in a late wreck at Gateway in the last round and finished 24th.

The entry list for the 15th time this season, and the fourth race in a row, would be 37 trucks. Nick Kennedy would collect his second career series pole in qualifying, posting a time of 20.622 seconds, while Dilian fair well in qualifying, post a time of 20.763 seconds, 0.141 seconds behind Kennedy's pole winning time, placing Dilian in 13th position. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was the #20 Orleans Hotel & Casino Chevrolet of Chakat Stripepaws, who was 0.475 seconds behind Kennedy's lap time.

On race day as drivers began their lone pace lap around the legendary 0.526 short track, Dilian would pull to the inside of the track, reporting to his crew that the engine sounded off, like it had a miss to it before it shut off completely, forcing Dilian to stall on the frontstretch. Dilian's truck would be towed back to the pits and into his stall before the race started and the team would look over his truck, discovering that the engine problem was in fact terminal, with the team pushing Dilian behind the wall and the driver climbing out of his truck disappointed, but it wasn't until Lap 7 that the truck was listed as "out" on scoring.

Finishing 36th was Richmond last-place finisher the #7 Prime Performance Chevrolet of Chakat Lightingblaze, who would be involved in the race's first caution on Lap 1 as shi tried to avoid the spinning Nashville last-place finisher the unsponsored #60 Addington Racing Chevrolet of Christian Russell, but wasn't quick enough as Lightingblaze would destroy the left front of hir truck. Lightingblaze would pulling into the backstretch pits, and after a brief look over by hir crew, Lightingblaze was pushed behind the wall, done for the day.

Finishing in 35th place would be the pole sitter, the #00 Sprayer Auto Parts Chevrolet of Nick Kennedy. Who had led every single lap up till Lap 7 when, as the field went back to racing after the event's first caution, two-time last-place finisher the #75 Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet of Joshua Rush, who would stall in Turn 1 just as the field went back to racing. Kennedy would try and swerve to miss it but waited too late as he slammed into Rush's parked truck, destroying the front end of Kennedy's truck and collecting four other drivers. Kennedy was obviously very livid on the radio, not only at the officials for throwing the caution before the race went back green, but also as Rush for stalling on the track and not the access road. Kennedy would drive his truck back around and would cross the start/finish line to be scored competing eight laps, but would pull into the garage and done for the day.

The remaining Bottom Five would both finish three laps down to the race leaders; 34th was the aforementioned #75 of Joshua Rush and 33rd was the #15 Acxiom Ford of Colby Harris.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #6 has finished last in a Truck Series race as well at Martinsville.
*This is the first time a driver has trailed due to Engine issues since the Tempus Resorts 300K at the Pikes Peak International Raceway when Bob Jenkins's #77 Doran Racing Enterprises Chevrolet fell out with engine issues without completing any of the 22 laps; 10 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #6-Dilian Ebrahimian / 0 laps / engine
36) #7-Chakat Lightingblaze / 1 lap / crash
35) #00-Nick Kennedy / 8 laps / crash led 7 laps
34) #75-Joshua Rush / 22 laps / running
33) #15-Colby Harris / 22 laps / running

TRUCKS: Huge wreck in last laps at Gateway gives Darren Allen the first last-place finish of his career

Darren Allen picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Tuesday's Ram Tough 200 Presented by Pepsi at the Gateway International Raceway when his #99 Exide Batteries Ford was eliminated in a multi-truck accident after 14 of 22 laps.

The finish occurred in his 22nd career series start. In the Truck Series, it's the 3rd for the #99 and the 34th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 15th for the #99 and 267th from a crash.

Entering the fourth ever season of the Truck Series, Allen had never competed in a SCRL sanctioned race, so he was going to have a lot of pressure as he signed a won year contract to drive for Jack Roush and his two truck team, signing on to drive the team's main truck, however he would decide to compete on a part-time schedule. Allen's team would skip the first race at Walt Disney before in his first ever SCRL started, Allen would finish 13th at Homestead, 34th at Phoenix before the team would miss the next three races before coming back to finish 5th at Watkins Glen, 6th at Texas, before in his fourth career start, Allen would win at Bristol. A 36th at Milwaukee, 18th at Nazareth, 22nd at Fontana, 3rd at Pikes Peak, 34th at IRP, 34th at Loudon, 29th at Richmond before finishing 26th in the last round at Memphis.

The entry list for the 14th time this season, and the third race in a row, would be 37 trucks. Nathan Ormond would collect his first career series pole in qualifying, posting a time of 33.965 seconds, while Allen would struggle in qualifying, post a time of 34.661 seconds, 0.696 seconds behind Ormond's pole winning time, placing Allen in 32nd position. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was Memphis last-place finisher the #50 Grainger Ford of Cameron Hathaway, who was 0.978 seconds behind Ormond's lap time.

On race day, Hathaway would trail for the first two turns before he would knock the unsponsored #28 Four-Tech Racing Ford of Jack Lagasee into last, before the next lap around the race's first caution would come out with Loudon last-place finisher the #19 Pennzoil Ford of Chakat Raindancer would take over the final spot on Lap 2. Raindancer would trail the field for two straight laps before two time last-place finisher the #75 Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet of Joshua Rush would slow due to problems with the engine before he would be forced to pit for repairs. Rush would trail for the next four laps with a truck down on power before Lagasee would take it back again on Lap 9. Lagasee would trail the field for the next five laps before he knocked Flemington last-place finisher the #5 Llumar Window Films Chevrolet of Chakat Whitelion into last place on Lap 14. The next time by the battle for last would come to a crashing hold as Allen would be spun out on the frontstretch before he would be hit by points leader the unsponsored #09 Greenfield Racing Dodge of Season 3 Champion Zachary Fitzwater in the driver's door, sending Allen over for a flip before landing on his roof.

The remaining Bottom Five would all be knocked out by the same wreck; 36th was I-70 last-place finisher the #43 Cummins Engines Dodge of Marcus Saatchi, 35th was the aforementioned #09 of Zachary Fitzwater, 34th was Heartland Park last-place finisher the #22 Red Dog Ford of Riley Spurlytube and 33rd was Portland last-place finisher the #35 Ortho Lawn & Garden Products Chevrolet of Chakat Flaremane.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #99 has finished last in a Truck Series race at Gateway.
*This is the first time the #99 has trailed a Truck Series race since the Season 3 Colorado 250 By Snap-On Tools at the Colorado National Speedway when James Stabilito was involved in a single truck crash after completing 7 of the 25 laps; 34 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #99-Darren Allen / 14 laps / crash
36) #43-Marcus Saatchi / 14 laps / crash
35) #09-Zachary Fitzwater / 14 laps / crash
34) #22-Riley Spurlytube / 14 laps / crash
33) #35-Chakat Flaremane / 15 laps / crash

TRUCKS: Broken Camshaft at Memphis gives rookie Cameron Hathaway the first last-place finish of his short career

Cameron Hathaway picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Monday's Memphis 200 at the Memphis Motorsports Park when his #50 Grainger Ford fell out with camshaft issues after completing 12 of the 20 laps.

The finish occurred in his 21st career series start. In the Truck Series, it's the 1st for the #50 and the 11th for camshaft issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 9th for the #50 and 37th for camshaft issues.

Entering the fourth ever season of the Truck Series, Hathaway had never competed in a SCRL sanctioned race, so he was going to have a lot of pressure as he signed a won year contract to drive for Jack Roush and his two truck team. In his first ever SCRL started, Hathaway would finish 23rd after being involved in the race's Big One on Lap 7. A 36th at Homestead would be his second straight bad run before he scored his first Top 5, a 4th at Phoenix before finishing 24th at Portland, 9th at Evergreen, 13th at I-70, 20th at Watkins Glen, 12th at Texas before scoring a career best 3rd at Bristol, the same race his teammate Darren Allen would score his first win of his career, and the first for Roush Racing in Season 4 of the Truck Series. A 17th at Milwaukee, 29th at Nazareth, 6th at Fontana, 12th at Pikes Peak, 24th at IRP, 9th at Loudon, 15th at Flemington, 4th at Nashville, 28th at Heartland Park, 20th at Louisville before finishing 35th in the last round at Richmond.

The entry list for the 13th time this season, and the second race in a row, would be 37 trucks. Nick Kennedy would collect his first career series pole in qualifying, posting a time of 23.264 seconds, while Hathaway would struggle just a little bit in qualifying, post a time of 23.379 seconds, and while Hathway was only 0.115 seconds behind Kennedy's pole winning time, it would place Hathaway in the 17th position. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was the #89 Precision Automotive Ford of Ryan Pritchard, who was 0.310 seconds behind Kennedy's lap time.

On race day, Pritchard would trail for the first two turns around the 0.750 mile track before knocking Flemington last-place finisher the #5 Llumar Window Films Chevrolet of Chakat Whitelion into the final spot for the first lap, but on the next lap Whitelion would knock the #52 Purolator PureOne Filters Chevrolet of Blaise Zebrataur into last on Lap 2. Blaise would fight back and the very next lap he would put the #87 BellSouth Mobility Chevrolet of Ben Crouch into last on Lap 3, and the next Lap on Lap 4 the #44 Federated Auto Parts Ford of Chase Harris would fall into last before the next lap the #16 NAPA Brakes Chevrolet of Chris Kyle fell into last on Lap 5. Kyle would trail for two laps before he finally was able to knock Pikes Peak last-place finisher the #77 Doran Racing Enterprises Chevrolet of Bob Jenkins into last on Lap 7. Jenkins would trail for one lap before he too would also knock the #28 Federated Auto Parts Ford of Jack Lagasee into the final spot on Lap 8. 

The race's lone caution would come out just one lap later for a two truck spin on the Frontstretch, but Lagasee would remain in the final spot. As the field followed the pace truck around under yellow, Hathaway, who had climbed up 7th, suddenly began to start smoking as the field went down the backstretch, with the driver pulling on the access road and then onto the pits and into his stall as the crew looked over his truck briefly before pushing it behind the wall. After several minutes of looking over the truck, it was discovered the truck had broken the camshaft and their day was done, with Hathaway being listed as "out" on Lap 12, but wouldn't take the final spot till one lap later.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders; 36th was the #15 Acxiom Ford of Colby Harris, 35th was Loudon last-place finisher the #19 Pennzoil Ford of Chakat Raindancer, 34th was I-70 last-place finisher the #43 Cummins Engines Dodge of Marcus Saatchi and 33rd was the aforementioned #28 of Jack Lagasee.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #50 has finished last in a Truck Series race as well at Memphis.
*This is the first time a driver has trailed due to camshaft issues since the Cummins 200 Presented by the Indiana Dodge Dealers at the Indianapolis Raceway Park when Carlos Rodriguez's #88 PBA Tour Chevrolet fell out with camshaft issues after completing 5 of the 20 laps; 7 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #50-Cameron Hathaway / 12 laps / camshaft
36) #15-Colby Harris / 20 laps / running
35) #19-Chakat Raindancer / 20 laps / running
34) #43-Marcus Saatchi / 20 laps / running
33) #28-Jack Lagasee / 20 laps / running

Throwback ARCA: Chakat Whitelion scores lone ARCA last-place finish of hir career when shi trails wire to wire at NJMP

Chakat Whitelion picked up the 1st last place finish of hir SCRL Lucas Oil ARCA Racing Series career in the Season 1 All America Race Weekend Pres. by Global Barter at the New Jersey Motorsports Park when hir #8 UNOH / Dodge Motorsports Dodge completed all 8 laps under power.

The finish came in hir 13th career start. 

Whitelion had already been a proven winner in the SCRL, having visited victory lane in other series, and was looking to bring that same success to the ARCA Series. Whitelion previously competed in the pre-season ARCA Series a year earlier with a best finish of 6th at Daytona. In hir return to the ARCA Series, Whitelion finished 3rd at Daytona, 28th at Atlanta, 16th at Charlotte, 4th at Talladega, 7th at Gateway, 33rd at Kentucky, 14th at Pocono, 24th at Michigan before finishing 29th in the last round at Texas.

On race day, Whitelion rolled off starting in the final spot and would quickly lose touch with the car in front of hir as over the first six laps shi was nearly three seconds behind, but over the final two laps shi found some speed and cut the distance down to one second but wasn't enough to gain a spot, trailing for all eight laps, finishing 24 seconds behind the race leaders.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were: 40th was the unsponsored #68 Kimmel Racing Ford of Nick Kennedy, 39th was Michigan last-place finisher the #25 Venturini Motorsports Toyota of Cole Nixey, 38th was the unsponsored #10 Fast Track Racing Ford of Don Benson and 37th was the #11 Syngenta Ford of Todd Kennedy.

Whitelion would never have as much success as shi did in other series, never visiting victory lane in the ARCA Series or the SCRL ARCA Truck division. Whitelion currently has the record for most championships, 7, and the most wins in a career, 35. Whitelion is currently competing in the SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series, looking for hir 8th championship.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #8 had finished last in a ARCA Series race as well as at NJMP.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
41) #8-Chakat Whitelion / 8 laps / running
40) #68-Nick Kennedy / 8 laps / running
39) #25-Cole Nixey / 8 laps / running
38) #10-Don Benson / 8 laps / running
37) #11-Todd Kennedy / 8 laps / running

TRUCKS: Early crash at Richmond gives Chakat Lightingblaze the second last-place finish of hir career

Chakat Lightingblaze picked up the 1st last place finish of hir SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Monday's Virginia Is For Lovers 200 at the Richmond International Raceway when hir #7 Prime Performance Chevrolet was eliminated in a multi-truck accident after 2 of 22 laps.

The finish occurred in his 20th career series start. In the Truck Series, it's the 3rd for the #7 and the 33rd from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 16th for the #7 and 266th from a crash.

Entering his fourth ever season in the Truck Series, Lightingblaze had never driven a truck before, having made hir debut in the SCRL Sun Energy Whelen Euro Elite 2 series and would find success right off the bat by winning in hir first two starts, at Red Bull Ring and Monaco. Since making an impact since hir debut, Lightingblaze has gone on to score two other wins that moved hir up to a total of 4 wins, but along the way shi also scored the first last-place finish of hir career in the SCRL Formula E Series Presented by Twitter season finale the Surfers ePrix at Surfers Paradise when hir #77 Lucas Oil / Protect the Harvest fell out with fuel pump problems after completing 4 of the 6 laps. Lightingblaze would sign on to drive for originally Mattei Motorsports, the same team, under the original name of Geoff Bodine Racing, that Jay Barker had won the inaugural truck series Chapionship in Season 1. However for the race's first event of the season at Walt Disney World, where shi finished 27th after being caught up in a early crash, Mattei Motorsports was sold to Jim Clark and the team was renamed Prime Performance Motorsports. 

With the truck painted a new white color, Lightingblaze would debut the new truck in the next round at Homestead, a race shi finished 22nd. A 25th at Phoenix, 16th at Portland, before scoring the best finish of hir truck career, a 3rd at Evergreen. The next three races would be good for Lightingblaze with a 8th at I-70, a runner up finish at 2nd at Watkins Glen and a 5th at Texas, before finishing a disappointing 32nd at Bristol. A 4th at Milwaukee Mile, a 15th at Nazareth, 21st at Fontana, 26th at Pikes Peak, before scoring hir second runner up finish at IRP. A 33rd at Loudon, 7th at Flemington, 25th at Nashville, a 5th at Heartland Park before in hir 19th start at Louisville, Lightingblaze would score the first pole of hir career and would go on to lead flag-to-flag to score the fifth win of hir career.

The entry list for the 12th time this season, and the first since Loudon, would be 37 trucks. However there would be one driver change as Tyler Jet Motorsports decided to shut their team down due to sponsorship issues, just after Chakat Snowchaser, who finished 4th at Heartland Park, and was 2nd in points. With only a few days to find a ride before drivers headed to Richimond, Snowchaser was able to find a ride and would sign a contract to race for the remaining races o the season by driving for Gloy/Rahal Racing and pilot their #55 Icehouse Beer Ford. 

Celious Wolf would collect his series leading third career pole in qualifying, posting a time of 20.823 seconds, while Lightingblaze would struggle in qualifying, post a time of 21.042 seconds, 0.219 seconds behind Wolf's pole winning time, which would place Lightingblaze in the 35th position. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was the #28 Federated Auto Parts Ford of Jack Lagasee, who was 0.257 seconds behind Wolf's lap time.

Christian Russell stalls on pit road.

On race night, as the field began their lone pace lap around the twisting 0.750 mile short track, Nashville last-place finisher the unsponsored #60 Addington Racing Chevrolet of Christian Russell would stall on pit road, with the cause of the problem being a flat tire. As the field took the green flag, Russell's team would work on the truck as the race's first caution would come out rather fast when a multi-truck spin broke out on the frontstretch. As drivers raced back to the start/finish line, the #16 NAPA Brakes Chevrolet of Chris Kyle would make contact with Evergreen last-place finisher the #14 Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford of Mitchell Collins, sending both trucks for a spin that would also collect the #15 Acxiom Ford of Colby Harris and Texas last-place finisher the #90 NHL Dodge of Muhammad Zain Abdullah. As the trucks slid down the track, Lightingblaze tried to find a hole to get through but the space was gone when shi got there and slammed into Abdullah's truck. Lightingblaze would limp back around to pit road and then pulled into the garage, the truck was looked over by hir team briefly before it was retired, listed as "out" on Lap 4 but wouldn't fall into last on the race's seventh lap.

Russell's team was able to get his truck back out on track on the third lap and would start beside the leaders when the race went green to try and get his lap out, but while racing hard with leader Celious Wolf, Russell would be spun out and smacked the inside wall with the driver's door before coming back across the track in front of the the field, causing a multi truck crash in Turn 3 and Turn 4 as Russell's truck was destroyed, placing him 36th on the night.

The remaining Bottom Five would be taken out in the same crash but would be scored having competed 8 laps; 35th was the #50 Grainger Ford of Cameron Hathway, 34th was the #44 Federated Auto Parts Ford of Chase Harris and 33rd was points leader the unsponsored #09 Greenfield Racing Dodge of Season 3 Champion Zachary Fitzwater.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #7 has finished last in a Truck Series race at Richmond.
*This is the first time the #7 has trailed Truck Series race since the Season 3 NAPACARD 200 at the Evergreen Speedway when Truttle's #7 Lovable Ford completed 19 of the 20 laps under power; 40 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #7-Chakat Lightingblaze / 2 laps / crash
36) #60-Christian Russell / 7 laps / crash
35) #50-Cameron Hathaway / 8 laps / crash
34) #44-Chase Harris / 8 laps / crash
33) #09-Zachary Fitzwater / 8 laps / crash

TRUCKS: Tire problem strikes early at Louisville as Jay Jefferson scores his first last-place finish in the Truck Series in four years

Jay Jefferson picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Thursday's Kroger 225 at the Louisville Motor Speedway when his #8 PBA Tour Chevrolet completed 21 of the 23 laps under power.

The finish occurred in his 88th career series start. In the Truck Series, it's the 2nd for the #8 and the 25th where the truck was still running. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 21st for the #8 and 282nd where the vehicle was still running.

Entering his fourth ever season in the Truck Series, Jefferson had already made a name for himself, as he was tied for having the most wins in the truck series, while in his total career, Jay has raked up 9 wins but was still looking for his first ever SCRL Championship. Jay would sign up to drive for Duke Thorson and his team ThorSport Racing in the team's secondary truck, but would drive on the full time schedule while having never once trailed the field in any of his previous three seasons. Jay started off his fourth season by becoming the first driver to win back-to-back races in the series history after having won the last round previously at Las Vegas, as well as becoming the final driver to win at the Walt Disney World Speedway before it was taken off the schedule starting in Season 5. Jay would finish a disappointing 26th at Homestead, 29th at Phoenix, 3rd at Portland, 29th at Evergreen, 10th at I-70, 30th at Watkins Glen, 16th at Texas, 8th at Bristol, 11th at Milwaukee Mile, 35th at Nazareth, 8th at Fontana, 5th at Pikes Peak, 7th at IRP, 31st at Loudon, 18th at Flemington, 5th at Nashville before finishing 16th in the last round at Heartland Park.

The entry list for the eighth time, and fourth race in a row, this season would be only 31 trucks. Chakat Lightingblaze would collect hir first career pole of hir career in qualifying, posting a time of 16.503 seconds, while Jefferson would struggle in qualifying, post a time of 16.800 seconds, 0.297 seconds behind Lightingblaze's pole winning time, which would place him a disappointing 27th position. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was the #15 Acxiom Ford of Colby Harris, who was 0.493 seconds behind Lightingblaze's time.

On race night, Colby would trail for the first lap around the 0.438 short track before he would knock the #70 Easy Care Ford of Brock Beard into the final spot on the second lap. Brock would continue to struggle to gain any spots over the next three laps and was trailing the field then the battle of the ended suddenly. While running in 26th at the time, Jefferson would slow down suddenly and pulled to the inside of the track and pulled onto pit road, reporting of a flat tire. 

Around the same time Jefferson suffered tire problems, Phoenix last-place finisher the #18 Dana Corporation Dodge of Carter Joey would also pit for the same problem. Joey's team was able to remain only one lap down, while Jefferson's team would struggle to get his truck on the jack. When his team finally was able to, Jefferson was sent back out onto the track as with no cautions would fly during the event, Jay would trail for the first time in his Truck career while Joey would finish 30th.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders: 29th was the aforementioned #15 of Colby Harris, 28th was Flemington last-place finisher the #5 Llumar Window Films Chevrolet of Chakat Whitelion and 27th was the #1 Team ASE Racing Ford of Michael Brown.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #8 has finished last in a Truck Series race at Louisville.
*The only other time the #8 has trailed in a Truck Series race was the Season 2 NAPA Autocare 200 at the Nazareth Speedway when Mani Salado's #8 Cintas Chevrolet completed all of the 20 laps under power; 34 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
31) #8-Jay Jefferson / 21 laps / running
30) #18-Carter Joey / 22 laps / running
29) #15-Colby Harris / 23 laps / running
28) #5-Chakat Whitelion / 23 laps / running
27) #1-Michael Brown / 23 laps / running

TRUCKS: Flat tire keeps Riley Spurlytube trapped a lap down at Heartland Park; ties Greg Lee for most last-place finishes in the Truck Series

Riley Spurlytube picked up the 4th last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Tuesday's Lund Look 275K at Heartland Park Topeka when his #22 Red Dog Ford completed 8 of the 9 laps under power.

The finish, which occurred in his 81st career series start, was hir first on the circuit since the Season 2 Craftsman 200 at the Portland Speedway when his #15 L.C. Smith Sales Ford was involved in a multi-truck crash after 8 of 22 laps, 65 races ago. In the Truck Series, it's the 3rd for the #22 and the 24th where the truck was still running. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 17th for the #22 and 281st where the vehicle was still running.

Entering his fourth ever season in the Truck Series, Spurlytube has built up a great career, having scored 15 total wins in the SCRL, but had yet to score a championship in the SCRL and was hoping that would turn around in Season 4 as he signed to driver for Roger Penske. Spurlytube wound finish a disappointing 24th in the season's first event at Walt Disney, 30th at Homestead, 24th at Phoenix, 4th at Portland, 2nd at Evergreen, 7th at I-70, 27th at Watkins Glen, 7th at Texas, 10th at Bristol, 27th at Milwaukee Mile, 19th at Nazareth, 36th at Fontana, 7th at Pikes Peak, 29th at IRP, 17th at Loudon, 2nd at Flemington before finishing 29th in the last round at Nashville.

The entry list for the seventh time, and third race in a row, this season would be only 31 trucks. Chris Kyle would collect his second career pole of his career in qualifying, posting a time of 92.243 seconds, while Spurlytube would struggle in qualifying, post a time of 92.916 seconds, 0.673 seconds behind Kyle's pole winning time, which would place him a disappointing 22nd position. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was the #52 Purolator PureOne Filters Chevrolet of Blaise Zebrataur, who was a full 1.347 seconds behind Kyle's time.

On race day as the field began their lone pace lap around the twisting 2.100 mile road course, Spurlytube's truck stalled on pit road, with the cause of the problem being a flat tire. The field would circle back around the track and took the green flag with Spurlytube's team working on the truck as the field raced around the track, as the team had trouble getting the jack under before finally getting it as the field entered Turn 12 before putting four fresh tires and sending their driver back out on the track just as the leaders lapped him. Spurlytube was able to keep up with the leaders and actually had one of the fastest laps as a scoring error actually scored Spurlytube in 11th before it was finally fixed, and with a rather calm and uneventful race that no cautions would come out, Spurlytube would trail from flag to flag.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders: 30th was the #15 Acxiom Ford of Colby Harris, 29th was Fontana last-place finisher the #2 Team ASE Racing Ford of Monika Flores, 28th was the #50 Grainger Ford of Cameron Hathway and 27th was the aforementioned #52 of Blaise Zebrataur.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #22 has finished last in a Truck Series race at Heartland Park.
*This is the first time the #22 has trailed in a Truck Series race since the Season 2 Stevens Beil / Genuine Parts 200 at the Flemington Speedway when Cam Nixey's own turned in the #22 Red Dog Ford completed all 20 laps under power; 54 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
31) #22-Riley Spurlytube / 8 laps / running
30) #15-Colby Harris / 9 laps / running
29) #2-Monika Flores / 9 laps / running
28) #50-Cameron Hathaway / 9 laps / running
27) #52-Blaise Zebrataur / 9 laps / running

TRUCKS: Late race spin at Nashville gives Christian Russell the first last-place finish of his Truck Series career

Christian Russell picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Monday's Federated Auto Parts 250 at the Nashville Speedway when his unsponsored #60 Addington Racing Chevrolet completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish occurred in his 17th career series start. In the Truck Series, it's the 1st for the #60 and the 23rd where the truck was still running. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 1st for the #60 and 280th where the vehicle was still running.

Entering his first ever season driving a truck, Russell had found success before in the SCRL, having visited victory lane four times in his career, but had yet to really left a mark and was looking to change that in his first truck season. Having signed to drive for team owner Mike Addington's Chevrolet, Russell would be competing in all 27 events while going for his first ever championship. Russell would finish a disappointing 19th in his series debut at Walt Disney following by a 23rd at Homestead before finishing runner up to Brock Beard at Phoenix. A 12th at Portland, 18th at Evergreen, 20th at I-70, a 7th at the twisting road course at Watkins Glen, 18th at Texas, 22nd at Bristol, 28th at the Milwaukee Mile, 23rd at Nazareth, 4th at Fontana, 17th at Pikes Peak and a 21st at IRP. Brake failure, which led to a scary crash that placed Russell 36th at Loudon would be followed by the series fourth and final stop at Flemington, a race Russell would take the lead on Lap 3 by making a three wide pass between Riley Spurlytube and Chakat Snowchaser, and would win the final event at the track.

The entry list for the sixth time, and second race in a row, this season would be only 31 trucks. Fontana last-place finisher Monika Flores would collect her first career pole of his career in qualifying, posting a time of 20.710 seconds, while Russell would struggle in qualifying, posting a time of 21.648, 0.938 seconds behind Flores's pole winning time, and placing Russell in the final spot on race night.

On race night, Russell would trail for the first two turns around the 0.596 short track, he would knock Portland last-place finisher the #35 Ortho Lawn & Garden Products Chevrolet of Chakat Flaremane into the final spot as Flaremane would trail for the first lap before knocking Russell back to last on Lap 2. Russell would trail till Lap 5 when he knocked the #22 Red Dog Ford of Riley Spurlytube into the final spot on Lap 5. Spurlytube however was not long for last as he passed Russell on Lap 6, before Russell knocked Spurlytube back to last again on Lap 7. Spurlytube would fight back once again on Lap 9 and knocked Russell back to last. Russell would again trail for two laps before he knocked championship contender the #4 All American Museum Dodge of Daniel Bouchard into last on Lap 11.

Bouchard would trail for the next three laps when the battle for last came to an end. While racing three wide with Spurlytube and Bouchard off Turn 4, the three trucks made contact, with Russell spinning out while the other two trucks drove on. No caution would fly, but Russell was just a few seconds from being lapped, and when no caution would fly for the remainder of the race, Russell's first last-place finish in his truck career was his.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 30th was the aforementioned #4 of Daniel Bouchard, 29th was the #22 of Riley Spurlytube, 28th was Evergreen last-place finisher the #14 Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford of Mitchell Collins and 27th was Phoenix last-place finisher the #18 Dana Corporation Dodge of Carter Joey.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #60 has finished last in a Truck Series race as well at Nashville.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
31) #60-Christian Russell / 20 laps / running
30) #4-Daniel Bouchard / 20 laps / running
29) #22-Riley Spurlytube / 20 laps / running
28) #14-Mitchell Collins / 20 laps / running
27) #18-Carter Joey / 20 laps / running

TRUCKS: Brake problems strikes all time last-place finisher Chakat Whitelion at Flemington; trails for the 19th time in hir SCRL career

Chakat Whitelion picked up the 2nd last place finish of hir SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Sunday's Stevens Beil / Genuine Car Parts 200 at the Flemington Speedway when hir #5 Llumar Window Films Chevrolet completed 15 of the 20 laps under power.

The finish, which occurred in hir 62nd career series start, was hir first on the circuit since the Season 3 Pennzoil Discount Center 200 at the New Hampshire International Speedway when hir #18 Dana Corporation Dodge was involved in a multi-truck crash after 1 of 26 laps, 34 races ago. In the Truck Series, it's the 1st for the #5 and the 22nd where the truck was still running. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 18th for the #5 and 279th where the vehicle was still running.

Whitelion is a future first class ballot Hall of Famer when shi decides to hang up hir helmet for the final time. Entering hir third full time season in the Truck Series, Whitelion has picked up 32 career wins and has collected 7 championships, while at the same time, shi has trailed the field a record 18 times in hir career, a league record. Whitelion had never scored a single win in hir previous 46 truck starts, but shi had high hopes as shi signed to drive for Mike Skinner in a attempt at hir 8th overall championship. Whitelion would struggle in hir first two races of the season, finishing a disappointing 22nd at Walt Disney World and a 29th at Homestead, before rebounding with a 11th at Phoenix before once again struggling with a 25th at Portland, collecting hir first Top 10 of the season, a 6th at Evergreen, a 14th at I-70, a 21st at Watkins Glen, 10th at Texas before finishing 14th at Bristol. In the very next round at Milwaukee Mile, Whitelion would qualify 2nd and would take the lead with eleven laps to go and scored hir league setting 33rd career win but shi wasn't done yet at shi would win the next round at Nazareth for win #34 before winning a third time at Fontana for hir 35th career win. A disappointing 23rd at Pikes Peak would end hir chance of winning four in a row, followed by a 17th at IRP before finishing a disappointing 24th in the race one year prior shi had scored hir lone last-place finish in the Truck Series.

The entry list for the fifth time this season would be only 31 trucks, the first time since the season's 6th event at the I-70 Speedway that a field had only 31 trucks. Riley Spurlytube would collect his first career pole of his career in qualifying, posting a time of 22.019 seconds, while Whitelion would post a time of 22.342, while only 0.323 seconds behind Spurlytube's pole winning time, it placed hir in the 12th position. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was the #10 Ohio State University Chevrolet of Celious Wolf, who posted a time of 23.049, a time that was a full second behind Spurlytube's pole time.

On race day, as the field made their lone pace lap around the 0.625 mile short track, Whitelion's truck began to slow entering Turn 2 as shi pulled down the track at the same time the #15 Acxiom Ford of Colby Harris was, spinning Harris out while Whitelion pulled into the pits. Despite the fact that Harris had spun out, the race went green anyway as Whitelion's crew looked under the hood and found that the brakes had gone out. As the field raced their way around the track, Whitelion's crew would solve the problem and sent their driver back out onto the track, five laps behind the race leaders. Despite Whitelion having one of the faster trucks after the pit stop, the caution would never fly during the event and shi was unable to gain any spots for the rest of the event.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leader; 30th was the #70 Easy Care / Town & Country Ford of Brock Beard, 29th was two-time last-place finisher the #75 Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet of Joshua Rush, 28th was the #1 Team ASE Racing Ford of Michael Brown and 27th was the #87 BellSouth Mobility Chevrolet of Ben Crouch.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #5 has finished last in a Truck Series race as well at Flemington.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
31) #5-Chakat Whitelion / 15 laps / running
30) #70-Brock Beard / 20 laps / running
29) #75-Joshua Rush / 20 laps / running
28) #1-Michael Brown / 20 laps / running
27) #87-Ben Crouch / 20 laps / running

TRUCKS: Broken header prevents Chakat Raindancer from completing a lap at Loudon

Chakat Raindancer picked up the 1st last place finish of hir SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in Saturday's Pennzoil / VIP Auto Discount Tripleheader at the New Hampshire International Speedway when hir #19 Pennzoil Ford fell out with header issues without completing any of the 22 laps.

The finish occurred in hir 11th career series start. In the Truck Series, it's the 2nd for the #19 and the 2nd for header issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 12th for the #19 and 23rd for header issues.

Raindancer is still building hir career in the SCRL, while shi has found success in the ISCR, shi had made one previous start in his career, a race shi would actually trail for hir first career last-place finish. Despite having only one career start in hir career, Raindancer would sign to drive on a part-time ride with driving for Roehrig Motorsports. Raindancer would choose to skip the first race of the season at Walt Disney World, making hir Truck Series debut in the event's second race of the season at Homested, a race Raindancer finished 34th in. A poor finish of 31st at Phoenix would stay with the team as they would skip the next three events before returning at the season's first road course race, a event Raindancer would finish 18th place. A 23rd at Texas, a 18th at Bristol, 23rd at the Milwaukee Mile, before shi scored hir first career SCRL top 10, a 8th at Nazareth. A 35th place finish at Fontana would be followed by a 19th at Pikes Peak before finishing 12th in the last round at IRP.

The entry list for the 11th time this season would be 37 trucks. Pikes Peak last-place finisher Bob Jenkins would collect his first career pole of his career in qualifying, posting a time of 33.611 seconds, while Raindancer would struggle, posting a time of 33.933, while only 0.322 seconds behind Jenkins's pole winning time, it placed hir a disappointing 23rd position. Posting the slowest time during qualifying was the #15 Acxiom Ford of Colby Harris, who posted a time of 34.526, a time that was 0.593 seconds behind Jenkins's pole time.

On race day, as the field made their lone pace lap around the one mile track, Raindancer's truck began to instantly smoke as shi was forced to pull to the inside of pit road and was forced to ride all around the track on the apron, following the pace truck on pit road before shi pulled behind the wall as the field took the green flag. After looking over the truck for nearly ten minutes, it was decided to retire the truck, with the truck being listed as "out" due to a broken header after six laps had been completed.

Finishing 36th was the unsponsored #60 Addington Racing Chevrolet of Christian Russell who, while running in 18th, suffered brake failing while entering Turn 1. Russell turned his truck quickly to the right and slid into the wall with the right side of his truck, bringing out the race's first caution of the day. After limping back around the track, Russell would lose two laps to the race leaders before the problem was finally fixed, but despite Russell's team hard work, they were unable to move up any positions.

Finishing 35th was the #20 Orleans Hotel & Casino Chevrolet of Chakat Stripepaws, who suffered a broken Piston just before the race was extended by way of the Green, White, Checkered Rule.

The remaining Bottom Five would both finish two laps down from the race leaders; 34th was the #99 Exide Batteries Ford of Darren Allen and 33rd was the #7 Prime Performance Chevrolet of Chakat Lightingblaze.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #19 has finished last in the Truck Series at Loudon.
*This marked only the second time the #19 has trailed the field in the Truck Series. The only other time it happened was in the Season 2 Parts America 150 at the Watkins Glen International when Connor Thunder's #19 Macklanburg-Duncan Dodge finished under power after 7 of 13 laps; 50 races ago.
*This marked only the second time in series history a driver has trailed due to camshaft issues. The only other time it happened was in the Season 1 Goody's 150 at the Martinsville Speedway when Riley Spurlytube's #10 Made For You / Circular Chevrolet fell out with header problems after completing 1 of the 50 laps; 69 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #19-Chakat Raindancer / 0 laps / header
36) #60-Christian Russell / 18 laps / running
35) #20-Chakat Stripepaws / 19 laps / piston
34) #99-Darren Allen / 20 laps / running
33) #7-Chakat Lightingblaze / 20 laps / running