Throwback LEGENDS: Sicarius becomes first driver to trail field due to a mechanical problem in series first race at Michigan

Sicarius picked up the 1st last place finish of his ONL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 1 Motor State 400 at the Michigan International Speedway when his #4 Mills Plumbing Dodge suffered engine problems after completing 12 of the 20 laps.

The finish, came in his 12th career series start. 

In his series debut for the league, Sicarius finished a respectable 11th at Riverside, a position he would top just three races later by finishing 5th at Rockingham, which would be his career best while also having some struggles finishing 18th at Ontario and Bristol before finishing next to last at Talladega, and in his most recent race, he finished an 11th at Martinsville as the series traveled to Michigan for the first time in series history.

On race day, Sicarius would roll off the grid starting a career best 2nd, while starting last was the #30 unsponsored Dodge of ItalianDragon. Much of the stats for the race have been lost, but by the end of the event, Sicarius's engine had blown up on Lap 12 and his first ever last-place finish was his, as he was the only retiree of the event.

The remaining Bottom Five finished on the same lap as the race leaders: 19th was Atecom, 18th was the aforementioned #30 of ItalianDragon, 17th was the #40 7-Up Plymouth of Dinkdrinker and finishing 16th was the #11 Don Wagner Ford of Onuki.

Sicarius's career in the then ONL(now SCRL) would find him only competing in the NASCAR Legends series, never visiting victory lane, but scoring a career best 3rd at North Wilkesboro in Season 2. In his final career start, he started 20th and finished 24th at the Texas World Speedway, and has not competed in a SCRL sancationed race since.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #4 had finished last in a Legends race as well as at Michigan.
*This was the first time a driver failed to finish a race due to engine problems.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
20) #4-Sicarius / 12 laps / engine
19) Atecom / 20 laps / running
18) #30-ItalianDragon / 20 laps / running
17) #40-Dinkdrinker / 20 laps / running
16) #11-Onuki / 20 laps / running

Throwback V8: Tire problems places Cam Nixey in last at Lakeside

Cam Nixey picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL V8 Supercar Series career in the Lakeview 150 at the Lakeside International Raceway when his #22 Mobil 1 Toyota completed all 6 laps under power.

The finish came in his 2nd career start.

Cam was one of two Nixey's that joined to compete in the first ever season of the V8 Supercar Series, along with his brother Cole, the brothers were looking to make a name for themselves and continue their good runs in the Australian based series. In his first career start, Cam started 11th and finished a disappointing 24th in the last round at Barbagallo.

On race day, Cam rolled off pit road starting in the 23rd spot while starting in last was the #50 Supercheap Auto Toyota of Max Anderson as the leagued raced for the first time ever at the twisting 1.497 mile road course. Not much records was kept during the event as the cameras focused on the battle up front, but during the course of the six lap event, Cam was forced to make an unscheduled pit stop after suffering a flat right rear tire. Cam was able to limp back around and got two right side tires before being sent back out on the track, just seconds before race leader Evan Hunter was able to lap him. With no caution coming out, Cam was forced to hold on from going a lap down over the final laps, but would trail in the race.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 39th was the #67 Sirromet Wines Toyota of Evan Rudd, 38th was the #10 Orrcon Ford of Kian Raleigh-Howell, 37th was the aforementioned #50 of Max Anderson and 36th was Barbagallo last-place finisher the #55 Autobarn Toyota of Connor Thunder.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #22 has finished last in a V8 Supercar Series race as well at Lakeside.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #22-Cam Nixey / 6 laps / running
39) #67-Evan Rudd / 6 laps / running
38) #10-Kian Raleigh-Howell / 6 laps / running
37) #50-Max Anderson / 6 laps / running
36) #55-Connor Thunder / 6 laps / running

Throwback Formula E: Early crash at Hungaroring makes Eli Bright the second driver to trail a race twice in one season

Eli Bright picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Formula E Series career in the Season 1 Hungarian Sprint at Hungaroring when his #3 Red Bull Racing was involved in a multi-car crash after 2 of the 5 laps.

The finish, which came in his 7th start, was his first on the circuit since the South Africa Sprint at the Kyalami Circuit when he completed all 11 laps under power, 5 races ago. 

After trailing the field at Kyalami, Bright finished 13th at Shanghai, 19th at Monaco before finishing 15th in the last round at Long Beach.

On race day, Bright rolled off starting 19th while starting in the final spot was the #8 Haas F1 Team of Matt Johnson. The first lap around the 3.968 mile road course was rather calm with no incidents among the twenty two drivers, but as soon as the field entered Turn 3, the battle for last quickly ended. While running in 11th, the #11 Sahara Force India F1 Team of Tommy Hudson lost control and spun off track, hitting the outside wall and coming back across the track. Bright, who was five position behind Hudson, entered Turn 3 too fast and slid off course and with no time to react, slammed into the back of Hudson's car, sending both cars up into the air before coming back down on all fours. Hudson was able to make it back around to the pits for repairs and would finish 21st, as the last car on the lead lap, while Bright would coast around back to the garage with his car heavily smoking, done for the day.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was: 20th was the aforementioned #8 of Matt Johnson, 19th was the #26 Scuderia Toro Rosso of Keinan Busch and 18th was the #94 of Manor Racing of Alex DeFranco.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL Formula E Series last-place finish for the #3 at Hungaroring.
*This marked only the second time a driver has trail the field due to crash damage in the SCRL Formula E Series; the only other time it had happened was the Germany ePrix at Hockenheimring when Cally Joetta's #21 Haas F1 Team was involved in a single-car accident after 1 of 7 laps; 4 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #3-Eli Bright / 2 laps / crash
21) #11-Tommy Hudson / 5 laps / running
20) #8-Matt Johnson / 5 laps / running
19) #26-Keinan Busch / 5 laps / running
18) #94-Alex DeFranco / 5 laps / running

Throwback MEXICO: Zachary Fitzwater trails flag to flag at Willow Springs in series first ever trip to California

Zachary Fitzwater picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Telcel Mexico Series career in the Season 1 California 150 at the Willow Springs Speedway when his #20 Avaya / Axtel X-Tremo Toyota completed all 6 laps under power.

The finish came in his 3rd career series start. 

Fitzwater was one of twelve drivers to signup to compete in the brand new series ran mostly in Mexico. In his series debut, Fitzwater finished 11th at Phoenix after being taken out in a Lap 25 crash and finished 5th in the last round at Central Texas as the series traveled to California for their first ever road course event at the 2.500 mile road course.

On race day, Fitzwater would roll off the field starting in the final spot. A hot track resulted in drivers struggled on the two and a half mile track as Fitzwater had lost touch with the rest of the field by Lap 2, nearly three seconds behind, five by Lap 4 and when the Checkered Flag was shown, Fitzwater was over twelve seconds behind.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 11th was the #31 54D Chevrolet of Rocco Twyman, 10th was the #18 Canel's / HDI Seguros / Scotiabank Toyota of Chakat Whitelion, 9th was the #46 Avaya / Axtel X-Tremo Toyota of Connor Hurley and finishing 8th was the #3 Telcel / Samsung Toyota of Morgan McPherson.

For Fitzwater, it would be the lone last-place finish of his career in the Mexico Series as at the very next event at Saugus, he would score his first series win and would go on to finish 9th in the final point standings. Fitzwater has gone on to have a very successful career, scoring 1 career wins along the way to winning 4 championships.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #20 had finished last in a Mexico series race as well as at Willow Springs.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
12) #20-Zachary Fitzwater / 6 laps / running
11) #31-Rocco Twyman / 6 laps / running
10) #18-Chakat Whitelion / 6 laps / running
9) #46-Connor Hurley / 6 laps / running
8) #3-Morgan McPherson / 6 laps / running