BUSCH: "Big One" at inaugural race in Milwaukee places Derek Greene last for the third time in his short career

Derek Greene picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Sunday's Red Carpet 200 at the Milwaukee Mile when his #2 Kopy King Pontiac was eliminated in a multi-car accident after 6 of 20 laps.

The finish occurred in his 10th career series start. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 1st for car #2 and the 31st from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 16th for the #2 and 277th from a crash.

Derek is still a rookie in the SCRL, having only completed one full time season in his career, the SCRL CART Series, a season he would score two last-place finishes, at Trenton and in the season finale at Phoenix. Greene would come back for more, as he would drive full time in his first ever Busch season, a season that started off with a 25th at Daytona, 3rd at Richmond after leading 21 laps, and a 8th at Rockingham before scoring back-to-back 20th place finishes at Hickory and Martinsville. A 26th at Darlington, 11th at Orange County and a 7th at Nashville would be followed up with a 15th in the last round at Langley.

The entry list for the fifth time this season would be the full drivers and part-time drivers traveling to Milwaukee in the series first ever stop at the legendary one mile track.

In qualifying, Derrick Edison would make history by becoming the first driver to ever win a pole at Milwaukee with a lap time of 28.081 seconds. Greene would struggle in qualifying, posting a time of 28.223, 0.142 seconds off Edison's pole, placing him 30th overall. Posting the slowest time in qualifying was the #88 Service Specialties Pontiac of Rohan Marmot, who posted a time of 28.312 seconds, 0.231 seconds behind Edison's pole winning time.

On race day, Rohan would trail for the first four turns when coming off the final turn, the unsponsored #1 Lindy White Racing Pontiac of David Beyers made slight contact with the #16 Big Orange Market Pontiac of Juniper Skunktaur, causing Beyers to lose control and smack the outside wall before coming across the track and made contact with Greene as well as the #14 Banner House Handbags Pontiac of Christian Russel, as Russel would get severe front end damage and spun out on the frontstretch, making contact with the inside wall, bringing out the race's first caution. Seconds later a multi car crash would break out on the backstretch, during with the #23 Miller High Life Oldsmobile of Samet Ozkan would be spun out by his teammate, the #22 Miller High Life Oldsmobile of Tyler Ferris, sending Ozkan into the inside wall driver door first and would force Ozkan to pit for repairs, losing a lap in the process. Ozkan was running with the leaders when the green went back racing as he tried to get his lap back when the battle for last came to a sudden halt just two turns later.

As the field was racing for 6th, the #30 RC Cola Pontiac of Chakat Duskwatcher made contact with two time last-place finisher the #28 Skoal Bandit Pontiac of Jack Lagasee, as Lagasee would spin up the track and hit the outside wall before coming back across the track, as a "Big One" would break out on the track. Greene, who was riding around in the back of the pack pulled to the inside of the track to try and avoid the wreck, but the #45 Luck Stone / Dryden Oil Pontiac of Boston Jones had come down at that moment and Greene slammed hard into him, destroying the front end of Greene's car as well as David Beyers car, as both drivers would limp back to the pits before pulling behind the wall, both cars being scored as having completed six laps, with Greene being scored last and Beyers in 39th.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were drivers who was able to limp around one more lap before pulling behind the wall; 38th was the aforementioned #28 of Jack Lagasee, 37th was the #19 Steve's Radiator Service Pontiac of Finn Smith and 36th was the #13 D & D Tattooing Pontiac of Chakat Blackpaw.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #2 has finished last in a Busch Series race as well at Milwaukee.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #2-Derek Greene / 6 laps / crash
39) #1-David Beyers / 6 laps / crash
38) #28-Jack Lagasee / 7 laps / crash
37) #19-Finn Smith / 7 laps / crash
36) #13-Chakat Blackpaw / 7 laps / crash

BUSCH: Caution free race at Langley gives Jack Lagasee the 7th last-place finish of his SCRL career

Jack Lagasee picked up the 3rd last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Saturday's Hampton 200 at the Langley Field Speedway when his #28 Skoal Bandit Pontiac completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish, which occurred in his 73rd career series start, was his first on the circuit since the Wrangler 150 at the Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway when he completed all 40 laps under power; 7 races ago. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 3rd for car #28 and the 28th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 15th for the #28 and 295th for running at the finish.

After trailing for the first time since Richmond, Jack would come back with a 3rd place finish in the next round at Rockingham, 16th at Hickory, 16th at Martinsville, 3rd at Darlington, 20th at Orange County before finishing in 3rd place for the third time this season in the last round at Nashville.

The entry list for the third race in a row would be the usual 25 cars of the full time drivers, with the part time drivers not scheduled to return in the next round at the Milwaukee Mile.

In qualifying, Chakat Whitelion would score the second pole of hir Busch Series career with a lap time of 19.007 seconds. Jack, the Season 1 Champion, would struggle in qualifying, posting a time of 19.342, 0.335 seconds off Whitelion's pole, placing him 20th overall. Posting the slowest time in qualifying was the #30 RC Cola Pontiac of Chakat Duskwatcher, who posted a time of 20.946 seconds, 0.477 seconds behind Whitelion's pole winning time.

On race day, Duskwatcher would trail for only the first turn before shi would knock Darlington last-place finisher the #6 Mason Day Paving / Valvoline Chevrolet of Chris Kyle, as Kyle would trail for the first lap around the 0.395 mile short track, with Kyle remaining in the final spot for the first five laps, before Kyle would pass two time last-place finisher the #48 Williford Prod. Builders Pontiac of Matt McIntyre, who would trail for only two laps before Jack would fall back into last for the first time. Jack would struggle for the next few laps to stay caught up with the pack in front of him, falling almost a full second behind, and with no cautions flying during the event, Jack would easily finish last for the second time this season.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were; 24th was the #32 Econo Lodge / Budweiser Pontiac of Riley Spurlytube, 23rd was Daytona last-place finisher the #00 Thomas Bros. Country Ham Oldsmobile of Jeremy Ickle, 22nd was the aforementioned #48 of Matt McIntyre and 21st was the #8 Wrangler Jeans Pontiac of Cassie Dent.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #28 has finished last in a Busch Series race at Langley.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
25) #28-Jack Lagasee / 20 laps / running
24) #32-Riley Spurlytube / 20 laps / running
23) #00-Jeremy Ickle / 20 laps / running
22) #48-Matt McIntyre / 20 laps / running
21) #8-Cassie Dent / 20 laps / running

BUSCH: Race long battle at Nashville ends with Matt McIntyre finishing last for the second race in a row

Matt McIntyre picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Friday's Nashville 200 at the Nashville Speedway when his #48 Williford Prod. Builders Pontiac completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish, which occurred in his 8th career series start, was his first on the circuit since the Mason Day Paving 200 at the Orange County Speedway when he completed all 30 laps under power; 1 race ago. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 2nd for car #48 and the 27th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 9th for the #48 and 294th for running at the finish.

After trailing for the first time in his Busch Series career, McIntyre and his team traveled from North Carolina to Tennessee the site of the 0.596 mile short track, the first time in series history drivers are racing at the track.

The entry list for the second race in a row would be the usual 25 cars of the full time drivers, with the part time drivers not scheduled to return for another two races at the Milwaukee Mile.

In qualifying, Rohan Marmot would score the first pole of his Busch Series career with a lap time of 20.554 seconds. McIntyre would impress in qualifying, posting a time of 20.658, 0.104 seconds off Rohan's pole, placing him 10th overall. Posting the slowest time in qualifying was the #24 Komfort Koach / Budweiser Ford of Michael Brown, who posted a time of 20.946 seconds, 0.392 seconds behind Lagasee's pole winning time.

On race day, Brown's stay in the final spot lasted for only one turn as he knocked the #30 RC Cola Pontiac of Chakat Duskwatcher into the final spot, but the next time around the defending CART Series Champion the #32 Econo Lodge / Budweiser Pontiac of Riley Spurlytube would trail back to last on Lap 2, but Spurlytube's stay in last was only one lap as well as he knocked Darlington last-place finisher the #6 Mason Day Paving / Valvoline Chevrolet of Chris Kyle fell back to last on Lap 3. Kyle didn't want to finish last for the second time this season, as he would knock Duskwatcher back to last just one lap later on Lap 4. Duskwatcher would remain in last for one lap once again before passing and knocking the #87 Domino's Pizza Chevrolet of Dilan Ebrahimian into the last spot on Lap 5.

Ebrahimian would continue to remain in last for two laps before knocking the #8 Wrangler Jeans Pontiac of Cassie Dent into last on Lap 7, but her stay there was short lived as she knocked the #12 unsponsored Ellis Racing Pontiac of Tyler Mills into last on Lap 8. Mills would trail for two laps before he would pass the #15 Hendrick Honda Pontiac of Chase Miller into last on Lap 10. Miller would trail for only one circuit before McIntyre would enter the battle for the first time on Lap 11, trailing for two laps before knocking Kyle back to last on Lap 14. Both drivers would battle hard to prevent from becoming the first driver to finish last twice this season, but Kyle was more determined, passing and putting McIntyre back to last on Lap 16, and as hard as he tried to back past Kyle, McIntyre was unable to, finishing last for the second race in a row.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were; 23rd the aforementioned #15 of Chase Miller, 22nd was the #87 of Dilan Ebrahimian and 21st was the #12 of Tyler Mills.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #48 has finished last in a Busch Series race at Nashville.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
25) #48-Matt McIntyre / 20 laps / running
24) #6-Chris Kyle / 20 laps / running
23) #15-Chase Miller / 20 laps / running
22) #87-Dilan Ebrahimian / 20 laps / running
21) #12-Tyler Mills / 20 laps / running

BUSCH: Matt McIntyre trails in caution free race at Orange County; trails for only the second time in his SCRL career

Matt McIntyre picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Thursday's Mason Day Paving 200 at the Orange County Speedway when his #48 Williford Prod. Builders Pontiac completed all 30 laps under power.

The finish occurred in his 7th career series start. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 1st for car #48 and the 26th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 8th for the #48 and 293rd for running at the finish.

Entering the third season of the Busch Series, McIntyre is still looking to make a name for himself in the SCRL, making his first ever start in the SCRL Chili Bowl before joining the CART Series, a season which he would fail to visit victory lane and would finish 33rd in points overall. When it came time for the Busch Series, McIntyre would once again sign on to drive full time in hopes of having better luck, he started off poorly by qualifying last at Daytona and would finish a disappointing 26th after being caught up in the race's second "Big One". McIntyre's season would continue to be disappointing with a 22nd at Richmond and a 37th at Rockingham would be followed by his first ever Top 5 in the SCRL a 5th at Hickory, followed by a 28th at Martinsville and a 23rd at Darlington in the last round.

The entry list for Orange County would be back down to the usual 25 cars of the full time drivers, with the part time drivers not scheduled to return for another three races at the Milwaukee Mile.

In qualifying, Al Lagasee would score the second pole in a role for the Lagasse family after Jack had won in the last round at Darlington, the first time in his Busch Series career with a lap time of 17.042 seconds. McIntyre would struggle in qualifying around the 0.375 mile track, posting a time of 17.418, 0.376 seconds off Lagasee's pole, placing him 15th overall. Posting the slowest time in qualifying was the #42 Benefit Development Pontiac of Jake Thomas, who posted a time of 17.504 seconds, 0.462 seconds behind Lagasee's pole winning time.

On race day, Thomas would trail for only the first turn before passing the #24 Komfort Koach / Budweiser Ford of Michael Brown, as Brown would trail for the first three laps around the track before knocking the #8 Wrangler Jeans Pontiac of Cassie Dent into last on Lap 4. Dent would struggle for the next few laps, before finally passing and putting McIntyre into last for the first time on Lap 10. McIntyre would himself struggle around the track to even stay with the pack as he would fall at one point a full second behind the closest car, but finally on Lap 24 he knocked the unsponsored #97 Hill Racing Pontiac of Blaine Hayes. Hayes would trail for two laps before passing McIntyre back on Lap 26, but McIntyre would fight back and passed Hayes back on Lap 27, with Hayes looking to fight back over the next three laps to prevent himself from finishing last for the first time in his short career, and when the field began it's final lap, Hayes got a run on the outside, passing McIntyre in Turn 1 and held off McIntyre by less then a car length to give McIntyre only his second ever last-place finish of his career.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were; 24th the aforementioned #97 of Blaine Hayes, 23rd was the #14 Banner House Handbags Pontiac of Christian Russel, 22nd was the #88 Service Specialties Pontiac of Rohan Marmot and 21st was the #24 of Michael Brown.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #48 has finished last in a Busch Series race as well at Orange County.
*The only other time McIntyre has traield an SCRL race was in the Season 1 SCRL CART Series Trenton Twin Indy #2 at the Trenton Speedway when his #33 Purina entry fell out with engine issues without completing any of the 10 laps.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
25) #48-Matt McIntyre / 30 laps / running
24) #97-Blaine Hayes / 30 laps / running
23) #14-Christian Russel / 30 laps / running
22) #88-Rohan Marmot / 30 laps / running
21) #24-Michael Brown / 30 laps / running

BUSCH: Early crash damage at Darlington keeps Chris Kyle last; moves into fifth on all-time last-place finishing list

Chris Kyle picked up the 3rd last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Wednesday's Dixie Cup 200 at the Darlington Raceway when his Mason Day Paving / Valvoline Oldsmobile completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish, which occurred in his 41st career series start, was his first on the circuit since July 24 2018, the Miller 300 at the South Boston Speedway when his #15 Wrangler Jeans Pontiac fell out with header problems after completing 10 of the 30 laps; 11 races ago. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 2nd for car #6 and the 25th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 19th for the #6 and 292nd for running at the finish.

Entering the third season of the Busch Series, Kyle had found success in the SCRL before, having scored 10 career wins, as well as being the Season 2 SCRL Tim Horton's Canadian Series Champion, a series he has already expressed interest in returning to when the series comes back around. Kyle, who chose not to complete in the inaugural season would sign on to complete full time in Season 2 would have a decent season, visiting victory lane one time, at the first ever race at the legendary North Wilkesboro Speedway, and would finish 19th overall in the point standings. 

This season, Kyle would return with a new team, driving for himself, Kyle would start his season off with disappoint after being involved in the race's second "Big One" and would finish 22nd. A 21st at Richmond, 25th at Rockingham, 24th at Hickory and a 39th in the last round at Martinsville has Kyle currently in 26th in points, the lowest of all full time drivers as the series visited the legendary "Lady in Black" for the first time this season.

The entry list for Darlington for the second race in a row would be the would be the full field of 40 cars, both full and part-time drivers, including Celious Wolf, who had scored his first career Busch Series win in the last round on the legendary half mile track at Martinsville.

In qualifying, Season 1 Champion Jack Lagasee would win the pole for the first time in his Busch Series career with a lap time of 31.261 seconds. Kyle would struggle in qualifying around the 1.366 mile track, posting a time of 31.566, 0.305 seconds off Lagasee's pole, placing him 34th overall, the second worst starting spot of the season for him. Posting the slowest time in qualifying was the #22 Miller High Life Oldsmobile of Tyler Ferris, who posted a time of 23.791 seconds, 0.353 seconds behind Lagasee's pole winning time.

Ignazio Alberti heads toward pit road.

On race day, as the field began to pull off pit road for their lone pace lap, the #46 Hoopaugh Grading Pontiac of Ignazio Alberti was forced to make an unscheduled pit stop, reporting of a flat tire, as he was forced to travel down the backstretch pit road and to his crew. Had Alberti's crew not gotten him back out onto the track, he would have been the first driver to trail the field due to a tire problem since Gatlin Downey at IRP one season ago. 

Thankfully for Alberti, his team quickly replaced all four tires before sending him back out to catch the start of the race and would knock the #7 Wrangler Jeans Oldsmobile of Blaise Zebrataur into last place and would trail for the first lap. As the field made it's way down the backstretch to start Lap 2, the #71 Taylor Togs / Maxie's Vending Pontiac of Muhammad Zain Abdullah smacked the outside wall and came back across the track, getting hit by the #24 Komfort Koach / Budweiser Ford of Michael Brown, who came back across the track and hit the Daytona last-place finisher the #00 Thomas Bros. Country Ham Oldsmobile of Jeremy Ickle, causing the two cars to spin out right in front of the field as Kyle had nowhere to go and slammed into the back of Brown's car, severely damaging both Kyle's and Brown's car as well at the #13 D & D Tattooing Pontiac of Chakat Blackpaw, as Brown would limp back tp pit road, trailing for two laps as his crew made repairs before finally knocking Kyle back to last-place for the first time on Lap 4.

Kyle would trail as the field went back to racing, actually knocking the #3 Wendy's Chevrolet of Michael Creed into last on Lap 7, a position Creed would hold for two laps before passing Kyle back and dropping him to last on Lap 10. Kyle would try as hard as he could to gain another spot, but the damage to the right front of his car was too much, finishing three seconds behind the closest car in front of him and more then twenty one seconds behind the race leaders.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were; 39th was the aforementioned #3 of Michael Creed, 38th was the #13 of Chakat Blackpaw, 37th was the #4 Thurman Enterprises Pontiac of Corrie Scott and 36th was the #8 Wrangler Jeans Pontiac of Cassie Dent.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #6 has finished last in a Busch Series race at Darlington.
*The only other time the #6 has finished last in a Busch Series race was the inaugural race of the series, the Season 1 Goody's 300 at the Daytona International Speedway when Colin Dryburgh's unsponsored #6 Pontiac was involved in a multi-car crash after 1 of the 20 laps; 69 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #6-Chris Kyle / 20 laps / running
39) #3-Michael Creed / 20 laps / running
38) #13-Chakat Blackpaw / 20 laps / running
37) #4-Corrie Scott / 20 laps / running
36) #8-Cassie Dent / 20 laps / running

BUSCH: Reigning ARCA Midget Series Champion Sebastian LeNoble trails for the first time in his Busch Series career at Martinsville

Sebastian LeNoble picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Saturday's Miller Time 250 at the Martinsville Speedway when his unsponsored #0 Applegate Racing Chevrolet completed 49 of the 50 laps under power.

The finish occurred in his 3rd career series start. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 1st for car #0 and the 24th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 1st for the #0 and 291st for running at the finish.

Entering the third season of the Busch Series, Sebastian, the former Sebastian Dent, had made a name for himself in the SCRL ARCA Midget Series, where he scored his first ever championship and the first for the Dent family in the SCRL. Sebastian would be one of fifteen drivers to sign up and compete on a part time schedule, racing on tracks that could hold more then forty cars. 

In Sebastian's busch debut, he would start 13th and finished a impressive 5th at Daytona. After skipping the season's second race at Richmond, Sebastian next appearance would be at Rockingham, a race he would start 20th and finished a disappointing 39th after crashing out early. With the teams skipping the last round at Hickory, Sebastian's team would next head toward Virginia and Martinsville's legendary half mile track.

The entry list for Martinsville would be bumped back up to a full field of 40 cars, as the full time drivers.

In qualifying, rookie John Smith surprised in qualifying by winning the pole with a lap time of 23.082 seconds. Sebastian would struggle in qualifying, posting a time of 23.577, while 0.495 seconds off Smith's pole, placing him 33rd overall, the worst starting spot of the season. Posting the slowest time in qualifying was the #30 RC Cola Pontiac of Chakat Duskwatcher, who posted a time of 23.791 seconds, 0.709 seconds behind Smith's pole winning time.

On race day, Sebastian would trail for the first two turns before he knocked and passed Rockingham last-place finisher the #21 Chattanooga Chew Pontiac of Derrick Edison, who would trail for the first lap. Edison would struggle to keep up with the drivers in front of him for the next few laps before finally catching and knocking the #88 Service Specialties Pontiac of Rohan Marmot into last on Lap 9. Rohan's stay in the final spot lasted only one lap as he would pass Edison back one lap later as Edison would take last on Lap 10 and he was trailing the field when the race's lone caution came out on Lap 12 when the #3 Wendy's Chevrolet of Michael Creed, who was running in 29th, spun out in Turn 1 after contact from the #13 D & D Tattooing Chevrolet of Chakat Blackpaw, with Creed falling back to last. Creed would remain in the final spot throughout the caution and when the field went back to racing, the #6 Mason Day Paving Chevrolet of Chris Kyle, who was running in 22nd, was forced to make an unscheduled pit stop, with Kyle reporting of a flat tire.

Kyle's team was able to replace all four tires before sending Kyle back out onto the track just in front of the leaders. Kyle would fight hard with race leader Celious Wolf to remain on the lead lap before being passed on Lap 24, with Kyle waiting a hoping to get his lap back, with Kyle staying with Wolf for the next twenty laps, waiting for the time to strike and when Wolf was starting to lap drivers, with Kyle passing Sebastian on Lap 44. Sebastian would try and fight and get back around Kyle but was unable to, with Kyle edging out Sebastian for 39th on the final lap.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were drivers who would also be lapped in the final laps; 38th was the aforementioned #3 of Michael Creed, 37th was the #87 Domino's Pizza Chevrolet of Dilan Ebrahimian and 36th was the #88 of Rohan Marmot.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #0 has finished last in a Busch Series race as well at Martinsville.
*This is the first time a driver trailed the field while running at the finish since the Mountain Dew 200 at the Hickory Motor Speedway when Jeff White's #07 Bob Banning Pontiac completed 18 of the 20 laps under power; 1 race ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #0-Sebastian LeNoble / 49 laps / running
39) #6-Chris Kyle / 49 laps / running
38) #3-Michael Creed / 49 laps / running
37) #87-Dilan Ebrahimian / 49 laps / running
36) #88-Rohan Marmot / 49 laps / running

BUSCH: Tire problems at Hickory gives Jeff White the first last-place finish of his SCRL career

Jeff White picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Friday's Mountain Dew 200 at the Hickory Motor Speedway when his #07 Bob Banning Pontiac completed 18 of the 20 laps under power.

The finish occurred in his 4th career series start. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 1st for car #07 and the 23rd for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 5th for the #07 and 290th for running at the finish.

Entering the third season of the Busch Series, White was one of sixteen drivers not only making their Busch Series debuts, but would also be making his overall SCRL start, as he was able to find a full time ride in his first ever SCRL attempt. White would be involved in the second "Big One" at Daytona and would finish a disappointing 32nd, qualifying second at Richmond and would lead 9 laps before finishing runner up to Finn Smith before finishing 36th in the last round at Rockingham after being caught up in another "Big One" early in the race.

The entry list for Hickory would be knocked back down to only the full time drivers, which would be for the second time this season a field of 25 cars competing at the 0.363 mile short track.

In qualifying, future SCRL Hall of Famer and defending Busch Series Champion Chakat Whitelion won the pole for the first time in hir career with a lap time of 18.356 seconds. White would struggle in qualifying, posting a time of 18.708, while 0.352 seconds off Whitelion's pole, it placed him 22nd overall. Posting the slowest time in qualifying was the #45 Luck Stone / Dryden Oil of Boston Jones, who posted a time of 18.829 seconds, 0.473 seconds behind Whitelion's pole winning time.

On race day, Jones's stay in last would only last for two turns as he knocked the #12 unsponsored Ellis Racing Pontiac of Tyler Mills into last, a position Mills would hold for two laps before White would enter the battle for last for the first time on Lap 3. White was in the final spot for only one lap before he knocked the #6 Mason Day Paving Chevrolet of Chris Kyle into last on Lap 4. Kyle would trail for two laps before knocking the #42 Benefit Development Pontiac of Jake Thomas into last on Lap 7, while running in last for the next two laps, the battle for last would come to an end one lap later. While running in 19th, White's car began to slow going into Turn 2, luckily the drivers behind him were able to avoid as White stalled in Turn 2, bringing out what would be the race's lone caution, taking the final spot on Lap 10. White's car was pushed back to the pits by a tow truck as his team would replace all four tires and sent their driver back out onto the track, two laps behind the leaders, but with no other driver having problems over the final laps, White was the lone driver to not finish on the lead lap.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were drivers who would finish on the same lap as the race leaders; 24th was the aforementioned #6 of Chris Kyle, 23rd was the #42 of Jake Thomas, 22nd was the #30 RC Cola Pontiac of Chakat Duskwatcher and 21st was the unsponsored #97 Hill Racing Pontiac of Blaine Hayes.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #07 has finished last in a Busch Series race as well at Hickory.
*This is the first time a driver trailed the field while running at the finish since the Wrangler 150 at the Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway when Jack Lagasee's #28 Skoal Bandit Pontiac completed all 40 laps under power; 2 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
25) #07-Jeff White / 18 laps / running
24) #6-Chris Kyle / 20 laps / running
23) #42-Jake Thomas / 20 laps / running
22) #30-Chakat Duskwatcher / 20 laps / running
21) #97-Blaine Hayes / 20 laps / running

BUSCH: Early "Big One" at Rockingham gives Derrick Edison the 7th last-place finish of his SCRL career

Derrick Edison picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Thursday's Komfort Koach 200 at the North Carolina Motor Speedway when his #21 Chattanooga Chew Pontiac was eliminated in a multi-car accident after 5 of 20 laps.

The finish occurred in his 32nd career series start. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 2nd for car #21 and the 30th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 25th for the #21 and 276th from a crash.

Entering the third season of the Busch Series, Edison is still trying to make a name for himself in the SCRL, having found victory lane three times in his career, but had yet to really leave his mark in the league. Edison had been one of the drivers to compete in Season 1 of the Busch Series, running all 29 races, but failed to find victory lane, and finished a disappointing 31st in points. Edison would not come back to race in Season 2, but when it came time for the series's third season, Edison would return to Pearson Racing after the team had come to terms of the release of Christian Vargas, with the team choosing to go only part-time effort for this season with a hopes of a full time in Season Four. In his return to the Busch Series, Edison would qualify a impressive 7th at Daytona, and after leading 7 laps, would be shuffled to the back and would finish 13th. With the team choosing to skip Richmond, Edison would next race at the 1.017 mile track, the site of Edison's only Busch race in the series at the track, a 24th.

The entry list for Rockingham would be bumped back up to a full field of 40 cars, as the full time drivers.

In qualifying, rookies Derek Greene for the second race in a row would impress, winning his second pole in a row with a lap time of 22.678 seconds, just one thousandths of a second over Richmond race winner Finn Smith. Edison would struggle some in qualifying, posting a time of 22.687, while only nine thousands of a second slower, it would place Edison in 17th spot. Posting the slowest time in qualifying was the #24 Komfort Koach / Budweiser Ford of Michael Brown, posting a time of 22.699 seconds, only 0.021 seconds behind Greene's pole winning time.

On race day, Brown's stay in last was brief as almost instantly chaos broke out as Edison was spun out by the #87 Domino's Pizza Chevrolet of Dilan Ebrahimian sending Edison head-on into the inside concrete wall, bringing out the first caution. Behind them another crash broke out as the #88 Service Specialties Pontiac of Rohan Marmot was spun out by the #07 Bob Banning Pontiac of Jeff White, blocking the track as the #4 Thurman Enterprises Pontiac of Corrie Scott would get severe damage to the front end of her car as she was forced to make a pit stop to repair damage, trailing for the first two laps before she would knock defending CART Series Champion the #32 Econo Lodge / Budweiser Pontiac of Riley Spurlytube into last on Lap 3, when he too had to make a pit stop to repair damage. When the green flag came back out, Spurlytube was trailing the field when the field ran down the backstretch when the battle for last came to a sudden end.

While battling for 8th, the #23 Miller High Life Oldsmobile of Samet Ozkan made contact with Richmond race winner the #19 West Hartford Tool & Die Pontiac of Finn Smith as Ozkan did an incredible job saving the car from hitting the backstretch wall, but while trying to merge back into traffic, he made contact with Smith again, sending both cars into the outside wall, as well as collecting Daytona race winner the #14 Banner House Handbags Oldsmobile of Christian Russel. Ozkan would hit the wall with such impact that it sent his car into the air and on only two wheels before coming back down, and with the rest of the field running at full speed toward the turn, it was nearly impossible for any driver to avoid the crash, with Edison being one of them, destroying his car. 

Edison would be scored as last despite the fact that three other drivers were also involved in the crash and scored as having completed five laps, those being the #0 Hendrick Honda Pontiac of Sebastian LeNoble, the #45 Luck Stone / Dryden Oil Pontiac of Boston Jones and the #48 Williford Prod. Builders Pontiac of Matt McIntyre, as those drivers would be scored 39th through 37th.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were in 36th was the aforementioned #07 of Jeff White, who was barely able to limp his car past the start/finish line before pulling behind the garage, being scored as having completed 6 laps.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #21 has finished last in a Busch Series race at Rockingham.
*The only other time the #21 has finished last in a Busch Series was the May 3rd, 2018 Roses Stores 200 at the South Boston Speedway when Christian Vargas was involved in a single-car accident after 16 of 30 laps; 22 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #21-Derrick Edison / 5 laps / crash
39) #0-Sebastian LeNoble / 5 laps / crash
38) #45-Boston Jones / 5 laps / crash
37) #48-Matt McIntyre / 5 laps / crash
36) #07-Jeff White / 6 laps / crash

BUSCH: Late fuel system problems places Season 1 Champion Jack Lagasee last at Richmond

Jack Lagasee picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Tuesday's Wrangler 150 at the Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway when his #28 Skoal Bandit Pontiac completed all 40 laps under power.

The finish, which occurred in his 66th career series start, was his first on the circuit since June 6th 2018, the Coca-Cola 200 at the South Boston Speedway when he was involved in a multi-car crash after 3 of the 30 laps; 17 races ago. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 2nd for car #28 and the 22nd for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 14th for the #28 and 289th for running at the finish.

Entering his third straight season driving for the same team and car, Jack entered Season 3 trying to find redemption, as after winning three races in route to winning the inaugural championship in Season 1, Jack would find disappointment in Season 2, while he would win for the second year in the series by winning at South Boston, all Jack could do is finish a disappointing 4th in points. Coming back to drive for the third straight season for the same team, Jack got his third season off with another disappointment after being collected up in the race's second "Big One" and finishing 29th.

The entry list for Richmond would be only 25 cars, as the full time drivers were the only ones allowed to race due to the track only able to hold a small amount of cars at the 0.542 mile short track.

In qualifying, rookies Derek Greene and Jeff White would impress, with both drivers posting an identical lap time of 22.912 seconds, with the pole being awarded to Greene since he posted the time first, giving him his first career pole in just his second attempt. Jack would show he had speed as well posting a time of 22.998, only 0.086 seconds off Greene's pole, placing Lagasee 3rd. Posting the slowest time in qualifying was the #15 Hendrick Honda Pontiac entry of Chase Miller, posting a time of 23.446 seconds, 0.534 seconds behind Greene's pole winning time.

On race day, the battle for last would be an intense one from the start as Miller would quickly knock the #6 Mason Day Paving Chevrolet of Chris Kyle into last on the first lap, before Kyle would knock Daytona last-place finisher the #00 Thomas Bros. Country Ham Oldsmobile of Jeremy Ickle into last on Lap 2. Ickle would remain in last for only one lap before knocking the unsponsored #97 Hill Racing Pontiac of Blaine Hayes into last on Lap 3, but the next time around the unsponsored #1 Shepherd Racing Oldsmobile of David Byers into last on Lap 4. Byers would trail for two laps before knocking Hayes back to last on Lap 3, a spot he would be in for two laps as well before knocking Daytona race winner the #14 Banner House Handbags Oldsmobile of Christian Russel into last on Lap 8. Russel would remain in two laps before knocking Hayes back to last on Lap 10, with Byers taking the spot on Lap 12, Russel again on Lap 14, Kyle on Lap 16, Byers on Lap 17 and Russel again on Lap 18.

At this point, Russel was losing touch with the pack while Jack Lagasee began to slowly fall from his 3rd starting spot, reporting of a problem with his car, Russel would fight back and knocked Kyle back to last on Lap 24, with Kyle trailing for the next three laps before knocking Russel back to last on Lap 27. Jack at this time had fallen outside of the Top 20 and was reporting of a fuel system problem, falling back to last on Lap 31 and would barely avoid going a lap down just as the leaders took the checkered flag.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were; 24th was the aforementioned #14 of Christian Russel, 23rd was the #1 of David Byers, 22nd was the #48 Williford Prod. Builders Pontiac of Matt McIntyre and 21st was the #6 of Chris Kyle.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #28 has finished last in a Busch Series race at Richmond.
*This is the first time a driver was running at the finish of a Busch Series race since the July 28, 2018, the Yount 200 at the Hickory Speedway when Ying Canario's #32 PET Dairy Pontiac completed 18 of the 20 laps under power; 3 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
25) #28-Jack Lagasee / 40 laps / running
24) #14-Christian Russel / 40 laps / running
23) #1-David Byers / 40 laps / running
22) #48-Matt McIntyre / 40 laps / running
21) #6-Chris Kyle / 40 laps / running

BUSCH: "Big One" just seconds after start gives Jeremy Ickle the first last-place finish in his SCRL debut; becomes 9th driver in series history to fail to complete a lap

Jeremy Ickle picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Monday's Goody's 300 at the Daytona International Speedway when his #00 Thomas Bros. Country Ham Oldsmobile was involved in a multi-car crash without completing any of the 20 laps.

The finish occurred in his 1st career series start. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 4th for car #00 and the 29th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 12th for the #00 and 275th from a crash.

For the first time in two years, the SCRL returned to the Busch Series, now renamed the SCRL Busch Grand National Series, as a field of forty drivers would sign up to race in the third season of the series, twenty five that would drive the full schedule, and 15 would sign up to drive part-time and race in only the big events on the schedule. Ickle was one of sixteen drivers not only making their Busch Series debuts, but would also be making his overall SCRL start

The entry list for the first race of the season would be filled with all forty drivers, both full and part time, looking to start their season off on a high note on the high banks of the 2.500 mile superspeedway.

In qualifying, Corrie Scott made history by scoring the first pole of her SCRL career in her first ever start with a time of 46.435 seconds, while Ickle would impress in his first ever attempt, posting a time of 46.611, only 0.176 seconds off Scott's pole, placing Greene 17th. Posting the slowest time in qualifying was the #48 Williford Prod. Builders Pontiac entry of Matt McIntyre, who would struggle as he would smack the Turn 2 wall during his lap, posting a time of 51.353 seconds, a full 4.918 seconds behind Scott's pole winning time.

On race day, the battle for last would end as quickly as the race had begun as pole the #4 Thurman Enterprises Pontiac of Corrie Scott made contact with the #22 Miller High Life Oldsmobile as the two cars would travel down the inside of the track entering Turn 1 before coming back across the track right in front of the rest of the field, first hitting the #99 Nelson Building Supply Pontiac of Aaron Lewis, creating a huge big one that would involved 27 of the 40 drivers. Ickle would be in the middle of the field and had nowhere to go as he first hit the #8 Wrangler Jeans Pontiac of Cassie Dent and then get hit from behind by the #30 Pride of Victoria Pontiac of Chakat Duskwatcher, as Ickle's car had severe damage on both ends of his car, unable to drive his car back to the garage as well as the #09 Caspro Mercury of Shane Shields and the #17 Hodgdon / Curb Pontiac of Chakat Lightingblaze as all three drivers would be scored having not completed a lap, but it was Ickle who was scored in last.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were drivers who also had been involved in the crash, but would be scored having two laps before pulling behind the wall; 37th was the aforementioned #8 of Cassie Dent and 36th was the #32 Econo Lodge Pontiac of Riley Spurlytube.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #00 has finished last in a Busch Series race as well at Daytona.
*This is the first time a driver has failed to complete a lap in a Busch Series race since July 23, 2018, the Season 2 Coca-Cola 200 at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, when Alexio Antonio's #33 Dalton Chevrolet Dealers Pontiac was involved in a multi-car accident without completing any of the 40 laps; 7 races ago.
*This is the first time the #00 has finished last in a Busch Series race since April 17, 2017, the Season 1 Autumn 150 at the Martinsville Speedway when Dinkdrinker's #00 Thomas Bros. Country Ham Buick was involved in a multi-car crash after 2 of the 50 laps; 39 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #00-Jeremy Ickle / 0 laps / crash
39) #09-Shane Shields / 0 laps / crash
38) #17-Chakat Lightingblaze / 0 laps / crash
37) #8-Cassie Dent / 2 laps / crash
36) #32-Riley Spurlytube / 2 laps / crash

Throwback BUSCH: Dinkdrinker last at Hickory

Dinkdrinker picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series career in the Season 1 Winston 200 at the Hickory Speedway when his #00 Thomas Bros. Country Ham Buick completed all 10 laps under power.

The finish, which came in his 15th start, was his first on the circuit since the Busch 200 at the South Boston Speedway when he fell out with tire problems after completing 20 of the 30 laps, 8 races ago. 

After trailing at South Boston, Dink would struggle in the next round finishing 38th at Caraway before he would rebound with a 10th at Richmond. A finish of 41st at Langley, 27th at Dover, 41st in the second Hickory event, 10th at Charlotte and would finish 33rd in the last round at Asheville.

On race day, Dinkdrinker rolled off starting 9th in the LCQ(Last Chance Qualifier) while starting last was Bristol last-place finisher the #70 unsponsored Pontiac of Todd Kennedy The ten laps at the 0.363 mile short track went by in merely ten minutes and during that time, Dinkdrinker had fallen back to the final spot and would not transfer into the main event.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was: 41st was second Hickory last-place finisher the #4 Connie Mining Tire Pontiac of AJ Jones, 40th was Caraway last-place finisher #02 unsponsored Pontiac of Grayson Acevedo, 39th was the #82 unsponsored Pontiac of Aidan Shepherd and finishing 38th was the aforementioned #70 of Todd Kennedy.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #00 had finished last at Hickory.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #00-Dinkdrinker / 10 laps / running
41) #4-AJ Jones / 10 laps / running
40) #02-Grayson Acevedo / 10 laps / running
39) #82-Aidan Shepherd / 10 laps / running
38) #70-Todd Kennedy / 10 laps / running