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.
*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
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
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