BUSCH: Broken camshaft early at Martinsville gives Jack Lagasee his sixth last-place finish of the season

Jack Lagasee picked up the 7th last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Friday's Cardinal 250 at the Martinsville Speedway when his #28 Skoal Bandit Pontiac fell out with camshaft problems after completing 9 of the 40 laps.

The finish, which occurred in his 93rd career series start, was his first on the circuit since the Miller 150 at the Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway when he fell out with clutch problems after completing 6 of the 40 laps; 5 races ago. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 7th for car #28 and the 5th for camshaft issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 19th for the #28 and 39th for camshaft issues.

Since he finished last at Richmond, Jack would finish 20th at North Wilkesboro, 19th at Charlotte, 16th at the fourth Hickory event before finishing 20th in the last round at Rockingham. Entering the season finale, Jack had already locked up the SCRLASTCAR Championship by having a two last-place finish lead over Matt McIntyre while on the other side of the field, Jack's brother Al entered the finale with a shot of winning his second ever championship.

The entry list for the 17th time this season would have both full and part-time drivers racing against each other as the series traveled to Martinsville, Virginia for the second and final stop of the season at the 0.526 mile short track.

In qualifying, Riley Spurlytube would score his first career busch pole of the season with a lap time of 22.474 seconds. Jack would perform decent in qualifying, posting a time of 23.408, 0.934 seconds off Spurlytube's pole, placing him 15th overall. Starting last in the race was North Wilkesboro last-place finisher the #54 Burger King Buick of Ty Dent who posted a time of 23.704 seconds, 1.230 seconds behind Spurlytube's pole winning time.

On race day, Dent would struggle to keep up with the field for the first few laps before finally getting a handle on his car and knocked Bristol last-place finisher the #45 Luck Stone / Dryden Oil Pontiac of Boston Jones to last on Lap 5, a position that Jones would remain in for the next four laps when the battle for last came to a sudden end. While running in 19th, Jack was exiting Turn 2 in front of championship contender Chakat Whitelion, when Jack's car began to smoke heavily. Being the veteran that he was, Jack pulled to the inside of the track to prevent any oil from getting on the track before coming to a stop beside the inside wall, bringing out the first caution. Jack would be towed back to the garage for the sixth time this season as after a short look under the hood, it was discovered the camshaft was broken, and the team decided it wasn't going to be worth sending Jack back out multiple laps down, and so the car was listed as "out" by Lap 13.

It would be another nineteen laps before 39th and 38th was filled as spring Rockingham last-place finisher the #21 Chattanooga Chew Pontiac of Derrick Edison was spun out on the frontstretch as third South Boston last-place finisher the #47 Randolph Hope Insurance Pontiac of Celious Wolf had nowhere to go and slammed into the back of Edison's car as well as spring Charlotte last-place finisher the #17 Hodgdon Pontiac of Chakat Lightingblaze, as both drivers would pull off the track on Lap 28, done for the day.

37th went to second Orange County last-place finisher the #42 Benefit Development Pontiac of Jake Thomas nine laps after the retirements of Lightingblaze and Wolf, as Thomas was surprisingly told by officials that their car and driver had been parked, with the car not being scored past Lap 37, as Thomas drove into the garage in a understandable foul mood. It was then announced that Thomas's car had actually been disqualified for changing lanes when the race went back to green.

Rounding out the Bottom Five in 36th was the #16 Big Orange Market Pontiac of Juniper Skunktaur, who finished two circuits behind the race leaders when the checkered flag waved.

The Season 3 SCRL Busch Grand National Series Championship went to Al Lagasee, the second for Al and the first as well as his team owner, Ingram Racing. Al had no last-place finishes during his championship season, scoring one Bottom Five finish, with a worse finish of 39th at the fall Charlotte event. Congratulations to Al and the Ingram Racing team for having a great year.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #28 has finished last in a Busch Series race at Martinsville.
*This is the first time a driver has trailed due to "camshaft" issues since the Season 2 Darlington 250 at the Darlington Raceway when Connor Hurley #24 Budweiser Ford fell out with camshaft problems after completing 16 of the 37 laps; 37 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #28-Jack Lagasee / 9 laps / camshaft
39) #17-Chakat Lightingblaze / 28 laps / crash
38) #47-Celious Wolf / 28 laps / crash
37) #42-Jake Thomas / 37 laps / disqualified
36) #16-Juniper Skunktaur / 48 laps / running

BUSCH: Wreck seconds after the green flag ends Christian Russel's championship hopes; Jack Lagasee locks up SCRLASTCAR Championship with one race to go

Christian Russel 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 #14 Banner House Handbags Pontiac was eliminated in a multi-car accident without completing any of the 20 laps.

The finish occurred in his 28th career series start. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 1st for car #14 and the 34th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 10th for the #14 and 280th from a crash.

Entering Season 3 of the Busch Series, Russel had made a name for himself in the short time he had been competing in the SCRL, winning the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series Championship in Season 3 in his first ever attempt at a full season and has scored a total of five career wins. Russel would continue to find instant success as he won in his first ever Busch Series start by winning the opener at Daytona before finishing a disappointing 24th in the next event at Richmond, 22nd at Rockingham, 6th at Hickory, 13th at Martinsville, 10th at Darlington, 23rd at Orange County before scoring back-to-back 8th finishes at Nashville and Langley. A 26th at Milwaukee Mile would be followed by a 35th at Dover, 16th at Charlotte, 5th at South Boston, 11th at the second Hickory event, 18th at the second Orange County event, 20th at the second South Boston event, 4th at the third Orange County event before finishing 3rd at the third Hickory event. A 25th at IRP would be followed by a 12th at the second Langley event, 5th at the third South Boston event, 6th at Bristol, 34th at the second Darlington event, 3rd at the second Richmond event, 8th at North Wilkesboro, 20th at the second Charlotte event before finishing 20th in the last round at Hickory.

The entry list for the 16th time this season would have both full and part-time drivers racing against each other as the series traveled to Rockingham, North Carolina for the second and final stop of the season at the 1.017 mile speedway.

In qualifying, Michael Brown would score his first career busch pole of the season with a lap time of 23.452 seconds. Russel would performance decent in qualifying, posting a time of 23.570, 0.118 seconds off Brown's pole, placing him 17th overall. Starting last in the race was the #26 Jackson & Johnson Oldsmobile of Nick Kennedy who posted a time of 23.728 seconds, 0.276 seconds behind White's pole winning time.

On race day, Kennedy would trail for two turns when the battle for last came to a sudden end, while racing for 5th #53 of John Smith made contact with the #71 Taylor Togs / Maxie's Vending Pontiac of Muhammad Zain Abdullah, causing a chain reaction as a "Big One" broke out on the backstretch. Russel, who was stuck on the inside line would hit the #13 D & D Tattooing Chevrolet of Chakat Blackpaw who came back across the track as Russel destroyed the front end of his car before losing control and hitting the inside wall with the driver side of the car. Russel would amazingly limp his car back to pit road, but pulled into the garage before the start/finish line, being scored having completed none of the laps and while his crew tried their best to repair it, the car was listed as "out" by Lap 5.

Finishing in 39th was the #87 Domino's Pizza Chevrolet of Dilan Ebrahimian, who tried to avoid the same wreck before hitting the back end of Dover last-place finisher the #3 Wendy's Chevrolet of Michael Creed, destroying Ebrahimian's car, and while he was able to limp around for one lap, he would pull behind the wall after only one lap.

Finishing 38th was the #8 Wrangler Jeans Pontiac of Cassie Dent, who would also hit Michael Creed's car, destroying the radiator of her car. Dent's crew would replace the water and sent her back out, completing two circuits before giving up the fight and pulling her in after two laps.

Finishing 37th was points leader and third Orange County last-place finisher the #5 Advance Auto Parts Buick of Chakat Whitelion, who was taken out in a Lap 9 crash after contact from first South Boston last-place finisher the #19 West Hartford Tool & Die Pontiac of Finn Smith, sending Whitelion down the track and hitting the inside guardrail driver's side first, destroying hir car and making hir lose hir championship lead which shi had held since Race #4 at Hickory.

Rounding out the Bottom Five was the last driver to finish on the same lap as the race leaders as 38th was spring Darlington last-place finisher the #6 Mason Day Paving / Valvoline Oldsmobile of Chris Kyle.

Heading into the season finale at Martinsville, Jack Lagasee has officially locked up the SCRLASTCAR Championship for S3 of the SCRL Busch Series by having five last-place finishes and even if second Matt McIntyre got a fourth he would still be one race behind, ending the battle for last one race early.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #14 has finished last in a Busch Series race as well at Rockingham.
*This is the first time a driver has failed to complete a lap since the Budweiser 200 at the Dover Downs International Speedway when Michael Creed's #3 Wendy's Chevrolet was eliminated in a multi-car accident without completing any of the 30 laps; 17 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #14-Christian Russel / 0 laps / crash
39) #87-Dilan Ebrahimian / 1 lap / crash
38) #8-Cassie Dent / 2 laps / crash
37) #5-Chakat Whitelion / 9 laps / crash
36) #6-Chris Kyle / 20 laps / running

BUSCH: Broken header early at Hickory gives Michael Brown the first last-place finish of his career

Michael Brown picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Wednesday's Bobby Isaac Memorial 200 at the Hickory Motor Speedway when his #24 Komfort Koach / Budweiser Ford fell out with header problems after completing 4 of the 20 laps.

The finish occurred in his 27th career series start. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 3rd for car #24 and the 6th for header issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 17th for the #24 and 24th for header issues.

Brown, who has been competing in the SCRL since the SCRL ARCA Midget Series, a series Brown scored his first career win at Eldora, would go on to score a win in the CART Series at Trenton, would sign on to complete in his first ever Busch season. Michael finished 4th in his debut at Daytona, 4th at Richmond, 30th at Rockingham, 8th at Hickory before scoring a 3rd at Martinsville. A 35th at Darlington, 21st at Orange County, 16th at Nashville, 13th at Langley, 4th at Milwaukee Mile, 36th at Dover, 13th at Charlotte, 18th at South Boston, 8th in the second Hickory event, 5th at the second Orange County event, 27th at the second South Boston event, 9th at the third Orange County before scoring his career best 2nd at the third Hickory event. A 21st at IRP would be followed by a 14th at the second Langley event, 29th at the third South Boston event, 21st at Bristol, 19th at Darlington, 115th at the second Richmond event, 4th at North Wilkesboro before finishing 31st in the last round at Charlotte.

The entry list for the 12th time this season would have only full time drivers for the final time this season as the series returned to Hickory, North Carolina in the series fourth and final stop at the 0.363 short track in Season 3.

In qualifying, Al Lagasee would score his third career busch pole of the season with a lap time of 19.992 seconds. Michael Brown would struggle in qualifying, posting a time of 20.781 seconds, 0.789 seconds behind Al's pole winning time, placing him last on the field.

On race day, Brown would trail for the first lap before he knocked the #87 Domino's Pizza Chevrolet of Dilan Ebrahimian into last on Lap 2, a position he would hold for the next two laps when the battle for last came to a sudden end. Brown, who at that point had moved up to 20th, began to lose power in Turn 1 before the car started smoking in Turn 2. Brown would slow up a few cars behind him before pulling to the inside of the track, taking last place before pulling on pit road and into the garage. The team looked over the car and found that the header was broken, and decided it wasn't worth repairing, and so the car was listed as "out" on Lap 9.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were drivers who finished on the same lap as the race leaders: 24th was the unsponsored #97 Hill Racing Pontiac of Blaine Hayes, 23rd was third Orange County last-place finisher the #5 Advance Auto Parts Buick of Chakat Whitelion, 22nd was Milwaukee Mile last-place finisher the #2 Kopy King Pontiac of Derek Greene and 21st was the aforementioned #87 of Dilan Ebrahimian.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #24 has finished last in a Busch Series race at Hickory.
*This is the first time the #24 has trailed a Busch Series race since the Season 2 Darlington 250 at the Darlington Raceway when Connor Hurley's #24 Budweiser Ford fell out with camshaft problems after completing 16 of the 37 laps; 35 races ago.
*This is the first time a driver has trailed due to "header" issues since the Season 2 Miller 300 at the South Boston Speedway when Chris Kyle's #15 Wrangler Jeans Pontiac fell out with header problems after completing 10 of the 30 laps; 32 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
25) #24-Michael Brown / 4 laps / header
24) #97-Blaine Hayes / 20 laps / running
23) #5-Chakat Whitelion / 20 laps / running
22) #2-Derek Greene / 20 laps / running
21) #87-Dilan Ebrahimian / 20 laps / running

BUSCH: Last lap engine failure at Charlotte gives Matt McIntyre the third last-place finish of the season

Matt McIntyre picked up the 3rd last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Tuesday's Miller Time 300 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway when his #48 Williford Prod. Builders Pontiac completed all 40 laps under power.

The finish, which occurred in his 26th career series start, was his first on the circuit since the Nashville 200 at the Nashville Speedway when he completed all 20 laps under power; 18 races ago. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 3rd for car #48 and the 40th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 10th for the #48 and 307th for running at the finish.

After trailing for the second time in his Busch career at Nashville, McIntyre was looking to find momentum but would struggle to find it, finishing 22nd in the next round at Langley, before finishing 5th at Milwaukee Mile. A 26th place finish at Dover would be followed by a 25th at Charlotte, 7th at South Boston, 3rd at the second Hickory event, before scoring his first busch series win in his 15th start at Orange County. A 16th in the second South Boston event, would be followed up be a runner up to Blaise Zebrataur in the third Orange County event, 15th at the third Hickory event, 32nd at IRP, 21st at the second Langley event, 33rd at the third South Boston event, before scoring his second win of the season at Bristol. A 7th at Darlington and a 4th at Richmond would be followed by a 24th place finish in the last round at North Wilkesboro.

The entry list for the 15th time this season would have both full and part-time drivers racing against each other as the series traveled to Concord, North Carolina for the second and final stop of the season at the 1.500 mile speedway.

In qualifying, rookie Jeff White would score his first career busch pole with a lap time of 29.659 seconds. McIntyre would performance decent in qualifying, posting a time of 29.729, 0.070 seconds off White's pole, placing him 13th overall. Starting last in the race was Rockingham last-place finisher the #21 Chattanooga Chew Pontiac of Derrick Edison who posted a time of 22.133 seconds, 0.193 seconds behind White's pole winning time.

On race day, Edison's stay in the final spot lasted only two turns before knocking Bristol last-place finisher the #45 Luck Stone / Dryden Oil Pontiac of Boston Jones to last, making him trail for the first lap. Jones would remain in last for one lap before knocking the #14 Banner House Handbags Pontiac of Christian Russel into last, with Russel then knocking the #16 Big Orange Market Pontiac of Juniper Skunktaur into last on Lap 3. Juniper would trail for one lap before knocking the #23 Miller High Life Oldsmobile of Samet Ozkan into last on Lap 4, before Ozkan would knock Edison back to last one lap later on Lap 5, with Edison fighting back and putting Ozkan back to last again on Lap 6. Ozkan would trail for one lap before knocking his teammate the #22 Miller High Life Oldsmobile of Tyler Ferris into last on Lap 7.

Ferris would trail for two laps around the 1.500 mile track before he knocked Edison back to last on Lap 9, with Edison also trailing for two laps before knocking Milwaukee Mile last-place finisher the #2 Kopy King Pontiac of Derek Greene into last on Lap 11. Greene would trail for one lap before knocking the #24 Komfort Koach / Budweiser Ford of Michael Brown into last on Lap 12, a spot Brown would hold for one lap before knocking Juniper back to last on Lap 13, with Juniper staying there for one lap before knocking Daytona last-place finisher the #00 Thomas Bros. Country Ham Oldsmobile of Jeremy Ickle into last on Lap 14. Ickle would trail for two laps before knocking the #88 Service Specialties Pontiac of Rohan Marmot into last on Lap 16. Rohan would trail for two laps before knocking the #11 Fast Fare / Skoal Bandit Oldsmobile of Al Lagasee into last on Lap 17.

Al would trail for the next five laps before he was finally able to make a move and knocked Juniper back to last on Lap 22, with Juniper trailing for two laps before knocking Edison to last on Lap 24, before Edison fought back again and put Juniper in last again on Lap 25. Juniper would again trail for two laps before knocking Rohan back to last on Lap 27, a position he held for two laps himself before passing Juniper on Lap 29. Juniper would be tried of running in last again as he knocked Brown back to last on Lap 30, with Brown himself struggling to stay caught up with the field for the next five laps before knocking North Wilkesboro last-place finisher the #54 Burger King Buick of Ty Dent to last on Lap 36. Dent would trail for two laps before knocking Juniper to last on Lap 38, before Juniper fought back and knocked spring Charlotte last-place finisher the #17 Hodgdon Pontiac of Chakat Lightingblaze to last on the final lap. 

As the field took the white flag, McIntyre, who was running in 15th, began to slow before his car started to smoke heavily, pulling to the inside of the track with the remaining drivers driving past him and with McIntyre taking the checkered flag while on pit road.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were: 39th was the aforementioned #11 of Al Lagasee, 38th was the #87 Domino's Pizza Chevrolet of Dilan Ebrahimian, 37th was the #17 of Chakat Lightingblaze and 36th was the #54 of Ty Dent.

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

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #48-Matt McIntyre / 40 laps / running
39) #11-Al Lagasee / 40 laps / running 2 laps led
38) #87-Dilan Ebrahimian / 40 laps / running
37) #17-Chakat Lightingblaze / 40 laps / running 8 laps led
36) #54-Ty Dent / 40 laps / running 2 laps led

BUSCH: Early Oil Leak at North Wilkesboro gives Ty Dent his first Busch Series last-place finish

Ty Dent picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Monday's Coca-Cola 300 at the North Wilkesboro Speedway when his #54 Burger King Buick completed 39 of the 40 laps under power.

The finish occurred in his 24th career series start. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 1st for car #54 and the 39th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 6th for the #54 and 306th for running at the finish.

Ty is one of the Dent family members that races here in the SCRL, with TJ, now Sebastian LeNoble, winning the SCRL ARCA Midget Championship, while Ty has visited victory lane three times himself and was looking to find success in his first ever attempt in the Busch Series. Ty's Busch series season started off on the wrong end, being caught up in the race's second "Big One and finished a disappointing 23rd, 17th at Richmond, 12th at Rockingham before scoring his first Top 10, a 10th, in the first Hickory event. A 26th at Martinsville would be followed by a 17th at Darlington, 16th at Orange County, scoring two more Top 10s, a 9th at Nashville and a 10th at Langley before struggling to a 25th at Milwaukee Mile and 34th at Dover. A career best 6th at Charlotte would be followed by a 8th at South Boston, 22nd in the second Hickory event, 20th in the second Orange County event, 18th in the second South Boston event, 8th at the 3rd Orange County event, before scoring his best finish of his Busch career, a 4th at the third Hickory event. A 9th at IRP, 23rd at the second Langley event, 14th at the third South Boston event, 27th at Bristol, 17th at the second Darlington before finishing 7th in the last round at Richmond.

The entry list for the 14th time this season would have both full and part-time drivers racing against each other as the series traveled to North Wilkesboro, North Carolina for the series third ever stop at the legendary 0.625 mile short track.

In qualifying, Muhammad Zain Abdullah would score his first career busch pole with a lap time of 21.584 seconds. While Ty would struggle in qualifying, posting a time of 21.943 seconds, 0.359 seconds behind Abdullah's pole winning time, placing him last on the field.

On race day, Ty's stay in last was brief as he knocked the #26 Jackson & Johnson Oldsmobile of Nick Kennedy into last as Kennedy trailed for the first lap before the next time around he would knock two time last-place finisher the #48 Williford Prod. Builders Pontiac of Matt McIntyre into last on Lap 2, a spot he would hold when the battle for last came to a surprising end. While running in 36th, Ty's car began to slow coming off Turn 2, as he pulled to the inside of the track and was forced to make an unscheduled pit stop, with Dent reporting of his crew of no oil pressure as he took the final spot as he crossed the line on Lap 3. Once he made it to his stall, the crew looked under the hood and discovered a oil leak, as they quickly tried to repair it before sending Ty back out onto the track, already one circuit behind, as his crew planned to work on the car more once a caution came out. It turned out that in a surprising fact, there would be no cautions, with the event running green for the first time in history, and with no other driver having problems, Dent was the lone driver a lap down when the checkered flag waved.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were drivers who finished on the same lap as the race leaders: 39th was the #7 Wrangler Jeans Oldsmobile of Blaise Zebrataur, 38th was third Orange County last-place finisher the #5 Advance Auto Parts Buick of Chakat Whitelion, 37th was the #87 Domino's Pizza Chevrolet of Dilan Ebrahimian and 36th was second Orange County last-place finisher the #42 Benefit Development Pontiac of Jake Thomas.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #54 has finished last in a Busch Series race as well at North Wilkesboro.
*The only other time Ty has trailed an SCRL race was in Season 1 of the SCRL Snap-On Tools Whelen Southern Series career in the Adams Construction / Star Country 150 at the Motor Mile Speedway when his #41 Ford completed all 52 laps under power.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #54-Ty Dent / 39 laps / running
39) #7-Blaise Zebrataur / 40 laps / running
38) #5-Chakat Whitelion / 40 laps / running
37) #87-Dilan Ebrahimian / 40 laps / running
36) #42-Jake Thomas / 40 laps / running

BUSCH: Broken Clutch early at Richmond gives Jack Lagasee his 6th last-place finish in series history; now tied with Carter Joey and Truttle for 5th on the all time list

Jack Lagasee picked up the 6th last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Sunday's Miller 150 at the Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway when his #28 Skoal Bandit Pontiac fell out with clutch problems after completing 6 of the 40 laps.

The finish, which occurred in his 88th career series start, was his first on the circuit since the Busch 200 at the Langley Field Speedway when he completed all 20 laps under power; 4 races ago. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 6th for car #28 and the 2nd for clutch issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 18th for the #28 and 8th for clutch issues.

After trailing for the fourth time this season at Langley, Jack as his team was looking to try and end the season on a high note, but was unable to find it as he finished 23rd in the third South Boston event, 13th at Bristol before finishing 36th in the last round at Darlington, as Jack and his team would travel back to Richmond, the site of his first Busch Series win, but a track he had finished last at earlier in the season.

The entry list for the 11th time this season would have only full time drivers as the series returned to Richmond, Virginia in the series second and final stop at the 0.542 short track in Season 3.

In qualifying, Chakat Duskwatcher would score hir first career busch pole with a lap time of 21.753 seconds. Jack would struggle in qualifying, posting a time of 22.076, 0.323 seconds off Duskwatcher's pole, placing him 22nd overall. Starting last in the race was Milwaukee Mile last-place finisher the #2 Kopy King Pontiac of Derek Greene who posted a time of 22.133 seconds, 0.380 seconds behind Duskwatcher's pole winning time.

On race day, Greene's stay in last was only for a few seconds as he knocked Charlotte last-place finisher the #17 Hodgdon Pontiac of Chakat Lightingblaze into last as shi would trail for the first lap, before knocking Jack back to last for the first time in the race on Lap 2. Jack would trail for one lap before knocking third Orange County last-place finisher the #5 Advance Auto Parts Buick of Chakat Whitelion into last on Lap 3. Whitelion's stay in last would also be only for a lap before knocking fall Darlington last-place finisher the #32 Econo Lodge / Budweiser Pontiac of Riley Spurlytube into last on Lap 4. Spurlytube was determined to not finish last in back-to-back races as he knocked the #7 unsponsored Ed Whitaker Racing Oldsmobile of Blaise Zebrataur into last on Lap 5, a position Blaise would hold for two laps until the battle for last ended.

While running in 21st, Jack's car was exiting Turn 4 when his car suddenly started to smoke heavily, with Jack using his veteran instinct and pulled to the inside of the track as the field raced by, Jack reported to his crew that the clutch was broken, as Jack's car would limp through Turn 1 before stalling in Turn 2, bringing out the race's lone caution of the day. Jack's car would fall back to last on Lap 7 as the car was towed back to the garage, with the crew working hard to try and fix the broken clutch but would finally give up the fight as the car was listed "out" on Lap 10.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were drivers who finished on the same lap as the race leaders: 24th was the unsponsored #1 Lindy White Racing Pontiac of David Beyers, 23rd was the aforementioned #7 of Blaise Zebrataur, 22nd was the #32 of Riley Spurlytube and 21st was third Hickory last-place finisher the #12 unsponsored Ellis Racing Pontiac of Tyler Mills.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*The only other time a driver has trailed due to "clutch" problems was the Busch 200 at the South Boston Speedway when Finn Smith's #19 West Hartford Tool & Die Pontiac fell out with clutch problems after completing 16 of the 30 laps; 11 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
25) #28-Jack Lagasee / 6 laps / clutch
24) #1-David Beyers / 40 laps / running
23) #7-Blaise Zebrataur / 40 laps / running
22) #32-Riley Spurlytube / 40 laps / running
21) #12-Tyler Mills / 40 laps / running

BUSCH: Flat tire at start of the race keeps Riley Spurlytube last flag to flag at Darlington; now tied with Bulldog67 and Nick Kennedy for most all time last-place finishes

Riley Spurlytube picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Saturday's Darlington 200 at the Darlington Raceway when his #32 Econo Lodge / Budweiser Pontiac completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish occurred in his 87th career series start. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 3rd for car #32 and the 38th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 15th for the #32 and 305th for running at the finish.

Entering Season 3 of the Busch Series, Spurlytube is one of the most successful drivers in league history, having scored 18 career wins, two of which coming in the Busch Series but he had never won a championship until he competed in Season 1 of the CART Series, as Spurlytube would win three races and go on to win his first ever SCRL Championship. With his first ever championship crossed off his list, Spurlytube decided to come back for his third straight full-time season in the busch series, with hopes of keeping his streak of two seasons in a row with a win alive. Spurlytube's season started off in a horrible way, being caught up in the race's first "Big One" and finishing 36th. A 7th at Richmond would be followed by a 35th at Rockingham, 13th at Hickory, 21st at Martinsville, 28th in the first Darlington event, 9th at Orange County, 12th at Nashville, 24th at Langley and a 28th at Milwaukee before Spurlytube would steal his first win of the season at Dover. A disappointing 27th at Charlotte would be followed by a 4th at South Boston, 5th at the second Hickory event, 7th at the second Orange County event, 31st at the second South Boston event, 24th in the third Orange County event, 10th in the third Hickory event, 14th at IRP, 6th at the second Langley event, 34th at the third South Boston event before finishing 10th in the last round at Bristol.

The entry list for the 13th time this season would have both full and part-time drivers racing against each other as the series traveled to Darlington, South Carolina in the series second and final stop at the 1.366 speedway in Season 3.

In qualifying, Celious Wolf would score his first career busch pole with a lap time of 32.335 seconds. Spurlytube would impress in qualifying, posting a time of 32.468, 0.133 seconds off Celious's pole, placing him 10th overall. Starting last in the race was the #46 Hoopaugh Grading Pontiac of Ignazio Alberti who posted a time of 32.802 seconds, 0.467 seconds behind Celious's pole winning time.

As the field rolled off for it's lone pace lap of the night, Spurlytube pulled to the inside of the track, reporting to his team that something felt off on the car, before quickly realizing it was a flat left rear tire. Spurlytube would cost on the apron of the track and followed the pace car down pit road as the field took the green flag. Spurlytube's crew would quickly give their driver four fresh tires and sent him back out onto the track. Spurlytube would prevent himself from going a lap down but was half a track behind as he was hoping and begging for a caution, but the racing gods were not on Spurlytube's side, as the entire race was ran caution free, with Spurlytube trailing the field by more then twenty seconds when the checkered flag waved.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were: 39th was Martinsville last-place finisher the #0 Hendrick Honda Pontiac of Sebastian LeNoble, 38th was the #13 D & D Tattooing Pontiac of Chakat Blackpaw, 37th was spring Darlington last-place finisher the #6 Mason Day Paving / Valvoline Oldsmobile of Chris Kyle and 36th was current SCRLASTCAR Championship leader the #28 Skoal Bandit Pontiac of Jack Lagasee.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #32 has finished last in a Busch Series race at Darlington.
*This is the first time the #32 has trailed a Busch Series race since the Season 2 Yount 200 at the Hickory Speedway when Ying Canario's #32 PET Dairy Pontiac completed 18 of the 20 laps under power; 24 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #32-Riley Spurlytube / 20 laps / running
39) #0-Sebastian LeNoble / 20 laps / running
38) #13-Chakat Blackpaw / 20 laps / running
37) #6-Chris Kyle / 20 laps / running
36) #28-Jack Lagasee / 20 laps / running

BUSCH: Mid race contact at Bristol gives Boston Jones the first last-place finish of his career

Boston Jones picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Friday's Free 200 at the Bristol International Speedway when his #45 Luck Stone / Dryden Oil Pontiac was eliminated in a multi-car accident after 26 of 50 laps.

The finish occurred in his 22nd career series start. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 3rd for car #45 and the 33rd from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 3rd for the #45 and 279th from a crash.

Entering Season 3 of the Busch Series, Jones was one of sixteen drivers not only making their Busch Series debuts, but would also be making his overall SCRL start, as he signed on to complete full time with hopes of making an impactful impression in his first ever season. Jones would has a dismal debut at Daytona, being caught up in a early wreck and finishing 27th, 14th at Richmond, 38th at Rockingham, 17th at Hickory and a 10th at Martinsville before scoring a career best 4th at Darlington. A 13th at Orange County, 5th at Nashville, 14th at Langley, 20th at Milwakee Mile, 38th at Dover, 24th at Charlotte before scoring his career best 3rd at South Boston. A 17th in the second event at Hickory would be followed by a runner up in the second Orange County event, 5th in the second South Boston event, 18th in the third Orange County event, 24th in the third Hickory event, 17th at IRP, 20th in the second Langley event before finishing 8th in the last round at South Boston.

The entry list for the 12th time this season would have both full and part-time drivers racing against each other as the series traveled to Bristol, Tennessee in the series lone stop at the 0.533 mile short track in Season 3.

In qualifying, Chase Miller would score his first career busch pole with a lap time of 16.242 seconds. Jones would struggle in qualifying, posting a time of 16.523, 0.281 seconds off Chase's pole, placing him 39th overall. Starting last in the race was the #7 Hardee's Oldsmobile of Blaise Zebrataur who posted a time of 16.607 seconds, 0.365 seconds behind Chase's pole winning time.

Cassie Dent is forced to pit as the race starts.

As the field rolled off for it's lone pace lap of the night, the #8 Wrangler Jeans Pontiac of Cassie Dent pulled to the inside of the track and followed the pace car down pit road, reporting of a flat left front tire as the field took the green flag. Cassie's team was able to change all four tires just in case, but would send their driver back out as the field drove by to complete the first lap, trapping Cassie a lap down. Cassie would remain in last place for the next nine laps before the #4 Thurman Enterprises Pontiac of Corrie Scott suffered a fuel system problem and was forced to make a pit stop, coming back out of the pits three laps down.

Corrie's team was would lose three laps during repairs before sending her back out, with Scott remaining in last for ten laps when the race's first caution came out on Lap 20 when Dover last-place finisher the #3 Wendy's Chevrolet of Michael Creed slowed going down the backstretch and stalled due to a flat left rear tire as well. Creed was towed back to pit road and given four fresh tires and sent back out onto the track, but had fallen three laps behind as well and was running in last when the battle for the final spot came to a sudden end.

While battling for 3rd, the #23 Miller High Life Oldsmobile of Samet Ozkan made contact with the #24 Komfort Koach / Budweiser Ford of Michael Brown, sending both cars down the track, hitting first Hickory last-place finisher the #07 Bob Banning Pontiac of Jeff White and the #16 Big Orange Market Pontiac of Juniper Skunktaur, sending all four cars for a spin down the Backstretch, with Juniper hitting the inside wall with the front and rear of the car. As White struggled to regain control of his car, Jones had nowhere to go and hit White's vehicle with the left front of his car. While the damage might have looked minor, the radiator had been damaged, with Jones pulling off the track on Lap 26, listed as "out "on Lap 29, the same lap he took the final spot, with Jones being the only driver to not finish the race under power.

Finish 39th and 38th was the aforementioned #4 of Corrie Scott and the #3 of Michael Creed, as both drivers were able to get one of their three laps back in the same caution, but was unable to get anymore back, finishing on the same circuit as each other.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were drivers who finished on the same lap as the race leaders: 37th the the unsponsored #1 Lindy White Racing Pontiac of David Beyers and 36th was the #99 Nelson Building Supply Pontiac of Aaron Lewis.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #45 has finished last in a Busch Series race at Bristol.
*This is the first time the #45 has trailed a Busch Series race since the Season 2 Autumn 150 at the Martinsville Speedway when Patrick Smith's #45 Luck Stone Pontiac was involved in a multi-car accident after 34 of the 50 laps; 26 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #45-Boston Jones / 26 laps / crash
39) #4-Corrie Scott / 48 laps / running
38) #3-Michael Creed / 48 laps / running
37) #1-David Beyers / 50 laps / running
36) #99-Aaron Lewis / 50 laps / running

BUSCH: Flat tire late at South Boston gives Celious Wolf his first last-place finish of his Busch career; gives #47 it's first last-place finish in over two years

Celious Wolf picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Thursday's Miller 300 at the South Boston Speedway when his #47 Randolph Hope Insurance Pontiac completed 28 of the 30 laps under power.

The finish occurred in his 10th career series start. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 2nd for car #47 and the 37th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 8th for the #47 and 304th for running at the finish.

Entering Season 3 of the Busch Series, Wolf had found success in his SCRL career, having picked up three career wins and was still looking to make a name for himself. In his first attempt in the Busch Series, Wolf signed on to complete part-time, with 17 races on his schedule with plans of going full time in Season 4. Wolf's Busch career got off to a decent start, finishing 15th in his debut, before choosing to skip the next round at Richmond before coming back to finish 4th at Rockingham. After choosing to skip Hickory, Wolf started 4th at Martinsville and would lead 43 of the event's 50 laps to score his first busch series win. A disappointing 27th at Darlington would send the team back to their race shop in North Carolina to work on the car, choosing to skip the next three rounds at Orange County, Nashville and Langley, before coming back to finish 15th at the Milwaukee Mile. A 14th at Dover, a 7th at Charlotte and a 17th at South Boston showed that the team was working in the right direction, but they still decided it was best to sit out the next two rounds at Hickory and Orange County. A return trip to South Boston gave Wolf a 8th place finish, followed by another two race break at Orange County and Hickory, a 4th place at IRP before the team again skipped the season's second event at Langley.

The entry list for the 11th time this season would have both full and part-time drivers racing against each other as the series traveled to South Boston, Virginia in the series third and final planned stop at the 0.357 mile short track in Season 3.

In qualifying, Nick Kennedy would score his second straight busch pole at South Boston with a lap time of 16.414 seconds. Wolf would struggle in qualifying, posting a time of 16.640, 0.226 seconds off Nick's pole, placing him 19th overall. Starting last in the race was Charlotte last-place finisher the #17 Hodgdon Pontiac of Chakat Lightingblaze who posted a time of 16.815 seconds, 0.401 seconds behind Lightingblaze's pole winning time.

On race day, Chakat Lightingblaze would trail for the first lap before knocking the the #8 Wrangler Jeans Pontiac of Cassie Dent, Dent would trail for one lap before knocking the #54 Burger King Buick of Ty Dent into last on Lap 3, with Ty remaining in last for only one lap as well before knocking second Orange County last-place finisher the #42 Benefit Development Pontiac of Jake Thomas back to last on Lap 4. Thomas would remain in last for only one lap before knocking current SCRLASTCAR Championship leader the #28 Skoal Bandit Pontiac of Jack Lagasee to last on Lap 5. Jack was determined to not pick up his third straight last place finish and knocked Darlington last-place finisher the #6 Mason Day Paving / Valvoline Oldsmobile of Chris Kyle into last on Lap 6.

Kyle would trail for two laps before knocking the #32 Econo Lodge / Budweiser Pontiac of Riley Spurlytube into last on Lap 8, as Spurlytube would trail for two laps as well before knocking Lightingblaze back to last on Lap 10, a position shi would hold for two laps as well before shi passed the #24 Komfort Koach / Budweiser Ford of Michael Brown into last on Lap 12. Brown would remain in last for two laps as well, knocking two time last-place finisher the #48 Williford Prod. Builders Pontiac of Matt McIntyre into last on Lap 14. McIntyre was determined to not get back into the battle for last as the very next lap he knocked the #16 Big Orange Market Pontiac of Juniper Skunktaur into last on Lap 15. Juni would trail for two laps until he knocked third Hickory last-place finisher the #12 unsponsored Ellis Racing Pontiac of Tyler Mills into last on Lap 17. Mills would trail for two laps to keep the trend going before he knocked the #71 Taylor Togs / Maxie's Vending Pontiac of Muhammad Zain Abdullah into last on Lap 19. Abdullah would trail for one lap before knocking the #53 of John Smith into the final spot, a position he was holding when the battle for last came to an end.

While running in 10th, Wolf turned sharply to the inside of the track off Turn 2, going slow down the backstretch, reporting of a flat left rear tire, before stalling in Turn 3, bringing out the race's lone caution. Wolf's car would be ran into the #71 of Abdullah, causing both drivers to go a lap down, with Abdullah going on to finish 38th, before Wolf's car was moved to pit road. Wolf would lose another lap under caution before being sent back out onto the track, and despite fresh tires on his car, Wolf would trail for the remaining laps.

Finish 39th was Rockingham last-place finisher the #21 Chattanooga Chew Pontiac of Derrick Edison, who suffered a flat tire himself just before the white flag and would lose a lap.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were: 37th was the aforementioned #12 of Tyler Mills and 36th was the #16 of Juniper Skunktaur.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #47 has finished last in a Busch Series race at South Boston.
*This is the first time the #47 has trailed a Busch Series race since the Season 1 Eastern 150 at the Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway when Jesse Turner's #47 unsponsored Pontiac was involved in a multi-car crash after 8 of the 50 laps; 83 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #47-Celious Wolf / 28 laps / running
39) #21-Derrick Edison / 29 laps / running
38) #71-Muhammad Zain Abdullah / 29 laps / running
37) #12-Tyler Mills / 30 laps / running
36) #16-Juniper Skunktaur / 30 laps / running

BUSCH: Jack Lagasee scores second straight last-place finish at Langley; now all time leader in Busch Series history

Jack Lagasee picked up the 5th last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Wednesday's Busch 200 at the Langley Field Speedway when his #28 Skoal Bandit Pontiac completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish, which occurred in his 84th career series start, was his first on the circuit since the Kroger 200 at the Indianapolis Raceway Park when he completed all 20 laps under power; 1 race ago. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 5th for car #28 and the 36th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 17th for the #28 and 303rd for running at the finish.

After trailing for the fourth time in his busch career in the last round at IRP, Jack was looking to get momentum at a track Jack has a best finish of 1st in 5 starts.
The entry list for the tenth time this season would have only full time drivers as the series returned to Hampton, Virginia in the series second and final stop at the 0.395 short track in Season 3.

In qualifying, Blaise Zebrataur would score his second busch pole with a lap time of 19.652 seconds. Jack would struggle in qualifying for the second race in a row, posting a time of 19.935, 0.283 seconds off Blaise's pole, placing him 16th overall. Starting last in the race was the #45 Luck Stone / Dryden Oil of Boston Jones who posted a time of 20.060 seconds, 0.408 seconds behind Blaise's pole winning time.

On race day, Jones would trail for the first two turns before knocking the unsponsored #1 Lindy White Racing Pontiac of David Beyers into last for the first lap, a spot Beyers would trail for the first four laps before knocking the #23 Miller High Life Oldsmobile of Samet Ozkan into last on Lap 5, a spot he would hold for only one lap before knocking first South Boston last-place finisher the #19 West Hartford Tool & Die Pontiac of Finn Smith. Smith would remain in last for three laps before knocking the #54 Burger King Buick of Ty Dent into last on Lap 10. Dent would struggle around the 0.395 mile track for five laps before finally knocking Jack back to last. Jack would struggle himself, falling almost fourteen seconds behind the race leaders when the checkered flag waved.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were: 24th was the aforementioned #23 of Samet Ozkan, 23rd was the #54 of Ty Dent, 22nd was the #19 of Finn Smith and 21st was two time last-place finisher the #48 Williford Prod. Builders Pontiac of Matt McIntyre.

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) #23-Samet Ozkan / 20 laps / running
23) #54-Ty Dent / 20 laps / running
22) #19-Finn Smith / 20 laps / running
21) #48-Matt McIntyre / 20 laps / running

BUSCH: Early crash keeps Jack Lagasee last at IRP; now tied with Keith Stevens for most last-place finishes in the Busch Series

Jack Lagasee picked up the 4th last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Tuesday's Kroger 200 at the Indianapolis Raceway Park when his #28 Skoal Bandit Pontiac completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish, which occurred in his 83rd career series start, was his first on the circuit since the Hampton 200 at the Langley Field Speedway when he completed all 20 laps under power; 10 races ago. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 4th for car #28 and the 35th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 16th for the #28 and 302nd for running at the finish.

Ever since trailing at Langley, Jack has been looking to rebound but didn't turn out well as he would finish 38th at Milwaukee Mile, 29th at Dover, 26th at Charlotte and a 33rd at South Boston, before scoring his first win of the season at the second Hickory event. A 11th at the second Orange County event would be followed with a 38th at the second South Boston race before scoring back-to-back 5th finished at Orange County and Hickory.

The entry list for the tenth time this season would have both full and part-time drivers racing against each other as the series traveled to Clermont, Indiana in the series lone stop at the 0.686 mile short track.

In qualifying, rookie Aaron Lewis would surprise by winning his first busch pole with a lap time of 23.404 seconds. Jack would struggle in qualifying, posting a time of 23.673, 0.269 seconds off Aaron's pole, placing him 19th overall. Starting last in the race was third Orange County last-place finisher the #5 Advance Auto Parts Buick of Chakat Whitelion who posted a time of 24.015 seconds, 0.611 seconds behind Aaron's pole winning time.

On race night, Whitelion would trail for the first two turns before knocking the #16 Big Orange Market Pontiac of Juniper Skunktaur back to last as Juniper would trail for the first lap but he was determined to not finish last for the first time in his Busch career as the next lap by he knocked Dover last-place finisher the #3 Wendy's Chevrolet of Michael Creed into last on Lap 2. Creed would trail for one lap as well, knocking third Hickory last-place finisher the #12 unsponsored Ellis Racing Pontiac of Tyler Mills into last on Lap 3, a position he would hold for two laps when the battle for last came to an end.

While battling for 21st, Jack made contact with first Hickory last-place finisher the #07 Bob Banning Pontiac of Jeff White, sending Jack into the inside of the track, hitting the concrete wall with the driver's side of the car before heading down the backstretch without losing much speed and came back across the track, barely hitting Darlington last-place finisher the #6 Mason Day Paving / Valvoline Oldsmobile of Chris Kyle before the car turned to the right side, right in front of Whitelion, who hit the back end of Jack's car, giving it major damage to it and the frontend of Whitelion's car as well  as the frontend of Juniper's car, who tried to slow down as he came up on the crash but didn't have enough time to stop. All three cars would make pit stops during the caution to try and repair as much damage as they could, with Jack trailing for each lap. When the green flag came back out, it was clear all three cars were severely damaged, quickly losing touch with the drivers in front of them, with Jack having the most damage, he would trail for the remaining laps, falling a full second behind the car in front of him and over fourteen seconds behind when the checkered flag waved.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were: 24th was the aforementioned #16 of Juniper Skunktaur, 23rd was the #3 of Michael Creed, 22nd was the #5 of Chakat Whitelion and 21st was the #87 Domino's Pizza Chevrolet of Dilan Ebrahimian.

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

THE BOTTOM FIVE
25) #28-Jack Lagasee / 20 laps / running
24) #16-Juniper Skunktaur / 20 laps / running
23) #3-Michael Creed / 20 laps / running
22) #5-Chakat Whitelion / 20 laps / running
21) #87-Dilan Ebrahimian / 20 laps / running

BUSCH: Rookie Tyler Mills trails for the first time in his career at Hickory

Tyler Mills picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Sunday's Goody's 200 at the Hickory Motor Speedway when his #12 unsponsored Ellis Racing Pontiac completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish occurred in his 18th career series start. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 4th for car #12 and the 34th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 9th for the #12 and 301st for running at the finish.

Entering Season 3 of the Busch Series, Mills had never made a appearance in the SCRL before this season as Mills would be competing full time in a season he has hopes of possibly of trying to complete for wins. Mills finished 16th in his debut at Daytona, 19th at Richmond, 20th at Rockingham, 14th at the first Hickory event, 7th at Martinsville, 11th at Darlington, 10th at the first Orange County, 21st at Nashville, 16th at Langley, 14th at Milwaukee Mile and a 32nd at Dover. 37th at Charlotte, 15th at the first South Boston event, 24th at the second Hickory event, 15th in the second event at Orange County, 14th at the second South Boston before finishing 10th in the last round at Orange County.

The entry list for the ninth time this season would have only full time drivers as the series returned to Hickory, North Carolina in the series third of four stops at the 0.363 short track in Season 3.

In qualifying, Jack Lagasee won his fifth career busch pole with a lap time of 16.467 seconds. Mills would perform decent in qualifying, posting a time of 16.601, 0.134 seconds off Jack's pole, placing him 14th overall. Starting last in the race was the #88 Service Specialties Pontiac of Rohan Marmot who posted a time of 16.779 seconds, 0.312 seconds behind Jack's pole winning time.

On race day, Rohan would trail for the first lap before knocking the second Hickory last-place finisher the #15 Hendrick Honda Pontiac of Chase Miller into last on Lap 2, two time last-place finisher the #48 Williford Prod. Builders Pontiac of Matt McIntyre who would trail for two laps before knocking Darlington last-place finisher the #6 Mason Day Paving / Valvoline Chevrolet of Chris Kyle into last on Lap 5. Kyle would trail for two laps before knocking the #30 RC Cola Pontiac of Chakat Duskwatcher into last on Lap 7, a spot shi would hold for one lap before knocking the unsponsored #1 Lindy White Racing Pontiac of David Beyers, Beyers would remain in last for one lap before knocking Mills into last for the first time on Lap 9. Mills would remain in last for two laps before knocking the #45 Luck Stone / Dryden Oil of Boston Jones into last on Lap 11. Jones would trail for two laps before knocking Duskwatcher back to last on Lap 13, a spot shi would stay in for two laps before knocking Beyers back to last on Lap 15. Beyers would trail for two laps as well before knocking Jones back to last on Lap 18, trailing for two laps before passing Mills in Turn 2, with Mills trailing for the final quarter of the track and the first time of his career finishing last.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were: 24th was the aforementioned #45 of Boston Jones, 23rd was the #88 Rohan Marmot, 22nd was Daytona last-place finisher the #00 Thomas Bros. Country Ham Oldsmobile of Jeremy Ickle, and 21st was the #1 of David Beyers.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #12 has finished last in a Busch Series race at Hickory.
*This is the first time the #12 has finished last in a Busch Series race since the Season 1 Inaugural 200 at the Asheville Speedway when Kyle Mests's #12 Industrial Boiler Pontiac completed all 15 laps under power; 68 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
25) #12-Tyler Mills / 20 laps / running
24) #45-Boston Jones / 20 laps / running
23) #88-Rohan Marmot / 20 laps / running
22) #00-Jeremy Ickle / 20 laps / running
21) #1-David Beyers / 20 laps / running

BUSCH: Race long battle for last ends with Chakat Whitelion last at Orange County; picks up record 20th last-place finish of hir career

Chakat Whitelion picked up the 3rd last place finish of hir SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Saturday's Miller 200 at the Orange County Speedway when hir #5 Advance Auto Parts Buick completed all 30 laps under power.

The finish, which occurred in hir 81st career series start, was hir first on the circuit since the Season 2 Goody's 200 at the Caraway Speedway when shi was involved in a multi-car accident without completing any of the 20 laps; 34 races ago. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 3rd for car #5 and the 33rd for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 18th for the #5 and 300th for running at the finish.

Entering Season 3 of the Busch Series, Whitelion is the greatest SCRL driver in the seven year history of the league, having scored 35 career wins and 7 overall championships and is the defending Busch Series Champion, and is a future first ballot Hall of Famer when one is made. Whitelion came back for hir third season in the busch series to the same team, looking to become the second driver to win back-to-back championships in one series. Whitelion's season started off with a 10th at Daytona, 6th at Richmond, 7th at Rockingham, before scoring hir first win of the season at the spring Hickory event. A disappointing 31st at Martinsville would be followed by a 20th at Darlington before scoring back-to-back wins at Orange County and Nashville. A runner up finish to Rohan Marmot at Langley would be followed by a 8th at Milwaukee Mile, 6th at Dover, 9th at Charlotte, 32nd at South Boston, 10th in the second event at Hickory, 12th in the second Orange County event before finishing 3rd in the last round at South Boston.

The entry list for the eighth time this season would have only full time drivers as the series returned to Rougemont, North Carolina in the series third and final stop at the 0.375 mile short track in Season 3.

In qualifying, Jack Lagasee won his fourth career busch pole with a lap time of 16.761 seconds. Whitelion would surprisingly struggle in qualifying, posting a time of 16.976, 0.215 seconds off Jack's pole, placing her 15th overall. Starting last in the race was the #23 Miller High Life Oldsmobile of Samet Ozkan who posted a time of 17.073 seconds, 0.312 seconds behind Jack's pole winning time.

On race day, Ozkan would trail for the first lap before knocking first South Boston last-place finisher the #19 West Hartford Tool & Die Pontiac of Finn Smith into last on Lap 2, a spot he would hold for two laps before knocking the unsponsored #97 Hill Racing Pontiac of Blaine Hayes into last on Lap 4. Hayes would struggle around the 0.375 mile track for the next four laps before he knocked the #32 Econo Lodge / Budweiser Pontiac of Riley Spurlytube into last on Lap 9. Spurlytube was determined to not finish last for the first time in his busch career, as he would trail for only one lap before knocking Hayes back to last on Lap 10. Hayes would trail for two laps once again before knocking first Hickory last-place finisher the #07 Bob Banning Pontiac of Jeff White into last on Lap 12. 

White would trail for the next seven laps before knocking the unsponsored #1 Lindy White Racing Pontiac of David Beyers into last on Lap 20, a spot he would hold for three laps before knocking Whitelion into last for the first time on Lap 24. Whitelion would trail for three laps as well before knocking White back to last on Lap 28. White would remain in last for three turns before making a move in Turn 4 coming to the white, knocking Whitelion back to last, and as much as shi tried to pass him back, Whitelion would finish last for the 20th time in hir career.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were: 24th was the aforementioned #32 of Riley Spurlytube, 23rd was the #07 of Jeff White, 22nd was the #1 of David Beyers and 21st was second Orange County last-place finisher the #42 Benefit Development Pontiac of Jake Thomas.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #5 has finished last in a Busch Series race at Orange County.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
25) #5-Chakat Whitelion / 30 laps / running
24) #32-Riley Spurlytube / 30 laps / running
23) #07-Jeff White / 30 laps / running
22) #1-David Beyers / 30 laps / running
21) #42-Jake Thomas / 30 laps / running

BUSCH: Caution free race at South Boston gives Corrie Scott the first last-place finish of her career

Corrie Scott picked up the 1st last place finish of her SCRL Busch Grand National Series career in Friday's Roses Stores 200 at the South Boston Speedway when her #4 Thurman Enterprises Pontiac completed all 30 laps under power.

The finish occurred in her 16th career series start. In the SCRL Busch Series, it's the 2nd for car #4 and the 32nd for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 14th for the #4 and 299th for running at the finish.

Entering Season 3 of the Busch Series, Scott had never made an attempt at an SCRL race, with the rookie signing on as a part-time driver with plans of her to have a good season in hopes of competing full time the next season for the championship. Scott would impress the very second she got on track, winning the pole in her debut at Daytona, but would only lead for less then one straightaway as she would be clipped by Tyler Ferris and would cause a massive "Big One" but was able to finish 11th, Scott's team would chose to skip the next round at Richmond before coming back to finish 34th at Rockingham, skipping the first round at Hickory, before scoring her first Top 10 of her career a 9th at Martinsville, 37th at Darlington, before she would skip the next three races at Orange County, Nashville and Langley before coming back and finishing 18th at the Milwaukee Mile, 17th at Dover, 32nd at Charlotte, 11th at the first South Boston event before skipping the last two rounds at Hickory and Orange County.

The entry list for the ninth time this season would have both full and part-time drivers racing against each other as the series traveled to South Boston, Virginia in the series second of three planned stops at the 0.357 mile short track in Season 3.

In qualifying, Nick Kennedy won his first career busch pole with a lap time of 16.646 seconds. Corrie would impress in qualifying, posting a time of 16.847, 0.201 seconds off Nick's pole, placing her 4th overall. Starting last in the race was #16 Big Orange Market Pontiac of Juniper Skunktaur who was the only driver who didn't post a lap in qualifying.

On race day, Juni would trail for the first lap before knocking the unsponsored #97 Hill Racing Pontiac of Blaine Hayes into the final spot on Lap 2, but Hayes's stay in last was only one lap as he knocked the #8 Wrangler Jeans Pontiac of Cassie Dent into last on Lap 3. Cassie would trail for two laps before she knocked the unsponsored #1 Lindy White Racing Pontiac of David Beyers into last on Lap 5. Beyers would trail for one lap before he knocked the #99 Nelson Building Supply Pontiac of Aaron Lewis into last on Lap 6, but the next time by it was first Hickory last-place finisher the #07 Bob Banning Pontiac of Jeff White who was trailing the field on Lap 7 but the next time by it was Daytona last-place finisher the #00 Thomas Bros. Country Ham Oldsmobile of Jeremy Ickle who was trailing on Lap 8. Ickle would remain in last for one lap before knocking the #87 Domino's Pizza Chevrolet of Dilan Ebrahimian into last on Lap 9 with Ebrahimian struggling to remain caught up with the field in front of him for the next five laps before finally making a move and knocking the #7 Wrangler Jeans Oldsmobile of Blaise Zebrataur into last on Lap 15.

Blaise would trail for two laps before knocking two time last-place finisher the #28 Skoal Bandit Pontiac of Jack Lagasee, who trail for only one lap before knocking Juniper back to last on Lap 19. Juniper would trail for the next two laps before knocking the #30 RC Cola Pontiac of Chakat Duskwatcher into last on Lap 21 with hir staying in last for the next two laps before Ickle took back last on Lap 23. Ickle would trail for one lap before knocking the #88 Service Specialties Pontiac of Rohan Marmot into last on Lap 24 as Rohan would trail for the next two laps before knocking Jack back to last on Lap 27, but his stay would last only one lap before knocking Dover last-place finisher the #3 Wendy's Chevrolet of Michael Creed into last on Lap 28. Creed would trail for one lap before knocking Scott back to last with one lap to go, as Scott tried her hardest to not finish last but didn't have enough time, with Scott trailing for the first time in her career.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were: 39th was the aforementioned #3 of Michael Creed, 38th was the #28 of Jack Lagasee, 37th was the #07 of Jeff White and 36th was the #88 of Rohan Marmot

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #4 has finished last in a Busch Series race at South Boston.
*The only other time the #4 has trailed in a Busch Series race was the Season 1 Sunkist 200 at the Hickory Speedway when AJ Jones's #4 Connie Mining Tire Pontiac fell out with camshaft problems without completing any of the 10 laps; 68 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #4-Corrie Scott / 30 laps / running
39) #3-Michael Creed / 30 laps / running
38) #28-Jack Lagasee / 30 laps / running
37) #07-Jeff White / 30 laps / running
36) #88-Rohan Marmot / 30 laps / running