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.
*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
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
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