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.
*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
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
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