Throwback TRUCKS: Pileup at Richmond gives Cam Nixey the first last-place finish of his truck career

Cam Nixey picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in the Season 1 Fas Mart Supertruck Shootout at the Richmond International Raceway when his #35 Rain-X / Press Pass Racing Cards Chevrolet was involved in a multi-truck wreck after 2 of the 40 laps.

The finish came in his 15th career series start. 

Cam was one of several rookies looking to make a name for himself in the SCRL's third highest division by competing in the truck series. Cam's career started off with a 10th at Phoenix, 12th at Tucson, 2nd at Saugus, 12th at Mesa Marin, 19th at Portland, 14th at Evergreen, 19th at I-70, 30th at Louisville, 24th at Bristol, 8th at Milwaukee, 11th at Colorado, 7th at Heartland Park, 8th at IRP before scoring his 1st career Truck Series win in the last round at Flemington.

On race day, Cam would roll off starting 22nd while starting last was the #38 Channellock Tools Ford of Brian Fox. Fox would trail the field for the first two turns when going down the backstretch, the #87 Burger King Chevrolet of Colin Dryburgh was spun out by the #74 Mesa Marin Raceway Chevrolet of HIPHOPANOUNMOUS with Dryburgh trailing the field for the first lap. As the field slowed for the pace car, Cam ran into the back of another truck, damaging the radiator and ending his night after two laps.

Finishing 39th was the #6 Total Petroleum Chevrolet of Jonathan Raines, who was involved in the third caution of the night, ending his night after 18 laps.

The remaining Bottom Five would be involved in the fourth caution on Lap 23; 38th was Flemington last-place finisher the #2 Ultra Custom Wheels / ASE Ford of Josh Barker, 37th was the aforementioned #38 of Brian Fox and 36th was the #23 ASE / American Racing Wheels Ford of Benoit Lothaire-Irvine.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #35 had finished last in a Truck Series race as well as at Richmond.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #35-Cam Nixey / 2 laps / crash
39) #6-Jonathan Raines / 18 laps / crash
38) #2-Josh Barker / 23 laps / crash
37) #38-Brian Fox / 24 laps / crash
36) #23-Benoit Lothaire-Irvine / 24 laps / crash

Throwback BUSCH: Hank Willis picks up the second and final last-place finish of his career after early wreck at Rockingham

Hank Willis picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series career in the Season 1 Coca-Cola 200 at the North Carolina Motor Speedway when his #39 unsponsored Chevrolet was involved in a multi-car crash after 2 of the 50 laps.

The finish, which came in his 17th start, was his first on the circuit since the Hampton Chevy 200 at the Langley Speedway when he completed all 10 laps under power, 7 races ago. 

After trailing at Langley, Willis would rebound quickly by finishing 4th at Dover, 10th in the second Hickory event, finishing runner up to Todd Kennedy at Charlotte. A 12th at Asheville, a 24th at the third Hickory event before finishing 10th in the last round at South Boston.

On race day, Willis rolled off starting 27th while starting last was the #24 Budweiser Light Ford of Jeff Arndt as the first lap would be rather calm, but coming off Turn 4, the #04 unsponsored Pontiac of Eli Bright was spun out by the #29 Longwood Restaurant Dodge of Zachary Fitzwater, as Bright's car would side through the tri-oval before coming back up the track in front of the field, right in front of Jeff Arndt, sending Bright for a flip. While trying to avoid the flipping car of Bright, Willis moved to the high side to try and avoid, but ran into the #16 Bobby Cash Auto Parts Pontiac of Riley Spurlytube, destroying the front end of Willis, and quickly ending his day.

The remaining Bottom Five would also be involved in the same crash; 41st was the #41 unsponsored Pontiac of Tim Randolph, 40th was two-time last-place finisher the #88 unsponsored Pontiac of Keith Stevens, 39th was the aforementioned #16 of Riley Spurlytube and 38th was the aforementioned #24 of Jeff Arndt.

For Willis, he would never come close to victory lane other then his runner up finish at Charlotte, with his final career start being in the season finale at Martinsville where he finished 12th and would finish 15th in the final point standings. Willis hasn't competed in a SCRL race since.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #39 had finished last at Rockingham.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #39-Hank Willis / 2 laps / crash
41) #41-Tim Randolph / 2 laps / crash
40) #88-Keith Stevens / 2 laps / crash
39) #16-Riley Spurlytube / 2 laps / crash
38) #24-Jeff Arndt / 2 laps / crash

Throwback LEGENDS: Early electrical problem gives Bulldog67 first career last place-finish at Bristol

Bulldog67 picked up the 1st last place finish of his ONL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 1 Volunteer 500 at the Bristol International Speedway when his #21 60 Minute Cleaners Mercury Cyclone suffered electrical problems after completing 5 of the 50 laps.

The finish came in his 16th career start.

Driving for the famous Wood Brothers, Bulldog67 made his league debut by starting 7th in the first Riverside event and finishing 4th, and in the next even he finished a career best 2nd at Ontario, until two races later, he picked up career win #1 at Rockingham. Over the next eight events, he would score seven straight Top 5 finishes before scoring his first finish outside the Top 5 by finishing 7th at Michigan, until one round later in the return trip at Riverside, Bulldog67 scored his worst finish to date, a 13th. A 6th at Greenville-Pickens and a 2nd, which was his 4th of the season, at Thompson, placed him firmly in the points lead as the series made a return trip to Bristol, where he had finished 4th earlier in the season.

On race day, Bulldog67 would roll off starting in 4th while starting last was two time last-place finisher the #30 unsponsored Dodge of ItalianDragon. By the time the race had gotten to five laps, Bulldog67's car began to smoke before pulling down onto the apron and onto the main pit road that was on the Frontstretch, pulling into the garage as the car was done for the day.
ItalianDragon would go on to move up through the field over the fifty laps, and by the time the Checkered Flag flew, he would tie his career best finish of 7th, which also came in the previous Bristol event.

Finishing 19th was three time last-place finisher the #99 Dow Chemicals Dodge of MoNsTer_RcN98, 18th was the #48 Mullins Ford of Umbreon and finishing 17th was four time last-place finisher the #64 Woodfield Ford of dragonboy, all of whom finished one lap down behind the race leaders. Rounding out the Bottom Five in 16th was spring Bristol last-place finisher the #06 Warren Fox Dodge of bigdaddy RCN, who was the last car on the lead lap.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS

*This was the first time the #21 had finished last in a Legends race as well as at Bristol.
*This was the first time electrical was cited as the reason for a car to finish last.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
20) #21-Bulldog67 / 5 laps / electrical
19) #99-MoNsTer_RcN98 / 49 laps / running
18) #48-Umbreon / 49 laps / running
17) #64-dragonboy / 49 laps / running
16) #06-bigdaddy RCN / 50 laps / running

Throwback Formula E: Chaos on first lap at Watkins Glen leaves Jeff Bright on top of a tire barrier

Jeff Bright picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Formula E Series career in the Season 1 Watkins Glen ePrix at Watkins Glen International when his #5 Scuderia Ferrari was involved in a multi-car crash without completing any of the 5 laps.

The finish came in his 10th start. 

Bright joined Grayson Acevedo on the Scuderia Ferrari team to be a one-two team to try and tackle the Formula E division with Bright finishing 19th at Mexico City, 17th at Kyalami before scoring his first series win for himself and Ferrari at Hockenheimring. A 19th at Shanghai, 5th at Monaco, 12th at Long Beach, 12th at Hungaroring, 17th at Sebring before finishing 15th at Suzuka in the last round.

On race day, Bright rolled off starting 6th while starting in the final spot was Jeff's brother two-time last-place finisher the #3 Red Bull Racing of Eli Bright, a position that Eli would hold for only one turn as the #22 McLaren-Honda F1 Team of Cam Nixey was spun out just shortly after the first turn and slammed into the tire barrier head on with the #27 Sahara Force India F1 Team of Marc Lothaire-Irvine, destroying both cars. As the rest of the field made their way to the Inner Loop, drivers were able to make it past but as the field made it's way toward Turn 9, Jeff made contact with the #88 Manor Racing of Kelly Lee, sending both cars up the track and hard into the tire barriers with enough force that sent Jeff's car up into the air and landing on top of the barriers.

Further down the track yet another crash would break out as Mexico City last-place finisher the #20 Renault Sport F1 Team of Gavyn Moore made contact with his team mate the #30 Renault Sport F1 Team of Josh Barker, sending Moore into the guard rail head on before back out onto the track right in front of Long Beach last-place finisher the #19 Williams Martini Racing Nicolas Lothaire-Irvine, as Irvine had nowhere to go and hit Moore in the driver door with enough force it knocked the left front tire off Irvine's car, also knocking those cars out of the race.

Bright's victory at Hockenheimring would be the lone victory of his Formula E career as he would finish 16th in his final start at CTMP and would finish 20th in the final point standings. Bright currently has 3 career wins in the SCRL and still competes to this day.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL Formula E Series last-place finish for the #5 as well as at Watkins Glen.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #5-Jeff Bright / 0 laps / crash
21) #88-Kelly Lee / 0 laps / crash
20) #19-Nicolas Lothaire-Irvine / 0 laps / crash
19) #27-Marc Lothaire-Irvine / 0 laps / crash
18) #20-Gavyn Moore / 0 laps / crash

IROC: Fuel System damage ends Al Lagasee's championship hopes just seconds after green flag at Indy; Sebastian Dent wins SCRLASTCAR Championship on a tiebreaker

Al Lagasee picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL IROC Series career in Race 4 of IROC VIII at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway when his #1 completed 15 of the 16 laps under power.

The finish came in his 12th career start. In the SCRL IROC Series, it's the 2nd for car #1 and the 18th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 16th for the #1 and 321st for running at the finish.

Al is one of the most longest active drivers in the SCRL today as him and his brother Jack have both shown their talent in the SCRL, with Jack being a 11 time winner and the inaugural SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series Champion while Al has won 9 times and is a two time champion, being the inaugural IndyCar Champion as well as the Season 3 Busch Grand National Series Champion, making him and Jack the only pair of brothers to win a championship in the same series. For Al, he would be chosen first at random to complete in his third straight appearance in the IROC Series, making his debut in IROC VI but he had yet been to victory lane and was looking to change that this season. Al would led one lap at Daytona before being involved in the race's final wreck and finished a disappointing 9th, a 7th at Talladega would be followed by Al scoring his first ever IROC Series win with a last turn last lap pass to lead only the final lap at Michigan, keeping his championship hopes alive.

On race day, Al would start 10th after the field's line up would be the inverted points standings, which meant that the #8 of Nick Kennedy would be starting in the final spot. As the field took the green flag, Al's car almost instantly began to show a loss of power, reporting to his team that the car was missing, as he slowed up fellow championship contender's the #4 of Chakat Whitelion and the #8 of Nick Kennedy, before both drivers where finally able to get past him. Al would limp back around the two and a half mile track before pulling on pit road as the crew discovered that the cause of the problem was a fuel system issues. The crew tried their best to fix it before sending Al back out onto the track, just before leader Christian Russel, with Al fighting to stay on the lead lap before losing it and actually costing Russel the lead on Lap 6. Al would regain his lap back and hoping to luck into a caution, but that would never come as Al would lose his lap again, this time for good, and with no other drivers having problems, Al would limp home as the only car not on the lead lap.

The remaining Bottom Five finished on the same lap as the race leaders: 11th was the #5 of Adam McDowell, 10th was the #3 of Jay Barker, 9th was the #8 of Nick Kennedy and 8th was the #4 of Chakat Whitelion

By virtue of finishing last, Al threw his hat into the running for being the possible LASTCAR Champion for IROC VIII as it was a literal four way tie between him, Sebastian Dent, Colin Dryburgh and Tony Newman, but the tie breaker does go to Sebastian, his first ever LASTCAR Championship in any SCRL Series.

The SCRL IROC VIII Championship went to Nick Kennedy, his 2nd overall championship in the SCRL, with his first coming in Season 1 of the SCRL Red Bull Formula One Series. Kennedy had no last place finishs this season with only one Bottom Five finish, the worst of the season coming here at Indy, a 9th place finish.

Congratulations to Nick for having a great year.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #1 has finished last in a IROC race at Indy.
*The only other time the #1 has finished last in a IROC race was in IROC VII Race 2 at the Myrtle Beach Speedway when Jonathan Raines completed all 20 laps under power; 6 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
12) #1-Al Lagasee / 15 laps / running
11) #5-Adam McDowell / 16 laps / running
10) #3-Jay Barker / 16 laps / running
9) #8-Nick Kennedy / 16 laps / running
8) #4-Chakat Whitelion / 16 laps / running

IROC: Tony Newman trails in caution free race at Michigan; title battle set for Indy

Tony Newman picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL IROC Series career in Race 3 of IROC VIII at the Michigan International Speedway when his #11 completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish came in his 3rd career start. In the SCRL IROC Series, it's the 5th for car #11 and the 17th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 15th for the #11 and 320th for running at the finish.

Tony is a well established driver in the SCRL, having picked up seven career wins and has one championship in his career, that coming in the SCRL Sun Energy Whelen Euro Elite 1 division. Newman was chosen 11th overall in the IROC Series drawing, his first ever shot at racing in the International Race of Champions. Newman would be caught up in a late race wreck at Daytona and would finish 11th before finishing 4th in the last round at Talladega.

On race day, Newman would start 6th after the field's line up would be the inverted points standings, which meant that the #8 of Nick Kennedy would be starting in the final spot. Kennedy would trail for the lap around the two mile track before he would knock the #6 of Riley Spurlytube, who would trail for the second Lap. Spurlytube would trail for one lap before knocking Daytona last-place finisher the #10 of Colin Dryburgh into last on Lap 3. Dryburgh would trail for one lap himself before knocking the #3 of Jay Barker into last on Lap 4 before knocking the #9 of Christian Russel into last on Lap 5. Russel would trail for two laps before knocking the #12 of Richard Torres into last on Lap 7. Torres would trail for one lap before knocking the #4 of Chakat Whitelion into last on Lap 8, with Kennedy falling back to last on Lap 9, the #1 of Al Lagasee back to last on Lap 10, Russel to last on Lap 11, Barker to last on Lap 12 before Newman would fall back to last for the first time on Lap 13. Torres would reclaim last on Lap 14, but would knock Riley Spurlytube to last on Lap 15, the #7 of Muhammad Zain Abdullah into last on Lap 16, Lagasee back to last on Lap 17 before knocking Barker back to last on Lap 18. As the field took the white flag, Barker was still trailing in last before Barker would make a move and knocked Newman back to last in Turn 3 and would trail for the next two turns unable to make any moves.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 11th was the aforementioned #3 of Jay Barker, 10th was the #12 of Richard Torres, 9th was Talladega last-place finisher of the #2 of Sebastian Dent and 8th was the #6 of Riley Spurlytube.

Heading into the season finale at Indy, five drivers still have a chance of being the SCRLASTCAR Champion. Currently Tony Newman trails the field by virtue of having one more Bottom Ten finish over Sebastian Dent and Colin Dryburgh. While Jay Barker and Riley Spurlytube still have a chance to win the championship despite having no last place-finishes of the season. Here are the championship scenarios going into Indy; If Tony Newman finishes last at Indy he will win the championship outright, if Sebastian Dent or Colin Dryburgh finishes last and Newman doesn't finish in the Bottom Five, they will win the championship. If Jay Barker or Riley Spurlytube finishes last, Newman, Dent and Dryburgh must finish outside oif the Bottom Five in order for them to win the championship.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #11 has finished last in a IROC race at Michigan.
*The last time the #11 has finished last in a IROC race was in IROC VII at Talladega Superspeedway when Brian Fox was involved in a two-car accident without completing any of the 19 laps; 3 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
12) #11-Tony Nemwan / 20 laps / running
11) #3-Jay Barker / 20 laps / running led 2 laps
10) #12-Richard Torres / 20 laps / running
9) #2-Sebastian Dent / 20 laps / running led 2 laps
8) #6-Riley Spurlytube / 20 laps / running

IROC: Reigning ARCA Midget Champion Sebastian Dent knocked out in early "Big One" at Talladega

Sebastian Dent picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL IROC Series career in Race 2 of IROC VIII at the Talladega Superspeedway when he was involved in a multi-car crash after 3 of the 19 laps.

The finish came in his 2nd career start. In the SCRL IROC Series, it's the 2nd for car #2 and the 10th from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 18th for the #2 and 286th from a crash.

Sebastian is still considered a rookie in the SCRL despite being a champion in the now discontinued SCRL ARCA Midget Series, a series he scored one of his two career wins, the other coming at Rockingham in Season 3 of the Busch Grand National Series. By winning the championship, Sebastian would become eligible to be chosen to complete in the IROC Series, and in his first ever attempt, he would make the field by being the second driver to be chosen, making him the first member of the Dent family to complete in the IROC Series. Sebastian would impress in his IROC Series debut, starting 5 and would stay with the pack all race long and would finish second to Nick Kennedy in the drag race to the line when the race ended under the yellow flag.

On race day, Sebastian would start 11th after the field's line up would be the inverted finish of how they placed at Daytona, which went the #8 of Nick Kennedy would be starting in the final spot. Kennedy would trail in last for only one turn before knocking the #5 of Adam McDowell into last as he would trail the first lap, but the next time around it was the #1 of Al Lagasee who was in last as the field completed lap 2. As the field entered Turn 1, Dent had made it up to second place and was racing four wide when the #6 of Riley Spurlytube hooked Dent's right fender as the two cars hooked and then turned toward the outside wall, as Dent would hit it hard head on into the concrete wall right in front of Daytona last-place finisher the #10 of Colin Dryburgh as a multi-car crash would break out for the second race in a row, involving a total of five drivers in some force of fashion. Dent's car would be completely destroyed, but he was able to make it back to pit road before he pulled behind the wall, being followed by the #9 of Christian Russel, who also had his front in caved in after hitting Spurlytube in the passenger door, with both drivers being listed as completing three laps, being listed as "out" by Lap 7.

Finishing 10th was the #3 of Jay Barker, who had also been caught up in the Lap 3 wreck, sat on pit road for two laps as his team tried to repair the car as best they could and sent Barker back out onto the track. While he wasn't a factor for the last half of the race, limping around at half speed, he wouldn't lose another lap and was running when the checkered flag waved.

The remaining Bottom Five finished on the same lap as the race leaders: 9th was the aforementioned #10 of Colin Dryburgh and 8th was the #6 of Riley Spurlytube.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #2 has finished last in a IROC race at Talladega.
*The only other time the #2 has finished last in a IROC race was in IROC VII when Richard Torres was involved in a multi-car crash after 2 of the 20 laps at the Daytona International Speedway; 5 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
12) #2-Sebastian Dent / 3 laps / crash
11) #9-Christian Russel / 3 laps / crash
10) #3-Jay Barker / 17 laps / running
9) #10-Colin Dryburgh / 19 laps / running led 1 lap
8) #6-Riley Spurlytube / 19 laps / running

IROC: Late race wreck places reigning ARCA Champion Colin Dryburgh last at Daytona opener

Colin Dryburgh picked up the 3rd last place finish of his SCRL IROC Series career in Race 1 of IROC VIII at the Daytona International Speedway when he completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish, which came in his 10th career start, was his first on the circuit since Race 3 of IROC V at the Michigan International Speedway when he completed all 20 laps under power; 11 races ago. In the SCRL IROC Series, it's the 7th for car #10 and the 16th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 21st for the #10 and 319th for running at the finish.

Dryburgh, who is a 20 time race winner in the SCRL, is a three time SCRL Champion and is the current SCRL ARCA Champion and is a first ballot Hall of Famer when it comes time for his career to come to an end. Dryburgh was one of thirty six drivers who had a chance of being chosen to compete in IROC VIII, and he was the tenth of twelve drivers to be picked to make his third ever appearance in IROC, having competed in IROC V and IROC VII, in which he scored a win at Talladega and Daytona.

On race day, Dryburgh rolled off starting 7th while starting last was the #4 of IROC IV Champion Chakat Whitelion. Whitelion would trail for two turns before knocking the #1 of Al Lagasee into last, a position he would hold for one lap before knocking the #12 of Richard Torres into last on Lap 2 with Torres staying in last for one lap as well before knocking the #11 of Tony Newman to last on Lap 3 as he would also be in last for one lap before knocking the #6 of Riley Spurlytube to last on Lap 4 until the battle for last took a wild turn.

As drivers raced in a pack of 12 down the backstretch, contact between Dryburgh and the #5 of Adam McDowell sent McDowell up the track and into the path of Whitelion, causing a multi-car crash that would involve seven of the twelve drivers, bringing out the first caution of the day. Whitelion would trail throughout the caution due to making a pit stop for damage to hir car and would trail as the field went back racing, keeping a hold of last place until lap 12 when shi knocked the #7 of Muhammad Zain Abdullah into last. Abdullah would trail for two laps before he knocked Al Lagasee to last, a position he was holding into the battle for last would come to a sudden end.

As drivers raced four wide coming out of Turn 4, Dryburgh would be bumped by Nick Kennedy, sending Dryburgh up the track into the path of Tony Newman, causing another chain reaction and a five car wreck, as Dryburgh would hit the outside wall nearly head on, destroying the right front and then the rear of his car after it was hit by Riley Spurlytube. Dryburgh would limp across the start/finish line in last on Lap 16, and would remain in that spot as the race ended under caution. 

The remaining Bottom Five were: 11th was aforementioned #11 of Tony Newman, 10th was the #7 of Muhammad Zain Abdullah, 9th was the #1 of Al Lagasee and 8th was the #4 of Chakat Whitelion.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #10 has finished last in a IROC race at Daytona.

*This is the first time the #10 has finished last in a IROC race since IROC VI when Bulldog67 was involved in a multi-car crash after 1 of the 20 laps at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway; 5 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
12) #10-Colin Dryburgh / 20 laps / running led 7 laps
11) #11-Tony Newman / 20 laps / running led 4 laps
10) #7-Muhammad Zain Abdullah / 20 laps / running led 1 lap
9) #1-Al Lagasee / 20 laps / running led 1 lap
8) #4-Chakat Whitelion / 20 laps / running