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
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