Throwback TRUCKS: All time race winner Truttle fails to complete a lap at Phoenix due to broken camshaft

Truttle picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in the Season 1 GM Goodwrench / Delco Battery 200 at the Phoenix International Raceway when his #31 Performance Race Cars Chevrolet fell out with camshaft problems without completing any of the 32 laps.

The finish came in his 20th career start. 

Truttle at this point in his career had already built up a hall of fame career by becoming the league's first ever champion back in the NASCAR Legends Series, holding the then all time record for most wins in a career, 26, and scoring the most wins in a season with 8 in his championship season and was looking to have the same success in the brand new truck series. In his debut for the new series, Truttle finished 17th at Phoenix, 38th at Tucson, 33rd at Saugus, 11th at Mesa Marin, 32nd at Portland, 4th at Evergreen, 35th at I-70, 5th at Louisville before scoring a series best runner up to Josh Nixey at Bristol. A 25th at Milwaukee, 26th at Colorado, 39th at Heartland Park, 25th at IRP, 11th at Flemington, 3rd at Richmond, 5th at Martinsville, 14th at North Wilkesboro, 33rd at Sears Point before finishing 8th in the last round at Mesa Marin.

On race day, Truttle was scheduled to roll off starting 25th while starting last was the #98 Raybestos Ford of Kelly Lee but as soon as the command was given for the trucks to begin their pace lap, Truttle's truck stalled on the grid and then was pushed into his pit stall to get out of the way of the other drivers. The Richard Childress Racing team would pop the hood and look under the hood to see what the problem was as the green flag was waved. The first caution would come out as the field entered Turn 3 when the #29 Winnebago Dodge of Dinkdrinker was spun out by the #7 Exide Batteries Ford of Jay Barker, at the same time Truttle's truck was pushed behind the wall for further diagnose the problem and it wasn't until the race was able to go back racing that the truck was retired from the event, a broken camshaft being the reason the truck wouldn't start.

It would take another twenty laps for another spot in the Bottom Five to be filled as finishing 39th was Richmond last-place finisher the #35 Rain-X / Press Pass Racing Cards Chevrolet of Cam Nixey, who suffered a broken header while running in 29th on Lap 20.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders: 38th was the aforementioned #29 of Dinkdrinker, 37th was the #24 DuPont Refinishes Chevrolet of John Arndt and 36th was the #8 MJ Soffe Chevrolet of Eli Bright.

Despite the success he had found in other series, Truttle was unable to find victory lane in the truck series, with his runner up at Bristol the closest he ever got to a win. Truttle would finish 23rd in the final point standings and is currently ranked 2nd on the all time wins list with 26 wins, thirteen behind Chakat Whitelion. Truttle hasn't competed in a SCRL sanctioned race since finishing 3rd at Talladega in the season finale of Season 7 of the IROC Series.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #31 had finished last in a Truck Series race as well as at Phoenix.
*This was the third time a driver has failed to complete a lap in the Truck Series; the last time it happened was the Subway 100 at the Sears Point Raceway when Nitahbk's #61 Roush Performance Products Ford fell out with engine problems without completing any of the 12 laps; 2 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
40) #31-Truttle / 0 laps / camshaft
39) #35-Cam Nixey / 20 laps / header
38) #29-Dinkdrinker / 32 laps / running
37) #24-John Arndt / 32 laps / running
36) #8-Eli Bright / 32 laps / running

Throwback BUSCH: Broken camshaft at IRP gives Smith Regal the lone last-place finish of his SCRL career

Smith Regal picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Wrangler Jeans Busch Grand National Series career in the Season 1 Kroger 200 at the Indianapolis Raceway Park when his #09 unsponsored Pontiac fell out with camshaft problems after completing 6 of the 20 laps.

The finish came in his 22nd start. 

Regal was a rookie looking to make a name for himself in the SCRL's second highest division while competing against some of the very best drivers in the world when he signed up. Regal finish 31st in his debut at Daytona, before finished 12th at Richmond and scoring back-to-back 13th place finishes at Bristol and Martinsville. A 3rd at the first South Boston event would be his best finish before scoring another 3rd at Hickory before finishing 10th in the last round at Langley.

On race day, Regal rolled off starting 2nd while starting last was the #24 Budweiser Light Ford of Jeff Arndt, the first lap was calm before the first of two cautions came out on Lap 2 during which time the #79 Native Tan Chevrolet of Josh Barker was damaged and was forced to pit for repairs. During the caution laps, Regal's car began to start smoking, while running in 2nd, before losing power as he costed down the backstretch, into the pits and into the garage as the team looked under the hood, finding out that the camshaft was broken, the car being listed as "out" by Lap 5.

Finishing 41st was the #79 of Josh Barker, who was damaged during the first caution on Lap 2 and lost two laps in the pits during repairs, and due to the lack of attraction, Barker was unable to gain any spots over the remaining laps. 

40th was second Caraway last-place finisher the #22 A.G. Dillard Pontiac of Marcus Saatchi, who lost a lap himself for repairs during the second cation. Saatchi would also be unable to gain any positions just like Barker over the final laps and was the only other car to not finish on the lead lap.

The remaining Bottom Five finished on the same lap with the race leaders; 39th was the #62 Automotive Specialists Pontiac of Keinan Busch and 38th was the aforementioned #24 of Jeff Arndt.

Smith's busch career would end with a 15th place in the season finale at Martinsville, enough for him to finish 13th in the overall points. He hasn't completed in a SCRL race since.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #09 had finished last in the Busch Series as well at IRP.
*This is the first time a driver has trailed the field due to camshaft issues since the Sunkist 200 at the Hickory Speedway when AJ Jones's #4 Connie Mining Tire Pontiac fell out without completing any of the 10 laps; 10 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #09-Smith Regal / 6 laps / camshaft
41) #79-Josh Barker / 18 laps / running
40) #22-Marcus Saatchi / 19 laps / running
39) #62-Keinan Busch / 20 laps / running
38) #24-Jeff Arndt / 20 laps / running

Throwback LEGENDS: MoNsTer_RcN98 gets fourth last-place finish of the season at Darlington

MoNsTer_RcN98 picked up the 4th last place finish of his ONL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 1 Southern 500 at the Darlington Raceway when his #99 Dow Chemicals Dodge completed 34 of the 36 laps under power.

The finish came in his 21st career start, was his first on the circuit since he completed all 20 laps of the Thompson Speedway 200 at the Thompson Speedway, 6 races ago.

After trailing the field at Thompson, MoNsTer_RcN98 finished second to last at the second Bristol event, then the very next event he turned in one of his best performances of the season, starting 5th at Atlanta before tying his career best of 3rd, which had also come at the spring Atlanta race earlier in the season. A finish of 11th at the second Michigan event, a 12th at the second Talladega race and finished 13th in the last round at Bowman Gray.

On race day, MoNsTer_RcN98 would roll off starting in 14th while starting last was Atecom. Like many of the other races in season one, details have been lost through time but what is clear is that at some point during the event, MoNsTer_RcN98 suffered a problem that forced the car to pit, falling two laps down, the only driver to lose a lap, and easily scored his third last-place finish of the season.

The remaining Bottom Five finished on the same lap as the race leaders; 19th was fellow three time last-place finisher the #30 unsponsored Dodge of ItalianDragon, 18th was four time last-place finisher the #64 Woodfield Ford of dragonboy, 17th was the #22 unsponsored Dodge of Marloc and finishing 16th was the #06 Warren Fox Dodge of wolfmoon.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #99 had finished last at Darlington.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
20) #99-MoNsTer_RcN98 / 34 laps / running
19) #30-ItalianDragon / 36 laps / running
18) #64-dragonboy / 36 laps / running
17) #22-Marloc / 36 laps / running
16) #06-wolfmoon / 36 laps / running