SHORT TRACK: Juniper Skunktaur crashes out near halfway at North Wilkesboro; SCRLASTCAR Championship goes to Rebecca Zeal

Juniper Skunktaur picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Short Track Division career in Sunday's Season 1 Race 11 at the North Wilkesboro Speedway when his #32 Crazy Dave's Chevrolet was involved in a multi-car crash after 7 of the 20 laps.

The finish came in his 11th career start. In the SCRL Short Track Division, it's the 1st for car #32 and the 3rd from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 16th for the #32 and the 290th from a crash.

Entering the first ever Short Track Division season, Juniper had raced in only two series in his entire SCRL career, with his first being in the ARCA Midget Series and then in the Busch Grand National Series, and it was in the Busch Series that Juniper would score his first ever victory by winning at Darlington. Competing for the first time in over a year, it was expected Juniper would have lost his edge but that was quickly debunked when he finished 6th in his first race at Dayton before scoring an 8th at Charlotte. A disappointing finish of 13th at Greenville-Pickens would be followed by a season best of 4th at Hickory, before finishing 10th at Bowman-Gray, 11th at Martinsville, 10th at Monroe County, before scoring his worse finish of the season of 17th at Richmond. A 7th at Langley would be followed by Juniper's best race of the season, starting a decent 10th, Juniper would work his way into the lead on Lap 7 and would lead for eight laps and scored his second ever career win heading into the season finale 8th in points, unable to win the championship, but a shot at becoming the first driver to win back-to-back races in the Short Track Division.

In qualifying, Brantley Higdon scored his first career pole, posting a time of 20.079 seconds. Starting last in the race was Juniper, who posted the slowest time of 20.547, 0.468 seconds behind Brantley's pole winning time.

Rebecca Zeal heads to pit road at the start.

On race day, Juniper's stay in last didn't even last more than a full lap as two-time last-place finisher the #17 Carling Dodge of Rebecca Zeal suffered a flat right front tire on the pace lap and was forced to pull into the pits as the field went to green. A massive sixteen car wreck would break out in Turn 4, preventing Rebecca from going a lap down and she was able to catch up to the rest of the field under yellow. When the field went back to racing on Lap 6, she was still trailing the field and was in the final spot when the battle for last came to a sudden end.

While battling for 14th, Langley last-place finisher the #9 Coors Ford of Bailey Leigh would make contact with Bowman-Gray last-place finisher the #13 Smokey's Chevrolet Chakat Blackpaw, sending both cars into the inside wall before bouncing across the track, right in front of Juniper, sending Juniper and Blackpaw nearly head on into the concrete wall. Juniper would limp around to the pits and would pull behind the wall, being scored as last, on Lap 8, and when his car was retired it would give the SCRLASTCAR Championship to Rebecca Zeal.

Limping around for an extra lap, Blackpaw would compete one more lap on track before pulling behind the wall on Lap 8, hir day and season done just before halfway.

Finishing in 20th was the aforementioned #9 of Bailey Leigh, who would lose a lap during repairs and with no more cautions or cars having problems over the final ten laps, she was the lone car to not be running on the same lap as the race leaders.

Rounding out the Bottom Five on the same lap as the race leaders were; 19th was the #98 Super America Ford of Amber Mayhew in 18th was the #3 Goodwrench Chevrolet of Austin Greenwood.

The Season 1 SCRL Short Track Division Championship went to rookie R.T. Smith, the first time he had ever competed in any SCRL season. Smith scored no last-place finishes in his championship season but did finish in the Bottom 10 three times, with his worst finish being a 16th at Charlotte. Congratulations to Smith on making history by winning the championship in his first ever attempt.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #32 had finished last as well at North Wilkesboro.
*This was the first time a driver had crashed out of a race since Race 8 at Richmond when Chakat Whitelion's #7 Coca Cola Dodge was involved in a multi-car crash without completing any of the 20 laps; 3 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #32-Juniper Skunktaur / 7 laps / crash
21) #13-Chakat Blackpaw / 8 laps / crash
20) #9-Bailey Leigh / 19 laps / running
19) #98-Amber Mayhew / 20 laps / running
18) #3-Austin Greenwood / 20 laps / running

SCRL LASTCAR SHORT TRACK DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP

SHORT TRACK: Kaitlyn Coyne trails for the first time in her career in caution free race at Langley; SCRLASTCAR battle set for North Wilkesboro

Kaitlyn Coyne picked up the 1st last place finish of her SCRL Short Track Division career in Saturday's Season 1 Race 10 at the Langhorne Speedway when her #28 LaFayette Ford completed all 15 laps under power.

The finish came in her 10th career start. In the SCRL Short Track Division, it's the 1st for car #28 and the 7th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 21st for the #28 and the 335th for running at the finish.

Entering the first ever Short Track Division season, Coyne had made her debut in Season 2 of the SCRL Grand National Series where she would finish 24th in points before competing in the 2nd Annual SCRL Chili Bowl where she would finish 25th. Coyne would finish 17th in her debut at Dayton, before scoring her first career SCRL win at Charlotte. A 11th at Greenville-Pickens, 16th at Hickory, 19th at Bowman-Gray, 12th at Martinsville, 21st at Monroe County, 13th at Richmond before finishing 21st at Langley.

In qualifying, Chakat Whitelion scored hir second ever pole in the Short Track Division, posting a time of 31.191 seconds. Coyne would fair decent in qualifying, posting a time of 31.495 seconds, 0.304 seconds behind Whitelion's time, which placed Coyne 11th on the starting lineup. Starting last in the race was two-time last-place finisher the #17 Carling Dodge of Rebecca Zeal, who posted the slowest time of 31.981, 0.790 seconds behind Whitelion's pole winning time.

On race day, Rebecca's stay in the final spot would last two turns before knocking the #5 Black River Dodge of Bussy Beavers into last as Beavers would trail for the first two laps around the one mile track before knocking Zeal back to last on Lap 3. Zeal would trail for two laps before knocking Charlotte last-place finisher the #12 Dodge Boys Dodge of Samet Ozkan back to last on Lap 5. Ozkan would trail for two laps before knocking the #75 Hershey's Chevrolet of Brantley Higdon to last on Lap 7. Higdon's stay in last was brief as he trailed for one lap before knocking the #07 Bubba's Stumble Inn Ford of Savannah Line to last on Lap 9. Line's stay would also only last one lap before knocking Coyne to last on Lap 10. Over the next five laps, Coyne would lose touch with the cars in front of her, falling two full seconds behind and was more than nine seconds behind the race leaders when the checkered flag waved.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were: 21st was the #3 Goodwrench Chevrolet of Austin Greenwood, 20th was the aforementioned #07 of Savannah Line, 19th was the #75 of Brantley Higdon and 18th was the #12 of Samet Ozkan.

Entering the season finale at North Wilkesboro, the battle for the SCRLASTCAR Championship comes down between Rebecca Zeal and Bailey Leigh as every other driver is unable to catch Zeal. Zeal enters Wilkesboro with two last-place finishes to Leigh's one, but if Leigh trails in the final, Leigh will win the championship as long as Zeal doesn't finish in the Bottom Five. If anyone but Leigh finishes last, Zeal will win the championship.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #28 had finished last as well at Langhorne.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #28-Kaitlyn Coyne / 15 laps / running
21) #3-Austin Greenwood / 15 laps / running
20) #07-Savannah Line / 15 laps / running
19) #75-Brantley Higdon / 15 laps / running
18) #12-Samet Ozkan / 15 laps / running

SCRL LASTCAR SHORT TRACK DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP

SHORT TRACK: Flat tire while running in 11th gives Bailey Leigh his first last-place finish at Langley

Bailey Leigh picked up the 1st last place finish of her SCRL Short Track Division career in Friday's Season 1 Race 9 at the Langley Speedway when her #9 Coors Ford completed 19 of the 20 laps under power.

The finish came in her 9th career start. In the SCRL Short Track Division, it's the 1st for car #9 and the 6th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 11th for the #9 and the 334th for running at the finish.

Leigh was one of several drivers who would make their debut in the SCRL's brand newest series and was looking to hopefully make a good showing to one day compete in the SCRL's highest division; the SCRL Grand National Series. Leigh would struggle in his debut, starting 21st and finishing a disappointing 19th at Dayton and would following it up with a second finish of 19th at Charlotte before finishing 20th at Greenville-Pickens, a 17th at Hickory, 15th at Bowman-Gray before finally scoring points for the first time with a finish of 9th at Martinsville. Despite scoring points for the first time, the finishes just wasn't there for Leigh as another 19th place at Monroe County would be followed by a 16th in the last round at Richmond. 

In qualifying, Rohan Marmot scored his second ever pole in the Short Track Division, posting a time of 18.862 seconds. Leigh would impress in qualifying, posting a time of 19.123 seconds, 0.261 seconds behind Rohan's time, which placed Leigh 8th on the starting lineup, the second best start of the season after qualifying second at Monroe County. Starting last in the race was two-time last-place finisher the #17 Carling Dodge of Rebecca Zeal, who posted the slowest time of 19.396, 0.534 seconds behind Rohan's pole winning time.

On race day, Rebecca's stay in the final lap only lasted one turn as she knocked Bowman-Gray last-place finisher the #13 Smokey's Chevrolet Chakat Blackpaw into last with Blackpaw trailing the field for the first lap. Blackpaw would struggle to stay in touch with the field around the 0.395 mile short track and was trailing the field for the first five laps when the battle for last would come to an end. Leigh, who at this point in the race had dropped back to 11th, began to suddenly slow entering Turn 1 holding up the bottom lane before pulling to the inside of the track on the backstretch and on pit road, reporting of a flat tire. Leigh's crew would quickly put four fresh tires on the Ford and sent Leigh back out on track, but already one lap behind the race leaders, with the team hoping someone else would have a problem over the final fourteen laps, but unfortunately for Leigh that wouldn't happen, as a clean caution free race would be run and when the checkered flag waved, Leigh was the only car to not finish on the lead lap.

Rounding out the Bottom Five were drivers who finished on the same lap as the race leaders: 21st was the #28 LaFayette Ford of Kaitlyn Coyne, 20th was Monroe County last-place finisher the #74 unsponsored Chevrolet of John Joseph, 19th was Richmond race winner the #3 Goodwrench Chevrolet of Austin Greenwood and 18th was the aforementioned #13 of Chakat Blackpaw.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #9 had finished last as well at Langley.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #9-Bailey Leigh / 19 laps / running
21) #28-Kaitlyn Coyne / 20 laps / running
20) #74-John Joseph / 20 laps / running
19) #3-Austin Greenwood / 20 laps / running
18) #13-Chakat Blackpaw / 20 laps / running

SCRL LASTCAR SHORT TRACK DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP

SHORT TRACK: All time race winner Chakat Whitelion suffers massive crash at Richmond; becomes first driver to not complete a lap

Chakat Whitelion picked up the 1st last place finish of hir SCRL Short Track Division career in Thursday's Season 1 Race 8 at the Atlantic Rural Exposition Fairgrounds Track when hir #7 Coca Cola Dodge was involved in a multi-car crash without completing any of the 20 laps.

The finish came in his 8th career start. In the SCRL Short Track Division, it's the 1st for car #7 and the 2nd from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 17th for the #7 and the 289th from a crash.

Whitelion is undoubtedly the most successful driver in SCRL history, having competed in nearly every single race since the league debuted back in 2013 and has picked up an incredible 39 career wins as well as a record 7 championships. However, to go along with being the most successful driver in terms of wins and championships, Whitelion also has the record for scoring the most last-place finishes in a career, with a total of 20. With a brand new series added to the SCRL's lineup, Whitelion was one of twenty one drivers who signed up to compete in the Short Track Division, Whitelion finish a disappointing 15th in hir debut at Dayton but would quickly rebound with a runner up finishes at Charlotte and Greenville-Pickens before scoring hir league leading 40th career SCRL win at Hickory. Whitelion would struggle to a 11th place finish at Bowman-Gray and hir worst finish of the season, a 14th at Martinsville before finishing 7th in the last round at Monroe County. 

In qualifying, Amber Mayhew would win her first career series pole, posting a time of 25.104 seconds. Whitelion would struggle in qualifying, posting a time of 25.497 seconds, 0.393 seconds behind Mayhew's time, which placed Whitelion 17th on the starting lineup. Starting last in the race was the #11 Dodge Boys Dodge of Dilan Ebrahimian, who posted the slowest time of 25.642, 0.538 seconds behind Mayhew's pole winning time.

On race day, Ebrahimian would trail for the first two turns when the battle for last came to a sudden end as Whitelion was battling with the #9 Coors Ford of Bailey Leigh and Monroe County last-place finisher the #74 unsponsored Chevrolet of John Joseph as contact between those three cars would force Leigh up into Bowman-Gray last-place finisher the #13 Smokey's Chevrolet Chakat Blackpaw and the #07 Bubba's Stumble Inn Ford of Savannah Line, giving Blackpaw severe damage to the left side of hir car. Further down the track, as Whitelion was trying to regain control of hir car, shi would misjudge and slam into the pit road wall and sent hir back out onto the track in front of two-time last-place finisher the #17 Carling Dodge of Rebecca Zeal as Hickory last-place finisher the #55 Bill-Tin Chevrolet of Alexa Lake, Blackpaw, Leigh and Ebrahimian would all be involved in the crash.

Whitelion's day would be done as shi was unable to drive back to pit road and was scored as last, while Zeal would make it past the start/finish line before pulling behind the wall to be scored 21st with Blackpaw pulling in the garage one lap later on Lap 2 to be scored 20th.

It would take only four more laps before 19th would be filled as the #57 Dew Drop Inn Ford of Chase Miller was riding around in 10th spot just before the race went back to racing, pulled onto pit road reporting of a flat tire. Miller's team would take the tires of the car, but it was determined that the tire had damaged the axle of the car and with nearly half the race completed, Miller's team would decide to retire from the event, with Miller being listed as "out" on Lap 9.

Rounding out the Bottom Five in 18th was the aforementioned #11 of Dilan Ebrahimian, who would finish as the last driver to finish on the same lap as the race leaders.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #7 had finished last as well at Richmond.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #7-Chakat Whitelion / 0 laps / crash
21) #17-Rebecca Zeal / 1 lap / crash
20) #13-Chakat Blackpaw / 2 laps / crash
19) #57-Chase Miller / 6 laps / tire
18) #11-Dilan Ebrahimian / 20 laps / running

SCRL LASTCAR SHORT TRACK DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP

SHORT TRACK: Rookie John Joseph goes for a wild ride and scores his first career last-place finish at Monroe County

John Joseph picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Short Track Division career in Wednesday's Season 1 Race 6 at the Monroe County Fairgrounds when his #74 unsponsored Chevrolet was involved in a single-car crash after 9 of the 20 laps.

The finish came in his 7th career start. In the SCRL Short Track Division, it's the 1st for car #74 and the 1st from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 2nd for the #74 and the 288th from a crash.

Joseph was one of at least half of the field that was making their SCRL debuts by signing up to compete full time in the newest series sanctioned by this league, as Joseph had hopes of competing as many laps as he could during the season and possibly scoring a Top 10 or maybe even a Top 5, and if those goals was met, possibly even sneak in a win or two if the cards would fall the way he hoped, and who knows maybe a championship in his first ever attempt. Joseph would qualify 11th and finished 12th in his debut race at Dayton before following it up with a 11th at Charlotte, 14th at Greenville-Pickens, 20th at Hickory, 7th at Bowman-Gray before finishing 17th in the last round at Martinsville.

In qualifying, veteran Samet Ozkan would win his first career series pole, posting a time of 18.806 seconds. Joseph would fair decent in qualifying, posting a time of 19.018 seconds, 0.212 seconds behind Ozkan's time, which placed him 12th on the starting lineup. Starting last in the race was the #99 Super America Ford of R.T. Smith, who posted the slowest time of 19.524, 0.718 seconds behind Ozkan's pole winning time.

On race day, Smith would trail for the first lap around the half mile dirt track before knocking Joseph back to last for the first time on Lap 2 before the race's first caution comes out on Lap 3 when the #2 Dayvaults Ford of Hale Hyatt lost grip entering Turn 3 before spinning out and sliding up into Smith who also spun out, giving Hyatt severe right side damage to Hyatt's car before going for two flips before landing back on all four wheels. After a brief pitstop to try and repair the damage, Hyatt would return to the track having lost a lap to the race leaders and would trail the field until the race's second caution came out on Lap 11 that would end the race for the battle for last.

While running in 19th, Joseph would lose traction going in Turn 3 and slid up the track, smacking the outside wall with enough force that would make Joseph flip over four times before landing on all four wheels, his car destroyed and done for the day.

The next two spots would be filled up in the next lap as the #28 LaFayette Ford of Kaitlyn Coyne and #11 Dodge Boys Dodge of Dilan Ebrahimian would also be involved in the same caution but would wreck further along the track in Turn 4.

The remaining Bottom Five would be filled up just six laps later as the race's third and final caution would fly on Lap 16 when the #9 Coors Ford of Bailey Leigh and Hickory last-place finisher the #55 Bill-Tin Chevrolet of Alexa Lake would crash out in Turn 4, ending both their days.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #74 had finished last as well at Monroe County.
*This was the first time a driver trailed due to crashing out of the event.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #74-John Joseph / 9 laps / crash
21) #28-Kaitlyn Coyne / 10 laps / crash
20) #11-Dilan Ebrahimian / 10 laps / crash
19) #9-Bailey Leigh / 16 laps / crash
18) #55-Alexa Lake / 17 laps / crash

SCRL LASTCAR SHORT TRACK DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP

SHORT TRACK: Rebecca Zeal becomes first driver to trail the field twice at Martinsville

Rebecca Zeal picked up the 2nd last place finish of her SCRL Short Track Division career in Tuesday's Season 1 Race 6 at the Martinsville Speedway when her #17 Carling Dodge completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish, which came in her 6th career start, was her first on the circuit since Race 1 at Dayton Speedway where she competed all 20 laps under power; 5 races ago. In the SCRL Short Track Division, it's the 2nd for car #17 and the 5th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 12th for the #17 and the 333rd for running at the finish.

After trailing in her first ever start, Zeal would continue to struggle in her SCRL career by finishing 20th in the next round at Charlotte, before finally scoring her first points paying position in her third career start at Greenville-Pickens where she finished 4th. A disappointing 21st at Hickory would be followed by a 16th place finish in the last round at Bowman-Gray.

In qualifying, rookie Joshua Miller would win his first career series pole, posting a time of 24.511 seconds. Starting last in the race was Zeal, who was unable to post a time in qualifying, due to suffering a flat tire during her qualifying lap.

On race day, Zeal would trail for the first two laps around the half mile dirt track before making her move and knocking Bowman-Gray last-place finisher the #13 Smokey's Chevrolet Chakat Blackpaw into last place on Lap 3. Blackpaw's stay in the final spot would last three laps before knocking Zeal back to last on Lap 6. Zeal would trail for another two laps before knocking the #74 unsponsored Chevrolet of John Joseph into last on Lap 9 before Joseph would once again knock Zeal back to last for the third time in the race on Lap 10. Zeal would remain in last for the next two laps under the race's lone caution came out on Lap 13 when the #2 Dayvaults Ford of Hale Hyatt would be spun out by Zeal coming out of Turn 4 and placing Hyatt in last on Lap 13. When the race was restarted with one lap to go, Hyatt quickly dispatched of Zeal in Turn 3 on the final lap and gave Zeal her second last-place finish of the season.

The remaining Bottom Five were; 21st was the aforementioned #2 of Hale Hyatt, 20th was the #5 Black River Dodge of Bussy Beavers, 19th was the #11 Dodge Boys Dodge of Dilan Ebrahimian and 18th was the #13 of Chakat Blackpaw.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #17 had finished last at Martinsville.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #17-Rebecca Zeal / 20 laps / running
21) #2-Hale Hyatt / 20 laps / running
20) #5-Bussy Beavers / 20 laps / running
19) #11-Dilan Ebrahimian / 20 laps / running
18) #13-Chakat Blackpaw / 20 laps / running

SCRL LASTCAR SHORT TRACK DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP

SHORT TRACK: Broken gearbox gives Chakat Blackpaw hir first career last-place finish at Bowman-Gray

Chakat Blackpaw picked up the 1st last place finish of hir SCRL Short Track Division career in Monday's Season 1 Race 5 at the Bowman-Gray Stadium when hir #13 Smokey's Chevrolet fell out with gearbox problems after completing 8 of the 25 laps.

The finish came in her 5th career start. In the SCRL Short Track Division, it's the 1st for car #13 and the 1st for gearbox issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 4th for the #13 and the 16th for gearbox issues.

Entering the SCRL's newest series, Blackpaw was still looking to make a name for hirself in this league as shi had previously only competed in one series in the SCRL before this one, Season 3 of the Busch Series. Driving for Frank Dickerson, Blackpaw would compete on a part-time schedule, competing in 17 of the season's 29 races, scoring a best finish of 10tj at IRP and finishing 42nd in points at the end of the season. After nearly a year of having not competing in a race, Blackpaw this time would sign up to compete full time in the Short Track Division, with hopes of scoring hir first career win and possibly a championship. Blackpaw's season would begin on a high note as not only did shi win hir first career league point, but shi would lead every single lap and scored hir first career win at Dayton, becoming the sixth chakat to win a race in the SCRL. Following the win, Blackpaw would back up the win at Dayton by finishing 9th at Charlotte before struggling to finish 16th at Greenville-Pickens before finishing runner up to Chakat Whitelion at Hickory in the last round.

In qualifying, rookie R.T. Smith would win his first career series pole, posting a time of 16.576 seconds. Blackpaw would actually post a identical time of 16.576 seconds, the same as Smith, but would be placed second in the lineup due to Smith being higher in points. Starting last in the race was the #98 Super America Ford of Amber Mayhew, who posted the slowest time of 16.962, 0.386 seconds behind Smith's pole winning time.

On race night, Amber would trail for the first two laps around the 0.250 mile short track, before knocking the #9 Coors Ford of Bailey Leigh into last on Lap 3. Much like with Amber, Leigh would trail for two laps before knocking Dayton last-place finisher the #17 Carling Dodge of Rebecca Zeal into last on Lap 6. At this point in the race, Zeal would trail the field for two laps around the track, while at the same time, Blackpaw was in second just seven tenths of a second behind Smith when hir car suddenly started to smoke and slow coming out of Turn 2. 

Blackpaw would quickly move to the high side of the track to get out of the way before pulling onto pit road, which was on the outside of the track entering Turn 3 and then into hir pit stall as the crew looked under the hood, seeing what the problem was at Blackpaw would fall back to last on Lap 8. Blackpaw's team would look over the car for a couple minutes before putting the hood down, Blackpaw done for the day, listed as "out" on Lap 13.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders; 21st was the #58 Designs Mods Racing Dodge of Joshua Miller, 20th was the #51 Guy's Plumbing Ford of Blaise Zebrataur, 19th was the #28 LaFayette Ford of Kaitlyn Coyne and 18th was the #07 Bubba's Stumble Inn Ford of Savannah Line.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #13 had finished last as well at Bowman-Gray.
*This was the first time a driver trailed due to gearbox issues.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #13-Chakat Blackpaw / 8 laps / gearbox
21) #58-Joshua Miller / 25 laps / running
20) #51-Blaise Zebrataur / 25 laps / running
19) #28-Kaitlyn Coyne / 25 laps / running
18) #07-Savannah Line / 25 laps / running

SCRL LASTCAR SHORT TRACK DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP

SHORT TRACK: Alexa Lake trails for the first time in her SCRL career in caution free race at Hickory

Alexa Lake picked up the 1st last place finish of her SCRL Short Track Division career in Monday's Season 1 Race 4 at the Hickory Speedway when her #55 Bill-Tin Chevrolet all 20 laps under power.

The finish came in her 4th career start. In the SCRL Short Track Division, it's the 1st for car #55 and the 4th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 8th for the #55 and the 332nd for running at the finish.

Entering the SCRL's newest series, Alexa is a rookie when it comes to the SCRL, having never competed in any series before signing up to compete in this series. Alexa's debut would start off in an impressive way by qualifying 5th and would finish 7th at Dayton, struggling to a 12th at Charlotte before finishing a career best 5th in the last round at Greenville-Pickens.

In qualifying, Chakat Whitelion would win hir first career series pole, posting a time of 15.315 seconds. Alexa would struggle in her fourth ever attempt in qualifying, posting a time of 15.660 seconds, 0.345 seconds behind Whitelion's pole, which placed her 16th on the starting lineup. Starting last in the race was Dayton last-place finisher the #17 Carling Dodge of Rebecca Zeal, who posted the slowest time of 15.858, 0.543 seconds behind Whitelion's pole winning time.

On race day, Zeal would struggle around the half mile track, trailing for the first two laps before knocking the #57 Dew Drop Inn Ford of Chase Miller into last on Lap 3. Miller would only trail for two laps himself before knocking the #3 Goodwrench Chevrolet of Austin Greenwood into last on Lap 5. Trailing for the first time in his SCRL career, Greenwood would trail for five laps before knocking the #9 Coors Ford of Bailey Leigh to last on Lap 10. Leigh was determined to not trail the field for the first time in her career, as her stay in last was only one lap before knocking the #98 Super America Ford of Amber Mayhew to last on Lap 11.

Amber would trail for two laps before knocking Zeal back to last on Lap 14. Zeal would lose touch briefly with the drivers in front of her, falling more than half a second behind, before picking it up over the final laps and just before the drivers took the white flag, she would knock Alexa back to last, and despite Alexa trying hard to pass Zeal over the final lap, she ran out of time, giving Alexa the final spot.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders; 21st was the aforementioned #17 of Rebecca Zeal, 20th was the #74 unsponsored Chevrolet of John Joseph, 19th was the #98 of Amber Mayhew and 18th was the #3 of Austin Greenwood.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #55 had finished last as well at Hickory.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #55-Alexa Lake / 20 laps / running
21) #17-Rebecca Zeal / 20 laps / running
20) #74-John Joseph / 20 laps / running
19) #98-Amber Mayhew / 20 laps / running
18) #3-Austin Greenwood / 20 laps / running

SCRL LASTCAR SHORT TRACK DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP

SHORT TRACK DIVISION: Zane McClure scores first career last-place finish at Greenville-Pickens

Zane McClure picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Short Track Division career in Monday's Season 1 Race 3 at the Greenville-Pickens Speedway when his #1 Hawaiian Tropic Chevrolet completed 19 of the 20 laps under power.

The finish came in his 3rd career start. In the SCRL Short Track Division, it's the 1st for car #1 and the 3rd for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 17th for the #1 and the 331st for running at the finish.

Entering the SCRL's newest series, McClure is a rookie when it comes to the SCRL, having never competed in any series before signing up to compete in this series. McClure's debut would of course start off with a struggle as he qualified 15th and would finish 13th at Dayton before starting 11th and finished a disappointing 17th in the last round at Charlotte.

In qualifying, Rohan Marmot would win his first career series pole, posting a time of 27.698 seconds. McClure would be very impressive in just his third ever attempt in qualifying, posting a time of 27.750 seconds, 0.052 seconds behind Rohan's pole, which placed him 2nd on the starting lineup, the best all season. Starting last in the race was the #32 Crazy Dave's Chevrolet of Juniper Skunktaur, who posted the slowest time of 28.450, 0.752 seconds behind Rohan's pole winning time.

Zane McClure stalls on pit road.

On race day, as the field began to pull out of the pits to begin their pace lap, McClure's car would stall on pit road, due to a flat right front tire, as the field would get held up by his car, forcing a lot of drivers on the inside line to not be lined up when the green flag waved. McClure's team would struggle to get the tire off as McClure would lose a lap before being sent back out on the track. Hoping that other drivers would have a problem, McClure stayed in the fight for the entire event, unfortunately for him, no other drivers would face problems, with McClure being the only driver to not finish on the lead lap when the checkered flag waved.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders; 21st was #57 Dew Drop Inn Ford of Chase Miller, 20th was the #9 Coors Ford of Bailey Leigh, 19th was the #58 Designs Mods Racing Dodge of Joshua Miller and 18th was the #5 Black River Dodge of Bussy Beavers.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #1 had finished last as well at Greenville-Pickens.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #1-Zane McClure / 19 laps / running
21) #57-Chase Miller / 20 laps / running
20) #9-Bailey Leigh / 20 laps / running
19) #58-Joshua Miller / 20 laps / running
18) #5-Bussy Beavers / 20 laps / running

SCRL LASTCAR SHORT TRACK DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP

SHORT TRACK: Samet Ozkan picks up 10th career last-place finish in caution free race at Charlotte; becomes 14th driver to trail double digit races

Samet Ozkan picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL Short Track Division career in Tuesday's Season 1 Race 2 at the Charlotte Speedway when his #12 Dodge Boys Dodge completed all 15 laps under power.

The finish came in his 2nd career start. In the SCRL Short Track Division, it's the 1st for car #12 and the 2nd for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 10th for the #12 and the 330th for running at the finish.

Entering the SCRL's newest series, Ozkan is a veteran in the SCRL, having been competing for several years in multiple series and has picked up six career total wins, but has yet to win a championship and Ozkan was looking to change that by competing full time in the SCRL's newest series. Ozkan's first race in the brand new series would start off well, qualifying 3rd and remained in the Top 5 all race long before finishing 5th in the last round at Dayton.

In qualifying at the race's second event of the season at the half mile at Charlotte, Bussy Beavers would win her first career series pole, posting a time of 15.897 seconds. Ozkan would fair decent around the half mile short track, posting a time of 16.172 seconds, 0.275 seconds behind Beavers's pole, which placed him 7th on the starting lineup. Starting last in the race was the #57 Dew Drop Inn Ford of Chase Miller, who was one of three drivers, the other two being Joshua Miller and Amber Mayhew, who didn't post a time in qualifying, with Chase being placed in the final spot in the lineup.

On race night, Chase would remain in the final spot for the first turn before knocking the #98 Discount Tire Chevrolet of Amber Mayhew back to last and would trail for the first lap before Amber would pass the #1 Hawaiian Tropic Chevrolet of Zane McClure, with McClure trailing for the next two laps before knocking the #2 Dayvaults Ford of Hale Hyatt into last on Lap 4. Hyatt's stay in the final spot would be brief as she would knock Ozkan back to last one lap later on Lap 5. Ozkan would struggle to gain any spots over the next ten laps, falling more than ten seconds behind the race leaders when the checkered flag waved.

The remaining Bottom Five were; 21st was the aforementioned #2 of Hale Hyatt, 20th was Dayton last-place finisher the #17 Carling Dodge of Rebecca Zeal, 19th was the #9 Coors Ford of Bailey Leigh and 18th was the #58 Designs Mods Racing Dodge of Joshua Miller.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS

*This was the first time the #12 had finished last as well at Charlotte.

THE BOTTOM FIVE

22) #12-Samet Ozkan / 15 laps / running

21) #2-Hale Hyatt / 15 laps / running

20) #17-Rebecca Zeal / 15 laps / running

19) #9-Bailey Leigh / 15 laps / running

18) #58-Joshua Miller / 15 laps / running

SCRL LASTCAR SHORT TRACK DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP

SHORT TRACK DIVISION (S1-present)

Last Update: August 28, 2022

(List excludes non-points races)

1st) Rebecca Zeal (2)

2nd) Chakat Blackpaw, Kaitlyn Coyne, John Joseph, Alexa Lake, Bailey Leigh, Zane McClure, Samet Ozkan, Juniper Skunktaur, Chakat Whitelion (1)

SHORT TRACK: Rookie Rebecca Zeal gets first career last-place finish in caution free event at Dayton

Rebecca Zeal picked up the 1st last place finish of her SCRL Short Track Division career in Monday's Season 1 Race 1 at the Dayton Speedway when her #17 Carling Dodge completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish came in her 1st career start. In the SCRL Short Track Division, it's the 1st for car #17 and the 1st for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 11th for the #17 and the 329th for running at the finish.

Entering the SCRL's newest series, Zeal is a rookie in SCRL competition, having only competed in one race before this series, having finished 11th in the 7th annual SCRL Shaker Memorial after leading three laps early. The SCRL Short Track Division would be a secondary series run under the SCRL Grand National Series that would both be run using the 1951 NASCAR season and point system with a few modifications.

In qualifying, Chakat Blackpaw would win hir first career series pole, posting a time of 18.074 seconds. Zeal would struggle around the half mile short track, posting a time of 18.427 seconds, 0.353 seconds behind Blackpaw's pole, which placed her 20th on the starting lineup. Starting last in the race was the #11 Dodge Boys Dodge of Dilan Ebrahimian, who posted the slowest time of 18.677, 0.603 seconds behind Blackpaw's pole winning time.

On race day, Ebrahimian would trail for the first few corners before knocking the #9 Coors Ford of Bailey Leigh into last as Leigh would trail for the first lap before knocking Ebrahimian back to last on Lap 2. Ebrahimian would trail for the next three laps before knocking Leigh back to last on Lap 6. Leigh would trail in the final spot until Lap 11 when she knocked the #75 Hershey's Chevrolet of Brantley Higdon into last. Higdon, who was making his SCRL debut, would trail for three laps before knocking Zeal back for the last time in her career. Zeal would struggle over the final six laps to gain any progress on the half mile track, falling more than ten seconds behind the race leaders when the checkered flag waved.

The remaining Bottom Five were; 21st was the aforementioned #11 of Dilan Ebrahimian, 20th was the #75 of Brantley Higdon, 19th was the #9 of Bailey Leigh and 18th was the #51 Guy's Plumbing Ford of Blaise Zebrataur.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #17 had finished last at Dayton.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #17-Rebecca Zeal / 20 laps / running
21) #11-Dilan Ebrahimian / 20 laps / running
20) #75-Brantley Higdon / 20 laps / running
19) #9-Bailey Leigh / 20 laps / running
18) #51-Blaise Zebrataur / 20 laps / running

SCRLASTCAR SHORT TRACK DRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP