Chris Tuckett picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Grand National Series career in Race 38 at the Speedway Park when his #8 Fry Motors Lincoln completed all 20 laps under power.
The finish, which came in his 38th career series start, was his first on the circuit since Race 2 at the Charlotte Speedway when he completed all 15 laps under power; 36 races ago. In the SCRL Grand National Series, it's the 3rd for car #8 and the 48th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 24th for the #8 and 369th for running at the finish.
After trailing at Charlotte, Tuckett would continue to struggle for the next three races with finishes of 29th at Lakeview, 19th at Carrell and 31st at Hillsborough before scoring his second ever points paying finish with a 9th at Arizona State Fairgrounds. A disappointing 17th at North Wilkesboro would be followed by his best finish of his career, back-to-back runner up finishes at Martinsville and Canfield, before falling to 11th at Columbus and then scoring back-to-back 8th finishes at Columbia and Dayton. A return trip to Carrel would give Tuckett a 4th place finish followed by a 6th at Grand Rapids, a 19th at Bainbridge, 12th at Heidelberg, 19th at Asheville-Weaverville, 9th at Monroe County, 15th at Altamont, 20th at Michigan State Fairgrounds before finishing 4th at Fort Miami.
A 15th at Morristown, 10th at Air Base and a 20th at Darlington would be followed by Tuckett scoring his first career SCRL sanctioned win at Columbia. The win at Columbia wouldn't give Tuckett much time to celebrate as a disappointing 17th at Central City, 30th at Langhorne and a 13th at Charlotte would follow before Tuckett rebounded with a 4th at Dayton and a 3rd at Wilson. A 13th at Hillsborough would keep his streak of three points finishes would end the next round at Thompson, where he struggled to finish 41st before bouncing back with another 4th at Pine Grove. A 19th at Martinsville was followed by a 20th at Oakland, 7th at North Wilkesboro before finishing 3rd in the last round at Marchbanks.
The entry list for the 26th time this season would be filled with only the full-time drivers, the first time since Race 35 at the Oakland Stadium, 3 races ago.
In qualifying, Christian Russel scored his series leading 6th pole of the year, with a time of 19.963 seconds. Tuckett would show his talent around the half mile dirt track, posting a time of 19.981, 0.018 seconds behind Russel's time, placing Tuckett 4th. Securing the 22nd and final starting spot was the #42 Petty Special Plymouth of Ty Westner, who posted a time of 20.186 seconds, 0.223 seconds behind Russel's time.
When the race started, Westner would struggle for the first lap before knocking three-time last-place finisher the #22 Hudson of Chris Kyle into last on Lap 2, but Kyle's stay in the final spot was short lived as he knocked the #2 Ford of Bronson Minnick into last the very next lap on Lap 3. Minnick's stay was also only one lap as he knocked Columbus last-place finisher the #51 Cherokee Garage Oldsmobile of Austin Abilene into last on Lap 4. Abilene would trail for two laps before knocking Columbia last-place finisher the #78 Lincoln of Addy Jade into last on Lap 6, but Jade would also only trail for one lap before she knocked three-time last place finisher the #81 Ford of Sergeant Young into last on Lap 7. Unlike at Marchbanks, Young would trail for only two laps before knocking Abilene back to last on Lap 9.
Abilene would struggle for the next six laps to gain any positions before finally knocking Young back to last on Lap 16, but Young's stay was even shorter this time, knocking Asheville-Weaverville last-place finisher the #58 Kaiser of Brent Davison into last on Lap 17. Davison would remain in the final spot as the field entered the white flag, which at this point, Tuckett had fallen all the way to the back of the field and Davison was determined to not trail once again, made his move on the backstretch and knocked Tuckett back to last, but Tuckett would fight back in Turn 3 and the two drivers remained side by side coming to the start/finish line, with Davison inching ahead as they crossed the line, giving Tuckett the final spot and Davison 21st.
The remaining Bottom Five were: 20th was the aforementioned #81 of Sergeant Young, 19th was the #51 of Austin Abilene and 18th was Air Base last-place finisher the #82 Oates Motor Co. Hudson of Breezy Brisbane.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #8 has finished last in a Cup race at Jacksonville.
*This is the first time the #8 has finished last in a Cup race at Jacksonville.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #8-Chris Tuckett / 20 laps / running
21) #58-Brent Davison / 20 laps / running
20) #81-Sergeant Young / 20 laps / running
19) #51-Austin Abilene / 20 laps / running
18) #82-Breezy Brisbane / 20 laps / running
22) #8-Chris Tuckett / 20 laps / running
21) #58-Brent Davison / 20 laps / running
20) #81-Sergeant Young / 20 laps / running
19) #51-Austin Abilene / 20 laps / running
18) #82-Breezy Brisbane / 20 laps / running
S3 SCRLASTCAR Grand National Series Driver's Championship
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