CUP: Blown engine on second lap at Carrell gives Brent Davison his fourth career last-place finish; six way battle set for LASTCAR title at Lakeview

Brent Davison picked up the 4th last place finish of his SCRL Grand National Series career in Race 40 at the Carrell Speedway when his #58 Kaiser fell out with engine problems after completing 2 of the 20 laps.

The finish, which came in his 59th career series start, was his first on the circuit since Race 17 at the Asheville-Weaverville Speedway when he completed all 20 laps under power; 23 races ago. In the SCRL Grand National Series, it's the 2nd for car #58 and the 3rd for engine issues. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 8th for the #58 and 63rd for engine issues.

After trailing at Asheville-Weaverville, Davison would continue to struggle by finishing 19th in the next round at Monroe County, back-to-back 11th place finishes at Altamont and Michigan State Fairgrounds, 8th at Fort Miami, before scoring his fourth career win at Morristown. A disappointing 21st at Air Base would be followed by a 28th at Darlington, 3rd at Columbia, 21st at Central City, 24th at Langhorne, 10th at Charlotte, 3rd at Dayton, 18th at Wilson, 17th at Hillsborough, 33rd at Thompson, 20th at Pine Grove, 16th at Martinsville, 21st at Oakland, 39th at North Wilkesboro, 29th at Marchbanks, 21st at Speedway Park before finishing 8th in the last round at Lakewood.

The entry list for the 14th time this season would be filled with both the full time and part-time drivers, the first time since Race 39 at the Lakewood Speedway, 1 race ago.

In qualifying, Chakat Duskwatcher scored hir 3rd pole of the year, with a time of 14.473 seconds. Davison would struggle around the half mile dirt track, posting a time of 14.694, 0.221 seconds behind Duskwatcher's time, placing Davison 37th. Securing the 42nd and final starting spot was first Hillsborough last-place finisher the #83 Ford of James Blaiser, who posted a time of 14.735 seconds, 0.262 seconds behind Duskwatcher's time.

When the race started, Blaiser would keep a hold of the final spot, falling three seconds behind the race leaders after the first lap, with the margin growing the next time around to 5.586 seconds behind Duskwatcher when the battle for last would end that same lap. Davison, who at this point had climbed up to 35th, would slow going down the backstretch, pulling to the inside of the track before heading to pit road. Davison's team would look under the hood and found that the problem was terminal, pushing the car behind the wall, his car wasn't listed as "out" until Lap 7, but Davison had already taken the final position two laps earlier on Lap 5.

It would take another three laps before the next three spots would be filled, as a crash on Lap 10 would knock the #42 Petty Special Plymouth of Ty Westner, two time last-place finisher the #10 Ford of Chase Chryst and points leader the #64 Plymouth of Chase Abbott out of the race.

Rounding out the Bottom Five in 38th was the #24 Plymouth of David Waide, who would finish three laps behind the race leaders when the checkered flag waved.

With the series entering the final race, six drivers have a chance of winning the SCRLASTCAR Championship: Brian Grigsby, Josh Barker, Chris Kyle, Sergeant Young, Andrew James and Brent James. If any of those drivers finish last at Lakeview, they will win the title outright, but if any other drivers does, it will give the championship to Brian Grigsby, no matter where the other drivers finish as Grigsby will win the tie breaker over Josh Barker by virtue of having more Bottom Ten finishes.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #58 has finished last in a Cup race at Carrell.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #58-Brent Davison / 2 laps / engine
41) #42-Ty Westner / 10 laps / crash
40) #10-Chase Chryst / 11 laps / crash
39) #64-Chase Abbott / 11 laps / crash
38) #24-David Waide / 17 laps / running

S3 SCRLASTCAR Grand National Series Driver's Championship