Andrew James picked up the 3rd last place finish of his SCRL Grand National Series career in Race 39 at the Lakewood Speedway when his #92 Fabulous Hudson Hornet Hudson completed all 10 laps under power.
The finish, which came in his 39th career series start, was his first on the circuit since Race 26 at the Central City Speedway when his #51 Plymouth completed all 20 laps under power; 13 races ago. In the SCRL Grand National Series, it's the 4th for car #92 and the 49th for running at the finish. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 9th for the #92 and 370th for running at the finish.
After trailing at Central City, Andrew would rebound in the next round at Langhorne, finishing a impressive 8th before struggling once again at Charlotte, where he would finish 21st. A 13th at Dayton would be followed by a 6th at Wilson, a disappointing 40th at Hillsborough, 37th at Thompson, 5th at Pine Grove, 13th at Martinsville before finishing runner up at Oakland Stadium. Another disappointing outside of the points paying spots would continue with a 29th at North Wilkesboro, a finish in points of 14th at Marchbanks before finishing 7th in the last round at Speedway Park.
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 13th time this season would be filled with both the full time and part-time drivers, the first time since Race 37 at the Marchbanks Speedway, 2 races ago.
In qualifying, Chris Kyle scored his 4th pole of the year, with a time of 33.793 seconds. Andrew would struggle around the one mile dirt track, posting a time of 34.209, 0.416 seconds behind Kyle's time, placing Andrew 37th. Securing the 42nd and final starting spot was two-time last-place finisher the #69 Oldsmobile of Chakat Duskwatcher, who posted a time of 34.371 seconds, 0.578 seconds behind Kyle's time.
When the race started, Duskwatcher would trail for the first lap, falling almost a full two seconds behind the race leaders when the field make their first trip back to the start finish line, a position shi would hold until the field entered Turn 4 for the second time. While battling for 37th, Andrew hadn't made any progress yet as he was in a three wide battle with the #7 Gray Ghost Oldsmobile of John Alabama and three time last-place finisher the #89 Plymouth of Brent James, as the three cars would lock together before heading up the track and slamming into the concrete wall, with Alabama's car hitting the wall so hard that it lifted the back tires off the ground, while Andrew hit the wall nearly head on, bringing out the race's lone caution. All three cars would refuse to come to the pits for repairs, and when the green flag came back out, James who got the most damage from the wreck, would trail for the remaining laps and would finish a full nine seconds behind the race leaders when the checkered flag waved.
The remaining Bottom Five were: 41st was the aforementioned #7 of John Alabama, 40th was the #89 of Brent James, 39th was the #69 of Chakat Duskwatcher and 38th was current SCRLASTCAR Championship leader the #120 Hudson of Brian Grigsby.
With two races to go, six drivers now have trailed the field three times this season: Brian Grigsby, Josh Barker, Chris Kyle, Sergeant Young, Andrew James and Brent James.
With two races to go, six drivers now have trailed the field three times this season: Brian Grigsby, Josh Barker, Chris Kyle, Sergeant Young, Andrew James and Brent James.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #92 has finished last in a Cup race at Lakewood.
*This is the first time the #92 has finished last in a Cup race at Lakewood.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #92-Andrew James / 10 laps / running
41) #7-John Alabama / 10 laps / running
40) #89-Brent James / 10 laps / running
39) #69-Chakat Duskwatcher / 10 laps / running
38) #120-Brian Grigsby / 10 laps / running
42) #92-Andrew James / 10 laps / running
41) #7-John Alabama / 10 laps / running
40) #89-Brent James / 10 laps / running
39) #69-Chakat Duskwatcher / 10 laps / running
38) #120-Brian Grigsby / 10 laps / running
S3 SCRLASTCAR Grand National Series Driver's Championship
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