TRUCKS: Engine failure prevents Cameron Hathaway from completing a lap at California

Cameron Hathaway picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at the California Speedway when his #86 Royal Crown Cola Dodge fell out with engine problems without completing any of the 10 laps.

The finish, which came in his 24th career series start, was his first on the circuit since the Memphis 200 at the Memphis Motorsports Park when his #86 RC Cola / King of the Hill American Dream Dodge fell out with piston problems after completing 12 of the 20 laps; 19 races ago. In the Truck Series's last-place rankings, it was the 19th for engine and 3rd for the #86. Across SCRL's top three series, it was the 25th for engine and the 3rd for #86.

After trailing for the first time ever in his career at Memphis, Hathaway would rebound with a 22nd at Pikes Peak, before failing to qualify for his first ever race at I-70 Speedway. Hathaway would rebound strongly by finishing 6th at Bristol in the next round before scoring his first career win at the spring Texas event. A 6th at Portland, 17th at Watkins Glen, 9th at Milwaukee Mile, 3rd at Nashville, 27th at Nazareth, 4th at Michigan, 21st at Loudon, 29th at IRP, 33rd at Gateway, 24th at Heartland Park, 36th at Richmond, 32nd at Las Vegas, 5th at Louisville before finishing 11th at the fall Texas event.

The entry list for the fifteenth time this season would be the usual 36 full time entries. In qualifying, Michael Brown would score his first career series pole, posting a time of 39.128 seconds. Hathaway would struggle around the two mile track, posting a time of 28.993 seconds, 0.225 seconds behind Brown's time, placing him 33rd on the starting line up. Two-time last-place finisher the #45 Acxiom Ford of Matthew Hubert would be the last to get in on speed, posting a time of 39.382 seconds, who was 0.254 seconds behind Brown's lap time. Joining them at the back was the #29 Mopar Performance Dodge of Skyler Taylor, who had originally qualified in 17th, would be forced to start at the rear of the field due to switching to a back up truck after having wrecked in practice.

On race day, the battle for last would end seconds after the drivers were giving the command to start engines as Hathaway's truck instantly started to smoke heavily as the driver would pull to the side to allow the others behind him to have access to pass him. Hathaway would limp around on the apron before following the pace truck down pit road before pulling into the garage as the field took the green flag. His team would look under the hood and would discover that the problem was terminal, and with only ten laps being the distance of the race, it was decided to not attempt to make repairs, with the truck being listed as "out" by the fifth lap.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders; 35th was two-time last-place finisher the #04 Chelsea Dodge of Hilda Pierson, 34th was the #60 CAT Rental Stores Chevrolet of Christian Russel, 33rd was Milwaukee Mile last-place finisher the #87 AER / Bully Hill Vineyards Chevrolet of Josh Harmon and 32nd was the #7 Flowcool / NOS Automotive Chevrolet of Tyler Kepman.

The Season 5 SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series Championship went to Zachary Fitzwater, the third straight in a row for the driver, and the first for his team owner, Rick Ware Racing. Fitzwater had no last-place finishes on the season with his worst finish on the year being a 36th at Las Vegas.

Congratulations to Fitzwater and the Rick Ware Racing team for having a great year.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #86 has finished last in a Truck Series race at California.
*This is the first time a driver has trailed the field due to engine issues since the goracing.com 200 at the Michigan Speedway when Riley Spurlytube's #8 GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet fell out with engine problems without completing any of the 10 laps; 9 races ago.
*This is the first time a driver has failed to complete a lap since the goracing.com 200 at the Michigan Speedway when Riley Spurlytube's #8 GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet fell out with engine problems without completing any of the 10 laps; 9 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #86-Cameron Hathaway / 0 laps / engine
35) #04-Hilda Pierson / 10 laps / running
34) #60-Christian Russel / 10 laps / running
33) #87-Josh Harmon / 10 laps / running
32) #7-Tyler Kepman / 10 laps / running

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TRUCKS: Early wreck at Texas knocks out championship contender Chakat Whitelion

Chakat Whitelion picked up the 3rd last place finish of hir SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in the O'Reilly 300 at the Texas Motor Speedway when hir #99 Exide Batteries Ford was eliminated in a multi-truck accident after 4 of 17 laps.

The finish, which came in hir 97th career series start, was hir first on the circuit since the Season 4 Stevens Beil / Genuine Car Parts 200 at the Flemington Speedway when hir #5 Llumar Window Films Chevrolet completed 15 of the 20 laps under power; 40 races ago. In the Truck Series's last-place rankings, it was the 39th from a crash and 5th for the #99. Across SCRL's top three series, it was the 82nd from a crash and the 6th for #99.

Whitelion, who first completed in Season 1, has been one of the most successful drivers in the series history. In hir first ever season shi would go winless, but would finish 9th in points. After choosing to skip Season 2, Whitelion would return for the next two seasons, once again going winless in Season 3 and finishing 7th in points, to scoring 3 career wins in Season 4 and finishing 10 in points. Competing for hir overall 8th SCRL Championship, Whitelion signed to drive for Roush Racing in hopes of ending Zachary Fitzwater's two year hold on the championship but her fourth ever season would start off slow by finishing a disappointing 23rd at Homestead. Whitelion would quickly rebound by winning from the pole in the next round at Phoenix before finishing 15th in the series's 100th race at Evergreen. A 11th at Mesa Marin, 17th at Martinsville would be followed by hir second win of the season at Memphis before scoring hir worst finish of the season so far, a 27th at Pikes Peak.

A 7th at I-70 would be followed by a dry spell for the usually powerful chakat as a 23rd at Bristol, a 26th at Texas, a 24th at Portland and a 29th at Watkins Glen would place hir 10th in points. A runner up to Zachary Fitzwater at the Milwaukee Mile would be followed by a 30th at Nashville, 15th at Nazareth, 28th at Michigan and back-to-back 6th place finishes at Loudon and IRP. A 3rd at Gateway followed by a 8th at Heartland Park, 16th at Richmond, 14th at Las Vegas before Whitelion would score hir season tying third win of the season in the last round at Louisville, which placed hir 2nd in points just 15 points behind Zachary Fitzwater entering Texas.

The entry list for the tenth time this season would be bumped up to 37 as Team 23 Racing made their seventh and final appearance of the season for Jamie Timber, the last being at Las Vegas. In qualifying, Max Anderson would score his first career series pole, posting a time of 28.915 seconds. Whitelion would show the speed of hir Ford around the 1.500 mile track, posting a time of 28.993 seconds, 0.078 seconds behind Anderson's time, placing hir 2nd on the starting line up. Two-time last-place finisher the #38 Menards Chevrolet of Ashton Tifft would be the last to get in on speed, posting a time of 29.195 seconds, who was 0.280 seconds behind Anderson's lap time.

On race night, Tifft would remain in the final spot for the first turn before knocking Two time last-place finisher the #45 Acxiom Ford of Matthew Hubert into the final spot with Hubert trailing for the first lap with Hubert keeping the final spot and would trail for the second lap as well before knocking the #29 Mopar Performance Dodge of Skyler Taylor into the final spot on Lap 3. Coming around to complete lap four, two-time last-place finisher the #55 Icehouse Beer Ford of Colin Dryburgh would fall back to last and just as he did, chaos would break out that would quickly end the battle for last. While battling for 6th, the #24 GMAC Financial Services Chevrolet of Alexander Rowe would come down the track in Turn 4 just as the #68 Hot Wheels Dodge of Nick Holiday was coming up the track as the two trucks would make contact, causing a multi-truck crash on the Frontstretch. Whitelion, who at this point had fallen back to ninth at the time of the wreck, would first hit two-time last-place finisher the #21 HS Die & Engineering / Softech Ford of Zachary DiLello before being hit in the driver's door by Watkins Glen last-place finisher the #83 Gwaltney / FW Siebert Construction Ford of Max Anderson with enough force that Anderson's truck nearly flipped over. Whitelion's truck would come to rest in the infield as the only truck that didn't drive away from the scene of the wreck. Whitelion would climb out of hir truck on hir own power and hir truck would be towed to the garage, not being listed as "out" until the 8th lap.

The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same lap as the race leaders; 36th was the aforementioned #21 of Zachary DiLello, 35th was Nashville last-place finisher the #2 Team ASE Racing Ford of Dilan Ebrahimian, 34th was Milwaukee Mile last-place finisher the #87 AER Manufacturing Chevrolet of Josh Harmon and 33rd was the #83 of Max Anderson.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #99 has finished last in a Truck Series race at Texas.
*This is the first time the #99 has finished last in a Truck Series race since the Season 4 GM Goodwrench Service Plus / AC Delco 300 at the Phoenix International Raceway when Darren Allen's own drive in the #99 Exide Batteries Ford was eliminated in a multi-truck accident after 2 of 32 laps; 25 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #99-Chakat Whitelion / 4 laps / crash
36) #21-Zachary DiLello / 17 laps / running led 2 laps
35) #2-Dilan Ebrahimian / 17 laps / running
34) #87-Josh Harmon / 17 laps / running led 1 led
33) #83-Max Anderson / 17 laps / running

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TRUCKS: Derrick Edison trails the field for the second straight race at Louisville; locks up LASTCAR title with two races to go

Derrick Edison picked up the 4th last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in the Kroger 225 at the Louisville Motor Speedway when his #26 Mittler Brothers / American Trucking Ford completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish, which came in his 93rd career series start, was his first on the circuit since the The Orleans 250 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway when he completed all 17 laps under power; 1 race ago. In the Truck Series's last-place rankings, it was the 40th for running at the finish and 4th for the #26. Across SCRL's top three series, it was the 130th for running at the finish and the 4th for #26.

After trailing the field at Las Vegas, Edison sits 26th in the driver standings, 524 points behind Zachary Fitzwater with only two poles, at Martinsville and Bristol, with a victory at Bristol being the high point of his season.

The entry list for the fourteenth time this season would be the usual 36 entries. In qualifying, Chakat Whitelion would score hir fifth career series pole, posting a time of 15.492 seconds. Edison would struggle in qualifying around the 0.438 mile short track, posting a time of 15.757 seconds, 0.265 seconds behind Whitelion's time, placing him 30th on the starting line up. Milwaukee Mile last-place finisher the #87 AER Manufacturing Chevrolet of Josh Harmon would be the last to get in on speed, posting a time of 15.790 seconds, who was 0.298 seconds behind Whitelion's lap time.

On race night, Harmon would trail for the first turn before knocking the #1 Mopar Performance Dodge of Angel Gutiérrez into last in Turn 2, with Gutiérrez trailing the first lap. Gutiérrez would fight back the next few laps, failing to gain a spot until for laps later when he knocked and passing Harmon, placing Harmon in last and trailing on Lap 5. Harmon would trail for the next three laps before he would knock points leader the #51 unsponsored Chevrolet of Zachary Fitzwater into last on Lap 9, a position he would hold for three laps before knocking Edison, who had been stuck up on the high line of the track since Lap 10, into the final spot on Lap 12. Edison would struggle to gain any positions over the final laps, and nearly went a lap down to the race leaders, but was able to beat them to the line by half a truck length, giving Edison his fourth last-place finish of the season.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 35th was the aforementioned #51 of Zachary Fitzwater, 34th was the #34 Sprint Prepaid Phonecard Dodge of Brian Fox, 33rd was the #75 Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet of Michael Hoaks and 32nd was the #87 of Josh Harmon.

By virtue of finishing last, Derrick Edison has locked up the LASTCAR title. Even if another driver finished last in the last two races at Texas and California, Edison would win the tie breaker by having more Bottom 5 finishes.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #26 has finished last in a Truck Series race at Louisville.
*This is the first time a driver has trailed in back-to-back races since Zachary DiLello trailed at IRP and Gateway.
*This is the first SCRLASTCAR title for Derrick Edison in any SCRL Series.
*This is the first SCRLASTCAR title for MB Motorsports.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #26-Derrick Edison / 20 laps / running
35) #51-Zachary Fitzwater / 20 laps / running
34) #34-Brian Fox / 20 laps / running
33) #75-Michael Hoaks / 20 laps / running
32) #87-Josh Harmon / 20 laps / running

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TRUCKS: Derrick Edison trails the field at Las Vegas; extends LASTCAR lead with three races to go

Derrick Edison picked up the 3rd last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in the The Orleans 250 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway when his #26 Mittler Brothers / American Trucking Ford completed all 17 laps under power.

The finish, which came in his 92nd career series start, was his first on the circuit since the NAPA 250 at the Martinsville Speedway when he fell out with camshaft problems after completing 5 of the 34 laps; 17 races ago. In the Truck Series's last-place rankings, it was the 39th for running at the finish and 3rd for the #26. Across SCRL's top three series, it was the 129th for running at the finish and the 3rd for #26.

After trailing the field at Martinsville, Edison would finish 23rd in the next round at Memphis, back-to-back finishes of 32nd at Pikes Peak and I-70 before scoring his second career truck series victory by winning at Bristol. A 16th at Texas would be followed by a 36th at Portland, 35th at Watkins Glen, 26th at the Milwaukee Mile, a runner up finish at Nashville to rookie Jamie Timber before scoring back-to-back 9th place finishes at Nazareth and the series first ever race at Michigan. A 12th at Loudon would be followed by a 22nd at IRP, a 6th at Gateway, 35th at Heartland Park before leading 11 laps and finishing 3rd at Richmond in the last round. Entering Las Vegas, Edison sits 26th in the driver standings, 521 points behind Zachary Fitzwater.

The entry list for the ninth time this season would be bumped up to 37 as Team 23 Racing made their sixth appearance of the season, the last being at Richmond. In qualifying, Michael Hoaks would score his first career series pole, posting a time of 31.950 seconds. Edison would truck struggle in qualifying around the 1.500 mile track, posting a time of 32.172 seconds, 0.222 seconds behind Hoaks's time, placing him 33rd on the starting line up. Two time last-place finisher the #45 Acxiom Ford of Matthew Hubert would be the last to get in on speed, posting a time of 32.226 seconds, who was 0.276 seconds behind Hoaks's lap time.

On race day, Hubert would trail in the final spot for only the first two turns before knocking Mesa Marin last-place finisher the #09 AT&T Chevrolet of Chakat Duskwatcher into last as Duskwatcher would trail the first lap. Duskwatcher however was determined to not finish last again as shi knocked the #17 Hollandia Sunroofs Chevrolet of Lucien Bianchi into last on Lap 2. Bianchi would trail for just one lap as well before he knocked the #60 CAT Rental Stores Chevrolet of Christian Russel to last on Lap 3. Russel would trail for two laps before he would pass and knock two-time last-place finisher the Dodge Motorsports Dodge of Chris Kyle into last on Lap 6, as Kyle would trail for only one lap himself before he knocked Michigan last-place finisher the #8 GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet of Riley Spurlytube into last on Lap 7, a position he would hold for just one lap before knocking Chakat Duskwatcher back into last for the second time of the race on Lap 8.

Duskwatcher would trail the tail end of the field for four laps before shi would knock points leader the #51 unsponsored Chevrolet of Zachary Fitzwater into last on Lap 12. Fitzwatcher, looking to keep his season long streak of no last-place finishes would remain in last just for one lap before he knocked Matthew Hubert back into the final spot on Lap 13. Hubert would remain in last for only one circuit before knocking Edison, who had been riding around in the low 20s all race, had finally falling back to the tail end of the field with four laps to go, would drop back to last on Lap 14, and despite trying his best to make position, he would run out of time and would trail the leaders by three seconds when the checkered flag waved.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 36th was the aforementioned #51 of Zachary Fitzwater, 35th was the #45 of Matthew Hubert, 34th was the #0 Buyers Choice Chevrolet of Rogal Doran and 33rd was the #09 of Chakat Duskwatcher.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #26 has finished last in a Truck Series race at Las Vegas.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #26-Derrick Edison / 17 laps / running
36) #51-Zachary Fitzwater / 17 laps / running
35) #45-Matthew Hubert / 17 laps / running
34) #0-Rogal Doran / 17 laps / running
33) #09-Chakat Duskwatcher / 17 laps / running

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TRUCKS: Matthew Hubert trails for the second time in his career at Richmond

Matthew Hubert picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in the Virginia Is For Lovers 200 at the Richmond International Raceway when his #45 10-10-345 Ford completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish, which came in his 21st career series start, was his first on the circuit since the NAPA Autocare 200 at the Nazareth Speedway when he completed 17 of the 20 laps under power; 6 races ago. In the Truck Series's last-place rankings, it was the 38th for running at the finish and 2nd for the #45. Across SCRL's top three series, it was the 128th for running at the finish and the 5th for #45.

After trailing the field for the first time ever at Nazareth, Hubert would struggle in the series debut at Michigan by finishing 24th repeating that performance in the next round at Loudon, 21st at IRP, 27th at Gateway before finishing 10th in the last round at Heartland Park. Entering Richmond, Hubert sits 9th in the driver points and 2nd in the Rookie of the Year points.

The entry list for the eighth time this season would be bumped up to 37 as Team 23 Racing made their fifth appearance of the season, the last being at Nashville where the rookie scored a surprising win. However this time instead of Jamie, Blaise Zebrataur was listed on the entry list as the driver. In qualifying, Christian Russel would score his second career series pole, posting a time of 23.451 seconds. Hubert would truck struggle in qualifying around the 0.750 mile track, posting a time of 23.892 seconds, 0.441 seconds behind Russel's time, placing him 34th on the starting line up. The #31 Auto Trim Design Ford of Kristian Bracken would be the last to get in on speed, posting a time of 24.018 seconds, who was 0.567 seconds behind Russel's lap time. Joining them at the back was the #23 Red Line Oil Ford of Jamie Timber, who would make a driver swap with Blaise Zebtataur who had qualified the truck in 9th.

On race night, Timber would trail for the first lap before knocking Bracken back to last, who would trail for two laps before knocking Memphis last-place finisher the #86 Royal Crown Cola Dodge of Cameron Hathaway into last on Lap 4. Hathaway would trail for two laps before knocking the #32 Miller Brothers Garage Dodge of Juniper Skunktaur into last on Lap 6. Skunktaur would trail just one lap before knocking Hathaway back into last on Lap 7 before Bracken would take last back for the second time on Lap 8. Bracken would trail for two laps once again before passing and knocking Hubert back to last for the first time on Lap 11. Hubert would struggle to gain positions over the final nine laps and would be in the final spot when crossing the start/finish line to complete the race.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 36th was the aforementioned #86 of Cameron Hathaway, 35th was the #31 of Kristian Bracken, 34th was the #3 GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet of Colin Cropley and 33rd was the #46 Acxiom Ford of Sebastian Torres.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #45 has finished last in a Truck Series race at Richmond.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #45-Matthew Hubert / 20 laps / running
36) #86-Cameron Hathaway / 20 laps / running
35) #31-Kristian Bracken / 20 laps / running
34) #3-Colin Cropley / 20 laps / running
33) #46-Sebastian Torres / 20 laps / running

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TRUCKS: Colin Dryburgh trails the field at Heartland Park Topeka

Colin Dryburgh picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 275 at the Heartland Park Topeka when his #55 Icehouse Beer Ford completed all 8 laps under power.

The finish, which came in his 57th career series start, was his first on the circuit since the NAPA 300K at the Pikes Peak International Raceway when he completed all 19 laps under power; 13 races ago. In the Truck Series's last-place rankings, it was the 37th for running at the finish and 3rd for the #55. Across SCRL's top three series, it was the 127th for running at the finish and the 3rd for #55.

After trailing the field for the first time ever at Pikes Peak, Dryburgh would continue to struggle in the next round by finishing 24th at I-70 before rebounding with a 16th at Bristol, a 10th at Texas, a 20th at Portland, a 21st at Watkins Glen, before finishing 5th at the Milwaukee Mile. Back-to-back finishes of 4th at Nashville and Nazareth would be followed by a disappointing 31st at the series first ever race at Michigan before rebounding with a 3rd at Loudon, a 5th at IRP before finishing 11th in the last round at Gateway and would enter Heartland Park 2nd in points.

The entry list for the seventh time this season would be bumped up to 37 as Blaise Zebrataur's Roush Racing team made their third and final appearance of the season. In qualifying, Mitchell Hodack would score his second career series pole, posting a time of 97.512 seconds. Dryburgh would truck struggle in qualifying around the 2.100 mile 18 turned track, posting a time of 100.340 seconds, 2.828 seconds behind Hodack's time, placing him 31st on the starting line up. Michigan last-place finisher the #8 GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet would be the last to get in on speed, posting a time of 100.865 seconds, who was 3.353 seconds behind Hodack's lap time.

On race day, Spurlytube would not remain in last for long, as by Turn 5 he had knocked the #12 Team ASE / Ultra Wheels Ford of Reggie Fogleman into the last spot, with Fogleman trailing for the first lap. As the laps would count down, Fogleman would continue to struggle staying caught up with the pack, trailing for the first six laps and appeared on his way to his first ever last-place finish. However late in the race, Dryburgh, who had fallen back since the start, would be knocked back into the final spot just before the field took the white flag. Dryburgh would struggle over the final two miles, losing almost a second to Fogleman over the final lap and would be trailing the field when the checkered flag waved, more than forty seconds behind the race leaders.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 36th was the aforementioned #12 of Reggie Fogleman, 35th was current SCRLASTCAR Championship leader the #26 Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool Ford of Derrick Edison, 34th was the #31 Auto Trim Design Ford of Kristian Bracken and 33rd was the aforementioned #8 of Riley Spurlytube.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #55 has finished last in a Truck Series race at Heartland Park.
*This is the first time the #55 has finished last in a Truck Series race on a road course.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #55-Colin Dryburgh / 8 laps / running
36) #12-Reggie Fogleman / 8 laps / running
35) #26-Derrick Edison / 8 laps / running
34) #31-Kristian Bracken / 8 laps / running
33) #8-Riley Spurlytube / 8 laps / running

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