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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