Brian Scott’s (No 16 Albertsons Toyota) lowest point, by far, this season was the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway.
He ran only eight of the 100 laps, finishing 34th – and breaking his wrist. The finish dropped Scott six positions in the points standings – from fifth to 11th.
But the resiliency of Scott has shown since. The mountain of disappointment leaving that race did nothing to slow the driver who is in only his second full season in the series.
Actually, the experience only made him better.
Since the accident, Scott finished outside the top 10 only once (a 12th-place run at O’Reilly Raceway Park), and now sits a career-high fourth in the standings.
His statistics before and after Michigan are night and day. In the first nine races (which included the Michigan race), Scott had an average finish of 14.8, an Average Running Position of 15.7, 20 Fastest Laps Run, a Laps in the Top 15 percentage of 55.4%, 22 Laps Led and a Driver Rating of 82.7.
The above numbers are solid – yet pale in comparison to Scott’s statistics over the past six races.
Over that span, Scott has an average finish of 5.0, an Average Running Position of 8.1, 45 Fastest Laps Run, a Laps in the Top 15 percentage of 87.6%, 49 Laps Led and a Driver Rating of 102.6.
The statistics suggest Scott’s recent surge could continue through this weekend’s race at Chicagoland Speedway. At superspeedways this season, Scott has a strong Driver Rating of 88.2.
Trk# Driver Team *02 Andy Ponstein CorrieStottRacing.com Chevy 4 Ricky Carmichael # Monster Energy Chevy 5 Mike Skinner PC Miler Navigator Toyota 6 Colin Braun Con-way Freight Ford 7 Chad McCumbee ASI Limited Chevy 8 Johnny Chapman ASI Limited Chevy *8 Dennis Setzer Malcolmson Contruction Chevy 10 James Buescher # International MaxxForce Diesel Ford 11 T J Bell Red Horse Racing Toyota *12 Mario Gosselin James Carter Attorney/SponsortheTruck.com Chevy 13 Johnny Sauter # Fun Sand/Rodney Atkins -Curb Records Chevy 14 Rick Crawford Circle Bar International Truck Corral Ford 15 Aric Almirola Graceway Pharmaceuticals Toyota 16 Brian Scott Albertsons Toyota 17 Timothy Peters Strutmasters.com / Red Horse Racing Toyota 21 Nick Tucker GunBroker.com Dodge 23 Jason White GunBroker.com Dodge 24 David Starr Zachry/CareerBuilder.com/Harris Trucking Toyota 25 Terry Cook Cajun Industries / Harris Trucking Toyota *29 Mikey Kile Greased Lightning Cleaning Chevy 30 Todd Bodine Ventrilo Toyota 33 Ron Hornaday Jr. TurtleWax Chevy *39 Ryan Sieg S & W Services / RWS South, Inc. Chevy *41 Ryan Mathews Mike Berg Trucking Dodge *44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Ford 47 Brandon Knupp FT 11 Degreaser Chevy 48 Wayne Edwards Rockingham Speedway Chevy 51 Kyle Busch Miccosukee Resort/Graceway Pharmaceuticals Toyota 57 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevy 60 Stacy Compton SafeAuto Insurance Toyota *63 Tim Andrews Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool Ford *72 Michelle Theriault DGM Racing Chevy *76 Ryan Hackett # www.jandrsupply.com Ford 81 Tayler Malsam # One-Eighty Toyota *85 Brent Raymer # CTR Fabrication Ford 88 Matt Crafton Menards/Ideal Door Chevy *90 Brent Sherman Great Clips Toyota *92 John Jackson Gosselin Racing Chevy *93 Shane Sieg S & W Services Chevy
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