LEGENDS: Late spin at Riverside gives Derrick Edison the fourth last-place finish of his career

Derrick Edison picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL NASCAR Legends Series career in the Season 4 Riverside 400 at the Riverside International Raceway when his #32 Bestline Products Plymouth completed all 15 laps under power.

The finish came in his 13th start. In the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series, it's the 4th for car #32 and the 41st where the car was still running. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 12th for the #32 and the 195th where the car was still running.

Edison had never competed in a Legends Series race before the start of Season 4, but he was a veteran, having competed for several years and while he hadn't yet become a household name, he had visited victory lane once in his career; in the Season 2 Lund Look 225 at Heartland Park Topeka. Using his past experience on road courses, Edison finished an impressive 4th in his first start at Riverside but the team would struggle the next three races with finishes of 41st at Ontario, 34th at Richmond and a 28th at Rockingham. A decent 15th at Atlanta would follow before scoring his second best finish of the season, a 9th at Bristol. After a disappointing 39th at Talladega, Edison would rebound with a series best 3rd at North Wilkesboro. After struggling to finish 31st at Darlington and 32nd at Charlotte, a finish of 13th at Martinsville before finishing 26th in the last round at Michigan.

Carter Friesen stalls at the start of the race.

On race day, Edison rolled off starting in 37th while starting last was Martinsville last-place finisher the #75 Kentucky Fried Chicken Special Plymouth of Dilan Ebrahimian but just after the command was given to start, North Wilkesboro's last-place finisher the #31 unsponsored Dodge of Carter Frisen stalled just shortly before Turn 9 due to a flat tire as the field took the green. Friesen's crew was able to replace all four tires and sent their driver back out onto the track just seconds before the race leaders. Had no caution come out, Frisen would become the first driver to finish last twice in Season 4. On Lap 10 the lone caution would come out when the #5 unsponsored Dodge of Logan Bueckert and the #19 unsponsored Ford of Christian Russel spun out in Turn 3, at this same time the #59 Pepsi Ford of Carter Joey had visited pit road for a flat tire.

Joey would remain in last under the caution period and when the green came back out once again he trailed the field for the first two turns when once again contact would happen as Edison made contact with Carter, spinning Edison and Carter out right in front of the field. Everyone was able to avoid Edison and Joey's spun cars as Joey quickly put his car in gear and would rebound quickly to finish 37th, while Edison struggled to regain control and was trailing the field for the last four laps, having fallen twenty seconds behind the race leaders.

The rounding out the Bottom Five was: 41st the #17 Purolator Ford of AJ Jones, 40th the #18 unsponsored Plymouth Cassie Dent, 39th was the #40 7-Up Plymouth of Brian Fox and 38th was Richmond last-place finisher the #98 Jim Robbins Co. Ford of Chris Kyle.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL NASCAR Legends Series last-place finish for the #32 at Riverside.
*This is the first time the #32 has trailed a SCRL NASCAR Legends Series field since the Season 3 Volunteer 500 at the Bristol International Speedway when Nick Productions fell out with engine problems without completing any of the 50 laps; 24 races ago.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
42) #32-Derrick Edison / 15 laps / running
41) #17-AJ Jones / 15 laps / running
40) #18-Cassie Dent / 15 laps / running
39) #40-Brian Fox / 15 laps / running
38) #98-Chris Kyle / 15 laps / running