ARCA Sportsman: Long time SCRL veteran Derrick Edison picks up the 6th last-place finish of his SCRL career after being involved in mid-race wreck at Lucas Oil

Derrick Edison picked up the 1st last place finish of his SCRL ARCA Sportsman Series career in Monday's Season 1 Lucas Oil 200 at the Lucas Oil Raceway when his #36 O'Reilly Toyota was involved in a multi-car crash after 12 of the 20 laps.

The finish came in his 4th start. In the SCRL ARCA Sportsman Series, it's the 1st for car #36 and the 1st from a crash. Across all the series in the SCRL, it's the 4th for the #36 and the 250th from a crash. 

Entering the brand newest SCRL ARCA division, Edison was looking to finally have a real successful season. Despite competing in several SCRL sanctioned series, Edison had yet to truly have a good showing, and had only found victory lane once in his whole SCRL career in Season 2 of the SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series, the Lund Look 225 at Heartland Park Topeka road course. In his debut for the Sportsman Series, Edison started last on the field before finishing a decent 23rd and would repeat that performance in the very next round at Mansfield. Entering the 3rd race of the season, Edison found himself visiting the same track that had gave him the lone win of his career, and the racing gods finally decided to give Edison as Edison would assume the race lead on the last lap after Jacob Britts spin, and would hold on over the final four turns to score his second SCRL sanctioned win.

In qualifying at the half mile oval, Edison would qualify 19th, a full half second behind Nitahbk's pole winning time, while starting last was Mansfield last-place finisher the #24 Pepsi / DuPont Chevrolet of Carlos Santiago.

Trevor Collins stalls in Turn 1.

When the race started, Santiago would remain in last for only the first four turns when chaos broke out on the frontstretch as coming out of Turn 4 the #26 Jackaroo / Shell Chevrolet of Mark Austin was spun out by the #38 Jani-King Ford of Josephi Krakowski, bringing out the first caution of the day. Austin would remain in last for the next three laps under caution, when running in 12th, the #16 Motorcraft Quality Parts / WinnDixie Ford of Trevor Collins stalled in Turn 1, reporting of a flat left front tire, being forced to be towed back to pit lane.

Thanks to great communication from the track crew and Collins's team, they were able to send their driver back out onto the track without losing a lap. Collins would remain in last for the next six laps before on Lap 12, the #11 Melling / Menards Chevrolet of Ray Dent, while running in 16th, began to slow coming out of Turn 4, with the #92 Summit Racing Equipment / CompCams Chevrolet of Jacob Britts spinning Dent right in front of a pack of cars, with Edison trying to squeeze by on the high side, only to slam hard into Dent's rear of the car, destroying the front of Edison's car, but Edison wouldn't take the final spot until Lap 15, when Dent was finally able to get back on track. With Dent able to get back out onto the track and finish in 26th, that knocked the #62 U-Haul / Lucas Oil Dodge of Rocco Twyman and the #38 of Josephi Krakowski down into 28th and 27th.

Rounding out the Bottom Five in 25th was the #25 Pennzoil / Autolite Chevrolet of Grayson Acevedo, who was the last car to finish on the same lap as the race leaders.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the first time the #36 has finished last in the SCRL ARCA Sportsman Series as well at Lucas Oil.
*This marked the first time in the SCRL ARCA Sportsman Series a driver has trailed the field due to a crash.
*This is the first time Edison has trailed an SCRL race since June 8, 2019 in the SCRL NASCAR Legends Series Season 4 National 500 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway when his #32 Bestline Products Plymouth completed all 32 laps under power.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
29) #36-Derrick Edison / 12 laps / crash
28) #62-Rocco Twyman / 13 laps / crash
27) #38-Josephi Krakowski / 13 laps / crash
26) #11-Ray Dent / 19 laps / running
25) #25-Grayson Acevedo / 20 laps / running