Derrick Edison picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in the May 16th NAPA 250 at the Martinsville Speedway when his #26 Mittler Brothers / American Trucking Ford fell out with camshaft problems after completing 5 of the 34 laps.
The finish, which came in his 75th career series start, was his first on the circuit since the Season 2 Western Auto 200 at the I-70 Speedway when his #26 Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool Ford fell out with camshaft issues after completing 14 of the 50 laps; 70 races ago. In the Truck Series's last-place rankings, it was the 12th for camshaft and 2nd for the #26. Across SCRL's top three series, it was the 17th for camshaft issues and the 2nd for #26.
Edison is one of the longest tenured drivers in the SCRL, not just in the Truck Series but the entire league. With appearances in all three of the SCRL's Top Three Series as well numerous series, Edison has been able to find victory lane three times but has yet to win a championship. Ever since making his debut in Season 2 at Homestead, where he would finish 19th, Edison has only driven for Mike Mittler's MB Motorsports for the past three seasons, and that relationship would continue at the start of Season 5, where Edison would start his season off with a 8th at Homestead. A 28th at Phoenix would be followed by a 34th at Evergreen before bouncing back to finish 10th in the last round at Mesa Marin.
The entry list for only the second time this season would be bumped up to 37 as Jamie Timber would attempt to make his second start of the season, after finishing 23rd in his previous start at Phoenix. No drivers would have to worry about not making the race as all thirty-seven drivers would be able to fit around the legendary 0.526 mile short track.
In qualifying, Edison would use his past experience from Martinsville in other series to score his first career series pole, posting a time of 20.629 seconds. The #2 Team ASE Racing of Dilan Ebrahimian would be the last to get in on speed, posting a time of 20.935 seconds, who was 0.306 seconds behind Edison's lap time.
On race day, Ebrahimian would trail for the first three turns before knocking the #7 Conely Rent-a-Car Sales Chevrolet of Tyler Kepman into the final spot. Kepman would keep hold of the final spot through the first caution before the #51 Garage Doors of Naples Ford was knocked back to the final spot for an unscheduled pit stop for a flat left rear tire. The very next lap the battle for last would come to an end as Edison, who had fallen back to second at the start of the race, began to smoke from the rear of his truck. Pulling to the inside of the track and trying to coast back to pit road, Edison would stall on the backstetch, forcing another two laps of caution to be added so he could be towed to the garage. It would take the took several laps before they diagnose the problem; a broken Camshaft, and their truck would listed as "out" on Lap 12.
It would take another twenty laps before the next three spots would be filled, as a multi-truck wreck would break out on the Frontstretch that would knock the #87 AER Manufacturing Chevrolet of Josh Harmon, the #15 Ortho Ford of Sebastian Palme and the #21 HS Die & Engineering Ford of Zachary DiLello out of the race, placing them 36th, 35th and 34th respectively.
Rounding out the Bottom Five in 33rd was the #98 Porter-Cable Power Tools Ford of Al Lagasee, who finished 2 laps down behind the race leaders.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #26 has finished last in a Truck Series race at Martinsville.
*This is the first time a driver has trailed due to "Camshaft" problems in the Truck Series since the Season 4 Memphis 200 at the Memphis Motorsports Park when Cameron Hathaway's #50 Grainger Ford fell out with camshaft issues after completing 12 of the 20 laps; 11 races ago11 races ago.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #26-Derrick Edison / 5 laps / camshaft
36) #87-Josh Harmon / 26 laps / crash
35) #15-Sebastian Palme / 29 laps / crash
34) #21-Zachary DiLello / 30 laps / crash
33) #98-Al Lagasee / 32 laps / running
*This is the first time the #26 has finished last in a Truck Series race at Martinsville.
*This is the first time a driver has trailed due to "Camshaft" problems in the Truck Series since the Season 4 Memphis 200 at the Memphis Motorsports Park when Cameron Hathaway's #50 Grainger Ford fell out with camshaft issues after completing 12 of the 20 laps; 11 races ago11 races ago.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #26-Derrick Edison / 5 laps / camshaft
36) #87-Josh Harmon / 26 laps / crash
35) #15-Sebastian Palme / 29 laps / crash
34) #21-Zachary DiLello / 30 laps / crash
33) #98-Al Lagasee / 32 laps / running
S5 SCRLASTCAR Rainbow Dash Truck Series Driver's Championship
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