TRUCKS: Derrick Edison trails the field for the second straight race at Louisville; locks up LASTCAR title with two races to go

Derrick Edison picked up the 4th last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in the Kroger 225 at the Louisville Motor Speedway when his #26 Mittler Brothers / American Trucking Ford completed all 20 laps under power.

The finish, which came in his 93rd career series start, was his first on the circuit since the The Orleans 250 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway when he completed all 17 laps under power; 1 race ago. In the Truck Series's last-place rankings, it was the 40th for running at the finish and 4th for the #26. Across SCRL's top three series, it was the 130th for running at the finish and the 4th for #26.

After trailing the field at Las Vegas, Edison sits 26th in the driver standings, 524 points behind Zachary Fitzwater with only two poles, at Martinsville and Bristol, with a victory at Bristol being the high point of his season.

The entry list for the fourteenth time this season would be the usual 36 entries. In qualifying, Chakat Whitelion would score hir fifth career series pole, posting a time of 15.492 seconds. Edison would struggle in qualifying around the 0.438 mile short track, posting a time of 15.757 seconds, 0.265 seconds behind Whitelion's time, placing him 30th on the starting line up. Milwaukee Mile last-place finisher the #87 AER Manufacturing Chevrolet of Josh Harmon would be the last to get in on speed, posting a time of 15.790 seconds, who was 0.298 seconds behind Whitelion's lap time.

On race night, Harmon would trail for the first turn before knocking the #1 Mopar Performance Dodge of Angel Gutiérrez into last in Turn 2, with Gutiérrez trailing the first lap. Gutiérrez would fight back the next few laps, failing to gain a spot until for laps later when he knocked and passing Harmon, placing Harmon in last and trailing on Lap 5. Harmon would trail for the next three laps before he would knock points leader the #51 unsponsored Chevrolet of Zachary Fitzwater into last on Lap 9, a position he would hold for three laps before knocking Edison, who had been stuck up on the high line of the track since Lap 10, into the final spot on Lap 12. Edison would struggle to gain any positions over the final laps, and nearly went a lap down to the race leaders, but was able to beat them to the line by half a truck length, giving Edison his fourth last-place finish of the season.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 35th was the aforementioned #51 of Zachary Fitzwater, 34th was the #34 Sprint Prepaid Phonecard Dodge of Brian Fox, 33rd was the #75 Spears Manufacturing Chevrolet of Michael Hoaks and 32nd was the #87 of Josh Harmon.

By virtue of finishing last, Derrick Edison has locked up the LASTCAR title. Even if another driver finished last in the last two races at Texas and California, Edison would win the tie breaker by having more Bottom 5 finishes.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #26 has finished last in a Truck Series race at Louisville.
*This is the first time a driver has trailed in back-to-back races since Zachary DiLello trailed at IRP and Gateway.
*This is the first SCRLASTCAR title for Derrick Edison in any SCRL Series.
*This is the first SCRLASTCAR title for MB Motorsports.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #26-Derrick Edison / 20 laps / running
35) #51-Zachary Fitzwater / 20 laps / running
34) #34-Brian Fox / 20 laps / running
33) #75-Michael Hoaks / 20 laps / running
32) #87-Josh Harmon / 20 laps / running

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TRUCKS: Derrick Edison trails the field at Las Vegas; extends LASTCAR lead with three races to go

Derrick Edison picked up the 3rd last place finish of his SCRL Rainbow Dash Truck Series career in the The Orleans 250 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway when his #26 Mittler Brothers / American Trucking Ford completed all 17 laps under power.

The finish, which came in his 92nd career series start, was his first on the circuit since the NAPA 250 at the Martinsville Speedway when he fell out with camshaft problems after completing 5 of the 34 laps; 17 races ago. In the Truck Series's last-place rankings, it was the 39th for running at the finish and 3rd for the #26. Across SCRL's top three series, it was the 129th for running at the finish and the 3rd for #26.

After trailing the field at Martinsville, Edison would finish 23rd in the next round at Memphis, back-to-back finishes of 32nd at Pikes Peak and I-70 before scoring his second career truck series victory by winning at Bristol. A 16th at Texas would be followed by a 36th at Portland, 35th at Watkins Glen, 26th at the Milwaukee Mile, a runner up finish at Nashville to rookie Jamie Timber before scoring back-to-back 9th place finishes at Nazareth and the series first ever race at Michigan. A 12th at Loudon would be followed by a 22nd at IRP, a 6th at Gateway, 35th at Heartland Park before leading 11 laps and finishing 3rd at Richmond in the last round. Entering Las Vegas, Edison sits 26th in the driver standings, 521 points behind Zachary Fitzwater.

The entry list for the ninth time this season would be bumped up to 37 as Team 23 Racing made their sixth appearance of the season, the last being at Richmond. In qualifying, Michael Hoaks would score his first career series pole, posting a time of 31.950 seconds. Edison would truck struggle in qualifying around the 1.500 mile track, posting a time of 32.172 seconds, 0.222 seconds behind Hoaks's time, placing him 33rd on the starting line up. Two time last-place finisher the #45 Acxiom Ford of Matthew Hubert would be the last to get in on speed, posting a time of 32.226 seconds, who was 0.276 seconds behind Hoaks's lap time.

On race day, Hubert would trail in the final spot for only the first two turns before knocking Mesa Marin last-place finisher the #09 AT&T Chevrolet of Chakat Duskwatcher into last as Duskwatcher would trail the first lap. Duskwatcher however was determined to not finish last again as shi knocked the #17 Hollandia Sunroofs Chevrolet of Lucien Bianchi into last on Lap 2. Bianchi would trail for just one lap as well before he knocked the #60 CAT Rental Stores Chevrolet of Christian Russel to last on Lap 3. Russel would trail for two laps before he would pass and knock two-time last-place finisher the Dodge Motorsports Dodge of Chris Kyle into last on Lap 6, as Kyle would trail for only one lap himself before he knocked Michigan last-place finisher the #8 GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet of Riley Spurlytube into last on Lap 7, a position he would hold for just one lap before knocking Chakat Duskwatcher back into last for the second time of the race on Lap 8.

Duskwatcher would trail the tail end of the field for four laps before shi would knock points leader the #51 unsponsored Chevrolet of Zachary Fitzwater into last on Lap 12. Fitzwatcher, looking to keep his season long streak of no last-place finishes would remain in last just for one lap before he knocked Matthew Hubert back into the final spot on Lap 13. Hubert would remain in last for only one circuit before knocking Edison, who had been riding around in the low 20s all race, had finally falling back to the tail end of the field with four laps to go, would drop back to last on Lap 14, and despite trying his best to make position, he would run out of time and would trail the leaders by three seconds when the checkered flag waved.

The remaining Bottom Five were: 36th was the aforementioned #51 of Zachary Fitzwater, 35th was the #45 of Matthew Hubert, 34th was the #0 Buyers Choice Chevrolet of Rogal Doran and 33rd was the #09 of Chakat Duskwatcher.

SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This is the first time the #26 has finished last in a Truck Series race at Las Vegas.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
37) #26-Derrick Edison / 17 laps / running
36) #51-Zachary Fitzwater / 17 laps / running
35) #45-Matthew Hubert / 17 laps / running
34) #0-Rogal Doran / 17 laps / running
33) #09-Chakat Duskwatcher / 17 laps / running

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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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