TRUCKS: Crawford Scores First Truck Series Last-Place Finish In Seven Years

SOURCE: TheHotLap.com

Rick Crawford picked up the 6th last-place finish of his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career in Saturday’s Kroger 250 at the Martinsville Speedway when his #74 Koma Unwind Relaxation Drink Chevrolet fell out with brake problems after completing 6 of the race’s 250 laps.

The finish was Crawford’s first of the 2012 season and his first in Truck Series competition since the 2005 season opener at Daytona, when his #14 Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford was involved in this spectacular single-truck crash off turn four.

At Martinsville, Crawford gave team owner Mike Harmon his first start of 2012 by qualifying 23rd at a speed of 93.668 mph. The speed ranked Crawford fifth among the eighteen “go-or-go-homers” who attempted to qualify, more than enough to best the seven teams that missed the show.

LASTCAR STATISTICS
*This was the #74's first last-place finish since last fall at Chicagoland, nine races ago. Mike Harmon drove the @hrmn8ter Chevrolet that day and fell out after three laps with transmission troubles. Neither the number nor Crawford had ever before finished last in a Truck race at Martinsville.

THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #74-Rick Crawford / 6 laps / brakes
35) #70-Jeff Agnew / 90 laps / crash
34) #8-Jennifer Jo Cobb / 95 laps / suspension
33) #15-Dusty Davis / 104 laps / rear gear
32) #39-Ryan Sieg / 148 laps / oil line

LASTCAR TRUCK SERIES DRIVER’S CHAMPIONSHIP
1st) Rick Crawford, Jason Leffler (1)

LASTCAR TRUCK SERIES OWNER’S CHAMPIONSHIP
1st) #18-Kyle Busch Motorsports, #74-Mike Harmon (1)

LASTCAR TRUCK SERIES MANUFACTURER’S CHAMPIONSHIP
1st) Chevrolet, Toyota (1)