Carl Edwards had been as excited as he's ever been to race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, but this time seemed different.  He knew he had a truck that could win the race, and he couldn't wait to kick off his Daytona Speedweeks with a win.  However, it wasn't to be for Edwards, as transmission troubles ended his chance for contention just 13 laps into the event.

Edwards started the race in the second position, and established early on that he would have a truck that was capable of competing for the win.  A lap two caution involving the No. 46 truck brought the field under caution, and while Edwards was not involved in the incident, he would be an innocent victim of it.  Edwards reported to his Ortho crew that he had smoke in the cockpit of his Ford F-150 after the lap six restart.  Edwards stayed on track, hoping it would go away, but the smoke kept coming and forced him to pit road.  The crew determined that it was a transmission failure, and brought the No. 50 behind pit wall for repairs.  Edwards returned to the race some 17 laps down, but did his part to help his Roush Fenway teammates, Travis Kvapil and Erik Darnell.

Edwards put himself in position to push his teammates to the front of the field, and did what he could to provide them a drafting partner.  A late-race caution inside 10 laps to go forced the trucks one or more laps down to the tail of the line, leaving Edwards out of position to help any more.

"We had a real fast Ford F-150, but we broke something in the transmission on that restart," said Edwards. "The truck was so good and I was cheering for Travis so hard.  If I could have got to him, we would have been pretty good.  I was going to do everything I could to push him to that win, and if it weren't for the single-file restart there at the end, I think we could have had a different outcome tonight.  I hate it for everyone at Ortho, but I've got to thank them for coming on board with us for this race."

Edwards and the No. 50 Ortho team left Daytona 24th in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series point standings, 99 points out of the lead.