Timothy Peters Survives Three Blown Tires with Top-Ten Finish

On a brisk day at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Timothy Peters qualified his No. 17 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra 16th for the Hyundai Construction Equipment 200, and despite having three flat right front tires, finished in the ninth position. The 130-lap NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race was the second of a Saturday doubleheader with the NASCAR Xfinity Series at the Hampton, Georgia track. On Friday, Peters posted the 11th-fastest time in practice, and on Saturday, he advanced to the second round of knock-out qualifying and earned the 16th starting position. After the race started, Peters quickly moved into the top 10 by lap 18, and when the yellow flag flew and he brought his Tundra in for service. Crew chief Marcus Richmond made the call for two tires and fuel, and Peters left pit road in second place, as most teams took four tires.  He was riding in seventh-place on lap 47 when he felt a vibration and a lap later had a right front tire go down. However, at the same time, the caution flag flew for an unrelated incident and Peters was able to come to pit road and get four fresh tires and a chassis adjustment. Peters restarted in the 20th position and made his way through the field and was back in the top 10 on lap 77, when he again had a flat right front tire. This time, the flat occurred during green-flag pit stops, so the No. 17 team quickly changed the tire and sent him back out without losing much ground. As the field cycled through pit stops, Peters was scored in eighth place, which he maintained during the closing laps. With two laps to go, the Danville, Virginia resident experienced a third flat right front tire, but managed to stay on track for the final two circuits and take the checkered flag in the ninth position.
 

Start – 16

Finish – 9

Driver Points Position – 11

Laps Led – 0

 

Timothy Peters Quote:

“We didn’t think we had any concerns since we weren’t the only ones having tire issues. It seemed like a lot of other guys were as well. For three right fronts to go, actually coming to the white flag, the right front went out again, so to have all those problems and still come home ninth, was a pretty good night. I’m proud of everybody on this Red Horse Racing Tundra team. It was a fast truck; just had a few gremlins,. We’re going to Martinsville (Speedway), my home track, next and I always feel good about that.”

 

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