Top-Ten Finish Propels Peters to Points Lead at Kansas

Timothy Peters piloted the No. 17 Red Horse Racing Tundra to an eighth-place finish at Kansas Speedway, which boosted him into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points lead. On Thursday, the Danville, Virginia resident was 11th, 14th and 13th-fastest in three practice sessions. On Friday afternoon, Peters transferred his red and white Tundra to the second and final round of single-truck qualifying to earn the eighth starting position for the Toyota Tundra 250. After the green flag flew on Friday evening, Peters reported a slight tight condition, but was soon happy with the No. 17 machine. The 20-minute caution clock expired on lap 45, and crew chief Shane Huffman called Peters to pit road for four tires and fuel. A rash of caution periods followed, during which Peters visited pit road for fuel only. On lap 122, the caution clock expired again, and Huffman brought Peters to pit road for another four-tire pit stop. Peters restarted in the second position and briefly took the lead before the caution flag flew again. On the following restart, Peters was battling for the lead when contact with another vehicle caused him to fall back and scrape the wall. Peters found himself in the tenth position as the final caution flag flew, sending the event into overtime. As there were only a few trucks on the lead lap, the team decided to bring Peters to pit road for four tires for the final restart. Restarting in the 13th position, Peters gained five spots to finish eighth at Kansas Speedway and claim the series’ points lead.

 

 

“We had a great Toyota Tundra tonight. I’m really proud of Shane (Huffman, crew chief) and everyone at Red Horse Racing. I just made a mistake there at the end going for the lead, and I feel like we could have gotten a much better result than eighth. I’m excited to go to Dover (International Speedway) next weekend and see what we can do there.”