Timothy Peters Earns Top-Five Finish in the Bluegrass State

Timothy Peters earned his sixth top-10 finish in ten races this season with a fifth-place result at Kentucky Speedway in the UNOH 225. On a rainy day in the Bluegrass State, both the single practice session and qualifying rounds were rained out, so the field was set by owner points per the NASCAR Rule Book. Peters took the green flag in 10th position. The Danville, Virginia native quickly brought his Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra into the sixth position by lap 10. Peters reported the Tundra was free in Turn 2, but tight in Turns 3 and 4. On the competition caution on lap 20, he came to pit road to the attention of crew chief Marcus Richmond and his Red Horse Racing pit crew for four tires, fuel and an air pressure adjustment. Peters continued to fight a tight-handling Tundra throughout the evening and visited pit road a total of five times, with the final stop for two tires and fuel to gain track position during a late caution period. With 25 laps to go, Peters restarted in eighth, and drove his way into fifth by the time the race ended under caution after a wreck caused damage to the catchfence five laps short of the scheduled distance.

 

Start -10

Finish – 5

Driver Points Position – 6

Laps Led – 0

 

Timothy Peters Quote:

“I kind of got off a little bit with what I wanted during the race and Marcus (Richmond) made a good call there the last couple of stops to free me back up and I was able to get all we could on the restarts. We’ll take a top-five finish in our Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra and we’ll just keep building this momentum as we go on to Eldora (Speedway).”

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