Timothy Peters Bounces Back for Top-10 at Kentucky Speedway

Timothy Peters rebounded at Kentucky Speedway to record his seventh top-10 in 10 races in the Buckle Up In Your Truck 225. The No. 17 team unloaded the red and white Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra for two practices on Wednesday afternoon and recorded the 11th fastest speed in the first and the eighth fastest speed in the second practice. On Thursday afternoon, in knockout single truck qualifying, Peters secured the 14th-place starting spot in the first round. Prior to the first caution flag, Peters reported that his Tundra was tight in turn 2. Under the yellow, he visited pit road and crew chief Shane Huffman gave him two tires and fuel, as well as adjustments and he gained three positions to restart in the eighth position. Peters moved up to the sixth position by the yellow flag on lap 43. Under a caution on lap 46, Peters again visited pit road and this time took four Goodyear tires and Sunoco fuel, restarting in the 17th position. Under the next yellow, as competitor pit stops cycled through, Peters stayed out and took the lead. He would lead a total of five laps, then drop to second, but during a two-tire stop under caution on lap 104, the fuel cell was not filled all the way, so Huffman called Peters back for two more tires and additional fuel before the restart. With 41 laps to go, Peters restarted 19th, and battled back to gain 10 spots and take the checkered flag in ninth.  

 

 

“We had a really good Toyota Tundra this weekend. It was really fast in race trim, and unfortunately our result didn’t show how good we were. Shane (Huffman, crew chief) and the guys worked really hard to bring a fast truck and they made good adjustments all night, so we’ll just go on to Eldora (Speedway) and see what we can do there.”