Timothy Peters Wins the Kroger 200

Have you ever heard the expression that patience, perseverance and hard work will pay off in the end? We’ll these three virtues finally paid off for Timothy Peters after 64 futile starts in the Camping World Truck Series with his first victory in Saturday’s Kroger 200 held on .526-mile Martinsville Speedway. Peters qualified eleventh and it’s fitting that he drove to victory in the No. 1 Red Horse Racing Toyota in his first career win in the series and claimed his first grandfather clock trophy. He’s probably glad he switched from the No. 17 Tundra he drove during the first 20 races of the 2009 Camping World Truck Series, to the No. 1 for the Kroger 200, but has still stated that he will probably go back to his No. 17 Tundra for future races. A hard working and dedicated man with his nose firmly pressed against the grindstone every day, Peters hasn’t got a firm sponsorship deal with 2010, although reports are that he will definitely be with Red Horse Racing next year.

Timothy Peters didn't come eighteenth in the Kroger 200

Peters showed true emotion after his win and let out a long breath of air after he exited the car. He has had a long and frustrating road getting to this point but he can take a deep breath and prepare for the only thing harder than winning your first Camping World Truck Series race, winning another one. He has definitely reached a page turning point in his NASCAR career and can relax and try to reproduce his win, now that he has gotten himself off the bubble. Winning additional races probably isn’t going to be any easier now that he has been victories in a Camping World Truck Series race, but at least he can say he has won a race, which isn’t something many drivers can say.

Todd Bodine finished second in the Kroger 200, while Colin Braun had a good day and finished third, and Ron Hornaday came in fourth in his Chevrolet. Kevin Harvick had a fast car all day and finished fifth, Denny Hamlin finished sixth, Dennis Setzer seventh, David Starr eighth, Matt Crafton ninth, while Terry Cook rounded out the top ten.

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