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Saturday’s Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway might be enough to make Timothy Peters a believer in numerology.
Driving the No. 1 Red Horse Racing Toyota for the first time this season, at a venue the Danville, Va., driver considers his home track, Peters collected his first victory in 64 starts in the Camping World Truck Series.
“The No. 1 was number one [Saturday],” said the 29-year-old Peters, who drove the No. 17 Tundra in the first 20 races of the season. “I can’t believe it. Words can’t describe what I’m feeling right now. ... NASCAR
Todd Bodine finished second and Colin Braun third.
Points leader Ron Hornaday Jr. had a roller-coaster ride to fourth place, recovering from an early pit-road penalty for speeding to stretch his points lead over ninth-finishing Matt Crafton. His 224-point lead is the widest margin with four races left in the history of the truck series.
“This is one hurdle we had to jump and we jumped it,” said Hornaday, who was one of several drivers to congratulate Peters on his victory by dousing him with water. “When those other guys came and got tires, I thought we were a sitting duck, but it was a good call.” USA Today
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 117 Timothy Peters Toyota 2 30 Todd Bodine Toyota 3 6 Colin Braun Ford 4 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 5 4 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 6 51 Denny Hamlin Toyota 7 8 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet 8 24 David Starr Toyota 9 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 10 25 Terry Cook Toyota 11 10 James Buescher * Ford 12 15 Aric Almirola Toyota 13 23 Jason White Dodge 14 60 Stacy Compton Toyota 15 14 Rick Crawford Ford 16 13 Johnny Sauter * Chevrolet 17 184 Chris Fontaine Chevrolet 18 119 Marc Davis Chevrolet 19 7 Burt Myers Chevrolet 20 199 Brett Butler Chevrolet 21 9 Max Papis Toyota 22 187 Chris Jones * Chevrolet 23 5 Mike Skinner Toyota 24 16 Brian Scott Toyota 25 157 Norm Benning Chevrolet 26 212 Derek White Chevrolet 27 8 Tim Brown Chevrolet 28 81 Tayler Malsam * Toyota 29 85 Brent Raymer * Ford 30 11 T.J. Bell Toyota 31 17 Peyton Sellers Toyota 32 171 Rob Fuller Chevrolet 33 148 Hermie Sadler Chevrolet 34 121 Nick Tucker Dodge 35 250 Wheeler Boys Dodge 36 47 Brandon Knupp Chevrolet
