With a last-lap pass of superspeedway ace Todd Bodine, Timothy Peters won Saturday night’s NextEra Energy 250 Truck Series race at 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway.
With a push from polesitter Jason White, Peters passed Bodine on the backstretch and won the race to the finish line. Bodine, who had won the previous two season openers at Daytona, crossed the stripe in second place but spun into the infield grass after taking the checkered flag. NASCAR.com
It was his second career win.
“It’s everybody’s dream to win at Daytona,” said Peters, who started 24th. “I can’t get over the feeling of being in Victory Lane here in Daytona.”
The first lap set the tone with a nine-truck crash that included Kyle Busch. A 10-truck crash later ended the victory hopes of defending series champ Ron Hornaday and early power Elliott Sadler. Mike Skinner’s hopes were dashed with less than 40 laps remaining when he hit the wall. Dallas Morning News
“Bodine is the best Speedway racer. His results prove it,” Peters said. “I wasn’t gonna leave him until it was time to. My spotter, Kevin Ray, did an awesome job, keeping me calm, keeping me in line, telling me, ‘Let’s try to make the move down the pack straightaway. MiamiHerald.com
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 17 Timothy Peters Toyota 2 30 Todd Bodine Toyota 3 46 Dennis Setzer Dodge 4 23 Jason White Ford 5 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet 6 1 Nelson Piquet Jr. Toyota 7 60 Stacy Compton Toyota 8 95 Johnny Benson Ford 9 6 Donnie Neuenberger Chevrolet 10 1 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 11 47 Brett Butler * Chevrolet 12 51 Aric Almirola Toyota 13 7 Sean Murphy Chevrolet 14 0 Carlos Contreras Chevrolet 15 76 Ryan Hackett Chevrolet 16 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 17 56 Tayler Malsam Toyota 18 7 Justin Lofton* Toyota 19 81 David Starr Toyota 20 2 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 21 9 Max Papis Toyota 22 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 23 12 Mario Gosselin Chevrolet 24 5 Mike Skinner Toyota 25 57 Norm Benning Chevrolet 26 3 Austin Dillon * Chevrolet 27 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 28 14 Rick Crawford Ford 29 4 Ricky Carmichael Chevrolet 30 21 Donny Lia Dodge 31 15 Ted Musgrave Toyota 32 48 Bryan Silas Chevrolet 33 49 Chad McCumbee Chevrolet 34 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb * Ford 35 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 36 98 Landon Cassill Chevrolet
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