Timothy Peters bounced back from a spin just before the halfway point to win Friday night’s Camping World Truck Series race at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.
Peters made contact with Steve Arpin and then spun around for the fourth and final caution on lap 90. During the caution, Peters pitted for fuel and four new tires. All other teams made their final pit stops during a previous caution 10 laps earlier.
The final 107 laps ran caution-free, allowing Peters to make his way through the field. While the front runners were conserving fuel and tire wear, Peters passed James Buescher for the lead with just six laps remaining.
Peters finished 2.6 seconds ahead of Buescher to claim his first win of the season and the third of his truck career. Last week at Nashville, Peters led a race-high 67 laps but ended up finishing third after a lengthy pit stop late in that event. MiamiHerald.com
“People want to win here because it’s close to the Brickyard,” he said. “It means something.”
“Timothy definitely did a good job conserving his tires,” said Buescher, who narrowly missed out on his first career win. “It was hard not to race him, but once he caught me, he caught me.”
David Starr finished third. Rookie Miguel Paludo finished fourth and Ron Hornaday Jr. rounded out the top five.
Peters might be the owner of the last trophy for NASCAR’s truck series at Lucas Oil Raceway. NASCAR announced earlier in July that the Nationwide Series and truck series would not be returning to the track in 2012, placing NASCAR’s future at the track in doubt.
“I hope that they bring the trucks back here and I hope that I’m not the last winner here, but if they do take it away, then I can look back one day and say I won the last race there,” Peters said. Indianapolis Star
Rounding out the top 10 were Matt Crafton, rookies Joey Coulter and Cole Whitt, pole-sitter Austin Dillon and Ross Chastain, who was making his first start.
Points leader Johnny Sauter also suffered a cut tire, but he finished 23rd. He also damaged a track bar. Before those troubles, Sauter, who started the race leading the standings by 18 points on Dillon, had led 44 laps and appeared to be the driver to beat.
Dillon led 36 laps and closed to four points of Sauter. He also closed in on a post-race confrontation with Todd Bodine. The two tangled late in the race, and Dillon didn’t like it. He blocked Bodine’s way on pit road after the cool-down laps.
Bodine, who finished 12th, took the blame for the incident and apologized.
“I thought I was clear [of Dillon],” Bodine said. “Austin is the last person in the world I would do that to.” NASCAR.com
Click Here to Read More:
NASCAR Truck Series: AAA Insurance 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway - Race Results
| 
|