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Camping World Trucks - Peters Wins In Iowa


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Tundra driver Timothy Peters (first) won his first race of the season in Saturday night's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Iowa Speedway.Peters started from the pole and led 87 laps (of 200) on the 0.875-mile track en route to his fourth-career NCWTS victory.

By virtue of his triumph, Peters extended his points lead in the NCWTS. Peters now leads second-place driver Justin Lofton by 12 points in the series standings. Peters has claimed one win in each of the last four NCWTS seasons. Tundra drivers Matt Crafton (third), Johnny Sauter (fourth) and Jason Leffler (sixth) also claimed top-10 finishes in the 175-mile race.

Other Tundra drivers in the field included Todd Bodine (12th), Ross Chastain (16th), John Wes Townley (20th), Dakoda Armstrong (27th), David Starr (28th) and Todd Shafer (32nd).

TIMOTHY PETERS, No. 17 Red Horse Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing

How was your race tonight?

"You don't get Toyota Tundras like this often and it was dominate. We sat on the pole. The testament goes to this team right here -- Butch Hylton (crew chief), all the guys back in the shop -- you work your butts off. Thank you so much. Joe Gibbs Engines -- how about that horsepower? This right here is for my dad. It will be 11 years Tuesday that I lost my dad, so this was for him. Man, I'm going to be a dad -- that's kind of scary in itself too."

How much fun was tonight's race?

"This was awesome right here. These fans are awesome -- I love coming to Iowa. We unloaded yesterday okay, but Butch (Hylton, crew chief) and all the boys made great adjustments throughout practice and got our Toyota Tundra to where we could just really run the bottom and use a whole lot of throttle. It all starts back at the shop though. Can't thank the guys back at the shop enough for what they do -- Tom DeLoach (co-owner) for giving me the opportunity back in June of '09. It's just been an awesome ride ever since. This was for my dad. Eleven years Tuesday I lost my dad. We got him a win and we did it in the top-three series in NASCAR. I'm going to be a dad. I'm leading the points. Life is good."

How important was it for you to get a win?

"Well, we were top-five and 'top-10ing' them to death. We got a little off our game at Texas and we still finished 11th, so we told the guys afterwards -- I was like, 'Keep you head up. I'm keeping mine up. If 11th is the worst we finish all year, them boys better look out.' And we knew a win was around the corner, but oh my goodness -- I'm so glad it came here."

What was your plan on the final restart?

"I was shaking in my pants. You've got the restart king (Ron Hornaday Jr.) on the outside and I'm just doing my normal deal. After Kentucky, I really went to work thinking about what can I do to better or where can I be better on restarts, because I was just so horrible there. Hornaday got in front of us, but I made sure that I was going to get back by him. Thanks Johnny Sauter -- he gave us a good push. He was going to duck under, but I threw the block on him. Nevertheless, Toyota in victory lane."

What do you attribute this win to?

"Perseverance and determination, man. You should have seen the shop. Last year at this race track here was the reset button for Butch Hylton (crew chief) and myself and we just made a notebook and got on a roll and over the off-season he implemented a lot of good stuff and our Toyota Tundras are fast."

BUTCH HYLTON, crew chief, No. 17 Red Horse Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing

Are you happy to get this win?

"Yeah, we've been really working hard trying to get a win. The driver (Timothy Peters) drove his guts out right there at the end. To beat Ron (Hornaday Jr.) who is so good on restarts, I'm so proud of him."

How tough is Ron Hornaday Jr. on restarts?

"Ron (Hornaday Jr.) used to drive for me, so I know how good he is on restarts and he didn't do very good on that last one, so it was great to see Timothy (Peters) get a good restart."