Timothy Peters wins Saturday's Truck Series race at Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) Timothy Peters picked up his first NASCAR Truck Series victory of the season Saturday by holding off the field on a two-lap sprint to the finish at Talladega Superspeedway.
Peters ended a 22-race winless drought with the win for Red Horse Racing.
It was his eighth career victory, but first at Talladega and first since last season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Peters led a race-high 31 laps.
A spin by Norm Benning brought out a caution with six laps remaining, and set up the final two-lap dash.
Tayler Malsam finished a career-best second and Spencer Gallagher was a career-best third.
Tyler Reddick was fourth, followed by Ryan Blaney, Erik Jones and Chris Fontaine.
Matt Crafton remained the points leader with four races remaining. He has a 16-point lead over Blaney.
| Pos. | No. | Driver |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | Timothy Peters |
| 2 | 32 | Tayler Malsam |
| 3 | 23 | Spencer Gallagher |
| 4 | 19 | Tyler Reddick # |
| 5 | 29 | Ryan Blaney |
| 6 | 51 | Erik Jones |
| 7 | 84 | Chris Fontaine |
| 8 | 5 | John Wes Townley |
| 9 | 54 | Darrell Wallace Jr. |
| 10 | 8 | Joe Nemechek |
| 11 | 20 | Brennan Newberry |
| 12 | 99 | Bryan Silas |
| 13 | 88 | Matt Crafton |
| 14 | 21 | Joey Coulter |
| 15 | 35 | Daniel Suarez(i) |
| 16 | 13 | Jeb Burton |
| 17 | 2 | Tyler Young # |
| 18 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb |
| 19 | 7 | Korbin Forrister |
| 20 | 68 | Clay Greenfield |
| 21 | 6 | Norm Benning |
| 22 | 63 | Scott Stenzel |
| 23 | 28 | Ryan Ellis(i) |
| 24 | 3 | Michael Affarano |
| 25 | 1 | Milka Duno(i) |
| 26 | 50 | Derek White |
| 27 | 5 | Cody Ware(i) |
| 28 | 31 | Ben Kennedy # |
| 29 | 77 | German Quiroga |
| 30 | 8 | Jimmy Weller # |
| 31 | 98 | Johnny Sauter |
| 32 | 15 | Mason Mingus # |
| 33 | 39 | Ryan Sieg(i) |
| 34 | 9 | Ron Hornaday Jr. |
| 35 | 36 | Justin Jennings |
| 36 | 74 | Mike Harmon(i) |
# = rookie, (i) = not eligible for points