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NASCAR Camping World Trucks Series
TRUCKS: Peters Wins At Daytona
Timothy Peters captured the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona...
Tom Jensen  |  Posted February 13, 2010   Daytona Beach, FL

Timothy Peters, driver of the #17 K&N Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Nextera Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway. (Photo: Getty Images)

Timothy Peters won an accident-marred NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway, as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series opened its season on a wild note.

RESULTS: NextEra Energy Resources 250

NCWTS DRIVER POINTS: NextEra Energy Resources 250

NCWTS OWNER POINTS NextEra Energy Resources 250

Peters muscled his No. 17 K&N-sponsored Toyota Tundra into Todd Bodine on the backstretch of the last lap, forcing Bodine's Germain Racing Toyota high, as Peters took the lead. From there, Peters held on to beat Bodine to the line by 0.069 seconds, with Dennis Setzer third, followed by Jason White and Matt Crafton.

It was the second career NCWTS victory for Peters, as the top 10 trucks all finished within half a second of the winner.

The finish was a dramatic conclusion to a messy race.

White's GunBroker.com-sponsored SS Green Light Racing Ford F-150 started the race from the pole, flanked by the Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet of Elliott Sadler. But on the opening lap of the race, there was a massive backstretch pileup that snared the trucks of Kyle Busch, Ted Musgrave, Austin Dillon, Jennifer Jo Cobb, Landon Cassill, Justin Lofton, Dennis Setzer, David Starr and Johnny Sauter.

The incident started when 19-year-old Dillon went three-wide in the backstretch, got loose and made contact with Aric Almirola in the low lane. Dillon then turned hard right and went up into the outside wall, leaving a bunch of trucks wadded up in his wake behind him. It was not a good way to start the season for Dillon and the black No. 3 owned by his grandfather, Richard Childress.

“It's very dejecting,” said Dillon. “We wanted to go out there and run well … not a good start to the season for the Bass Pro Shops Chevy.”

Nor was it a good start for Busch in his first race as a Truck Series owner. Busch, who had a one-race sponsor deal with Heluva Good! For Daytona, saw the front suspension of his Toyota Tundra heavily damaged, forcing him to the garage.

The race restarted on Lap 9, with Sadler out front ahead of Ricky Carmichael, Ron Hornaday Jr., White and Tayler Malsam.

The leaders pitted after the second caution, which flew on Lap 20, when Bryan Silas crashed on the backstretch.

The race restarted on Lap 25, Sadler leading White, Hornaday, Bodine and Carmichael. On Lap 32, there was another huge backstretch pileup, as Sadler, Carmichael, Musgrave, Donny Lia, Hornaday, Malsam, Rick Crawford and others crashed after Hornaday was tapped from behind by Carmichael.


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