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For the American human rights activist, see Tim A. Peters.
Timothy Peters
Peters at Talladega Superspeedway in 2018
BornTimothy Jason Peters
(1980-08-29) August 29, 1980 (age 44)
Danville, Virginia, U.S.
Achievements2017 Virginia Late Model Triple Crown Series Champion
2003 Myrtle Beach 400 Winner
2005, 2017 ValleyStar Credit Union 300 Winner
2015 Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown Winner
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2018 position62nd
Best finish62nd (2018)
First race2018 GEICO 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
8 races run over 2 years
2007 position62nd
Best finish62nd (2007)
First race2006 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
Last race2007 Meijer 300 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
258 races run over 17 years
2021 position32nd
Best finish2nd (2012)
First race2005 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race2021 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte)
First win2009 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last win2018 Fr8Auctions 250 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
11 129 8
Statistics current as of December 30, 2021.

Timothy Jason Peters (born August 29, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 25 Chevrolet Silverado for Rackley WAR. He was a member of the Bobby Hamilton Racing and Richard Childress Racing driver development programs. Peters is a veteran of NASCAR's Truck Series, having driven for the defunct Red Horse Racing team full-time for eight years.

Racing career

He began his NASCAR career in 2005 in what was then the Craftsman Truck Series. He had two top-10 finishes in 16 events in the No. 4 Bailey's Cigarettes Dodge for Bobby Hamilton Racing. In 2006, he returned to the same truck during most of the year, earning one top-ten at Milwaukee. However, Peters left the team in early September and joined Richard Childress Racing, where he was to share their No. 21 AutoZone Chevy with Kevin Harvick in the Busch Series in 2007, before he was released after making six starts. He made two starts that season in the Truck Series, driving the No. 46 for Morgan-Dollar Motorsports, and had a ninth-place finish at Martinsville.[1]

After making another start at Martinsville for Morgan-Dollar in 2008, he began driving the No. 17 for Premier Racing, a team that he co-owned. He and Premier ran a limited schedule in 2008 with a tenth-place run at Martinsville and was scheduled to run full-time in 2009.[2] Peters scored two consecutive top-tens at Daytona and California, putting his team fourth in owners points. After Texas, Peters took both his sponsor and crew chief and joined Red Horse Racing for the remainder of the 2009 season.[3] Peters won his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on October 24, 2009, for Red Horse Racing at Martinsville Speedway, after pitting on lap 34 and making the distance. He came close of winning the last race at Homestead, but lost the lead with two laps to go, as Kevin Harvick won the race.

In 2010, Peters returned to Red Horse for the full season in the No. 17, and started the year off with a win the season-opener at Daytona after passing Todd Bodine on the last lap.[4]

For 2011, Peters returned to RHR, and scored 12 top-10 finishes, as well as his third career win at the final race at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. Peters would finish 2011 5th in points.

For 2012, Peters won his first race of the season at Iowa and would later follow that up with a flag to flag victory at Bristol.[5]

Peters at Rockingham in 2013

For 2013, Peters won his first race of the season at Iowa while Erik Jones finished 2nd and would later follow that up with a victory at Las Vegas while Johnny Sauter finished 2nd.

In 2014, Peters passed Kyle Busch with 5 laps to go in the NextEra Energy Resources 250. However, Busch would beat Peters dramatically by 0.017 to win the race leading the 2010 Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega as the closest truck finish. Peters ran in the top five early at Iowa in July 2014, but got into an accident with Ron Hornaday Jr. In reply to Hornaday shoving Peters into the outside wall, Peters retaliated and spun Hornaday 2 laps after the previous collision. For his actions, NASCAR parked him for the rest of the race, though Peters was too damaged to continue so his parking made no difference in Peters' final result. Peters finished 31st.

For 2015, Peters got 2 wins, he won from the pole at Talladega for the Fred's 250 and got back to back victories, because he also won the previous year, and would follow up with another win at a wreck filled Phoenix race, the Lucas Oil 150, getting his 10th Truck career win, after Championship contenders Matt Crafton and Erik Jones wrecked while battling for the lead.

2016 saw the first winless season of Peters' full-time truck career, but nonetheless he qualified for the final round of the inaugural Truck chase and finished fourth in the standings.

Peters at Martinsville in April 2017, which was one of his final starts for Red Horse Racing

In 2017, after a normal start to the year, on May 22 after the Charlotte race, Red Horse Racing closed down due to lack of sponsorship, an issue that had affected the team for years. This left Peters and teammate Brett Moffitt without rides. At the time of the team's shutdown, Peters was sixth in points.[6] He drove a single race for MDM Motorsports at Texas Motor Speedway in his last start to date. Out of turn 4 on the second to last lap of the race, Austin Wayne Self got loose and hit the wall. Self then came back down and hit Peters causing him to spin into the grass. The front end dug into the grass and got lifted up in the air. The truck then spun 180 degrees, and the front of the truck came down. This caused the truck to launch 10-20 feet in the air and land on its roof. The truck slid for hundreds of feet and didn't flip back over. He was okay after the crash and finished 13th.[7] Peters drove two races for Young's Motorsports, Las Vegas with an 11th-place finish, and Homestead with a 10th-place finish.

For the 2018 season, Peters joined RBR Enterprises at Martinsville, finishing seventh.[8] He and the team attempted Charlotte too, but rain ended up canceling qualifying, which sent the team home. It was the first time in his career he failed to qualify for a race. In April 2018, he made his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut at Talladega, driving the No. 92 Advance Auto Parts / BB&T Ford Fusion for RBR.[9] Peters and the team came back to Daytona in the summer, but failed to qualify. In late August, he began racing for GMS Racing in the truck series, occupying the No. 25 entry for the team due to the release of Dalton Sargeant. Peters won the Talladega race after avoiding a last lap crash involving Noah Gragson.

In 2019, Peters signed with Niece Motorsports to run the Truck Series' first three races in their No. 44 Chevrolet Silverado.[10] He would also return to the No. 92 RBR truck for two races at Charlotte and Bristol, but he failed to qualify for both. The other race he ran that year was Talladega in the NEMCO Motorsports No. 87, attempting to defend his win from the prior year.

In 2020, Peters was without a ride all year until he got the call to substitute for Stewart Friesen in his No. 52 Toyota at Kansas in October. When the race was moved from Friday to Saturday of that weekend just weeks before, Friesen had already committed to run the Short Track Super Series Speed Showcase 200 dirt race, and because he was not in the Truck Series playoffs, decided to skip the Truck race. The team had previously announced Christopher Bell as Friesen's substitute, unaware that he was ineligible to compete due to Cup Series drivers being ineligible to run any Truck Series playoff races, which led to Peters getting the ride for that race.[11]

In January 2021, it was announced that Peters would drive for Rackley WAR in the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.[12] He departed the team in June after ten races; at the time, Peters was 21st in points with two top-twenty finishes.[13]

Personal life

Peters married his longtime girlfriend, Sara Haskins Peters, on May 19, 2007. They have two children, a son named Brantley, born in 2012 and Macie, born in 2015.[14]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

Monster Energy Cup Series

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 MENCC Pts Ref
2018 RBR Enterprises 92 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL
23 		DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY
DNQ 		KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 62nd 01 [15]

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NBSC Pts Ref
2006 Richard Childress Racing 29 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
13 		TEX PHO HOM 105th 124 [16]
2007 21 DAY CAL
17 		MXC LVS ATL BRI
25 		NSH
32 		TEX
41 		PHO
13 		TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH
20 		KEN
17 		MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 62nd 646 [17]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCWTC Pts Ref
2005 Bobby Hamilton Racing 4 Dodge DAY CAL ATL MAR
18 		GTY
16 		MFD CLT
32 		DOV
6 		TEX
32 		MCH
25 		MLW KAN KEN
28 		MEM
18 		IRP
28 		NSH
33 		BRI
19 		RCH
29 		NHA LVS
26 		MAR
8 		ATL
18 		TEX PHO HOM
15 		28th 1568 [18]
2006 DAY
12 		CAL
24 		ATL
33 		MAR
35 		GTY
32 		CLT
23 		MFD
11 		DOV
14 		TEX
20 		MLW
6 		KAN
19 		KEN
25 		MEM
12 		IRP
15 		NSH
19 		BRI
33 		NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 27th 1762 [19]
04 MCH
35
2007 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 46 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR
9 		KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI
36 		GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 74th 193 [20]
2008 Premier Racing 47 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR
19 		KAN 36th 743 [21]
17 Dodge CLT
25 		MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN
19 		IRP NSH
15 		BRI
30 		GTW NHA
23 		LVS TAL MAR
10 		ATL TEX PHO
Toyota HOM
15
2009 DAY
6 		CAL
9 		ATL
15 		MAR
22 		KAN
24 		CLT
31 		DOV
17 		TEX
12 		8th 3289 [22]
Red Horse Racing MCH
8 		MLW
18 		MEM
7 		KEN
4 		IRP
17 		NSH
4 		BRI
10 		CHI
9 		IOW
8 		GTW
7 		NHA
19 		LVS
5 		TAL
11 		TEX
19 		PHO
16 		HOM
4
1 MAR
1*
2010 17 DAY
1 		ATL
7 		MAR
4 		NSH
4 		KAN
23 		DOV
25 		CLT
10 		TEX
7 		MCH
6 		IOW
27 		GTY
6 		IRP
10 		POC
8 		NSH
4 		DAR
2 		BRI
8 		CHI
21 		KEN
6 		NHA
6 		LVS
26 		MAR
34 		TAL
7 		TEX
12 		PHO
13 		HOM
17 		6th 3343 [23]
2011 DAY
11 		PHO
12 		DAR
6 		MAR
5 		NSH
3 		DOV
17 		CLT
32 		KAN
14 		TEX
20 		KEN
16 		IOW
11 		NSH
3 		IRP
1 		POC
10 		MCH
2 		BRI
5 		ATL
16 		CHI
17 		NHA
9 		KEN
17 		LVS
3 		TAL
23 		MAR
8 		TEX
11 		HOM
8 		5th 832 [24]
2012 DAY
2 		MAR
5 		CAR
5 		KAN
2 		CLT
9 		DOV
9 		TEX
11 		KEN
5 		IOW
1* 		CHI
3 		POC
22 		MCH
13 		BRI
1* 		ATL
13 		IOW
19 		KEN
21 		LVS
8 		TAL
5 		MAR
7 		TEX
10 		PHO
4 		HOM
8 		2nd 802 [25]
2013 DAY
27 		MAR
4 		CAR
26 		KAN
10 		CLT
26 		DOV
6 		TEX
14 		KEN
6 		IOW
1 		ELD
6 		POC
14 		MCH
6 		BRI
2* 		MSP
8 		IOW
12 		CHI
27 		LVS
1 		TAL
29 		MAR
26 		TEX
16 		PHO
16 		HOM
9 		10th 683 [26]
2014 DAY
2 		MAR
6 		KAN
14 		CLT
5 		DOV
10 		TEX
24 		GTW
3 		KEN
4 		IOW
31 		ELD
16 		POC
12 		MCH
7 		BRI
26 		MSP
10 		CHI
17 		NHA
11 		LVS
4 		TAL
1* 		MAR
2 		TEX
3 		PHO
19 		HOM
3 		5th 746 [27]
2015 DAY
24 		ATL
9 		MAR
18 		KAN
4 		CLT
7 		DOV
20 		TEX
21 		GTW
6 		IOW
6 		KEN
5 		ELD
23 		POC
7 		MCH
8 		BRI
12 		MSP
22 		CHI
3 		NHA
4 		LVS
2 		TAL
1 		MAR
6 		TEX
6 		PHO
1 		HOM
5 		5th 804 [28]
2016 DAY
15 		ATL
3 		MAR
5 		KAN
8 		DOV
14 		CLT
7 		TEX
6 		IOW
11 		GTW
10 		KEN
9 		ELD
27 		POC
4 		BRI
13 		MCH
2* 		MSP
18 		CHI
8 		NHA
5 		LVS
9 		TAL
3 		MAR
5 		TEX
14 		PHO
5 		HOM
9 		4th 4024 [29]
2017 DAY
17 		ATL
9 		MAR
8 		KAN
13 		CLT
5 		DOV 21st 252 [30]
MDM Motorsports 99 Chevy TEX
13 		GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA
Young's Motorsports 02 Chevy LVS
11 		TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM
10
2018 RBR Enterprises 92 Ford DAY ATL LVS MAR
7 		DOV KAN CLT
DNQ 		TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI
DNQ 		28th 161 [31]
GMS Racing 25 Chevy MSP
4 		LVS
19 		TAL
1
23 MAR
10 		TEX PHO HOM
2019 Niece Motorsports 44 Chevy DAY
7 		ATL
10 		LVS
12 		MAR TEX DOV KAN 35th 98 [32]
RBR Enterprises 92 Ford CLT
DNQ 		TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRI
DNQ 		MSP LVS
NEMCO Motorsports 87 Chevy TAL
23 		MAR PHO HOM
2020 Halmar Friesen Racing 52 Toyota DAY LVS CLT ATL HOM POC KEN TEX KAN KAN MCH DRC DOV GTW DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL KAN
7 		TEX MAR PHO 53rd 30 [33]
2021 Rackley WAR 25 Chevy DAY
26 		DRC
24 		LVS
16 		ATL
30 		BRD
30 		RCH
22 		KAN
21 		DAR
19 		COA
32 		CLT
38 		TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 32nd 119 [34]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ARMC Pts Ref
2006 Richard Childress Racing 31 Chevy DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL
17 		IOW 121st 145 [35]
2007 DAY
6 		USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 107th 200 [36]

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