Timothy Peters

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 W.A.R.. 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 Peters began his NASCAR career in 2005 in what was then the Craftsman Truck Series. He had two top-ten finishes in sixteen 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. His best result in the series was two thirteenth place finishes. 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.

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. 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. 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 to 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.

For 2011, Peters returned to RHR and scored twelve top-ten finishes, as well as his third career win at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. Peters would finish the year fifth 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.

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

In 2014, Peters passed Kyle Busch with five 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 two 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 two 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 tenth 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.

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. He drove a single race for MDM Motorsports at Texas Motor Speedway. Out of turn four 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 thirteenth. 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. He and the team attempted Charlotte as well, 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. He finished 23rd after starting 32nd. 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. 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.

In January 2021, it was announced that Peters would drive for Rackley W.A.R. in the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. He departed the team in June after ten races; at the time, Peters was 21st in points with two top-twenty finishes. He has not competed in NASCAR since then.

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.

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 Pts Ref 2018 RBR Enterprises 92 Ford DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL23 DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAYDNQ KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 62nd 01

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 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 GTW IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM13 TEX PHO HOM 105th 124 2007 21 DAY CAL17 MXC LVS ATL BRI25 NSH32 TEX41 PHO13 TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH20 KEN17 MLW NHA DAY CHI GTW IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 62nd 646

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 Pts Ref 2005 Bobby Hamilton Racing 4 Dodge DAY CAL ATL MAR18 GTW16 MFD CLT32 DOV6 TEX32 MCH25 MLW KAN KEN28 MEM18 IRP28 NSH33 BRI19 RCH29 NHA LVS26 MAR8 ATL18 TEX PHO HOM15 28th 1568 2006 DAY12 CAL24 ATL33 MAR35 GTW32 CLT23 MFD11 DOV14 TEX20 MLW6 KAN19 KEN25 MEM12 IRP15 NSH19 BRI33 NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 27th 1762 04 MCH35 2007 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 46 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR9 KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI36 GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 74th 193 2008 Premier Racing 47 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR19 KAN 36th 743 17 Dodge CLT25 MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN19 IRP NSH15 BRI30 GTW NHA23 LVS TAL MAR10 ATL TEX PHO Toyota HOM15 2009 DAY6 CAL9 ATL15 MAR22 KAN24 CLT31 DOV17 TEX12 8th 3289 Red Horse Racing MCH8 MLW18 MEM7 KEN4 IRP17 NSH4 BRI10 CHI9 IOW8 GTW7 NHA19 LVS5 TAL11 TEX19 PHO16 HOM4 1 MAR1* 2010 17 DAY1 ATL7 MAR4 NSH4 KAN23 DOV25 CLT10 TEX7 MCH6 IOW27 GTW6 IRP10 POC8 NSH4 DAR2 BRI8 CHI21 KEN6 NHA6 LVS26 MAR34 TAL7 TEX12 PHO13 HOM17 6th 3343 2011 DAY11 PHO12 DAR6 MAR5 NSH3 DOV17 CLT32 KAN14 TEX20 KEN16 IOW11 NSH3 IRP1 POC10 MCH2 BRI5 ATL16 CHI17 NHA9 KEN17 LVS3 TAL23 MAR8 TEX11 HOM8 5th 832 2012 DAY2 MAR5 CAR5 KAN2 CLT9 DOV9 TEX11 KEN5 IOW1* CHI3 POC22 MCH13 BRI1** ATL13 IOW19 KEN21 LVS8 TAL5 MAR7 TEX10 PHO4 HOM8 2nd 802 2013 DAY27 MAR4 CAR26 KAN10 CLT26 DOV6 TEX14 KEN6 IOW1 ELD6 POC14 MCH6 BRI2* MSP8 IOW12 CHI27 LVS1 TAL29 MAR26 TEX16 PHO16 HOM9 10th 683 2014 DAY2 MAR6 KAN14 CLT5 DOV10 TEX24 GTW3 KEN4 IOW31 ELD16 POC12 MCH7 BRI26 MSP10 CHI17 NHA11 LVS4 TAL1* MAR2 TEX3 PHO19 HOM3 5th 746 2015 DAY24 ATL9 MAR18 KAN4 CLT7 DOV20 TEX21 GTW6 IOW6 KEN5 ELD23 POC7 MCH8 BRI12 MSP22 CHI3 NHA4 LVS2 TAL1 MAR6 TEX6 PHO1 HOM5 5th 804 2016 DAY15 ATL3 MAR5 KAN8 DOV14 CLT7 TEX6 IOW11 GTW10 KEN9 ELD27 POC4 BRI13 MCH2* MSP18 CHI8 NHA5 LVS9 TAL3 MAR5 TEX14 PHO5 HOM9 4th 4024 2017 DAY17 ATL9 MAR8 KAN13 CLT5 DOV 21st 252 MDM Motorsports 99 Chevy TEX13 GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA Young's Motorsports 02 Chevy LVS11 TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM10 2018 RBR Enterprises 92 Ford DAY ATL LVS MAR7 DOV KAN CLTDNQ TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRIDNQ 28th 161 GMS Racing 25 Chevy MSP4 LVS19 TAL1 23 MAR10 TEX PHO HOM 2019 Niece Motorsports 44 Chevy DAY7 ATL10 LVS12 MAR TEX DOV KAN 35th 98 RBR Enterprises 92 Ford CLTDNQ TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN POC ELD MCH BRIDNQ MSP LVS NEMCO Motorsports 87 Chevy TAL23 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 KAN7 TEX MAR PHO 53rd 30 2021 Rackley W.A.R. 25 Chevy DAY26 DRC24 LVS16 ATL30 BRD30 RCH22 KAN21 DAR19 COA32 CLT38 TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 32nd 119

Season still in progress 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 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 TAL17 IOW 121st 145 2007 DAY6 USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM TAL TOL 107th 200

CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)