Camping World Trucks: Timothy Peters took the lead when Denny Hamlin pitted on the 117th lap yesterday and won the NASCAR truck series race at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.
It is the first career victory for Peters, who lives in nearby Danville.
"It's awesome. Words can't describe what I'm feeling right now," Peters said after being doused with frigid water in Victory Lane by points leader Ron Hornaday Jr. and others.
Burt Myers and Tim Brown, two Bowman Gray Stadium regulars, finished 19th and 27th, respectively. Myers won $9,480 and Brown won $7,930. Both were driving Chevys.
Peters stopped just once in the 200-lap race, after just 33 laps, and led the final 84 laps, holding off Todd Bodine over three restarts to cruise to the win by 1.815 seconds. The biggest question at the end was whether he would have enough fuel.
In the spring, Peters was running fifth at Martinsville with eight laps remaining when he ran out of gas, and crew chief Chad Hedrick found it difficult not to fret until the end.
"I don't think I watched the last eight laps at all," Hedrick said.
The victory came in Peters' 64th career start.
"I wanted to race today really bad because I knew in race trim we had a really good truck," he said.
"The last time I've been in a Victory Lane was '05, and it was here."
That win, though, came in a late model race.
Peweters' victory was popular among his competitors.
"I'm really tickled to see Timmy win. He's a great kid," Bodine said during his post-race interview. "As soon as I leave here I'm going to go find him. I think the world of him."
Hornaday finished fourth and extended his lead to 224 points over Matt Crafton with four races remaining. Hornaday is seeking his record fourth championship in the series.
Bodine finished second, followed by Colin Braun.
Nationwide Series: Brad Keselowski held off points leader Kyle Busch on the final lap to win the Kroger 250 in a green-white-checker finish in yesterday's race at Memphis Motorsports Park.
Keselowski was leading when a caution came out with two laps to go because Stephen Wallace spun after tangling with Matt Kenseth. Wallace banged into Kenseth's car after the race and the two had words on pit road.
Keselowski held onto the lead through the overtime segment. Busch finished second and leads Carl Edwards by 215 points in the standings.
Busch was on Keselowski's rear bumper coming out of the final turn. Keselowski got loose but held on for his fourth Nationwide win of the year.
Jason Leffler finished third, while Mike Bliss and Brendan Gaughan completed the top five. Edwards was sixth.
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