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Timothy Peters Wins for the First Time

Timothy Peters scored his first victory in 64 starts in the Camping World Truck Series on Saturday afternoon at Martinsville. The Red Horse Racing Safety-Kleen sponsored driver is from near by Danville, VA so this win carried a huge payoff in front of his home town crowd. Safety-Kleen's Todd Bodine came home in second in the race that was delayed due to rain at the Virginia track. Colin Braun ran third, followed by series points leader and Safety-Kleen driver Ron Hornaday. Kevin Harvick, who lost two laps after pitting under green on Lap 64 because of a flat tire, rallied back to finish fifth. Harvick was on a tear and looked like he could have made it back to the point, but ran out of laps. Hornaday extended his series lead on ninth-place finisher Matt Crafton to 224 points. Mike Skinner, third in the standings, was caught up in a wreck on Lap 168. He finished 23rd and dropped 326 points behind Hornaday. The Trucks follow the Sprint cup teams to Talladega next Saturday for a race that should be wild on the big track in Alabama.