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[/media-credit]Timothy Peters
No. 7 Tire Kingdom/Service Central Toyota Tundra
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race 5 of 22
Charlotte Motor Speedway – N.C. Education Lottery 200
POINT’S LEADER: Timothy Peters enters the N.C. Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday night as the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points leader. Peters has took the points lead after a fifth-place finish at Rockingham Speedway two races ago, from teammate John King. In four starts this season, Peters has not finished outside the top-five, collecting two second-place and two fifth-place finishes.
SERVICE CENTRAL BACK ON BOARD: TBC Retail Group is back on Red Horse Racing’s No. 17 Toyota Tundra this weekend at Charlotte. The family of automotive retail brands will be displayed once again with their famed red, white and blue Service Central Racing colors with retail brand NTB (National Tire and Battery) as primary sponsor. TBC Retail Group also served as primary sponsor at Daytona International Speedway in February. Look for the group to be back on board for additional races in the 2012 Truck Series schedule.
Fans are encouraged to look for special offers on Facebook and Twitter from all the TBC Retail Group Brands which include: Service Central, Tire Kingdom, National Tire and Battery (NTB), Merchant’s Tire and Auto (Merchant’s) and Big O Tires.
CHASSIS HISTORY: Peters and the No. 17 Tire Kingdom/Service Central team will hit the track at Charlotte Motor Speedway with Chassis No. 065.This is a newly rebuilt chassis that previously saw action at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway all during the 2011 season with driver Miguel Paludo.
COME OUT AND SEE PETERS: Peters, alongside teammates Todd Bodine and John King will visit the Camping World in Statesville, N.C. at noon on Thursday, May 20th to sign autographs for the stores annual Grill Fest Event. The event runs from 11:00-1:00 p.m. and includes free lunch to all those attending. The trio will then head to Walmart Supercenter on Thunder Road in Concord, N.C. for an autograph session at 2:00 p.m. in an effort to promote the Truck Series race on Friday evening. You can also catch the drivers Friday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. for autographs at the Toyota Pitpass in the Midway at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
VISIT PIT: Performance Instruction and Training (PIT) is a state of the art pit-crew training facility that Red Horse Racing owners Tom DeLoach and Jeff Hammond started operating in 2004. The Mooresville, N.C. organization will host their third annual open house on Tuesday, May 22 from 6-9 p.m. The open house will feature an autograph session with Timothy Peters, John King and Jeff Hammond, live pit-stop demonstrations on the half hour and a Red Horse Racing race-used sheet metal give away. For more information on PIT and its training programs, go to VISITPit.com.
PREVIOUS RACE RECAP: Peters entered the SFP 250 with the Truck Series point’s lead and maintained his lead after a second-place finish at Kansas Speedway on April 21. The No. 17 Strutmasters.com Toyota Tundra started in the 10th-place and was a top-five contender for the majority of the 167-lap event. Peters currently holds a four point advantage over second place.
Timothy Peters talks about Charlotte Motor Speedway:
How does it feel to have carried over the momentum into the 2012 season and have four top-five finishes in the first four races?
“It feels great being in the position that we are right now. Heading into our backyard at Charlotte, we’re really excited. As the point’s leader, we need to keep executing each and every week when we get to the track. It all goes back to how I race people, and making sure I know how to race and when to race them. If we take care of that hopefully it will get us that win. It would be nice to be this week at Charlotte.”
What will it take to for you and the No. 17 team to sustain the points lead?
“It starts with me doing my job during the practice sessions and being able to provide Butch (Hylton) with information. This whole year we have been fairly close to where we need to be when we unload. If we keep doing that, keep top fiving them and finishing consistently, hopefully that win will come.”
MEDIA ACCESS: Members of the media can now follow Red Horse Racing and its drivers on Twitter and Facebook. Twitter: @RedHorseRacing, @JohnKingRacing, @Team_Onion, @TimothyPeters17; Faceook: Red Horse Racing. For more information, contact Katey Hawbaker at khawbaker@redhorseracing.com or (704) 662-0039.
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About TBC Retail Group
Headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida, TBC Retail Group, Inc., a subsidiary of TBC Corporation, operates more than 800 tire and automotive service centers under the brands: Tire Kingdom, NTB – National Tire and Battery, and Merchant’s Tire and Auto Centers, along with over 400 franchised Big O Tires locations. The contingent of over 1200 stores has trained and certified ASE technicians who use state-of-the-art equipment to provide quality service on cars and trucks. The nationwide warranty provides peace of mind while it protects consumers and their investment in over 40 states. TBC Retail Group employs more than 300 associates at its Juno Beach, Fla. headquarters and approximately 10,000 associates nationally. To locate a store near you, call 800-NEW-TIRE. TBC Corporation, headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, is one of the nation’s largest marketers of automotive replacement tires through a multi-channel retail and wholesale strategy.
About Red Horse Racing: Founded in 2005 by former Mobil Corporation executive Tom DeLoach and NASCAR veteran Jeff Hammond, Red Horse Racing aims to be a professional racing team that strives for excellence on and off the race track. Red Horse Racing hopes to build and maintain solid, mutual relationships with its partners to win races and championships and to represent itself in a professional manner. The team has four victories and five poles in its brief existence. DeLoach and Hammond also own Performance Instruction Training (PIT), the number one pit crew training center in the world that also has many corporate training options that include team-building, lean manufacturing, motorsports demonstrations and more.
Quick Facts
Timothy Peters
Charlotte Motor Speedway Truck Series Statistics
Starts: 6 Poles: 1 (2011) Top 10: 1 Laps Led: 30 Average Start: 13.0 Average Finish: 25.5
Race Info
May 18, 2012
Charlotte Motor Speedway
1.5-mile Quad-Oval
N.C. Education Lottery 200
134 Laps, 201 Miles
Broadcast Info
TV: SPEED will broadcast live at 7:30 p.m. ET
Radio: The Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will broadcast live at 7:45 p.m. ET
Truck Specs
Chassis: 065
Engine: Joe Gibbs Racing Engine
