Mother Nature cooperated long enough on Saturday for Timothy Peters to break through, collecting his first career win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on his home track, Martinsville Speedway.
Peters made his lone pit stop on Lap 33, making two stops for tires and fuel. Then led the final 84 laps to beat Todd Bodine by 1.716 seconds for the win a mere 15 minutes from home.
Mike Skinner in the No. 5 PC Miler Navigator Toyota started on the pole, it was his third pole of the season and his 50th career pole.
Ron Hornaday Jr. in the VFW Chevrolet started from the outside pole position and it's his seventh start this season from the front row.
Kevin Harvick in the No. 4 Bounty Chevrolet started third, Denny Hamlin in the No. 51 Miccosukee Resorts/Graceway Pharmaceutical Toyota started fourth and Brian Scott in the No. 16 Albertson's Toyota started fifth.
The race start was delayed by 90 minutes, for the track to be dried after it rained all morning.
At race time, it was 69 degrees, and cloudy. 36 trucks started the race and the pit window is 140-150 laps. Will a team use pit strategy, make one stop for just fuel or tires.
From the drop of the green, you had three-wide action on back through the field and a great start by a couple of veterans.
Skinner takes the green flag, but Hornaday on the high-side would get the lead by a nose coming out of turn two and be leading by a truck length coming back to the stripe.
By Lap Five, Hornaday would have a three truck length lead over Skinner in second. Scott running in fifth, would pass Hamlin for fourth on the low-side.
On Lap Eight, Hornaday leads by 0.755 seconds over Skinner in second. Matt Crafton in the No. 88 Menard's Chevrolet started the race in 22nd and has worked his way up to 16th.
By Lap 10, Hornaday leads by 0.843 seconds over Skinner in second and has caught the tail end of the field.
On Lap 12, Peyton Sellers in the No. 17 Danville Ready Mix/SPF Toyota would lose a left rear tire, but would make it to pit road, get new left side tires and loses two laps on pit road.
On Lap 16, Hornaday leads by a second now over Skinner in second, but the best racing was Stacy Compton in the No. 60 SafeAuto Insurance Toyota in seventh and Johnny Sauter in the No. 13 Fun Sand/Rodney Atkins/Curb Records Chevrolet in eighth.
On Lap 17, Sauter with drafting help from David Starr in the No. 24 Zachry Toyota would pass Compton for the position.
By Lap 19, Hornaday still leads, the best racing was Scott in fourth and Hamlin in fifth. As the last couple of laps, the two have been battling it out, Scott has been able to just stay in front of Hamlin and block him from being able to pass.
Harvick would also pass Skinner for second.
After 22 Laps, the top five was; Hornaday leading, Harvick second, Skinner third, Scott fourth and Hamlin fifth.
By Lap 31, Hornaday leads by 1.871 seconds over Harvick in second and he's lapped the field up to 27th position.
The first caution flag came out on Lap 33, for Burt Myers in the No. 07 Wyatt Winstead Foundation Chevrolet would get loose, spinning and backing into the wall.
Under this caution, Hermie Sadler in the No. 48 Virginia Lottery Chevrolet was the Aaron's Lucky Dog Award winner.
On Lap 35, Pit road would open, but the leader Hornaday, Harvick in second and Skinner in third stayed out and everyone else pits making one or two stops.
After pit stops, the top five was; Hornaday leading, Harvick second, Skinner third, Hamlin fourth and Max Papis in the No. 9 Geico Toyota was fifth.
On the Lap 39 restart, Hornaday would take the green get a great start on Harvick pulling away by several truck lengths.
On Lap 42, Hornaday would lead by 0.323 seconds over Harvick in second.
The best racing was Hamlin in fourth and Bodine in fifth are battling for those respective position and have the lapped truck of Chris Fontaine in the No. 84 Glenden Enterprises Chevrolet to contend with.
On Lap 45, Crafton made a late stop for fuel under the last caution, he just got out in front of the leaders and has caught up to the back of the field.
After 50 Laps, the top five was; Hornaday leading by 0.495 seconds, Harvick second, Skinner third, Hamlin fourth and Bodine fifth.
The second caution flag comes out on Lap 54, for Hermie Sadler gets pinched into the wall after contact with Rob Fuller in the No. 71 Draco Springs Chevrolet.
On Lap 56, the pits open Hornaday the leader, Harvick second and Skinner third, pit this time making the first of two stops and a few others also pit.
On Lap 57, NASCAR lets Hornaday, Harvick, and Skinner know they were speeding coming onto to pit road for their first stop. All three make a second stop for fuel and adjustments.
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