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🇺🇸 Timothy Peters

Racing driver from United States. NASCAR Truck, Young's Motorsports.
Driver facts
Full name
Timothy Peters
Born
29 August 1980(b. 1980)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Young's Motorsports
Series
NASCAR Truck
Status
Retired
Career wins
8
Career podiums
22
Career starts
149
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
4,645
Timothy Peters
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,645
Rank 1644 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Timothy Peters is a racing driver from United States who last raced in NASCAR Truck for Young's Motorsports. Peters has recorded 8 wins and 22 podiums from 149 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,645 ranks Peters 1644th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2021 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2021-05-29NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at CharlotteNASCAR TruckP38−177
2021-05-22NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Circuit of the AmericasNASCAR TruckP32−139
2021-05-07NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at DarlingtonNASCAR TruckP19−32
2021-05-01NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at KansasNASCAR TruckP21−37
2021-04-17NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at RichmondNASCAR TruckP22−54
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+143Daytona 2012NASCAR TruckP2
+112Phoenix 2007NASCAR XfinityP13
+109Kansas 2012NASCAR TruckP2
+107Memphis 2006NASCAR XfinityP13
+103Bristol 2012NASCAR TruckP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Las Vegas6 starts+21
Homestead6 starts+18
Martinsville11 starts+17
Michigan5 starts+15
Struggles
Eldora4 starts-32
Texas12 starts-30
Mosport4 starts-23
Daytona6 starts-20
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2021▸NASCAR Truck1000000P34−9054,645
2020▸NASCAR Truck100000P27+254,645
2019▸NASCAR Truck400000P28−1835,524
2018▸NASCAR Truck511000P14+155,666
▸NASCAR Cup Series100000P32↑341−17
2017▸NASCAR TruckYoung's Motorsports800000P22−1675,708
2016▸NASCAR TruckRed Horse Racing2303010P6+615,414
2015▸NASCAR TruckRed Horse Racing2324010P4+2315,511
2014▸NASCAR TruckRed Horse Racing2216000P5+1885,031
2013▸NASCAR TruckRed Horse Racing2223000P7−2055,056
2012▸NASCAR TruckRed Horse Racing2225020P3+9435,261
2007▸NASCAR XfinityRichard Childress Racing700000P44+1364,318
2006▸NASCAR XfinityRichard Childress Racing100000P43+2,8324,182
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Peters finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Johnny Sauter4,175145608541%
🇺🇸 Matt CraftonFIA Gold4,406140538738%
🇺🇸 Norm Benning2,857105941190%
🇺🇸 John Wes Townley4,084103762774%
🇺🇸 Jennifer Jo Cobb3,0429688892%
🇺🇸 John Hunter Nemechek5,64977413653%
🇺🇸 Ben Kennedy4,49573482566%
🇺🇸 Tyler Young3,99873581579%
🇺🇸 Joey Coulter4,39366363055%
🇺🇸 Bryan Silas3,94066561085%
🇺🇸 Ryan BlaneyHigher-rated7,08359233639%
🇺🇸 Chase BriscoeHigher-rated, 1× champion6,831103730%
🇺🇸 Christopher BellFIA Silver, 2× champion6,68538142437%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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1,635🇵🇹 Paul Dalla LanaWEC4,651
1,636🇫🇷 Adrien CHILALe Mans Cup4,650
1,637🇪🇸 Celso MiguezFormula V8 3.54,650
1,638🇺🇸 Buddy RiceIMSA WeatherTech4,649
1,639🇺🇸 Joey HandIMSA WeatherTech4,649
1,640🇬🇧 Nigel MoorePrototype Cup Europe4,649
1,641🇦🇺 Gianmarco PradelGB34,648
1,642🇺🇸 Myles RoweIndy NXT4,648
1,643🇩🇪 Nico MenzelNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,646
1,644🇺🇸 Timothy PetersNASCAR Truck4,645
1,645🇧🇷 Arthur GamaStock Car Pro Series4,644
1,646🇫🇮 Atte MustonenFormula 3 Euro Series4,644
1,647🇺🇸 Brennan PooleNASCAR Xfinity4,644
1,648🇺🇸 Alec UdellEuropean Le Mans Series4,643
1,649🇬🇧 Hugo CookBritish GT Championship4,643
1,650🇨🇦 Phil FayerAsian Le Mans Series4,643
1,651🇺🇸 Bobby LabonteNASCAR Xfinity4,642
1,652🇺🇸 Brett MoffittNASCAR Truck4,642
1,653🇺🇸 Jeff PurvisNASCAR Xfinity4,642
1,654🇦🇺 Patrick HeuzenroederFormula 34,642
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Timothy Peters is a professional stock car racing driver, rated 4,696, placing him at the professional level; a driver capable of wins in strong fields and steady performance against established competitors. His career spanned four seasons from 2018 to 2021, concentrated in the NASCAR Truck Series where he started 20 times with 1 win and 1 podium finish. He also made a single NASCAR Cup Series start in 2018. Peters was a member of driver development programs at Bobby Hamilton Racing and Richard Childress Racing, indicators of investment in his potential, and drove full-time for the defunct Red Horse Racing team across eight years of Truck Series competition.[1]

Peters competed regularly against a field of established professionals and series champions. His most frequent rivals included Todd Gilliland, Austin Hill (2020 NASCAR Truck Series champion), and Ben Rhodes, though he struggled in those head-to-head contests, finishing ahead in only 6 to 8 of his 20 shared races with each. The pattern held across his other main rivals as well; against Johnny Sauter, the 2018 NASCAR Truck Series champion, Peters finished ahead 7 times but behind 13. His average finishing position across all classified starts was P18.1, reflecting consistent mid-pack performance. In isolated instances Peters beat several much stronger drivers, including Kyle Larson twice and Corey Heim once, though these results did not form part of a broader pattern of success against that calibre.[2]

Peters' sole victory came at Talladega in the 2018 season, a result that his final competitive campaign in 2021 did not replicate; he started 10 races that year without a win and finished P49 in the final standings. The driver wrapped up his career with a documented run in the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 in September 2022, bringing an eight-year tenure in NASCAR's Truck Series to a close.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
Let's Talk Racing TV Show 10/3/2012 Timothy Peters, Grant Enfinger Mario Draghi (T32JU8RraC)[1]
Mshale
14 Aug 2026
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Timothy Peters wraps up his storied career with a strong run in the ValleyStar Credit Union 300[2]
NASCAR.com
29 Sep 2022
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Timothy Peters wins as the field wrecks at Talladega | 2018 TRUCK SERIES | FOX NASCAR[3]
FOX Sports
16 Dec 2021
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