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Peters prevails for Late Model victory at Martinsville

By Andy Marquis-NASCARHomeTracks.com

MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Timothy Peters scored his second ValleyStar Credit Union 300 victory at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday night, holding off a late charge from Peyton Sellers.

Peters, a former series regular in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, battled with Trevor Noles throughout much of the second half of the race, swapping the lead several times and racing side-by-side. Peters finally passed Noles for the final time with 14 laps remaining, then held off Sellers’ charge to pick up the $25,000 victory and the grandfather clock.

The win was extra-satisfying for Peters given all the adversity in 2017.

“You never know what tomorrow’s going to bring,” Peters said. “I’ve learned this year, with all the adversity that has come about, that you never give up and lose your faith. It’s really special. Barry Nelson is a go-getter. He gives us the resources and shame on us if we don’t use them. We’ve tried for so long and finally now get it a second time, it only took 12 years.”

Peters won the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 previously in 2005 – the same year Sellers won the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national championship.

Sellers charged through the field late, racing his way up to second, but could not reel Peters in. Coming to the white flag, Sellers got loose, allowing Lee Pulliam to get by him on the last lap of the race.

While Sellers has never won at Martinsville, he took his third-place finish in stride after struggling throughout much of the race.

“Track position hurt us,” Sellers explained. “We had some wiring issues, voltage issues and the motor just would not go like we needed it to. What an awesome job by my team to get where we’re at. It’s satisfying with the night we had though to overcome all the adversity and not crash the car. Just very pleased to be here.”

Four-time and newly crowned Whelen All-American Series national champion Lee Pulliam finished in second – a result he was satisfied with despite winning the race on two previous occasions.

“We struggled yesterday bigtime but we made some huge changes and we had a top three car,” Pulliam stated. “We just didn’t have the track position and that really hurt us. We battled and missed the invert. We probably passed more cars than anybody here coming through there. To finish second at Martinsville, you can’t hang your head about that. Congratulations to Timothy Peters. Really proud of everybody’s hard work.”

After starting on the pole, Jake Crum ended up finishing fourth while Trevor Noles finished fifth.

NASCAR Whelen All American Series
Martinsville Speedway – Martinsville, VA
ValleyStar Credit Union 300 – Sept. 23, 2017

Pos No. Name Sponsor Laps Diff
1 12 Timothy Peters Autos by Nelson/Little Caesars 200  
2 5 Lee Pulliam Kiker Tree Service 200 1.075
3 26 Peyton Sellers Clarence’s Steakhouse/Danville Toyota 200 1.099
4 01 Jake Crum MyFreedomSmokes.com/Cherokee Undergound 200 1.999
5 2 Trevor Noles   200 2.256
6 57A Justin T. Carroll Industrial Battery & Charger Inc 200 4.089
7 27 Tommy Lemons, Jr SavingSadieRae.org 200 5.085
8 17 Stacy Puryear Marion Brothers Logging 200 6.316
9 2C Brandon Pierce Thunder Road Harley-Davidson 200 6.612
10 02 CE Falk A-1 Heating & Cooling/Worlely Machine/Blacksburg Auto 200 8.000
11 25 Derrick Lancaster Total Car & Truck Services 200 8.365
12 22D Grayson Cullather Rick Hendrick Chevy 200 8.888
13 03 Brenden Queen Atlantic Plumbing & Utilities 200 9.701
14 2B Myatt Snider Louisiana Hot Sauce 200 10.355
15 12A Austin Thaxton Fallen Trucking/Italian Delight 199 1 Lap
16 01A Phillip Morris Trailer Town USA 198 2 Laps
17 2A Dennis Holdren Blue Ridge Color/Hannabass & Rowe/Gregory’s Auto Body 198 2 Laps
18 4 Annabeth Crum KHM Racing/Liberty Buick GMC/Mt. Airy Toyota 192 8 Laps
19 15 Kres VanDyke Stallings Collision/JJ’s/GRIPP/Food City/Modern Chev 188 12 Laps
20 57 Eddie Johnson Medek Tree Service Inc 179 21 Laps
21 24 Mason Diaz United Spine Assoc of VA/Shepard Center 176 24 Laps
22 12B Nick Smith   171 29 Laps
23 88 Josh Berry The Decal Source 155 45 Laps
24 92 Casey Wyatt Christopher Newport University Women’s Basketball 154 46 Laps
25 17C Bryan Reedy Woods Transportation 154 46 Laps
26 77 Trevor Ward   153 47 Laps
27 8 Thomas Scott Draper Lumber Company 144 56 Laps
28 87 Mike Looney A-1 Heating & Cooling/Long Transport 122 78 Laps
29 16 RD Smith Smith Rentals 122 78 Laps
30 4A Tim Phipps Laurel Kia/Phipps Automotive 113 87 Laps
31 21A Travis Swaim D&L Drywall 80 120 Laps
32 22 Bobby McCarty AutosByNelson.com/State Farm 78 122 Laps
33 2D Matt Leicht Hudson Inc./Gibson Flooring 72 128 Laps
34 18A Jason York Scott’s Hardware/A. Hern Rentals/J&T Woodworks 61 139 Laps
35 50 Jamey Caudill Robert Elliott Trucking 57 143 Laps
36 77D Blake Stallings Stallings Collision Center 55 145 Laps
37 14 Ryan Repko The McClain Group 38 162 Laps
38 22C Scott Lancaster Nick Rush for Delegate/Fain Tire & Auto 32 168 Laps
39 26C Danny Edwards Danny’s Glass 24 176 Laps
40 21 Mike Darne ABC Hosiery 14 186 Laps
41 44 Justin Johnson   9 191 Laps
42 12C Ryan Wilson Moran Automotive 4 196 Laps
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