Peters holds on for Truck Series victory in wild race at Talladega

TALLADEGA, AL - Holding off all challengers in a race that went four-wide on the final two laps, Timothy Peters won the Fred's 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway.<br /> <br /> Peters arrived at the finish line .143 seconds ahead of second-place starter and finisher Tayler Malsam. Spencer Gallagher ran third, followed by Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney, who trimmed 13th-place finisher Matt Crafton's lead in the series standings to 17 points with four races left in the season.<br /> <br /> The victory was Peters' first of the season, his first at Talladega and the eighth of his career.<br /> <br /> After ducking onto the apron to ensure a strong flow to the fuel pickup in his No. 17 Toyota, Peters, who had charged forward from the 26th starting position, led the field to a green-white-checkered-flag finish on lap 94 of 95, after Norm Benning's spin in turn 2 slowed the field for the sixth time.<br /> <br /> With a strong push from Malsam, Peters hugged the inside line into turn 1 with Ryan Blaney to his outside. As the field spread out over the final two laps to three-wide and even four-wide, Peters doggedly held the lead and took the checkered flag with Malsam in his tow.<br /> <br /> "Chris Lambert, who spots for me, did a great job from the time the green flag fell till the checkered flag waved," Peters said. "It was system overload, telling me everything, how far apart they were in front of me, how close the guy behind me was, what run was coming on the outside coming to the checkered flag