Red Horse Racing: Notes & Quotes
Event: Dover 200
Venue: Dover International Speedway
Date: May 30, 2014
Red Horse Racing at Dover International Speedway… In 15 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at Dover International Speedway, Red Horse Racing has one win (Todd Bodine, 2012), two top-five and six top-10 finishes.
2014: The Year of the (Red) Horse… Four races into the 2014 season, Red Horse Racing holds the second and third positions in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver championship point standings with drivers Timothy Peters and Germán Quiroga. The RHR teams have collectively claimed two top-five and eight top-10 finishes this season. Quiroga remains the only driver in the Camping World Truck Series to have finished in the top 10 in each of the 2014 season events.
Nine Years and Counting in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series… Following the 2005 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Clean Line Motorsports became Red Horse Racing with new ownership. Seven races later, Red Horse Racing earned both its first pole award and win at Memphis Motorsports Park with Brandon Whitt behind the wheel of the No. 38 Toyota Tundra. Since entering NCWTS competition, RHR has logged 392 starts, earning 12 wins, 75 top-five finishes, 163 top-10 finishes and 11 pole awards, with an average starting position of 13.5 and an average finishing position of 14.3.
Meet Red Horse Racing Drivers at Dover… RHR’s Timothy Peters and Germán Quiroga are scheduled to participate in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series autograph session with fellow drivers on Friday, May 30, from 2-2:45 p.m. Eastern Time in Dover International Speedway’s Fan Midway. Immediately prior to that, Peters and Quiroga will participate in a Q&A session at Dover’s hospitality suite VELOCITY.
Follow RHR on Social Media… To keep up-to-date with the latest news, information and view exclusive content, visit Red Horse Racing’s Twitter page – @RedHorseRacing and Facebook page – Facebook.com/RedHorseRacing. Also, follow the RHR NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drivers on their personal Twitter pages – @TimothyPeters17 and @gerspeed1.
Catch the Action… FOX Sports 1’s live coverage of the Dover 200 is scheduled to begin on Friday, May 30 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The race will also be broadcast on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90. Qualifying for the fifth event on the 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule will air live Friday, May 30 at 12:30 p.m. ET on FS1.
Toyota Tundra
Peters History at Dover International Speedway… Timothy Peters has seven previous starts at the Dover, Delaware race track. He has an average start of 14.0 and an average finish of 13.4, with three top-10 finishes. He qualified fourth and finished sixth in his career-first race there in 2009 with Bobby Hamilton Racing, and he earned top-10 results in his last two races at Dover International Speedway, finishing ninth in 2012 and sixth in 2013 while racing for Red Horse Racing.
Peters Media Availability at Dover… The seven-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series winner will be available for questions in Dover International Speedway’s infield media center on Thursday, May 29 at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Race Rewind: Charlotte Motor Speedway… Peters was able to hit the track in his No. 17 Toyota Tundra early on Friday, May 6, after both practice sessions were cancelled due to rain the day before. He was fast in practice, and earned a ninth-place starting position. He finished fifth after a wreck-filled race resulted in nine cautions, and came kept his second-place position in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship point standings.
A Dog Named Dover… Peters and his wife Sarah have an 8-year-old chocolate lab named Dover. Peters immediately loved the Dover, Delaware race track after qualifying fourth and finishing sixth in his first race there, and sixth NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, and decided a dog named after one of his new favorite tracks was a perfect fit.
TIMOTHY PETERS QUOTES:
On returning to “The Monster Mile”, one of his favorite tracks… “I love Dover (International Speedway) and can’t wait to go racing there. The concrete race track really suits my driving style; you have to be patiently aggressive. It should be a great race for us and for the fans.”
On the No. 17 team’s momentum and the 2014 season so far… “I think we’ve had a really good season so far. We’ve had a few unfortunate events, but we’ve never given up hope. The team has worked really hard, we’ve had some good finishes and we’ve continued to fight for the championship each week. I have no doubt that we’ll be there at the end if we just continue to work hard each week.”
Toyota Tundra
Race Rewind: Charlotte Motor Speedway… Rain was an issue once again for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams at Charlotte Motor Speedway, causing both practice sessions to be cancelled on Thursday, May 5. The No. 77 OtterBox team was left with one practice session the following day to get the Toyota Tundra race ready. Quiroga earned a 20th-place starting position and once the race started, the team was able to make adjustments and give him a Tundra with which he could compete. The Mexico native earned his fourth consecutive top-10 finish of the season, coming home ninth, and moved up to third in the championship point standings.
GERMÁN QUIROGA QUOTES:
On making NASCAR history, and moving into the top-five in series point standings… “I think we’re in a great position right now, sitting third in points, but that doesn’t mean we need to relax. We need to keep trying as hard as we can each weekend, our goal is to be sitting in that first position after Homestead (Miami Speedway), so we still have a long way to go.”
On heading to Dover International Speedway for his second career race there… “Obviously things are always better when you race at a track that you’ve already been to. We did well at Dover (International Speedway) last season, we had great speed and were good in practice and qualifying but we got too loose at the end of the race. I think it’s one of the tracks I feel comfortable at, and I’m excited to go back.”
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