Timothy Peters Tops NASCAR Truck Qualifying

Timothy Peters

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Timothy Peters captured the pole for Friday nights North Carolina Education Lottery 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Peters turned a lap of 30.474 seconds (177.200 mph) to beat out Clint Bowyer and Austin Dillon for his fourth career truck series pole and best ever start at the 1.5-mile quad oval.

Brad Sweet and James Buescher rounded out the top five qualifiers. Former Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen qualified for his first career NASCAR Series event in 31st.

59-year old Norm Benning was the only driver to miss the field. Pete McCole/AR1.com