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With a Last lap pass on the backstrech, Timothy Peters takes the checkered flag to win the NextEra Energy 250 Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway.

“I can’t believe it this thing drove like a Lexus tonight,” Peters said of his No. 17 Toyota Tundra. “We just won Daytona! I was just content where I was at, but the No. 23  Jason White came up and gave me a great run.

“I can’t believe it  I’m going to Disney World!”

Peters’ only previous win in the series came at .526-mile Martinsville Speedway.

“You’re a sitting duck leading,” Bodine said disappointingly . “I saw the replay when I was sitting down there in the mud”, spinning after the checkered flag flew . “Timmy did what he had to do.”

“We’re disappointed. There’s no doubt about it. But second’s nothing to sneeze at.”

Two separate crashes on the pace laps, before the race had started promised an action-filled evening, and, indeed, before the race was a lap old, Aric Almirola took the field three-wide in Turn 3. Austin Dillon, making his first superspeedway start, broke loose between trucks and ignited a nine-truck collision that damaged the trucks of Kyle Busch and Landon Cassill, among others.

“I really don’t know what was happening,” Dillon said after exiting the infield care center. “I was sucking up to Jason White and someone got under me. Just looked like they weren’t being very patient there to start. Just caught in the middle and got banged around there a few times and tried to save it — just nothing I could do there.”

Hornaday was the victim of a 10-truck wreck after a bump from Ricky Carmichael turned him into the outside wall at the end of the backstretch on Lap 32. The same wreck ruined the winning chances of front-row starter Elliott Sadler. Skinner’s race ended early after a tap from Peters launched him into the Turn 3 wall on Lap 62.

All you can day is what a exciting race  it was action packed from start to finish. Just would have like to see the outside lane be able to pull up in the draft at the end.

It was too bad for Austin Dillon in the Tracker Boats #3. It’s nice to see that famed #3 back on the track, in the hands of RCR.

Nascar .com contributed to this report.

RESULTS: NextEra Energy Resources 250

NCWTS DRIVER POINTS: NextEra Energy Resources 250

VIDEO:  TV  Peters Wins Daytona courtesy Speed

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