2022-10-02 Timothy Peters - Racing Retirement PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION # 2022-10-02
RESOLUTION HONORING TIMOTHY PETERS
VIRGINIA: At the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors' ("Board") Business
Meeting on Tuesday, October 18, 2022,the following Resolution was presented and adopted:
WHEREAS, local native, Timothy Peters ("Peters"), is an American professional stock
car racing driver and after thirty-four(34)years of racing,he has decided to retire; and
WHEREAS, Peters began when he was eight (8) years old racing go-karts, and he won
ten(10) World Karting Association National Titles; and
WHEREAS, he quickly moved up the ranks through Legends cars, winning numerous
races, and then moved up to Late Model Stock Car Racing, wherein he won the Orange County
Speedway Track Championships in 2002 and 2003, and also won the South Boston Speedway
Track Championship in 2004; and
WHEREAS,in 2005,Peters made his NASCAR Truck Series debut with Bobby Hamilton
Racing, eventually ending up with Red Horse Racing from 2009 - 2017, also making starts for
numerous race teams such as Premier Motorsports, Niece Motorsports, GMS, MDM, Ricky
Benton Racing, Young's Motorsports, and Halmar-Friesen Racing; and
WHEREAS,Peters won eleven(11) races in the NASCAR Truck Series at tracks such as
Martinsville, Daytona, Bristol, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Talladega, Iowa, and Indianapolis; He made
over 250 starts in the Truck Series; and
WHEREAS, he also made starts in the NASCAR Cup Series with Ricky Benton Racing,
as well as racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for Richard Childress Racing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board hereby expresses its
admiration to Peters for his racing accomplishments and congratulates him on his well-deserved
retirement.
Adopted this 18th day of October, 2022.
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