In a sport where it’s often said that money buys speed, Timothy Peters [#17-Toyota] is hoping that speed buys money. If not, there’s a chance he won’t run the full season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Despite being ninth in the series standings with a pair of top-10s in the season’s first three races, Peters has only enough sponsorship to attempt the first four events, although at least a couple more appear likely. While the team does have two sponsors that Peters considers primary – Strutmasters.com and the Providence, N.C.,-based Hayes Iron & Metal – neither is planning to support Peters in that role for the full 25-race season. That makes his performance in the races he is guaranteed all the more important. So no matter how hard it gets to find sponsorship right now, Peters won’t give up easily. “It’s my job to get up on the wheel and see what we can do to extend our schedule,” he said. “And if it comes down to possibly having to do a race-by-race [schedule] and it comes down to nail-biting time hoping that the check gets in the mail before you leave to go to the race track, I guess that’s the way we’re going to have to survive it.”(SceneDaily.com)(3-13-2009)
