Burton's victory was his second career win, second at Talladega.
The victory was the Virginia-native Jeb Burton’s second in this Spring event on the 2.66-mile Talladega high banks—both his career wins have come there.
The victory was the Virginia-native Burton’s second in this Spring event on the 2.66-mile Talladega high banks—both his career wins have come there—and he earned it being fast, patient and at times, truly fortunate. His No. 27 Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet led 20 of the race’s 121 laps on the afternoon, won the second stage and most importantly, was able to hold off Sheldon Creed by a mere .113 seconds to earn the team its first ever NASCAR Xfinity Series win.
“I let the 27 get way out there and had the 00 on me getting ready for a big run,’’ said Creed, who was in front of Burton when the last caution came out but the field is set according to the last scoring line and that went in Burton’s favor allowing him first choice on lane selection for that final restart.
Twelve cars were involved in an accident with three laps remaining—including then leader Daniel Hemric who ended up upside down against the wall. A red flag was thrown while the safety crew got Hemric out of the No. 11“Just got too far out it looks like,’’ Hemric said watching his accident on video replay afterward. “For sure late on the block there. I committed. There had been so much give and take on the day.
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