Just six months ago, Jordan Anderson left Talladega Superspeedway in a helicopter en route to a local hospital after suffering second-degree burns when his truck caught fire in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race.
Now, he is a winning owner in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
In his first season with the team, Jeb Burton outlasted the field in a chaotic Xfinity race at Talladega (April 22) to earn his second career win. But unlike the first one, he was able to celebrate without any rain.
Sheldon Creed came short of his first win, finishing second. Parker Kligerman, Cole Custer and Brennan Poole rounded out a top five filled with underdogs.
Talladega certainly lived up to its ferocious persona. The race featured two red flags for crashes that both included flips. By the end of the race, the local scrapyard was certainly kept busy with cars that were shells of their former selves.
The Winners
Concern struck Burton’s No. 27 team when he reported that the car felt down on speed early in the event. Those fears were quickly quelled by the speed Burton found the remainder of the race. He scored 57 points on the day, finishing fourth in stage one and winning stage two. When chaos struck several times towards the end of the race, it was Burton who was able to emerge and survive for the victory.
Kligerman continues to prove why he is a constant threat at superspeedways. A former Talladega winner in Trucks, Kligerman had to come from the rear after suffering a flat tire in qualifying. The No. 48 was a threat all day long, and he left Talladega with a 10-point advantage over the playoff cut line.
How about Poole? This is a guy who lost an Xfinity race at Talladega in 2016 despite crossing the start/finish line first. It was determined Elliott Sadler was leading at the time of caution, giving him the win. It has been a roller coaster since then for Poole, but his fifth-place result gives JD Motorsports its first top five since 2019. Poole earned his first series top five since Charlotte in 2017.
In his 28th career series start, Caesar Bacarella finally earned his first top 10. The Alpha Prime Racing co-owner made just his second start of the season with APR, driving from 14th to sixth on the final lap by avoiding a multi-car crash at the finish.
Parker Retzlaff had to overcome not one but two incidents…
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