In his first trip back to Talladega since a fiery crash injured owner Jordan Anderson, Jeb Burton took his team to victory lane at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday (April 22). It was Burton’s first win of the season and second win of his career, both coming at Talladega, as well as the first ever win for Jordan Anderson Racing.
After a scary accident with three laps to go took the race to NASCAR Overtime, Burton survived two restarts and a battle from Sheldon Creed and Parker Kligerman to win the race.
Creed held on to finish second, Kligerman finished third, Cole Custer won $100K for the Xfinity Dash for Cash finishing fourth, and Brennan Poole finished fifth for Johnny Davis Racing.
Caesar Bacarella finished sixth and Parker Retzlaff finished seventh despite crashing earlier in the race. Gray Gaulding, Joey Gase and Josh Williams rounded out the top 10.
Richard Childress Racing teammates Austin Hill and Creed led the field to the green flag. The stage ran caution free, but not without excitement. Seven leaders and 10 lead changes in the 25-lap stage ended with Justin Allgaier picking up his 4th stage win of the season, holding off Burton at the line.
A terrible wreck on lap 48 brought out the third caution and the red flag. Dexter Stacey got loose on the backstretch, clipping Blaine Perkins, whose car flipped and tumbled multiple times. Jade Buford and Kaz Grala also received damage in the wreck. Perkins was transported for medical center for evaluation, but he did walk from the vehicle to the ambulance.
Burton won stage two under the caution flag. After pit stops, Daniel Hemric and Truex led the field to the start of stage three. On lap 65, Sammy Smith hit the wall, bringing out the fourth caution. Hill led them back the green flag with teammate Creed pushing him.
Caution number five waved on lap 74 when Brandon Jones blew a right front tire. Teammate Sam Mayer also spun in the…
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