TALLADEGA, Ala. — With a 66-race winless streak hanging in the balance, Jeb Burton climbed the NASCAR Xfinity Series mountaintop for the second time in his career on April 22, 2023, as he held off Sheldon Creed at Talladega Superspeedway to return to victory lane for the first time since winning a rain-shortened Talladega race with Kaulig Racing in 2021.
The win locked Burton into the 2023 Xfinity playoffs (where he finished 12th in points), and it was the first-ever win for Jordan Anderson Racing (JAR), which Burton joined at the start of 2023.
Back at Talladega one year later with three cars — the full-time entries of Burton and Parker Retzlaff plus team owner Jordan Anderson in a third entry — JAR is looking to repeat its performance and score back-to-back wins at NASCAR’s longest and fastest oval.
“Yeah, it’s no doubt [Talladega’s] a special place for us,” Anderson said. “Jeb’s win here last year was definitely a highlight for our team, and it’s such a big opportunity for us to get on that stage and to compete for a win and then bring one home, is and was a big highlight for us. The first one’s always most special.
“So to come back here, we’ve got three fast cars. We’ve shown that the [super]speedway stuff is a package that we’ve kind of figured out, and we know this is an opportunity race. So we try to make the most of it.”
“I’m not sure what it is about Talladega, but it’s always suited me well,” Burton said. “I led the white-flag lap in the No. 8 [JR Motorsports] car here [in 2020], so I almost had three trophies. But last year was really special. I didn’t have a very good year in 2022, and to come here with a new team was really cool. To get the organization its first win and then [get] a shot in the arm for me and all my partners as well.
“And we’ve had a tough year so far this year. We’ve had a lot of speed; we’ve had more speed than we had last year, and just a lot of bad circumstances have happened. Just want to reset and put together a solid day tomorrow. And like Jordan said, we emphasize on this race and Daytona’s that we can have a shot to win, but really just want to go out there and do our thing and try to be there at the end.”
With Anderson wheeling the team’s part-time No. 32 car, Saturday’s (April 20) Ag-Pro 300 will also mark his first start at Talladega in any series after a…
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