Jeb Burton Wins Talladega for Jordan Anderson's Team First

(TALLADEGA, AL – APR 22, 2023 – RIS) Jeb Burton scored his second career NASCAR Xfinity victory in an overtime finish in the Ag-Pro 300. The win is also the first for Jordan Anderson’s young team, coming after Anderson’s fiery crash in a truck series race last year that saw him helicoptered out of the track.

Justin Allgaier won the first stage, then the second stage went to Jeb Burton Blaine Perkins violent rollovers and Dexter Stacey slammed inside SAFER barrier to end the second stage. The incident started when Stacey got loose in the middle of the pack and spun to the inside, with Perkins’ car getting turned by Jade Buford’s and ‘tripping’ to start a series of rollovers. Perkins was able to climb out of the car on his own and was later transported to a local medical center out of an “abundance of caution.”

Sammy Smith spun off the third turn and caused the fourth caution of the race then later on, John Hunter Nemechek spun on his own and retired with a broken track bar. “When I got to the top lane, it just turned sideways on me,” reported Nemechek.

Josh Berry tried to change lanes to get in front of Austin Hill but the move was a bit late and he spun across the apron and back onto the banking for a caution with 20 laps to run. 

Three of the Jr Motorsports cars got involved in a crash with 13 laps left and Ryan Sieg leading. Josh Berry, Justin Allgaier, Derek Kraus  and Sam Mayer were the major ‘participants’ while Gray Gaulding’s car picked up the splitter from Mayer’s car in the grille.

With two laps to run, the “Big One” happened, involving much of the field, with leader Daniel Hemric’s car fishing the crash on its roof after a late block went wrong. Hemric stepped out of the car and walked to the ambulance after the rescue team carefully righted the car. Joey Logano, commenting in the TV broadcast, said: “it’s so awesome until it’s not,” a good description of incidents like this one.

Jeb Burton led the field to the overtime restart, with Sheldon Creed, Parker Kligerman, Brennan Poole and Kyle Sieg the balance of the top five with Burton holding on for the win.

Unofficial Results: Ag-Pro 300, April 22, 2023 - Talladega Superspeedway
Fin, Str, Driver, Car, Laps , St1, St2, Tms, Laps, Playoff Pts, Pts, Status
1) 8, Jeb Burton, No. 27 Solid Rock Carriers Chevrolet, 121, 4, 1, 3, 17, 6, 57, Running
2) 2, Sheldon Creed, No. 2 Whelen Chevrolet, 121, 2, 8, 3, 11, , 47, Running
3) 38, Parker Kligerman, No. 48 Big Machine Racing Spiked Chevrolet, 121, 6, , , , , 39, Running
4) 18, Cole Custer, No. 00 Haas Automation Ford, 121, , , , , , 33, Running
5) 17, Brennan Poole, No. 6 Macc Door Chevrolet, 121, , , 2, 2, , 32, Running
6) 28, Caesar Bacarella, No. 43 Clear Cryptos Chevrolet, 121, , , , , , 31, Running
7) 4, Parker Retzlaff #, No. 31 FUNKAWAY Chevrolet, 121, , , 1, 2, , 30, Running
8) 26, Gray Gaulding, No. 08 Panini NFT Chevrolet, 121, , , , , , 29, Running
9) 33, Joey Gase, No. 35 LOPA Ford, 121, , , , , , 28, Running
10) 23, Josh Williams, No. 92 Alloy Employer/Coolray Chevrolet, 121, , , , , , 27, Running
11) 36, Ryan Ellis, No. 45 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers Chevrolet, 121, , , , , , 26, Running
12) 10, Brett Moffitt, No. 25 AM Technical Solutions Ford, 121, , , 4, 20, , 25, Running
13) 32, CJ McLaughlin, No. 53 SciAps Ford, 121, , , , , , 24, Running
14) 21, Brandon Jones, No. 9 Menards/Turtle Wax Chevrolet, 121, , 9, , , , 25, Running
15) 27, Kyle Sieg, No. 28 TA Services Ford, 121, , , , , , 22, Running
16) 29, Garrett Smithley, No. 4 Trophy Tractor Chevrolet, 121, , , , , , 21, Running
17) 13, Ryan Truex, No. 19 Toyota Genuine Parts Toyota, 121, 7, 3, 3, 9, , 32, Running
18) 1, Austin Hill, No. 21 Bennett/Realtree Chevrolet, 121, 5, 6, 1, 14, , 30, Running
19) 37, Jeremy Clements, No. 51 One Stop/All South Electric Chevrolet, 120, , , , , , 18, Accident
20) 25, Joe Graf Jr., No. 38 Getcoverseal.com Ford, 113, , , , , , 17, Running
21) 9, Daniel Hemric, No. 11 Fission by Cirkul Chevrolet, 110, , 5, 4, 15, , 22, Accident
22) 31, Ryan Sieg, No. 39 CMRoofing.com Ford, 110, , , 2, 18, , 15, Accident
23) 15, Riley Herbst, No. 98 Monster Energy Ford, 110, 10, , , , , 15, Accident
24) 30, Kaz Grala, No. 26 CRUSH Strawberry Lemonade Toyota, 110, , , , , , 13, Accident
25) 11, Chandler Smith #, No. 16 Quick Tie Products Inc. Chevrolet, 110, 8, 2, 1, 1, , 24, Accident
26) 35, Josh Bilicki, No. 91 Insurance King Chevrolet, 110, , , , , , 11, Accident
27) 14, Derek Kraus, No. 10 Leaf Home Water Solutions Chevrolet, 110, , 7, , , , 14, DVP
28) 7, Justin Allgaier, No. 7 Fight Hunger Spark Change Chevrolet, 100, 1, 10, 3, 7, 1, 20, Accident
29) 16, Sam Mayer, No. 1 First Bank of Alabama Chevrolet, 100, 3, , , , , 16, Accident
30) 20, Josh Berry, No. 8 Tire Pros Love The Drive Chevrolet, 100, 9, 4, , , , 16, Accident
31) 19, Jeffrey Earnhardt, No. 44 SouthPoint Bank/ForeverLawn Chevrolet, 83, , , , , , 6, Transmission
32) 3, John Hunter Nemechek, No. 20 Mobil 1 Toyota, 81, , , , , , 5, Accident
33) 12, Sammy Smith #, No. 18 Pilot Flying J Toyota, 63, , , , , , 4, Accident
34) 34, Blaine Perkins #, No. 02 Ollie's Bargain Outlet Chevrolet, 47, , , , , , 3, Accident
35) 22, Dexter Stacey, No. 66 ReCap Recovery Drink Chevrolet, 47, , , , , , 2, Accident
36) 5, Jade Buford, No. 5 Double Spiked Coolers Chevrolet, 47, , , , , , 1, Accident
37) 6, Anthony Alfredo, No. 78 RTIC Chevrolet, 37, , , 1, 5, , 1, Accident
38) 24, Parker Chase, No. 24 Ontivity Toyota, 37, , , , , , 1, DVP
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series, (#) Rookie

Race Length: 121 Laps - 321.86 Miles
Time: 3 Hrs, 0 Mins, 33 Secs.
Average Speed: 106.96 MPH
Margin of Victory: 0.113 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 7, 2, 1, 27, 21, 48, 19, 16, 8, 98
Stage 2 Top 10: 27, 16, 19, 8, 11, 21, 10, 2, 9, 7

Comments: Jeb Burton won the Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway, his second career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory.

Prior to the start, the following cars dropped to the rear for the reasons indicated: #00, 1 and 48 (unapproved adjustments).

Failed to Qualify: (4) 13 Jason White, 34 Jesse Iwuji, 07 David Starr, 74 Mike Harmon.

Cautions: 10 for 48 laps;
Laps: 27-31 (Stage 1 Conclusion [None]);
39-42 (10, 24, 31 and 78 Incident on the Backstretch [51]);
49-54 (#02, 5 and 66 Incident on the Backstretch [Red Flag: 11:55] [31]);
65-69 (#18 Incident in Turn 3 [38]);
76-79 (#1, 9, 98 Incident in Turn 1 [38]);
83-89 (#20 Incident on the Frontstretch [9]);
95-98 (#8 and 21 Incident in Turn 4   [9]);
102-107 (#1, 7, 8 and 10 Incident in Turn 3 [9]);
112-114 (#11, 26, 39 and 98 Incident in Turn 3 [10]);
116-119 (#22 Incident in Turn 4 [19]).

Lead Changes: 28 among 12 drivers;
P. Retzlaff # 1-2;
A. Alfredo 3-7;
D. Hemric 8-12;
S. Creed 13-20;
C. Smith # 21;
S. Creed 22-23;
J. Allgaier 24-27;
B. Poole 28;
R. Truex 29-32;
J. Allgaier 33;
B. Moffitt 34;
J. Allgaier 35-36;
B. Moffitt 37-43;
J. Burton 44-50;
B. Poole 51;
D. Hemric 52-53;
R. Truex 54;
D. Hemric 55-61;
A. Hill 62-75;
R. Truex 76-79;
B. Moffitt 80-90;
R. Sieg 91-106;
B. Moffitt 107;
R. Sieg 108-109;
D. Hemric 110;
J. Burton 111-113;
S. Creed 114;
J. Burton 115-121.

Unofficial Driver Points: Ag-Pro 300, Talladega Superspeedway
Rank Driver        Car   Starts        GL     Points        Ldr    Nxt    Race Wins  Stage Wins Playoff Pts
1)      Austin Hill  21     9       1       328    0       0       3       3       18
2)      John Hunter Nemechek 20     9       -1      324    -4      4       2       3       13
3)      Chandler Smith # 16     9       0       309    -19    15     1       1       6
4)      Riley Herbst 98     9       0       296    -32    13     0       0       0
5)      Josh Berry  8       9       0       292    -36    4       0       1       1
6)      Justin Allgaier      7       9       0       287    -41    5       0       4       4
7)      Cole Custer 00     9       1       279    -49    8       0       2       2
8)      Sheldon Creed      2       9       2       276    -52    3       0       1       1
9)      Sammy Smith #    18     9       -2      258    -70    18     1       0       5
10)    Daniel Hemric      11     9       -1      255    -73    3       0       0       0
11)    Parker Kligerman 48     9       1       247    -81    8       0       1       1
12)    Sam Mayer  1       9       -1      237    -91    10     0       0       0
13)    Jeb Burton  27     9       2       229    -99    8       1       1       6
14)    Brandon Jones     9       9       -1      224    -104  5       0       0       0
15)    Ryan Sieg    39     9       -1      209    -119  15     0       0       0
16)    Brett Moffitt 25     9       0       194    -134  15     0       0       0
17)    Parker Retzlaff #   31     9       0       179    -149  15     0       0       0
18)    Anthony Alfredo   78     9       0       144    -184  35     0       0       0
19)    Kaz Grala    26     9       0       142    -186  2       0       0       0
20)    Jeremy Clements  51     9       0       138    -190  4       0       0       0
21)    Ryan Truex 19     4       2       130    -198  8       0       0       0
22)    Kyle Sieg     28     9       -1      130    -198  0       0       0       0
23)    Joe Graf Jr  38     9       -1      122    -206  8       0       0       0
24)    Ryan Ellis   45     9       0       121    -207  1       0       0       0
25)    Josh Williams       92     8       0       120    -208  1       0       0       0
26)    Brennan Poole      6       9       2       99     -229  21     0       0       0
27)    Jeffrey Earnhardt 44     9       0       89     -239  10     0       0       0
28)    Alex Labbe           5       -2      87     -241  2       0       0       0
29)    Gray Gaulding      08     8       3       86     -242  1       0       0       0
30)    Joey Gase   35     7       5       78     -250  8       0       0       0
31)    Derek Kraus         10     3       0       71     -257  7       0       0       0
32)    Blaine Perkins #   02     8       -2      64     -264  7       0       0       0
33)    Kyle Weatherman          5       -4      63     -265  1       0       0       0
34)    Patrick Emerling           5       -1      53     -275  10     0       0       0
35)    Connor Mosack             5       -1      51     -277  2       0       0       0
36)    Garrett Smithley   4       5       7       35     -293  16     0       0       0
37)    Leland Honeyman          3       -1      34     -294  1       0       0       0
38)    Myatt Snider                 1       -1      33     -295  1       0       0       0
39)    Caesar Bacarella  43     2       12     32     -296  1       0       0       0
40)    CJ McLaughlin     53     3       8       31     -297  1       0       0       0
41)    Stefan Parsons              2       -3      29     -299  2       0       0       0
42)    Josh Bilicki 91     3       0       26     -302  3       0       0       0
43)    Miguel Paludo               1       -4      24     -304  2       0       0       0
44)    Parker Chase       24     2       -4      22     -306  2       0       0       0
45)    David Starr          2       -4      17     -311  5       0       0       0
46)    Jade Buford         5       2       -2      13     -315  4       0       0       0
47)    Brad Perez           1       -2      8       -320  5       0       0       0
48)    Sage Karam         2       -2      8       -320  0       0       0       0
49)    Jesse Iwuji           1       -2      7       -321  1       0       0       0
50)    Dexter Stacey       66     1       20     2       -326  5       0       0       0
51)    Dawson Cram               2       -2      2       -326  0       0       0       0
52)    Preston Pardus              1       -2      1       -327  1       0       0       0
53)    Aj Allmendinger(i)          1       -1      0       -328  1       1       1       0
54)    William Byron(i)             1       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
55)    Ty Gibbs(i)           1       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
56)    Kyle Busch(i)                 2       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
57)    Austin Dillon(i)              1       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
58)    Justin Haley(i)               2       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
59)    Tyler Reddick(i)             2       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
60)    Chris Hacker(i)              1       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
61)    Rajah Caruth(i)              2       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
62)    Matt Mills(i)          1       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
63)    Ross Chastain(i)            1       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
64)    Chad Chastain(i)           1       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
65)    Aric Almirola(i)              1       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
66)    Bayley Currey(i)             4       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
67)    Mason Maggio(i)            1       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
68)    Timmy Hill(i)                 1       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
69)    Carson Hocevar(i)          1       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
70)    Kaden Honeycutt(i)                 1       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
71)    Cameron Lawrence                 0       0       0       -328  0       0       0       0
72)    Jason White                  0       0       0       -328  0       0       0       0
73)    Ryan Vargas(i)               0       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
74)    Baltazar Leguizam?n              0       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
75)    Chad Finchum              0       -1      0       -328  0       0       0       0
76)    Mike Harmon                0       0       0       -328  0       0       0       0
 -Ldr/-Nxt = Points behind Leader/Next higher, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

John Davison

Long-time RIS staffer, beginning in the mid-80s. Charlotte, NC area local contact.

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