Jeff Burton started at the back of the field because of an engine change, but still captured Friday night’s Dollar General 300 Busch Series race at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway. The No.29 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet driver crossed the finish line 1.599 seconds ahead of Kyle Busch.
The victory was Burton’s fourth of the season and 26th of his Busch career.
“We’re just having fun,” said Burton.
Greg Biffle won the pole and brought the field to the green flag for 200 laps of racing. In fact, the No.16 Ford led the first 28 laps before finally yielding to Kasey Kahne on the first caution-flag stop.
Kahne used a faster stop to grab the lead from Biffle, who came out third. But it only took Biffle until lap 44 to retake the position from Kahne. Also moving up was Edwards, the points leader, who slipped underneath Kahne too. Biffle and Edwards exchange positions at the top on lap 58 giving Edwards five bonus points in his quest for the drivers championship.
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UNOFFICIAL RESULTS:
FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS
1 13 29 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Holiday Inn 195/10 200 Running
2 24 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Lowe’s / Sta-Green Winterizer 170/0 200 Running
3 26 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Super Clean / Menards 165/0 200 Running
4 7 18 Aric Almirola Chevrolet Slim Jim Monster / Act II 160/0 200 Running
5 6 20 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet Rockwell Automation 155/0 200 Running
6 10 6 David Ragan * Ford Discount Tire 150/0 200 Running
7 29 155 Robby Gordon Ford Verizon Wireless 146/0 200 Running
8 16 2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T 147/5 200 Running
9 30 47 Kelly Bires Ford Armor All / AutoZone 138/0 200 Running
10 25 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Dollar General 134/0 200 Running
11 35 88 Brad Keselowski * Chevrolet U.S. Navy 130/0 200 Running
12 8 99 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 127/0 200 Running
13 19 21 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet AutoZone 124/0 200 Running
14 20 77 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Dollar General 121/0 200 Running
15 32 7 Mike Wallace Chevrolet GEICO 118/0 200 Running
16 23 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Ford McDonald’s 115/0 200 Running
17 12 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Klondike 117/5 200 Running
18 9 90 Stephen Leicht Ford CitiFinancial 109/0 200 Running
19 27 38 Jason Leffler Toyota Great Clips / “Meet the Robinsons” 106/0 200 Running
20 14 41 Bryan Clauson Dodge Memorex 103/0 200 Running
21 38 14 Kyle Krisiloff * Ford Lilly / Walgreens 100/0 200 Running
22 42 27 Casey Atwood Ford Kleenex / Breast Cancer Rsrch Foundation 97/0 199 Running
23 34 36 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet Saxon Group 94/0 198 Running
24 17 230 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet Smith & Wesson / SKI Motorsports 91/0 196 Running
25 15 66 Reed Sorenson Dodge HomeLife Communities 88/0 182 Out of Race
26 28 42 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Memorex 85/0 179 Running
27 21 25 Richard Johns Ford FreeCreditReport.com 82/0 173 Running
28 22 37 Brad Baker Ford Kickbutt Amped Energy Ballz 79/0 168 Running
29 11 22 Mike Bliss Dodge Family Dollar / CancerCare 76/0 142 Off Track
30 1 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 78/5 140 Out of Race
31 2 17 Matt Kenseth Ford iLevel Structurwood 70/0 133 Out of Race
32 31 148 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools 67/0 133 Out of Race
33 5 60 Carl Edwards Ford Scotts WinterGuard Fertilizer 69/5 132 Out of Race
34 36 211 Jason Keller Chevrolet Sweet Baby Ray’s 61/0 131 Out of Race
35 40 28 Blake Bjorklund Chevrolet Kibbles ‘n Bits / Pup-peroni / Milk-Bone / 9Lives 58/0 122 Out of Race
36 4 10 Dave Blaney Toyota Hass Avocados from Mexico 55/0 121 Out of Race
37 41 1 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 52/0 118 Out of Race
38 3 126 Jamie McMurray Ford Dish Network 49/0 106 Out of Race
39 33 192 Bobby Santos * Toyota Bill Davis Racing 46/0 95 Out of Race
40 18 59 Marcos Ambrose * Ford Kingsford / Bush’s Beans 43/0 27 Out of Race
41 39 154 Carl Long Dodge Fridel-Carter Motorsports 40/0 27 Out of Race
42 37 01 Kertus Davis Chevrolet RaceGirl 37/0 16 Out of Race
43 43 189 Morgan Shepherd Dodge Victory In Jesus 34/0 14 Out of Race
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gary chevrolet all the way
I was at that horrible race.
I mean–racing was good.
Johnson is an idiot. Carl Edwards would have won if it were not for Johnsons “miscue” on the backstretch.
After Carl was taken out of the race–Clint and Biffle were pretty much the class of the field. Then Clint got loose, messed up Biffle’s fender… and then those two are out.
So it was pretty much a show between Kyle busch, Jr, and Burton at the end.
… I think I was the only one pulling for Burton in the area I was in :]