Jeff Burton made a smart late-race stop for new tires and they helped him capture Saturday night’s Camping World 300 Busch Series event. The No.29 Chevrolet driver crossed the finish line 2.627 seconds ahead of Kyle Busch.

The victory was Burton’s third of the season and 25th of his Busch career. With the win Burton takes sole possession of fourth all-time, one more than Tommy Houston.

Denny Hamlin brought the field to the green flag for 150 laps around the high- speed, two-mile California Speedway oval. He led seven laps before Busch went flying by him for the lead. Burton and Brian Vickers also slid around the pole winner for second and third place, respectively.

Vickers was the fastest car on the track and on lap 22 become the third different race leader. He built a lead of more than two seconds as the field approached their first round of pit stops. The No.10 Toyota remained the leader after the stops, while the big “loser” was Busch who was caught speeding on pit road.

It seemed that Burton’s No.29 Chevy team made the right adjustments as he went flying around the outside of Vickers on lap 62.

A four-car accident on lap 67 slowed the action, just the second yellow flag of the race. The race was red-flagged and it appeared that Brad Keselowski suffered a leg injury. He was transported to the local hospital via helicopter, but was awake and alert.

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UNOFFICIAL RESULTS:

FIN, ST, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, PTS/BNS, LAPS, STATUS

1 5 29 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Holiday Inn 195/10 150 Running
2 3 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Spectracide Hot Shot / Lowe’s 175/5 150 Running
3 1 20 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet Rockwell Automation 170/5 150 Running
4 8 148 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools 165/5 150 Running
5 7 21 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Act II / Ca
mping World / RVs.com 155/0 150 Running
6 2 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Vitamin Water 150/0 150 Running
7 12 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet RoadLoans.com 146/0 150 Running
8 22 126 Jamie McMurray Ford Dish Network / AT&T Homezone 142/0 150 Running
9 21 22 Robby Gordon Dodge Supercuts 138/0 150 Running
10 10 6 David Ragan * Ford America’s Tire / Discount Tire 134/0 150 Running
11 11 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Memorex / Imation 135/5 150 Running
12 25 77 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet Dollar General 127/0 150 Running
13 16 59 Marcos Ambrose * Ford Kingsford / Aussie Vineyards 124/0 150 Running
14 23 38 Jason Leffler Toyota Great Clips 121/0 150 Running
15 13 99 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 118/0 150 Running
16 19 7 Mike Wallace Chevrolet GEICO 120/5 150 Running
17 29 27 Jason Keller Ford Kleenex / Cottonelle 112/0 150 Running
18 20 25 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditR
eport.com 109/0 149 Running
19 34 230 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet Smith & Wesson / SKI Motorsports 106/0 149 Running
20 27 18 Kevin Conway Chevrolet Wal-Mart / Z-Line Designs 103/0 149 Running
21 28 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Ford McDonald’s 100/0 149 Running
22 31 36 Brent Sherman Chevrolet Big Lots 97/0 149 Running
23 39 47 Kelly Bires Ford Clorox / American Red Cross 94/0 148 Running
24 36 37 Bobby East Ford Cub Cadet / Kleenex 91/0 147 Running
25 26 66 Steve Wallace Dodge HomeLife Communities 88/0 144 Running
26 14 60 Carl Edwards Ford Sharp AQUOS / 3M Vikuiti 85/0 141 Running
27 9 10 Brian Vickers Toyota Fort McDowell Resort Destination 87/5 133 Out of Race
28 15 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Arby’s 79/0 131 Out of Race
29 37 28 Blake Bjorklund Chevrolet U.S. Border Patrol 76/0 130 Out of Race
30 17 90 Stephen Leicht Ford CitiFinancial 73/0 129 Out of Race
31 4 12 Ryan Newman Dodge Kodak think: 75/5 100 Out of Race
32 6 16 Greg Biffle Ford Petco / 3M 67/0 96 Out of Race
33 38 01 Kertus Davis Chevrolet RaceGirl 64/0 94 Out of Race
34 35 1 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts 61/0 69 Out of Race
35 24 88 Brad Keselowski * Chevrolet U.S. Navy Seabees 58/0 66 Out of Race
36 18 42 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Memorex 55/0 66 Out of Race
37 40 0 Eric McClure Chevrolet Hefty 52/0 60 Out of Race
38 30 231 Jeff Fuller Chevrolet INTERUSH 49/0 47 Out of Race
39 32 189 Morgan Shepherd Dodge Victory In Jesus 46/0 18 Out of Race
40 41 252 Brad Teague Ford Bennett Classics Museum 43/0 15 Out of Race
41 33 14 Kyle Krisiloff * Ford Lilly / Walgreens 40/0 3 Out of Race
42 42 244 John Borneman III Chevrolet Super Series 37/0 2 Out of Race

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