Burton takes first win in four years
Jeff Burton broke a four-year winless streak at Atlanta on Saturday, winning the NASCAR Busch Nicorette 300
Burton last won any NASCAR race in October 2002, when he took victory in the Busch series as well. His last Cup victory was a year before, at Phoenix in October 2001.
The Daytona 500 pole-sitter took his 21st Busch win in dominant fashion, passing Matt Kenseth with twently laps to go and crossing the line ahead of Kasey Kahne by 1.42 seconds.
"It's a pleasure to finally get something done," Burton said after the race. "You question yourself. You question everything. But I'm proud of myself. I stayed focused through all of it."
The race was marred however with recurring tyre blows, with half of the caution periods spurred by a blown tyre incident.
According to a spokespam for tyre company Goodyear, the tyre blowouts were caused by excessive wear. Runner-up Kahne confirmed: "I tried waiting for a while and let my tyres stay cool for a little bit and let Jeff and Matt get out front and race.
"Then I caught up and, by the time I got there, I wore my tyres out."
Winner Burton and runner-up Kahne were followed by Cup regulars Greg Biffle, Kenseth and J.J. Yeley.
Pos Driver Make Laps 1. Jeff Burton Chevrolet 195 2. Kasey Kahne Dodge 195 3. Greg Biffle Ford 195 4. Matt Kenseth Ford 195 5. J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 195 6. Jason Leffler Chevrolet 195 7. Brian Vickers Chevrolet 195 8. Burney Lamar Chevrolet 195 9. Jamie McMurray Dodge 195 10. Paul Menard Chevrolet 195 11. Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 195 12. Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 195 13. Jon Wood Ford 195 14. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 195 15. Mark McFarland Chevrolet 195 16. Casey Mears Dodge 195 17. Ashton Lewis Ford 195 18. Todd Kluever Ford 195 19. Kenny Wallace Ford 195 20. John Andretti Ford 195 21. Regan Smith Ford 194 22. Michael Waltrip Dodge 194 23. Jason Keller Dodge 194 24. Carl Edwards Ford 194 25. Danny O'Quinn Jr. Ford 193 26. Aaron Fike Dodge 193 27. Stacy Compton Ford 193 28. Mark Green Dodge 193 29. Jay Sauter Chevrolet 193 30. Elliott Sadler Ford 192 31. Tim Sauter Chevrolet 191 32. Joel Kauffman Dodge 191 33. Anthony Foyt Dodge 191 34. Kevin Conway Dodge 190 35. Kertus Davis Chevrolet 190 36. David Green Ford 183 37. Ken Schrader Ford 180 38. Denny Hamlin Chevrolet 178 39. Ryan Newman Dodge 143 40. Kyle Busch Chevrolet 121 41. Tracy Hines Dodge 99 42. Reed Sorenson Dodge 74 43. Scott Lynch Chevrolet 10
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