Broken Axel in Stage 1 Ruins Burton’s Day at Portland 

Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport No. 27 NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Report – Portland International Raceway; June 1, 2024

Track: Portland International Raceway (PIR)– Road Course (1.967-Miles)

Race: Pacific Office Automation 147

Date: Saturday, June 1, 2024

Format; 75 Laps –25/25/25; 147.75 Miles

No. 27 HeartBeat Hot Sauce/ Timber Creek Outdoors Chevrolet Camaro SS –Jeb Burton

Start: 16

Stage 1: 37

Stage 2: 37

Finish: 37

Status: Running

Laps Completed: 61 of 75

Laps Led: 0

Stage One Recap:

  • Start: 16
  • Lap 1; 9
  • Lap 2; 10
  • Lap 3; 10
  • Lap 4; 10 
  • Lap 5; 10
  • Lap 6; 10
  • Lap 7; 10
  • Lap 8; 10
  • Lap 9; 10
  • Lap 10; 10
  • Lap 11; 10
  • Lap 12; 10
  • Lap 13; 33; Burton encounters drive train issues and drops back into the field to nurse the car to the stage break
  • Lap 14; 36 (-1 Lap)
  • Lap 15; 36 (-2 Laps)
  • Lap 16; 37 (-2 Laps)
  • Lap 17; 37 (-2 Laps)
  • Lap 18; 37 (-2 Laps)
  • Lap 19; 37 (-3 Laps)
  • Lap 20; 37 (-3 Laps)
  • Lap 21; 37 (-3 Laps)
  • Lap 22; 37 (-4 Laps)
  • Lap 23; 37 (-5 Laps)
  • Lap 24: 37 (-6 Laps)
  • Lap 25; 37 (-6 Laps); End of Stage 1

Stage Two Recap:

  • Lap 27: Pit Stop; No. 27 diagnosis’s a broken axle and take the Burton car to the garage for repairs 
  • Lap 29; 37 (-11 Laps) Garage; Restart
  • Lap 30; 37 (-12 Laps) Garage
  • Lap 31; 37 (-13 Laps) Garage
  • Lap 32; 37 (-14 laps) Garage
  • Lap 33; 37 (-15 Laps); Burton returns to the track
  • Lap 34; 37 (-15 Laps)
  • Lap 35; 37 (-15 Laps)
  • Lap 36; 37 (-15 Laps)
  • Lap 37; 37 (-15 Laps)
  • Lap 38; 37 (-15 Laps)
  • Lap 39; 37 (-15 Laps)
  • Lap 40; 37 (-15 Laps)
  • Lap 41; 37 (-15 Laps)
  • Lap 42: 37 (-15 Laps)
  • Lap 43; 37 (-15 Laps)
  • Lap 44; 37 (-15 Laps)
  • Lap 45; 37 (-15 Laps)
  • Lap 46; 37 (-15 Laps)
  • Lap 47; 37 (-15 Laps)
  • Lap 48; 37 (-15 Laps)
  • Lap 49; 37 (-15 Laps)
  • Lap 50; 37; Stage 2 Finish

Final Stage Recap:

  • Lap 51; Burton takes the wave around getting one lap back
  • Lap 52; Pit Stop; Four tires, fuel, & adjustment
  • Lap 55; 37 (-14 Laps); Restart
  • Lap 56; 37 (-14 Laps)
  • Lap 57; 37 (-14 Laps)
  • Lap 58; 37 (-14 Laps)
  • Lap 59; 37 (-14 Laps)
  • Lap 60; 37 (-14 Laps)
  • Lap 61; 37 (-14 Laps)
  • Lap 62; 37 (-14 Laps)
  • Lap 63; 37 (-14 Laps); Caution; No. 15 shreds a tire and drops debris on the track
  • Lap 66; 37 (-14 Laps); Restart
  • Lap 67; 37 (-14 Laps)
  • Lap 68; 37 (-14 Laps); Caution; No. 81 blows in engine in Turn-11 and exits the track. Calamity ensues in Turn-12 causing multiple cars to spin with the No. 9 stuffing his car into the tire barrier. No. 98 gets into No. 29 causing him to spin and get hit by multiple other cars as No. 43 and No. 44 take each other out. 
  • Lap 71; 37 (-14 Laps); Restart
  • Lap 72; 37 (-14 Laps)
  • Lap 73; 37 (-14 Laps)
  • Lap 74; 37 (-14 Laps)
  • Lap 75; 37 (-14 Laps); Race Finish

NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Recap:

– #97-Shane van Gisbergen scored his first career Xfinity Series victory at Portland International Raceway. It took him just 13 starts to find Victory Lane and punch his ticket to the playoffs.

– Gisbergen held off #7-Justin Allgaier, who won both stages and led a race-high 46 laps but was passed on a restart with four laps remaining. #8-Sammy Smith placed third, scoring his second consecutive top-five finish. #16-AJ Allmendinger rebounded from a trying day to finish fourth with #24-Ed Jones rounding out the top five.

– 2023 race winner #00-Cole Custer finished sixth, as #11-Josh Williams, #48-Parker Kligerman, #31-Parker Retzlaff and #98-Riley Herbst completed the top 10.

– There were nine lead changes among four drivers and four cautions for 14 yellow flag laps.

– The average speed of the race was: 69.575 mph.

– HeartBeat Hot Sauce; Founded in 2015. A hobby of making hot sauce for ourselves at home quickly ignited into a full-fledged production company after word of mouth spread throughout our home town of Thunder Bay and beyond. All of our sauces are made with maximum flavor and balance in mind. Each sauce is bright, bold, healthy, and deliciously unique. We ferment our peppers using traditional methods before we cook them with a few simple, high-quality ingredients. We add no water, thickening agents or chemical preservatives of any kind making our sauce as natural as it gets. All of our recipes are proudly developed, cooked, bottled, packaged, and distributed from our dedicated facility in the South Core of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Our goal is to get Heartbeat Hot Sauce in to as many hands as possible, while maintaining our small batch process. See all of our HeatBeat Hot Sauce products online at HeartBeatHotSauce.com

Timber Creek Outdoors; In 2015, the Tiller’s decided to take their 50 years of experience in the outdoor industry and pivot their manufacturing services to provide high quality, made-in-the-USA parts and accessories for gun enthusiasts. The word quickly spread through the shooting world that the Tiller family was now offering aircraft grade billet aluminum parts in a wide array of colors out of their small family shop in Springfield, Oregon, and almost overnight, Timber Creek Outdoors was born.
 
From the inception, Timber Creek Outdoors has been proud to be a family owned and operated business. To learn more about Timber Creek Outdoors and the items they have available visit them at TimberCreekOutdoorsInc.com

NASCAR Xfinity Series Driver Point Standings:  

After placing 37th in Saturday’s, Pacific Automation 147 at Portland International Speedway, Burton remains 23rd in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) Driver Point Standings after 14 events. 

NASCAR Xfinity Series Owners Point Standings:  

After the completion of the 14th event of the 2024 season, the No. 27 team holds steady at 25th in NXS Owner Point Standings after Burton’s 37th place finish on Saturday.    

Next Race: 

Jeb Burton and the Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport No. 27 team will go directly south to Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California for the ZIP Buy Now, Pay Later 250; Sat., June 8 at 5:00 PM PT (8:00 PM ET).