After successfully navigating his way through an afternoon of three-and four-wide racing at Talladega Superspeedway, Harrison Burton and the No. 21 DEX Imaging Mustang were involved in a multi-car crash with five laps remaining and left the track with a 34th-place finish.
Burton started the race ninth after a season-best qualifying effort and raced in the lead draft all afternoon. He finished the first Stage in 25th place and was 19th in the second.
As the laps wound down, Burton and his fellow Ford drivers, including the three-driver contingent from Team Penske, which has an alliance with the No. 21 team, made their final green flag stop together with 25 laps scheduled to run.
Their pit strategy propelled the group forward and Burton was running fifth by Lap 175. At that point the race boiled down to a two-lane battle with Ford drivers on the inside groove and mostly Chevys outside.
But some pushing went wrong with five laps remaining, and at least 28 drivers, including Burton in seventh place, were collected in the melee.
Burton’s DEX Imaging Mustang was towed back to pit road, but the car was too damaged to be quickly repaired and he was left with a 34th-place finish.
Burton and the No. 21 Wood Brothers team now head to Charlotte Motor Speedway for next week’s Bank of America ROVAL 400 on the track’s infield road course.
About DEX Imaging
DEX Imaging is the digital document imaging division of Staples, the world’s largest business solutions provider. DEX sells and services the broadest selection of copiers, printers and data management solutions, such as HP, Konica Minolta, Canon, Kyocera and numerous others.
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES:
Reducing Operating Costs
Reducing Paper Consumption
Increasing Productivity
DEX Imaging has been the recipient of virtually every industry award since the company’s inception, including the JD Power & Associates Award for Best Customer Experience, the prestigious ProTech Service award by Konica Minolta, the Diamond Premier Dealer Award by Kyocera, and the Elite DEALER Award by ‘ENX’ magazine. Other accolades include being named ‘Best Place to Work’ by numerous business journals in the markets DEX serves.
Wood Brothers Racing
Wood Brothers Racing was formed in 1950 in Stuart, Va., by Hall of Famer Glenn Wood. Wood Brothers Racing is the oldest active team and one of the winningest teams in NASCAR history. Since its founding, the team won 99 races (including at least one race in every decade for the last seven decades) and 120 poles in NASCAR’s top-tier series. Fielding only Ford products for its entire history, the Wood Brothers own the longest association of any motorsports team with a single manufacturer. Glenn’s brother, Leonard, is known for inventing the modern pit stop. The team currently runs the Ford Mustang driven by Harrison Burton in the famous No. 21 racer.
