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Jeff Burton”™s son wins race:

Harrison Burton, the 14-year-old son of veteran Sprint Cup winner Jeff Burton, scored his first NASCAR Super Late Model victory, leading the final 10 circuits of the 35-lap feature race on the opening night of the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at the half-mile oval. “It means the world to me,” Harrison told reporters. “I’m just so glad to race clean and have fun with it. We’ve been kind of hunting our way in. We’ve been third, second, third and fourth. We’ve been all up in there. It’s about time we got one. Hopefully, more are coming our way.” Jeff Burton, a 21-time winner in NASCAR’s premier series who also is an analyst for NBC Sports, celebrated with his son in victory lane. He fields his son’s team from a shop based in Concord, NC.(NBC)(2-14-2015)