Harrison Burton finished fourth in the My Bariatric Solutions 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday.
Burton’s top-five finish, the seventh time he has achieved that result this year, added 44 points to his season total.
Burton started in seventh position and led 17 laps in the race. The second-year driver has tallied two career victories, with eight top-five finishes and 15 results inside the top 10.
Burton made his career debut at Texas Motor Speedway in Saturday’s race.
The Huntersville, North Carolina native’s starting and finishing positions compared favorably to his career averages, starting one spot higher than his career mark of 8.2 and completing the race 10 places ahead of his 13.9 career average finish.
Burton’s fourth-place finish was against 37 other drivers. The race endured nine cautions and 39 caution laps. There were 15 lead changes.
Austin Cindric secured the win in the race, followed by Chase Briscoe in second place and Justin Allgaier in third. Burton secured fourth ahead of Michael Annett’s fifth-place finish.
Allgaier got off to a strong start in the race, winning the first two stages, but couldn’t hang on to secure the race victory.