Byline: MIKE RECHT Associated Press
LOUDON, N.H. -- Jeff Burton had little trouble outracing everyone on the track in the Jiffy Lube 300, but he had to win one late race in the pits to clinch the victory Sunday.
Holding a healthy lead, he needed only a splash of gas in the final laps to win the race at New Hampshire International Speedway, and he and other cars pulled into the pits on the 285th. But as he pulled out of his stall, runnerup Dale Earnhardt was pulling in and had to swerve to avoid hitting Burton. The near miss appeared to cost Earnhardt time.
``Somebody came in, somebody came out looking for the same spot. Those kind of things are going …
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