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Jeff Burton

#31
RANK POINTS BEHIND
17 4022 -2630
Born: June 29, 1967
Hometown: South Boston, VA
Sponsor: Caterpillar
Manufacturer: Chevrolet
Team: Richard Childress Racing
Crew Chief: Scott Miller
Jeff Burton Bio
Jeffrey Brian Burton (born June 29, 1967 in South Boston, Virginia) also sometimes referred to as "JB" is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. He drives the #31 Caterpillar Chevrolet Impala for Richard Childress Racing. He also races part-time in the Nationwide Series driving the #29 Holiday Inn Chevrolet. Jeff Burton is the younger brother of Ward Burton, who is a former Sprint Cup driver. Married to Kim Burton, they have two children, Paige and Harrison. Burton began driving a handful of races in the Busch Series in 1988 in car number 69 owned by his father John Burton. He competed in the full season for Busch Series Rookie of the Year in 1989 in the Burton Autosports Pontiac #12. In 1990, he drove the #12 Armour Lower Salt...
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Stats Summary

Sprint Cup | Nationwide Series
Races Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Avg. Finish
This Season 36 0 5 10 18.0
Career Stats 547 21 122 222 16.0

Top Jeff Burton Headlines

Burton: Hamlin was justified
Burton: Hamlin was justifiedTo Jeff Burton, there are times when it’s OK to dump a fellow driver. Burton finished third in Saturday’s Ford 300...  More »
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... when he said Hamlin “has a lot of problems on and off the racetrack.” Respected veteran driver Jeff Burton said the sport could do without...
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Fellow drivers echoed the words of Jeff Burton and Jeff Gordon, who both said they didn't think anyone could ever do anything like this. Ever.
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Top Questions & Answers about Jeff Burton

Jeff is probably more calculated. That's probably the best way we can explain it. He's been in the sport for a number of years. He looks small picture to big picture -- not that Robby doesn't but Robby looks at it on a different level. Robb...
http://www.nascar.com/2005/kyn/tech/qa/06/07/jburton_shoptalk/
JEFF GORDON: I would say it's Richard Childress Racing and two years of hard work. The setups and the things that they are experiencing this year that have been working for them, they've been working on that for two years. A year and a half...
http://www.racingone.com/article.aspx?artnum=31659
Jeff Burton was born on June 29, 1967
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Career Stats

Sprint Cup | Nationwide Series
Year Rank Starts Pts. Winnings Wins Poles Top 5 Top 10 Laps Led Avg. Start Avg. Finish
2009 17 36 4022 $5,459,434 0 0 5 10 96 25 18
2008 6 36 6335 $5,542,181 2 0 7 18 140 21 12
2007 8 36 6231 $6,015,668 1 0 9 18 79 19 14
2006 7 36 6228 $5,008,882 1 4 7 20 649 14 14
2005 18 36 3803 $4,265,666 0 0 3 6 7 26 20
2004 18 36 3902 $3,695,075 0 0 2 6 56 24 19
2003 12 36 4109 $3,846,884 0 0 3 11 98 24 17
2002 12 36 4259 $3,863,221 0 0 5 14 124 23 16
2001 10 36 4394 $3,848,387 2 0 8 16 401 21 15
2000 3 34 4836 $4,041,570 4 1 15 22 1129 19 10
1999 5 34 4733 $3,207,232 6 0 18 23 1064 18 11
1998 5 33 4415 $2,112,097 2 0 18 23 978 18 13
1997 4 32 4285 $1,833,645 3 0 13 18 696 21 12
1996 13 30 3538 $730,492 0 1 6 12 208 20 16
1995 32 29 2556 $619,470 0 0 1 2 4 24 25
1994 24 30 2726 $508,200 0 0 2 3 122 26 25
1993 83 1 52 $9,550 0 0 0 0 0 6 37

Jeff Burton's Official Site

The Offical Web Site of NASCAR Superstar Jeff Burton
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Quotes from Jeff Burton

We're building on something More »
I'm excited about running second More »
I think 'momentum' is the most overused word in all of sports More »
I feel this is fair to say that this is the best we’ve run all year,” More »

Quotes about Jeff Burton

I haven't driven one of these cars in a long time, and Jeff felt like he had one of the... More »
I knew Carl was coming on fresh tires, because he was really fast. I was hoping Jeff ... More »
When Jeff won his fourth championship (and) a lot of races, nobody really liked him. ... More »
Kevin Harvick and Jeff Burton were the first to go out in a little bit of a draft session,... More »

Top Drivers in 2009

Sprint Cup | Nationwide Series | Camping World Truck
Jimmie Johnson
RANK: 1    Pts. Behind: -
#48
Mark Martin
RANK: 2    Pts. Behind: -141
#5
Jeff Gordon
RANK: 3    Pts. Behind: -179
#24
Kurt Busch
RANK: 4    Pts. Behind: -206
#2
Denny Hamlin
RANK: 5    Pts. Behind: -317
#11