Harrison Burton

Harrison Burton
Nationality American
Born (2000-10-09) October 9, 2000
Huntersville, North Carolina
Related to Jeff Burton (father)
Ward Burton (uncle)
Jeb Burton (cousin)
K&N Pro Series East career
Debut season 2016
Current team HScott Motorsports
Car no. 12
Engine Toyota
Starts 13
Wins 0
Poles 1
Previous series
2016
2015
2015–2016		 ARCA Racing Series
K&N Pro Series West
CARS Super Late Model Tour
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Truck no., team No. 18 (Kyle Busch Motorsports)
2016 position 66th
Best finish 66th (2016)
First race 2016 Texas Roadhouse 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of October 29, 2016.

Harrison Burton (born October 9, 2000) is an American professional stock car racing driver. The son of former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jeff Burton currently competes full-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, driving the No. 12 Toyota Camry for HScott Motorsports, and part-time in the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 18 Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports.[1][2]

Racing career

Early years

Burton won his first late model race in early 2014.[3] His first super late model win came in early 2015, at New Smyrna Speedway.[4][5] He was also for three years a USAC quarter midget championship. At age 11, he grabbed his first late model pole at Ace Speedway, and at twelve won two races in pro late models.[6]

CARS Super Late Model Tour

The Charlotte, North Carolina native made his CARS debut in 2015, running six of the series' ten races. Finishing only two of those races, he finished third at Southern National Motorsports Park and fourth at Concord Speedway.[7] In the middle of that season, the team switched car bodies and crew chiefs, hiring former Xfinity Series driver Chris Wimmer.[8] Switching his focus to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, he only ran three of eight races in 2016, recording two top ten finishes.[9]

ARCA Racing Series

In his ARCA Racing Series debut for Ranier Racing with MDM, Burton started sixth and finished third after almost being spun out by eventual race winner Chase Briscoe.[10][11]

K&N Pro Series East

Starting with the 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season opener at New Smyrna, Burton became the youngest driver to start a race in the series. He also garnered a full-time ride from HScott Motorsports using their Toyotas.[12] Throughout the thirteen race season, Burton garnered one pole, as many top fives, and finished eighth in the championship point standings while failing to finish two races.[13]

K&N Pro Series West

Making the jump up to NASCAR in 2015, Burton competed in two K&N Pro Series West races. He recorded one top ten, a sixth at Phoenix International Raceway in the season finale.[14]

Camping World Truck Series

Burton signed on with Kyle Busch Motorsports to drive the No. 18 Toyota for the 2016 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville Speedway in late October. Due to NASCAR rules and regulations maintaining that a driver has to be sixteen years of age before competing in any national series event, Burton was therefore barred from entering any events before October 9 of that year.[15] He showed speed early, cracking the top ten in practice, but faltered during the race and finished one lap down in 22nd.[16][17]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Camping World Truck Series

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. ↑ "Harrison Burton Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  2. ↑ "Harrison Burton sets Truck Series debut with KBM". Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  3. ↑ AaronCreed (2014-02-21). "Harrison Burton Wins Pro Late Model 100". Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  4. ↑ Sports, Fox. "Harrison Burton wins 1st career super late model race". Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  5. ↑ "Harrison Burton wins 1st career super late model race". Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  6. ↑ Turner, Jared. "15-year-old son of Jeff Burton set for NASCAR national series debut". Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  7. ↑ "Harrison Burton 2015 CARS Super Late Model Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  8. ↑ "New Cars and Crew Chief Boosting Harrison Burton - RACE22.com". race22.com. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  9. ↑ "Harrison Burton 2016 CARS Super Late Model Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  10. ↑ McFadin, Daniel (2016-07-10). "Harrison Burton earns top-three finish in ARCA debut". NASCAR Talk. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  11. ↑ "Harrison Burton 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  12. ↑ "Harrison Burton secures fulltime K&N ride for 2016". Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  13. ↑ "Harrison Burton 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  14. ↑ "Harrison Burton 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  15. ↑ "Harrison Burton sets Truck Series debut with KBM". Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  16. ↑ Jayski´s Silly Season Site (28 October 2016). "NCWTS Practice 1 Martinsville Speedway 18th Annual Texas Roadhouse 200 Presented by Alpha Energy Solutions" (PDF). Jayskiś NASCAR Silly Season Site. ESPN. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  17. ↑ "Harrison Burton 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
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