Jeff Burton

Jeffrey T. "Jeff" Burton (born June 29, 1967), nicknamed "The Mayor",^[1] is an American retired professional stock car racing driver. He scored 21 career victories in the Sprint Cup Series, including two Coca-Cola 600s in 1999 and 2001 and the 1999 Southern 500. He currently serves as a color analyst for NBC Sports, having joined them upon their return to their coverage of NASCAR. His brother Ward Burton and his nephew Jeb Burton have also competed in the Sprint Cup Series.

NASCAR career

Early career

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 No. 12 Burton Autosports Pontiac In 1990, he drove the No. 12 Armour Lower Salt Bacon Buick for Sam Ard, where he won his first career race. He moved to J&J Racing's No. 99 Armour / Food Lion-sponsored Chevrolet in 1991 for one year before moving on to FILMAR Racing owned by Filbert Martocci where he would drive an Oldsmobile sponsored by TIC Financial Systems in 1992, and a Ford sponsored by Baby Ruth in 1993. Burton would later make his first Winston Cup start in 1993 in car No. 0 owned by Martocci.

FILMAR Racing

Burton ran his first Winston Cup race in 1993 in the No. 0 TIC Financial Ford Thunderbird for Fil Martocci.

Stavola Brothers Racing

1994 was Burton's rookie year in the Winston Cup Series, driving the No. 8 Raybestos-sponsored Ford for Stavola Brothers Racing. After 5 races, he reached a season-high 14th-place finish in the overall standings, but by the end of the year he dropped to 24th after being disqualified at the Miller Genuine Draft 400 for illegal holes drilled on the roll cage, a safety violation. He had a season-high 4th-place finish on the way to earning 1994 NASCAR Rookie of the Year. He was one of a record-high 10 rookies eligible for the award that year, besting a class that included future Cup stars Joe Nemechek, Jeremy Mayfield, John Andretti, and older brother Ward. The next year, in 1995, Burton had one Top 5, along with a 9th-lace finish. He also missed 3 races and finished 32nd in points.

Roush Racing

1997 racecar

Jeff Burton walks to his car for qualifying at Pocono Raceway 1998

In 1996, Burton left the Stavola Brothers for Roush Racing. Driving the No. 99 Exide Batteries-sponsored Ford for his new team, he finished 13th overall in the season points standings despite failing to qualify for the Purolator 500 in March as a new team (provisionals in the first four races were based on 1995 points, and Burton's team did not have points from 1995). His career hit a peak from 1997 to 2000, as he never finished lower than fifth in the points standings. He achieved his first career win in 1997 in the Interstate Batteries 500 at Texas Motor Speedway (the inaugural NASCAR race at the track), and would go on to win 14 more races during the four-year run. In 1999, Burton won a career-high six races, including the Jiffy Lube 300 for a third straight year, and clinched two of the series' four majors (Coca-Cola 600 and the 50th Annual Southern 500), which would lead to a fifth-place finish in points. His best points finish was in third in 2000, just 294 points behind champion Bobby Labonte. On September 17, 2000, Burton led every lap of the Dura Lube 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway, in unique circumstances (this race was the only Loudon race to use a restrictor plate, imposed for safety reasons after the deaths of Adam Petty and Kenny Irwin, Jr. earlier in the year at the track). From 1997 to 2000, Burton won an event at NHIS every year.

In 2001, Burton and the No. 99 welcomed a new sponsor CITGO PdVSA. Burton won another two races, upping his career total to 17, and he finished tenth in points, climbing from a season low of 38th, his position after four races. In 2002 and 2003, he finished 12th in the points and combined for eight Top 5's and 25 Top 10's, but failed to win a race in either year. CITGO PdVSA then announced that it was leaving Roush Racing at the end of the 2003 season.

Burton ran the 2004 season without a primary sponsor, with races frequently being sponsored by his personal sponsor SKF. Rumors began to arise that Burton would be leaving Roush Racing. After originally denying the rumors, it finally happened in mid-2004 when, just before the Sirius at The Glen, Burton signed a three-year contract with Richard Childress Racing (RCR), leaving Roush after eight and a half years with the team.

Richard Childress Racing

No. 30 car

Upon joining RCR, Burton was placed in the No. 30 AOL-sponsored Chevrolet. He was the third driver to pilot the car that season; Johnny Sauter was promoted from RCR's Busch Series program to take over the car but was released after 13 races and was replaced by Dave Blaney, who was released when Burton became available. Prior to the driver change, Burton had an average finish of 20.8 and was 23rd in points. In the 13 races after he changed teams, though, the same stats were improved to 16.6 and 18th. During the offseason, Burton and his team remained with RCR but were switched to the No. 31 Cingular Wireless-sponsored Chevy, replacing Robby Gordon.

No. 31 car

2005 was Burton's first full year at RCR, and he had six Top 10's and three Top 5's for the year, including a third-place finish in the Subway Fresh 500 at Phoenix in April and a second-place finish in the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Stephen Rochon and Jeff Burton hold the victory trophy from the 2006 Nicorette 300

In 2006, Burton won the pole for four races, bringing his total number of career pole wins to six. This poles were for the Daytona 500, the USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway,^[2] the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the GFS Marketplace 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Prior to qualifying for the Daytona 500, Burton was extremely enthusiastic about the improvements to RCR as a whole. He proved this by winning his first pole since September 2000 at Richmond. The Allstate 400 pole gave Richard Childress Racing the front row as teammate Clint Bowyer recorded the second fastest time. Burton's best finish came in the Chicagoland race where he recorded a second-place finish. He led the most laps at Indianapolis and Bristol's Sharpie 500, setting the pace for more than half the race. In the Busch Series, he won at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Dover International Speedway, breaking his four-year winless streak in any series. After the race at Richmond International Raceway Jeff qualified for the Chase for the Nextel Cup. During the Chase, Burton won the Dover 400 at Dover International Speedway, breaking a 185-race winless streak dating back to October 28, 2001, allowing him to take the points lead.^[3] However, a series of relatively poor finishes in subsequent races, including a flat tire at Talladega while running in the top five and an engine failure at Martinsville, eliminated Burton from contention for the championship.

Burton in the pits during his 2007 win at Texas

Burrton won the Samsung 500 at Texas on April 15, 2007, driving with a sponsorship from Prilosec OTC, passing Matt Kenseth on the final lap, making him the first driver to have multiple wins at Texas Motor Speedway. He later went on to qualify for the Chase for the Nextel Cup, he tied for 7th in the 2007 standings.

Burton celebrates after winning at Texas in 2007

Burton came very close to winning the 50th annual Daytona 500. He qualified 36th and by the end of the race, he had worked his way up in the field. He led prior to the race's final caution, but when the green flag dropped with four laps to go, lost several positions and wound up finishing 13th.

Burton won the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Following contact between Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart, Burton passed Harvick and Stewart for second. On the ensuing restart Burton passed Denny Hamlin coming off of Turn 2 to win the Food City 500 and finishing off a sweep of the podium for Richard Childress Racing. Burton also won the 2008 Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Burton took the lead from Greg Biffle with just over 70 laps to go. During the final round of pit stops Burton took fuel only and held off a hard charging Jimmie Johnson for his first multiple win season since 2001.

2008 Cup car at Daytona

Burton had a new sponsor on the No. 31, after Caterpillar was signed through 2011. Burton was expected to make a run for the championship but a poor season lead Burton to miss the Chase, the first time since 2005. Burton's best finish that year was a pair of second-place finishes in the final two races at Phoenix and Homestead.

Burton during the 2013 STP Gas Booster 500

In 2010, he rebounded but he had still not won a race, though he made the Chase and finished second in both Dover races. He nearly won the fall Martinsville race but a flat tire with 15 laps remaining gave Denny Hamlin the win. A couple weeks later, he and Jeff Gordon got into a wreck long after the caution was out. Burton walked up the track to confront Gordon and the two got into a shoving match. Burton finished 12th in the final standings. Afterwards, Burton assumed responsibility for the incident, stating he was attempting to catch up to Gordon, but was unable to see in the sunlight's glare.^[4]

In 2011, Burton was looking for a better year than in 2010. But a very bad season gave Burton a poor series of finishes. He won the second Gatorade Duel, edging out his Richard Childress Racing teammate Clint Bowyer. After that, Burton's season went downhill from there. He was leading the Daytona 500 halfway when his engine gave out. He nearly won the Coca-Cola 600 but got spun out on the final restart. Though wanting another caution, the yellow flag never came out because NASCAR wanted to see the race finish under green, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was leading when the accident occurred. His teammate Kevin Harvick passed Earnhardt Jr. within the last 500 yards of the race, because Dale Jr. ran out of gas. This led to controversy because fans were speculating that NASCAR wanted Earnhardt to win and go back to victory lane in the first time in three years. Burton's first top 10 came in the twenty first race at Watkins Glen International. Burton missed the 2011 Chase but had a strong run at the fall race at Talladega, leading on the last lap and out of turn four being pushed by Clint Bowyer. At the tri-oval, Bowyer slingshotted to Burton's outside and won by a hood, giving Richard Childress his 100th win as a team owner, Bowyer redeeming his 0.002 second loss to Jimmie Johnson at the track in the spring. In 2012, Burton gained the sponsorship in Wheaties, BB&T and EnerSys. The 31 team also switched crew chiefs too, and Drew Blickensderfer became the crew chief. After a dismal 2012, Blickensderfer was released 4 races early and Luke Lambert became Burton's crew chief in 2013. Shane Wilson became interim crew chief until the end of 2012. Burton had 6 Top 10's in 2012 including a dramatic 2nd-place finish at Daytona in July after saving his car from spinning on the final lap. At the AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, Burton would make his 1,000th career NASCAR start, the sixth driver in NASCAR history to do so.^[5]

On September 4, 2013, Richard Childress Racing announced that Burton would not be returning to RCR in 2014.^[6] On November 8, Burton stated that he would run a part-time schedule in 2014.^[5]

AT&T sponsorship controversy

Cingular Wireless began its sponsorship of the No. 31 Chevrolet in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup series prior to 2004, when NEXTEL purchased the naming rights to NASCAR's top division. Cingular and Alltel, sponsor of Ryan Newman's No. 12 Dodge, were allowed to stay as sponsors under a grandfather clause. In early 2007, following its purchase by AT&T, Cingular began a rebranding effort to the AT&T Mobility brand. NASCAR quickly claimed that a clause in their contract with Sprint Nextel would not allow Cingular to change either the name or brand advertised on the No. 31 car.

After trying and failing to persuade NASCAR to approve the addition of the AT&T globe logo to the rear of the car, AT&T filed a lawsuit against NASCAR on March 16, 2007. On May 18, AT&T won a preliminary injunction and, following a failed emergency motion for a stay by NASCAR on May 19, rebranded the No. 31 car in time for the Nextel All-Star Challenge that evening.^[7]^[8] NASCAR was later granted an appeal to be heard on August 2.

On June 17, NASCAR announced it had filed a $100 million lawsuit against AT&T and would like AT&T and all other telecommunications companies out of the sport in 2008. It should be noted that the other rival company involved, Alltel, was in the process of being sold.^[9]

2007 paint scheme with an F1-style paint scheme (all AT&T branding removed).

On August 13, a ruling by a federal appeals court cleared the way for NASCAR to prevent AT&T, Inc. from featuring its logo on Burton's No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. The court, therefore, threw out a lower court's ruling that prevented NASCAR from stopping AT&T's plans. The appeals court remanded the case to the U.S. District Court in Atlanta.^[10]

At first practice for the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 24, the No. 31 car had no AT&T branding, but the familiar orange and black paint scheme. Burton's pit crew wore grey Richard Childress Racing shirts and Burton wore a plain orange fire suit displaying only small associate sponsor logos. The car arrived in a black hauler with only the number 31 on the side. NASCAR officials said the car would not have made it through inspection with the AT&T logos.^[11]

On September 7, 2007, NASCAR announced that an agreement had been reached between Sprint Nextel and Richard Childress Racing which would allow AT&T to sponsor the No. 31 car through the end of the 2008 season. Under the terms of the agreement Burton was required to find a new sponsor by 2009.^[12] On June 18, 2008, it was announced that RCR had secured sponsorship for the 31 of Burton. Caterpillar, which previously spent 10 years on the No. 22 of Bill Davis Racing and with Jeff's brother Ward driving from 1999–2003, signed a multi-year agreement with Richard Childress Racing to become the new primary sponsor of the 31 starting in 2009.^[13]

2014–2015: Part-time racer & move to television

NBC Sports

On December 3, 2013, NBC Sports Network producer Sam Flood announced that Burton will become an analyst for NBC in 2015.^[14]

Identity Ventures Racing

On December 2, 2013, it was announced that Burton had been hired by Michael Waltrip Racing to run a limited schedule for MWR's research-and-development team, Identity Ventures Racing.^[15] Burton made his debut in the No. 66 at Las Vegas.^[16]

Prior to Burton's scheduled start at Michigan, it was announced he would be replaced as R&D driver by Brett Moffitt, though he would be given one more start at Loudon, which was expected to be his final career race.

Stewart-Haas Racing

However, on August 14, 2014, Burton was picked up by Stewart-Haas Racing to replace Tony Stewart in the No. 14 at the Pure Michigan 400 and the Irwin Tools Night Race, in the aftermath of the death of sprint car driver Kevin Ward Jr.^[17]^[18]

Personal life

Burton is the younger brother of Ward Burton, who is a former Sprint Cup driver. Married to wife Kim, they have two children: Paige and Harrison. Harrison, like his father, is a NASCAR driver, and currently races in the K&N Pro Series East.^[19] Burton also has another brother, Brian, who did not drive in NASCAR but rather took over the family's construction business. Burton currently resides in Huntersville, North Carolina.

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.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts
1993	FILMAR Racing	0	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA 37	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL							83rd	52
1994	Stavola Brothers Racing	8	Ford	DAY 26	CAR 20	RCH 20	ATL 4	DAR 20	BRI 31	NWS 33	MAR 36	TAL 39	SON 15	CLT 29	DOV 33	POC 22	MCH 21	DAY 18	NHA 38	POC 4	TAL 26	IND 19	GLN 25	MCH 33	BRI 20	DAR 8	RCH DNQ	DOV 37	MAR 36	NWS 28	CLT 25	CAR 11	PHO 27	ATL 31						30th	2726
1995	Stavola Brothers Racing	8	Ford	DAY 24	CAR 19	RCH 31	ATL 33	DAR 19	BRI 28	NWS 26	MAR DNQ	TAL 25	SON 18	CLT 40	DOV 25	POC 36	MCH 31	DAY 18	NHA 25	POC 27	TAL 22	IND 38	GLN 38	MCH 23	BRI 9	DAR 16	RCH 13	DOV 20	MAR 31	NWS DNQ	CLT 31	CAR 5	PHO 23	ATL 36						32nd	2556
1996	Roush Racing	99	Ford	DAY 5	CAR 13	RCH 4	ATL DNQ	DAR 10	BRI 23	NWS 29	MAR 22	TAL 16	SON 26	CLT 18	DOV 9	POC 9	MCH 17	DAY 14	NHA 4	POC 35	TAL 7	IND 11	GLN 21	MCH 9	BRI 37	DAR 31	RCH 3	DOV 40	MAR 11	NWS 4	CLT 11	CAR 5	PHO 31	ATL 9						13th	3538
1997				DAY 11	CAR 3	RCH 42	ATL 5	DAR 4	TEX 1	BRI 42	MAR 15	SON 9	TAL 8	CLT 5	DOV 3	POC 2	MCH 14	CAL 30	DAY 8	NHA 1*	POC 3	IND 15	GLN 29	MCH 8	BRI 4	DAR 2	RCH 2*	NHA 14	DOV 11	MAR 1	CLT 6	TAL 14	CAR 38	PHO 13	ATL 34					4th	4285
1998				DAY 40	CAR 18	LVS 2	ATL 8	DAR 5*	BRI 4	TEX 29	MAR 32	TAL 43	CAL 10	CLT 8	DOV 2	RCH 7	MCH 4	POC 4	SON 39	NHA 1*	POC 3	IND 36	GLN 23	MCH 5	BRI 2	NHA 5	DAR 2*	RCH 1*	DOV 38	MAR 5	CLT 3	TAL 10	DAY 13	PHO 4	CAR 5	ATL 4				5th	4415
1999				DAY 35	CAR 4*	LVS 1*	ATL 4	DAR 1*	TEX 7	BRI 5	MAR 2	TAL 11	CAL 2	RCH 37	CLT 1*	DOV 8	MCH 3	POC 36	SON 24	DAY 3	NHA 1	POC 36	IND 5	GLN 13	MCH 37	BRI 17	DAR 1*	RCH 13	NHA 4	DOV 6	MAR 9	CLT 37	TAL 8	CAR 1	PHO 4	HOM 3	ATL 5			5th	4733
2000				DAY 2	CAR 32	LVS 1*	ATL 43	DAR 5	BRI 9	TEX 2	MAR 2	TAL 12	CAL 5	RCH 7	CLT 11	DOV 34	MCH 11	POC 7	SON 16	DAY 1	NHA 11	POC 2	IND 6	GLN 3	MCH 10	BRI 6	DAR 2	RCH 5*	NHA 1*	DOV 36	MAR 3*	CLT 6	TAL 29	CAR 4	PHO 1*	HOM 11	ATL 12			3rd	4841
2001				DAY 19	CAR 37	LVS 39	ATL 30	DAR 18	BRI 40	TEX 19	MAR 3	TAL 10	CAL 31	RCH 14	CLT 1*	DOV 31	MCH 7	POC 10	SON 8	DAY 8	CHI 18	NHA 11	POC 36	IND 16	GLN 2	MCH 16	BRI 15	DAR 6	RCH 9	DOV 21	KAN 11	CLT 5	MAR 5	TAL 3	PHO 1*	CAR 18	HOM 4	ATL 10	NHA 17	10th	4394
2002				DAY 12	CAR 6	LVS 9	ATL 21	DAR 11	BRI 26	TEX 39	MAR 9	TAL 9	CAL 19	RCH 3	CLT 40	DOV 3	POC 6	MCH 20	SON 29	DAY 33	CHI 39	NHA 12	POC 16	IND 29	GLN 7	MCH 4	BRI 13	DAR 10	RCH 39	NHA 20	DOV 6	KAN 29	TAL 11	CLT 7	MAR 17	ATL 12	CAR 4	PHO 12	HOM 3	12th	4259
2003				DAY 11	CAR 12	LVS 6	ATL 33	DAR 42	BRI 13	TEX 20	TAL 35	MAR 4	CAL 19	RCH 9	CLT 18	DOV 14	POC 14	MCH 11	SON 38	DAY 2	CHI 6	NHA 9	POC 6	IND 27	GLN 31	MCH 11	BRI 32	DAR 11	RCH 4	NHA 42	DOV 12	TAL 32	KAN 13	CLT 20	MAR 10	ATL 23	PHO 8	CAR 7	HOM 14	12th	4109
2004				DAY 42	CAR 37	LVS 13	ATL 20	DAR 11	BRI 38	TEX 27	MAR 25	TAL 7	CAL 26	RCH 14	CLT 22	DOV 4	POC 24	MCH 13	SON 9	DAY 23	CHI 33	NHA 12	POC 34	IND 12	GLN 12															18th	3902
2004	Richard Childress Racing	30	Chevy																							MCH 12	BRI 4	CAL 15	RCH 23	NHA 15	DOV 33	TAL 13	KAN 15	CLT 9	MAR 11	ATL 6	PHO 11	DAR 13	HOM 36	18th	3902
2005		31		DAY 29	CAL 19	LVS 17	ATL 15	BRI 36	MAR 16	TEX 12	PHO 3	TAL 10	DAR 21	RCH 16	CLT 22	DOV 12	POC 19	MCH 11	SON 30	DAY 11	CHI 30	NHA 14	POC 37	IND 20	GLN 43	MCH 26	BRI 2	CAL 35	RCH 18	NHA 9	DOV 11	TAL 35	KAN 28	CLT 14	MAR 5	ATL 8	TEX 30	PHO 15	HOM 25	18th	3803
2006				DAY 32	CAL 5	LVS 7	ATL 35	BRI 34	MAR 33	TEX 6	PHO 9	TAL 4	RCH 15	DAR 9	CLT 6	DOV 4	POC 9	MCH 11	SON 7	DAY 15	CHI 2	NHA 7	POC 9	IND 15*	GLN 11	MCH 42	BRI 9*	CAL 16	RCH 9	NHA 7	DOV 1	KAN 5	TAL 27	CLT 3	MAR 42	ATL 13	TEX 38	PHO 10	HOM 14	7th	6228
2007				DAY 3	CAL 4	LVS 15	ATL 4	BRI 2	MAR 6	TEX 1	PHO 13	TAL 34	RCH 43	DAR 10	CLT 24	DOV 12	POC 13	MCH 24	SON 3	NHA 7	DAY 16	CHI 7	IND 8	POC 11	GLN 40	MCH 14	BRI 12	CAL 4	RCH 18	NHA 18	DOV 7	KAN 36	TAL 43	CLT 4	MAR 12	ATL 5	TEX 6	PHO 9	HOM 8	8th	6231
2008				DAY 13	CAL 12	LVS 5	ATL 10	BRI 1	MAR 3	TEX 6	PHO 6	TAL 12	RCH 11	DAR 10	CLT 6	DOV 8	POC 5	MCH 15	SON 13	NHA 12	DAY 37	CHI 19	IND 9	POC 21	GLN 17	MCH 11	BRI 42	CAL 17	RCH 6	NHA 4	DOV 9	KAN 7	TAL 4	CLT 1	MAR 17	ATL 18	TEX 13	PHO 9	HOM 40	6th	6335
2009				DAY 28	CAL 32	LVS 3	ATL 14	BRI 8	MAR 15	TEX 9	PHO 15	TAL 10	RCH 3	DAR 12	CLT 25	DOV 16	POC 9	MCH 26	SON 34	NHA 31	DAY 16	CHI 37	IND 25	POC 21	GLN 38	MCH 18	BRI 34	ATL 18	RCH 16	NHA 16	DOV 16	KAN 23	CAL 30	CLT 14	MAR 15	TAL 5	TEX 9	PHO 2	HOM 2	17th	4022
2010				DAY 11	CAL 3	LVS 11	ATL 20	BRI 10	MAR 20	PHO 25	TEX 12	TAL 32	RCH 4	DAR 8	DOV 2	CLT 25	POC 7	MCH 8	SON 27	NHA 12	DAY 5	CHI 7	IND 8	POC 8	GLN 9	MCH 24	BRI 16	ATL 4	RCH 13	NHA 15	DOV 2	KAN 18	CAL 23	CLT 20	MAR 9*	TAL 41	TEX 36	PHO 19	HOM 31	12th	6033
2011				DAY 36	PHO 26	LVS 21	BRI 20	CAL 15	MAR 24	TEX 11	TAL 16	RCH 16	DAR 33	DOV 11	CLT 21	KAN 25	POC 20	MCH 24	SON 21	DAY 21	KEN 19	NHA 16	IND 35	POC 17	GLN 9	MCH 17	BRI 15	ATL 13	RCH 29	CHI 15	NHA 13	DOV 11	KAN 21	CLT 18	TAL 2	MAR 6	TEX 27	PHO 4	HOM 10	20th	935
2012				DAY 5	PHO 33	LVS 14	BRI 6	CAL 22	MAR 22	TEX 29	KAN 22	RCH 31	TAL 10	DAR 18	CLT 19	DOV 22	POC 15	MCH 21	SON 11	KEN 24	DAY 2	NHA 21	IND 32	POC 22	GLN 30	MCH 19	BRI 33	ATL 12	RCH 6	CHI 24	NHA 15	DOV 27	TAL 10	CLT 28	KAN 28	MAR 22	TEX 19	PHO 13	HOM 19	19th	883
2013				DAY 30	PHO 10	LVS 26	BRI 32	CAL 17	MAR 18	TEX 23	KAN 18	RCH 5	TAL 28	DAR 21	CLT 12	DOV 11	POC 11	MCH 10	SON 31	KEN 19	DAY 16	NHA 3	IND 43	POC 36	GLN 26	MCH 8	BRI 13	ATL 34	RCH 18	CHI 14	NHA 8	DOV 14	KAN 12	CLT 21	TAL 21	MAR 11	TEX 24	PHO 17	HOM 23	20th	906
2014	Identity Ventures Racing	66	Toyota	DAY	PHO	LVS 17	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA 20	IND	POC	GLN															41st	87
2014	Stewart-Haas Racing	14	Chevy																							MCH 37	BRI 15	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	41st	87

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1994	Stavola Brothers Racing	Ford	35	26
1995	Stavola Brothers Racing	Ford	28	24
1996	Roush Racing	Ford	16	5
1997			23	11
1998			14	40
1999			5	35
2000			14	2
2001			8	19
2002			33	12
2003			9	11
2004			11	42
2005	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	6	29
2006			1	32
2007			7	3
2008			36	13
2009			26	28
2010			39	11
2011			4	36
2012			9	5
2013			18	30

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	NCTSC	Pts
1996	Roush Racing	99	Ford	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	TUS	CNS	HPT 8	BRI	NZH 4	MLW	LVL	I70	IRP 14	FLM	GLN	NSV	RCH	NHA	MAR 8	NWS	SON	MMR	PHO	LVS	42nd	565

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Season	Make	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Pts
1998	Pontiac	DAY 2	CAL 5	MCH 1	IND 12	2nd	57
1999		DAY 12	TAL 11	MCH 6	IND 7	11th	26
2000		DAY 3	TAL 4	MCH 12	IND 12	7th	35
2001		DAY 10	TAL 6	MCH 7	IND 10*	8th	32

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Official website
Jeff Burton driver statistics at Racing-Reference
Jeff Burton at The Coca-Cola Racing Family

Achievements
Preceded by Jeff Gordon Matt Kenseth	Coca-Cola 600 Winner 1999 2001	Succeeded by Matt Kenseth Mark Martin
Preceded by Jeff Gordon	Southern 500 Winner 1999	Succeeded by Bobby Labonte
Awards
Preceded by Jeff Gordon	NASCAR Rookie of the Year 1994	Succeeded by Ricky Craven

NASCAR on NBC

Networks	NBC (2001-06, 2015-present) NBCSN (2015-present) CNBC (2006, 2015-present) USA Network (2016) Comcast SportsNet (2015-present) Telemundo (2015-present) NBC Universo (2014-present) NBC Sports Live Extra (2015-present)

Commentators	Rick Allen Jeff Burton Steve Letarte Mike Massaro Kelli Stavast Leigh Diffey Allen Bestwick Wally Dallenbach Jr. Benny Parsons Bill Weber Kyle Petty Ralph Sheheen Dave Burns Marty Snider Matt Yocum Joe Gibbs Lindsay Czarniak Adam Alexander Liz Allison Chris Neville Larry McReynolds Krista Voda Mike Wallace

Lore	First race at Daytona after Earnhardt's death First race after September 11 attacks Marlin's Mistake McMurray's Upset Sadler goes for a ride Earnhardt Jr.'s first Daytona 500 win Hendrick plane crash In Loving Memory All The Way First Chase for the Cup Late Night Firecracker: Smoke Climbs the Starter's Stand Mexico Series Comes to Phoenix (2014) Late Night Firecracker 2: Dillon Takes a Hit Harvick's Fuel Mileage The Southern 500's Return to Labor Day Kenseth vs. Logano Busch Completes Remarkable Comeback Buescher Uses Fog to Pull Off Stunning Upset Jimmie Johnson ties Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for seven titles

Daytona 500	2002 2004 2006

Theme songs	"Fuel" (2001–03, NBC and TNT) "Bringing Back the Sunshine" (2015-present)

Related articles	NASCAR America NASCAR on TNT NASCAR on USA

Stewart-Haas Racing

Headquarters: Kannapolis, North Carolina

Personnel

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Drivers	(4) Kevin Harvick (10) Danica Patrick (14) Tony Stewart / Brian Vickers / Ty Dillon (41) Kurt Busch

Crew chiefs	(4) Rodney Childers (10) Billy Scott (14) Mike Bugarewicz (41) Tony Gibson

Development drivers

Cole Custer
Levi Smith

Partnerships and affiliations

Notable former drivers

Michael Waltrip Racing

Personnel	Michael Waltrip Rob Kauffman

Former drivers	Trevor Bayne Clint Bowyer Bill Elliott Dale Jarrett Mark Martin Michael McDowell Patty Moise Brett Moffitt David Reutimann Travis Pastrana David Ragan Elliott Sadler Hermie Sadler Scott Speed Martin Truex Jr. Ryan Truex Brian Vickers Kenny Wallace Michael Waltrip Josh Wise

Partnerships and affiliations	AF Corse (with sportscar team) JTG Daugherty Racing Identity Ventures Racing

NASCAR Rookies of the Year

Sprint Cup	1954: Pitt 1957: Rush 1958: Rollins 1959: R. Petty 1960: D. Pearson 1961: Wilson 1962: Cox 1963: Wade 1964: Cooper 1965: McQuagg 1966: Hylton 1967: Do. Allison 1968: P. Hamilton 1969: Brooks 1970: Dennis 1971: Ballard 1972: L. Smith 1973: Pond 1974: Ross 1975: B. Hill 1976: Manning 1977: Rudd 1978: Thomas 1979: Earnhardt 1980: Ridley 1981: R. Bouchard 1982: G. Bodine 1983: Marlin 1984: R. Wallace 1985: Schrader 1986: Kulwicki 1987: Da. Allison 1988: K. Bouchard 1989: Trickle 1990: Moroso 1991: B. Hamilton 1992: Hensley 1993: Gordon 1994: J. Burton 1995: Craven 1996: Benson 1997: Skinner 1998: Irwin 1999: Stewart 2000: Kenseth 2001: Harvick 2002: Newman 2003: McMurray 2004: Kahne 2005: Ky. Busch 2006: Hamlin 2007: Montoya 2008: R. Smith 2009: Logano 2010: Conway 2011: Lally 2012: Leicht 2013: Stenhouse Jr. 2014: K. Larson 2015: B. Moffitt 2016: C. Elliott

Xfinity Series	1989: K. Wallace 1990: Nemechek 1991: J. Gordon 1992: Craven 1993: H. Sadler 1994: Benson 1995: Fuller 1996: G. Allen Jr. 1997: Park 1998: Santerre 1999: Raines 2000: Harvick 2001: Biffle 2002: Riggs 2003: Stremme 2004: Ky. Busch 2005: C. Edwards 2006: O'Quinn Jr. 2007: Ragan 2008: Cassill 2009: Allgaier 2010: Stenhouse Jr. 2011: T. Hill 2012: A. Dillon 2013: K. Larson 2014: C. Elliott 2015: D. Suárez 2016: E. Jones

Camping World Truck	1996: Reffner 1997: Irwin 1998: Biffle 1999: Stefanik 2000: Ku. Busch 2001: Kvapil 2002: Gaughan 2003: C. Edwards 2004: Reutimann 2005: Kluever 2006: Darnell 2007: W. Allen 2008: Braun 2009: Jo. Sauter 2010: A. Dillon 2011: Coulter 2012: T. Dillon 2013: R. Blaney 2014: B. Kennedy 2015: E. Jones 2016: W. Byron

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 47998305 LCCN: n00094791

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